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- Austin Metcalf’s Dad Rips The View’s Sunny Hostin Over Karmelo Anthony Murde...
The father of slain teenager Austin Metcalf told Fox News that The View co-host Sunny Hostin had “no idea” about the facts in the trial of convicted murderer Karmelo Anthony, which he said was made obvious by Hostin ignorantly claiming Anthony acted in “self-defense” when he stabbed Metcalf to death. Jeff Metcalf talked about his son, the trial, and the media’s reaction to it during an interview on The Will Cain Show on Monday. Host Will Cain said he could play a clip of Hostin arguing Anthony had a legitimate “self-defense” claim that was overlooked by the Texas jury, but that he didn’t want to play it and upset his guest. Metcalf said Hostin was “looking to monetize the death of my son,” just like several other pundits. “I really wish they wouldn’t speak about it at all,” he said. He continued: If that woman said that, she has no idea about the facts of the case — but she wants to spew her public opinion on a platform that reaches millions of people every day. Do I have that platform? No. But today I have a little platform to say what I’d like. She is completely wrong. Metcalf’s appearance on Fox News came a few weeks after 19-year-old Anthony was sentenced to 35 years in prison for stabbing Metcalf to death at a 2025 high school track meet. The jury found Anthony entered the tent for Metcalf’s HS track team and attacked Metcalf. Witnesses testified that Anthony told Metcalf, “Touch me, see what happens.” Fox News reported: The verbal dispute turned physical when Metcalf reportedly shoved or touched Anthony, prompting Anthony to stand up and stab the high school captain with a 3.5-inch folding knife. Witnesses… described Anthony as “the aggressor,” noting Metcalf was “unwilling to fight.” Austin Metcalf bled to death in the arms of his twin brother, Hunter. Hostin argued on The View that Anthony may have been simply defending himself. “We also have to look at self-defense here, because there seems to be two systems of justice at play in this country, and there have been for a very long time,” Hostin claimed on Monday. “In this case, this young man, you heard [Anthony] say, ‘He put his hands on me and I told him not to.'” She said another issue was that Metcalf severely outweighed Anthony; Hostin claimed Metcalf weighed 200 pounds,… [TheTopNews] Read More.1 hour ago - Trump Says Vandals Destroyed Reflecting Pool With Box Cutter, Despite Saying You...
(AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin) President Donald Trump told the media a month ago that the D.C. Reflecting Pool’s new coating was impervious to knives. Now, he’s claiming vandals destroyed it with a box cutter. In recent days, the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool has been the subject of controversy due to its pricey renovation and immediate deterioration. Trump promised the project to revitalize the pool would cost less than $2 million, but the budget eventually ballooned to over $14 million. Making matters worse, green algae began to grow just days after the renovation was complete. Days after that, the new coat of paint installed at the bottom of the pool, which Trump dubbed “American flag blue,” began to peel and rise to the surface. The president and his supporters have begun blaming vandals for the worsening conditions of the pool, claiming people have sought to make Trump look bad by ripping up the paint and pouring algae into the pool. In a Monday evening tweet, The Bulwark reposted a clip of Trump telling reporters in May that the new coating was actually strong enough to withstand the exact thing he’s accusing vandals of doing. “This will last for at least 50 years,” Trump said in May. “You’ll never have a leak. It’s very strong. You couldn’t, if you had a knife — I don’t want to give anybody ideas — if you had a knife, you can’t even cut it. It’s so strong, so powerful. It’s like powerful rubber.” Then, on Monday, Trump was asked if the contractors of the Reflecting Pool’s renovation were to blame for its current condition. In response, the president said: No, no, we had vandalism. No, vandals. We have a, I think, 290-to-300-foot slit right through it. Probably a box cutter or a knife of some kind. Trump on the reflecting pool: "If you had a knife, you can't even cut it." Also, Trump on the reflecting pool: "They cut it." pic.twitter.com/uHfd69GKUa — The Bulwark (@BulwarkOnline) June 22, 2026 —The post Trump Says Vandals Destroyed Reflecting Pool With Box Cutter, Despite Saying You Couldn’t Cut it With Knife Last Month first appeared on Mediaite. [TheTopNews] Read More.2 hours ago - MS NOW Host Straight-Up Asks Maggie Haberman and Jonathan Swan If They Have Tape...MS NOW host Lawrence O’Donnell straight-up asked Maggie Haberman and co-author Jonathan Swan if they have audiotapes of meetings in the Trump Situation Room. For weeks, Haberman and Swan have been dropping bombshells from their book Regime Change: Inside the Imperial Presidency of Donald Trump — released on June 23 — which have been chock-full of splashy revelations. The disturbing accounts of Situation Room meetings have sparked concern in the Trump administration that their own people have leaked recordings to the authors. The authors were guests on Monday night’s edition of MS NOW’s The Last Word, during which O’Donnell cut right to the heart of the matter, grilling them about the tapes some believe they had obtained. Haberman capped off the exchange with a quip about the reaction from the White House, telling O’Donnell “to have the only comment we have had from the White House so far be this is — this is accurate reporting, we agree”: O’DONNELL: Jonathan, you got the greatest compliment a White House has ever given a book in the inside the White House genre created by Bob Woodward, honorably — honorably carried on by you. And this is the first time any White House and any administration has ever received such a book, accusing the authors of having obtained audiotapes of meetings in the White House, including audiotapes of meetings in the Situation Room, which is the White House way of saying this book, as far as they can tell, is 100 percent accurate. Is that because you have audiotapes of the Situation Room? SWAN: We’re not going to comment on the — on the tapes. All we’ll say is that it is notable that there haven’t been denials of very specific scenes inside the Situation Room, which include extensive dialog. O’DONNELL: You have — Maggie, you explain in the book the use of quotation marks, and you use quotation marks only if you got the statement from someone who was in the conversation or right there in the room when the words were said. Someone had to either say the words or hear the words for you to put it in quotation marks. Other statements are in there, they’re not in quotation marks. It’s someone giving you their best recollection of what was said there. But as you study the quotation marks in some of these one-on-one conversations, it seems based on the rules, which you explained, the rules of… [TheTopNews] Read More.2 hours ago
- Trump Ditches Naval Blockade After Iran Agrees to ‘Infinity’ Nuclear Inspect...
(AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin) President Donald Trump said he has lifted the naval blockade on the Strait of Hormuz after Iran agreed to the “highest level Nuclear inspections long into the future” — which the president said will go on for “Infinity!!!” years. Trump made the announcement in a Truth Social post on Tuesday morning. The president said American ships will remain near the Strait in case the blockade needs to be reinstated, but he said that is “highly unlikely.” Another key point from Trump’s post: He said Iran is suffering from a “humanitarian crisis” and “desperately” needs food and medical supplies. He said the U.S. will help Iran out by releasing money into an escrow account to help pay for U.S. goods like corn, wheat, and soybeans from “great American farmers.” Trump added that negotiations with Iran are going well, following Vice President JD Vance’s trip to Switzerland to hammer out a long-term deal to end the war. You can read his full post below: Despite their protestations and false statements to the contrary, coupled with the drumbeat of the Fake News, which is doing everything possible to make the U.S. Victory as small and insignificant as possible, Iran has fully and completely agreed to highest level Nuclear inspections long into the future (Infinity!!!). This will insure “Nuclear Honesty.” If they did not agree to this, there would be no further negotiations! Based on this and other major concessions being made by Iran, I have agreed to allow the Hormuz Strait to remain OPEN, with no further Naval Blockade. However, all ships are remaining in place should it be necessary to reinstitute the Blockade, which seems, at this point, highly unlikely. The Money and/or Sanctions that the U.S. Treasury is releasing goes into escrow, controlled by the U.S.A., and will be used for the purchase of food and medical supplies, exclusively from the United States, including Corn, Wheat, and Soybeans from our great American Farmers. These are things that are desperately needed by Iran. This is a humanitarian crisis, and I feel it is necessary to help, NOW, before it is too late. Talks are going well! Thank you for your attention to this matter. President DONALD J. TRUMP The president followed that up with a shorter post saying 19 million barrels of oil traveled through the Strait of Hormuz on Monday, which he claimed was a record.The post Trump… [TheTopNews] Read More.2 hours ago - Steam Machine launches with £879 price tag as Valve cites component costs
Valve said the cost of its PC-console hybrid reflects a broader trend of component costs rising over time. [TheTopNews] Read More.2 hours ago - CBS Mornings Ratings Plunged Day After Scott Pelley Fired from 60 Minutes, Facin...
(Photo by Paul Hennessy / SOPA Images/Sipa USA)(Sipa via AP Images) The ratings for CBS Mornings took a beating right after longtime 60 Minutes correspondent Scott Pelley was fired, reported Status’ Oliver Darcy, with the show potentially facing its “worst-rated June ever.” Pelley exited CBS News in explosive fashion at the beginning of the month, clashing with 60 Minutes’ new executive producer Nick Bilton at his very first staff meeting and vocally objecting to Bilton’s claims that editor-in-chief Bari Weiss “loves 60 Minutes.” Pelley accused Weiss, who was handpicked for the role by Paramount Skydance CEO David Ellison, of “murdering” the show and having “no qualifications for her job.” Pelley also took several critical shots directly at Bilton, specifically over his own “slender qualifications” for the role and to express his objections to the firings of several other key 60 Minutes staffers, including EP Tanya Simon, correspondent Cecilia Vega, and longtime executive editor Draggan Mihailovich. Long story short, Bilton fired Pelley, Pelley publicly bashed Weiss for “putting a thumb on the scale” to benefit President Donald Trump, and called for her to be ousted from her role. The Pelley drama has caused some collateral damage for the network’s morning show, according to Darcy’s newsletter on Monday evening. CBS News “appeared to suffer an immediate repercussion in the ratings” in the aftermath of Pelley’s firing, wrote Darcy, and this notably included CBS Mornings seeing “viewership plunge the day after Pelley’s dismissal.” CBS Mornings has been “the perpetually third-place morning show,” Darcy noted, but June’s numbers were especially brutal, with Nielsen ratings data he obtained showing that the show averaged 1.8 million total viewers (313,000 in the 25-54 demo that’s the darling of advertisers) on June 3, the day Pelley was fired, and dropping to 1.59 million total viewers (225,000 in the demo). That amounts to “an 11% slip in total audience and a staggering 28% drop in the demo,” wrote Darcy, math that “alarmed some officials” at CBS News. The viewer numbers improved over the following days, so “any apparent viewer protest over Pelley’s firing may have been short-lived,” but Weiss’ team is “still presiding over some of the worst ratings in the program’s history,” wrote Darcy. According to the Nielsen data reviewed by Darcy, CBS Mornings “delivered its worst-rated May on record” and now “is on pace for its worst-rated June ever, averaging just 1.7 million total viewers and 275,000… [TheTopNews] Read More.3 hours ago
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