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- An A.I. Music F.A.Q.: Can I Remix Madonna? Is This All Legal?
Advances in A.I. are making it possible to create all kinds of music from scratch, but they also raise questions about what is legal and who will actually listen. [TheTopNews] Read More.34 mins ago - Brent Crude Oil Prices Top $100 as Conflict With Iran Drags OnStocks in Asia were down following a sell-off in the U.S. markets over soaring oil prices, rising borrowing costs and worries about the technology industry. [TheTopNews] Read More.5 hours ago
- ‘My Goodness!’ David Axelrod Marvels at Laura Loomer Influencing Global Affa...
CNN anchor Erin Burnett led a panel discussion on Thursday night about MAGA influencer Laura Loomer’s recent conversion on Ukraine and a sit-down interview with Ukraine’s leader. Veteran political strategist David Axelrod just marveled at the whole thing and at one point said, “My goodness! The things one has to do to save their country.” “Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky telling top Trump ally Laura Loomer, during a one-on-one interview in Ukraine, that his relationship with Donald Trump has improved,” Burnett began before playing a clip of Zelensky with Loomer: You are right, the tone has changed — absolutely. We had our first changing moment in Rome, at the Vatican. Yes, it was not a long meeting, but I always said that I think it was a historic moment, because we changed the relationship in fifteen, twenty minutes. I’m so happy, because a lot of lives depend on such relations and dialogue. “That clip emerged just hours after the MAGA podcaster posted a photo online revealing the interview, saying, quote, ‘I just interviewed President Zelensky at Mariinsky Palace in Ukraine. No questions were off limits, and I didn’t pull any punches.’ The post and sit-down came just two days after Loomer had very publicly changed her stance on Ukraine,” continued Burnett, adding: After she saw Russian attacks on a historic monastery up close, she said: “I feel like such an [expletive] for minimizing the struggle of Ukrainians over the past five years. I often said, ‘I don’t care.’ Looking back, that wasn’t very nice of me to say.” There’s some self-awareness there — and that’s obviously an understatement given some of Loomer’s past comments on Ukraine. She’s said many things, including that Ukraine is “a country full of Nazis,” and that it’s now “clearly a country led by a jihadi apologist.” “Alright, everyone’s here with me. So, S.E., how significant is it that Zelensky would agree to meet with her?” Burnett said, turning to guest S.E. Cupp. “The whole thing’s odd and interesting. Look — if she’s going to do propaganda, I’d rather it be Zelensky’s version of propaganda than Putin’s, okay? She was regurgitating all the Putin propaganda before. So was Tucker Carlson. So was all of the far right. That’s crazy, and I’m glad that she went there. It’s one thing to be a keyboard warrior — it’s easy to say things from the safety of the… [TheTopNews] Read More.6 hours ago - Thomas Massie Accuses Pete Hegseth of ‘BREAKING THE LAW’ in Iran War: ‘Mus...
Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call via AP Images Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY) blasted Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth for “BREAKING THE LAW” on Thursday, arguing President Donald Trump’s administration no longer has legal authority to continue military operations in Iran without congressional approval. Massie’s comments came via X, as he responded to a report from The New York Times detailing, per three military officials, how the administration removed four U.S. service members killed this past weekend from the Pentagon’s public Iran war casualty count because they died after the president’s April ceasefire declaration. Pentagon acting press secretary Joel Valdez, however, offered another explanation, telling the Times the change stemmed from “temporary data disruptions” and “anomalies” affecting the website that he said would soon be corrected. “Let me explain this absurd ruse,” Massie wrote on Thursday. “The Pentagon is pretending there have been two Iran wars separated by a brief cease-fire.” Let me explain this absurd ruse: The Pentagon is pretending there have been two Iran wars separated by a brief cease-fire. The reality: By going more than 90 days without congressional authorization @SecWar IS BREAKING THE LAW and must be held accountable. https://t.co/SuHcGkJcD3 — Thomas Massie (@RepThomasMassie) July 24, 2026 “The reality,” he explained, is that “by going more than 90 days without congressional authorization [Hegseth] IS BREAKING THE LAW and must be held accountable.” Under the War Powers Resolution of 1973, a president must end unauthorized U.S. military involvement within 60 days, with up to 30 additional days permitted to safely withdraw American forces, unless Congress declares war or otherwise authorizes the operation. The war in Iran began Feb. 28; a tentative ceasefire was reached in April, and then broken in June. Since then, the U.S. and Iran have continued to exchange deadly military strikes. Also on Thursday, Massie, along with fellow Republican Reps. Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Tom Barrett (R-MI) and Warren Davidson (R-OH) crossed party lines in a vote to restrict Trump’s war powers. The measure passed through the House — for the second time — with a vote of 214 to 208. As explained by NPR’s Claudia Grisales, “while it is not legally binding, the resolution represents a symbolic rebuke” towards Trump. The Senate, on the other hand, voted 47-49 Thursday to defeat a joint resolution that would have legally required an end to the war in Iran, though it still would have been subject to… [TheTopNews] Read More.7 hours ago - Fox’s Tarlov Throws Fox News Poll Back At Co-Hosts: ‘Was Absolutely Brutal f...Fox News host Jessica Tarlov pushed back against her co-hosts on The Five on Thursday after Jesse Watters cited a recent Fox News poll to argue that the Democratic Party is out of step with average Americans. Watters introduced the poll at the top of the show and noted that it found majorities of Democrats support both “Socialism” and the “DSA” while only 41% of them support “Capitalism.” Later in the show, Tarlov returned to the poll and added, “But there was a lot more to that Fox poll, and it was absolutely brutal for Republicans.” “And that is going to be the choice in November. Democrats have 53 to 46. In counties where the presidential vote was close — so, decided within 10 points — Democrats have 59-41, up on inflation and prices and the economy. Young people, old people, women, independents — the only group that Donald Trump was up with was white voters, and that was just GOP plus one. That is the election that Democrats are thinking about. I understand that the civil war thing is—” Tarlov argued as Brian Kilmeade jumped in, “Should be thinking about, but they’re not. They’re not.” “No, they are,” Tarlov hit back. “But some of these candidates, if they emerge — if El-Sayed emerges, I mean, Rogers walks to that,” Kilmeade insisted, citing the Michigan U.S. Senate race. “Well, I don’t know if he walks. Listen—” Tarlov said as she was interrupted again. “Donald Trump is an animating factor in an election for the people who like him and the people who hate him,” Tarlov concluded, arguing that she believes Trump is the Democrats’ best asset these midterms even if there is infighting in the party. Watch the clip above via Fox News.The post Fox’s Tarlov Throws Fox News Poll Back At Co-Hosts: ‘Was Absolutely Brutal for Republicans’ first appeared on Mediaite. [TheTopNews] Read More.7 hours ago
- Ousted 60 Minutes Reporter Says She Was Asked To Report on Things That Didn’t ...
(Sipa via AP Images) According to an audio recording obtained by Oliver Darcy’s Status, former 60 Minutes correspondent Cecilia Vega accused CBS News chief Bari Weiss of leading a push to include claims in stories that her reporting team could not verify, alleging she was asked to report on incidents that “never happened.” Speaking with ABC News’ John Quiñones Thursday at the National Association of Hispanic Journalists Conference & Expo in New Orleans, Vega publicly discussed her firing for the first time, detailing what she described as repeated efforts by CBS News’ new leadership to influence her reporting. Discussing her coverage following the fatal shootings of Renee Good and Alex Pretti in Minnesota, Vega said she was encouraged to include video of protesters assaulting people they believed were undercover ICE agents. According to Vega, her team searched for evidence but found “no credible examples” of such incidents. She also said producers were asked to include what was described as a moment during a press conference in which Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey called on local police to physically confront federal immigration agents and the city’s police chief reacted by rolling his eyes. After reviewing the footage, Vega said her team concluded the incident never occurred. “That never happened,” Vega said. “We could not find any instance of the mayor saying something like that.” Vega also recalled being asked to open a report on President Donald Trump’s war with Iran by declaring, “Who is winning the war? Iran is totally outgunned by the United States and Israel.” She said she viewed the wording as an “administration talking point.” In another example, Vega said she intentionally focused a story about SNAP benefit cuts in West Virginia on residents affected by the policy, only to be questioned about why she had not interviewed Vice President JD Vance or referenced his memoir Hillbilly Elegy, despite the book centering on his upbringing in Ohio rather than West Virginia. While Vega did not directly name Weiss as having personally made the requests, she pointed to changes under the network’s “new administration at CBS News,” saying things “started to change when new people started showing up in the screenings and giving their feedback on pieces.”The post Ousted 60 Minutes Reporter Says She Was Asked To Report on Things That Didn’t Happen Under Bari Weiss first appeared on Mediaite. [TheTopNews] Read More.7 hours ago
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