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- ‘I Won’t Be Lectured by a Child’: Charles Blow Scolds Conservative in Tens...
Former New York Times columnist Charles Blow took exception when a conservative guest accused him of trying to create a viral social media moment on Wednesday’s edition of CNN NewsNight. During the show’s A block, the panel discussed the confirmation hearing of Jay Clayton, the current U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York, whom President Donald Trump nominated as Director of National Intelligence. Multiple Democratic senators asked Clayton who won the 2020 election, but the nominee would only say that Joe Biden had been “certified” as the winner. “That’s kind of embarrassing,” NewsNight host Abby Phillip said to Lydia Moynihan, a financial correspondent for The New York Post. “If he can’t just state a fact, how can he do that other job?” “I mean, he’d been asked, I think, three times at that point, and he did mince words,” Moynihan responded. “But there’s a lot of theatrics at these kind of hearings. Jon Ossoff got his soundbite, and Republicans kind of do the same thing. They love to ask, ‘What is a woman?’ And Ketanji Brown Jackson couldn’t answer. A lot of people still can’t answer that question. So to me, it’s theatrics.” Moynihan continued with her point as Blow interjected: BLOW: Can you acknowledge that Joe Biden won the election? MOYNIHAN: Yeah. BLOW: So, you can do it just now, but he couldn’t do it? [CROSSTALK] MOYNIHAN: I know you’re trying to get a social media clip, Charles, but– [CROSSTALK] MOYNIHAN: I know you’re trying to get your social media clip for the “gotcha”– BLOW: Ma’am– MOYNIHAN: I answered your question already. And I’m also not here to answer to you, so– BLOW: I’m happy that you told me that because I really appreciate– I’m sorry. I really appreciate you lecturing me about what I’m here to do, because I’m here because Abby’s show invited me here. And I have been in journalism for a very long time. In fact, I came to The New York Times the year that you were born. So, I would choose– I would suggest that you choose a lane that is your own and stay in it. And don’t lecture me because I won’t be lectured by a child. Thank you. During confirmation hearings, Democratic senators have asked Trump nominees about the 2020 election. The nominees have typically acknowledged that Biden was the president, but have avoided saying Biden won… [TheTopNews] Read More.3 hours ago - Europe Wants to Break Free From American and Chinese Technology. But How?
France and Germany want to quit relying on America and China for key technology like artificial intelligence, but they’re having to choose where to do it. [TheTopNews] Read More.3 hours ago - Trump Hypes ‘Magnets’ After Son’s Firm Takes Stake in Rare-Earth Magnet Co...
AP Photo/Lynne Sladky President Donald Trump urged defense contractors to “do magnets” on Wednesday, just seven weeks after ProPublica revealed that a top White House aide intervened to help secure a $620 million Pentagon loan for a rare-earth magnet startup after Donald Trump Jr.’s venture capital firm took a stake in the company. The president made the Wednesday sales pitch, of sorts, during an appearance at the Pennsylvania Defense & Innovation Summit, speaking to an audience of some of the country’s most dominant defense industry companies. Trump told the crowd, “I hope you’re gonna do magnets. Somebody out there, I hope — you’re all brilliant people — magnets. Do magnets, ok? I’ll tell you how to make money. Do magnets. You’re doing a lot of great stuff. Do magnets. Because one thing we don’t have, but we are getting close — but do magnets.” According to the late May ProPublica investigation, White House senior counselor for trade and manufacturing Peter Navarro personally requested that the Pentagon approve the loan to North Carolina-based Vulcan Elements, the only funding deal among dozens under consideration that was initiated by a top White House aide. Defense officials told the outlet they were instructed to move unusually quickly after receiving the request, with one official recalling, “The call came from the White House: We have to get this done.” Trump Jr.’s firm, 1789 Capital, had invested in Vulcan roughly three months before the Pentagon announced the loan. The findings sparked swift backlash on Capitol Hill, with a group of Democratic lawmakers sending a letter to White House Chief of Staff Susie Wiles demanding answers about the deal. The lawmakers wrote that ProPublica’s reporting “reveals a staggering level of corruption and influence peddling that superseded this process, enriching the President’s son at the expense of U.S. national security and taxpayer dollars,” while requesting information about Navarro’s involvement and whether Trump or other White House officials played a role in the Pentagon loan. Now, the president’s Wednesday remarks weren’t the first time he’s mentioned magnets. In November, he told reporters, “Nobody knows what magnets are.” In 2024, Trump falsely claimed that magnets stop working when exposed to water, though he later hedged during a separate appearance, saying, “I don’t know what’s gonna happen,” when discussing pouring water on one.The post Trump Hypes ‘Magnets’ After Son’s Firm Takes Stake in Rare-Earth Magnet Company first appeared on Mediaite. [TheTopNews] Read More.4 hours ago - How Terrorist Groups Are Using A.I. to Gain an Edge in BattleA.I. chatbots are not just a propaganda tool for violent extremists but are aiding in bomb construction and attack planning, new research finds. [TheTopNews] Read More.4 hours ago
- CNN’s Elie Honig Savages Trump DNI Nominee: Reputation As a ‘Chameleon,’ â...CNN Senior Legal Analyst Elie Honig unloaded on Jay Clayton, the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York, who has been nominated to be the next Director of National Intelligence. During his confirmation hearing on Wednesday, Clayton was asked by multiple Democratic senators whether former President Joe Biden had defeated President Donald Trump in the 2020 election. The nominee refused to say, instead opting to frame the matter as Biden having been “certified” as the winner. “I’m not an election denier,” Clayton told the Senate Intelligence Committee. In another exchange, Sen. Jon Ossoff (D-GA) asked Clayton about the FBI’s execution of a search warrant on an election office in Atlanta in January. Specifically, Ossoff asked about the presence of then-Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard at the raid, despite having no authority over the probe. That investigation is seemingly connected to Trump’s false claims of election fraud. Clayton was caught off guard by the question and said he had not anticipated that he would be asked about the matter. On Wednesday’s installment of The Source, host Kaitlan Collins noted that Ossoff’s line of questioning was an attempt to ascertain the lengths Clayton would go for Trump, even if given dubious orders. “Tulsi Gabbard was criticized,” Collins noted. “People [were] saying, ‘That is not the job of the Director of National Intelligence, to be there in a law enforcement capacity.'” Honig, who was an assistant U.S. attorney in the office Clayton currently leads, said the nominee has a less-than-sterling reputation: Exactly. It goes to Jay Clayton’s conception of what that job as DNI entails. And to be on site of a search warrant, to have the DNI there, is completely out of place, is completely ridiculous. And I think that would’ve been the natural follow up had he acknowledged that he remembered anything. And one other thing about Jay Clayton, I don’t know him. He took over the U.S. Attorney’s office at S.D.N.Y. a couple years after I left. But I know plenty of people there. And the reputation of Jay Clayton is that he’s a chameleon, that he goes by to get by. He goes along to get along, that he lacks the backbone to stand up for that office. He’s not as over-the-top offensive as some other folks we’ve seen in high positions at DOJ, but he’s not deeply respected in that office right now.… [TheTopNews] Read More.5 hours ago
- Trump Announces Iran Freed American Citizen, Thanks Leaders for ‘Gesture of Go...
AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein President Donald Trump announced Wednesday evening that Iran had released an American citizen “wrongfully detained” since 2024, thanking the country for what he called a “gesture of goodwill.” The Truth Social post read: Iran has allowed an American Citizen, who was wrongfully detained in December of 2024 under the “presidency” of Sleepy Joe Biden, to leave the Country. She is now safely outside of Iran, and in good condition. The United States of America appreciates this gesture of Goodwill by Iran! President DONALD J. TRUMP The woman has been identified on X as Dena Karari, with her lawyer, Jared Genser, posting on the platform Wednesday, “I am delighted and excited to report that my client U.S. citizen #DenaKarari, who had been trapped in #Iran since December 2024 on bogus charges, is now free. This would not have happened but for the extraordinary and relentless efforts of President @realDonaldTrump,” adding, “Dena is now safe and traveling back to the United States.” As The Guardian pointed out, in August 2025, The New York Times reported on an “Iranian American woman who was first imprisoned and prevented from leaving the country in December 2024,” clarifying that at the time of publication, the woman was “out of prison, but her Iranian and American passports were confiscated.” The president’s announcement comes just hours after CNN reported that his administration “has been receiving options for expanding the military operation in Iran,” according to two sources familiar with the matter. Those sources also said officials met in the Situation Room on Tuesday to discuss how to “intensify efforts” to regain control of the Strait of Hormuz. Additionally, on Wednesday, the Trump administration launched a new round of daytime strikes against Iranian military targets near the Strait of Hormuz, with Fox News correspondent Trey Yingst pointing out that this was the first time the U.S. had hit Iran in the middle of the day since the ceasefire deal started in early April.The post Trump Announces Iran Freed American Citizen, Thanks Leaders for ‘Gesture of Goodwill’ first appeared on Mediaite. [TheTopNews] Read More.5 hours ago
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