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- Trump’s UN Ambassador Battles CNN’s Dana Bash in Heated Skirmish — Tells H...
Mike Waltz, the U.S. Ambassador to the U.N., told CNN’s Dana Bash directly that he stands behind President Donald Trump’s decision to ban her network — as well as MS NOW and Politico — from the White House. In a tense skirmish on CNN’s State of the Union Sunday, Bash confronted Waltz about the ban — which took effect on Saturday as reporters from all three access were denied access to the White House. “On Friday, President Trump banned CNN, MSNOW, and Politico from the White House,” Bash said. “The president, as I mentioned, is about to host the Chinese leader. Historically, it was the United States pushing countries like China for greater press freedoms. Now President Trump is the one backsliding on these rights. Are you comfortable with this?” Waltz went to the mat to defend Trump’s move, which has been denounced by the White House Correspondents Association, press freedom advocates and media observers from across the idealogical spectrum. “The president is absolutely within his rights to limit journalists to government facilities, particularly when, in his opinion, they’re not behaving as good-faith journalists,” Waltz said. “And that’s just not his opinion. That’s the Supreme Court’s opinion. There are multiple cases — Zemel vs. Rusk, off the top of my head, and I’m not a lawyer. That said, look, you can have the ability to speak. You can have ability to publish as an open and free press. But you don’t have an inherent right to any government facility that you want, whether it’s Langley or the White House. And so I’ll leave it to the lawyers, but I think the president’s absolutely spot on here.” Bash called out Trump’s stated reason for the ban. “Mr. Ambassador, you are a decorated veteran,” Bash said. “You served in an elite unit, the Green Berets, for 27 years defending freedoms like the First Amendment. And the president you work for just banned three news organizations, and he said it. It’s because he doesn’t like some of the things that are being reported.” “Dana, the prior administration limited all kinds of journalistic outfits and journalists themselves that they deemed as right-wing,” Waltz replied. “Those have now been allowed onto the facility, and the president doesn’t believe others are acting in good faith. Heck, I just saw one yesterday use anonymous sources referencing someone who’s dead. And so, you… [TheTopNews] Read More.7 hours ago - Trump Says His His Planned Arch Will Double as a ‘Top Grade Military Complexâ€...
(Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call via AP Images) President Donald Trump said Sunday that his planned 250-foot Triumphal Arch will now double as a “top grade military complex.” In a post to Truth Social, the president said, “At the strong request of the United States Military, and for National Security purposes, I have agreed to convert the magnificent Triumphal Arch, planned since the Civil War Era many years ago, at the Receptive Circle adjoining the Arlington Memorial Bridge, into a top grade Military Complex/Triumphal Arch, to house, store, and have the rapid ability to use large numbers of drones, plus Snipers, on both the roof and plaza areas, and additionally have and hold large quantities of sniper ammunition in storage.” The project has come under controversy on numerous fronts. A group of Vietnam veterans are suing to stop it — arguing that the arch would block views of Arlington National Cemetary and requires Congressional authorization to proceed. And the FAA announced Friday that the arch would need to have a flame going on top at all times, so that planes can pass safely. The administration has acknowledged the arch would have “adverse effects” on the area’s landscape, but claims those effects “cannot be fully avoided. The president went on to make the case for his arch — arguing that other major cities around the world have one. “There will be no facility like this anywhere in the World,” Trump wrote. “Out of the 59 top cities and Capitals, Washington, D.C., IS THE ONLY ONE IN THE WORLD THAT DOES NOT HAVE A TRIUMPHAL ARCH, but it will now and, by far, the greatest of them all!” ——The post Trump Says His His Planned Arch Will Double as a ‘Top Grade Military Complex’: ‘No Facility Like This Anywhere in the World’ first appeared on Mediaite. [TheTopNews] Read More.9 hours ago - Ed Sheeran Chokes Up While Calling Israel’s Actions in Gaza ‘Unjustifiableâ€...
Screenshot Ed Sheeran — in his first performance since Macklemore was dumped from his tour following his viral “free Palestine” speech — choked up in his remarks to concertgoers, saying “what is happening in Gaza is catastrophic and unjustifiable.” During his solo performance at Lincoln Financial Field on Saturday, Sheeran — who was left without opening acts and a backing band after they dropped out of the tour in support of Macklemore — addressed the crowd at the outset of his concert. “I want to address the question of where I stand in the situation in Israel and Palestine and whether my doing this concert here tonight implies where I’m standing,” Sheeran said (via video obtained by Variety). “I have tried in my career not to be a political commentator of any kind, because I want my music and shows to be about unity, not division, about humanity, not politics. But this is a humanitarian issue and I can’t hide how I feel about it anymore. What happened in Israel and at the Nova Music Festival on October 7th was horrific and compounded centuries of Jewish pain. What is happening in Gaza is catastrophic and unjustifiable and disproportionate. My heart has been broken by the scale of devastation and loss of civilians’ lives. Children’s lives. And the systemic injustice we’re seeing unfold in the West Bank cannot be overlooked.” Ed Sheeran addresses the controversy surrounding Macklemore’s removal from his tour and says, “What is happening in Gaza is catastrophic and unjustifiable.” “Before I play some songs tonight, I hope it’s okay if I say a few words about this last week,” Sheeran said at the top of… pic.twitter.com/ZhtujolkKK — Variety (@Variety) September 20, 2026 The audience cheered the singer — who choked up during his remarks. Sheeran added, “I am already speaking to people across the spectrum to work out how to make the contribution that helps victims of these terrible times, and listening and learning, because I do not know enough. I honestly am so grateful people are here, starting with me. This concert is still a place where everyone is welcome and everyone here can stand beside people that have opposing views and everyone can stand by people that they don’t agree with on everything that they can all agree on singing these songs. And these songs are about love, hope and unity.” In… [TheTopNews] Read More.18 hours ago - Obama Bashes Trump for Not Pushing ‘Serious Regulatory Framework’ on AI: ‘... Former President Barack Obama said President Donald Trump has it all wrong: artificial intelligence must be regulated by the government. The ex-commander-in-chief went off on Trump’s laissez faire approach to AI during a Friday interview at Colgate University, claiming while he believed it is “remarkable technology,” AI could go off the rails and cause serious “mischief,” if politicians don’t put guardrails in place. “[The] government has to be regulating this!” Obama made clear. “I heard one of Donald Trump’s main advisers on this make the argument that, ‘The market will take care of i. These companies will solve the safety issues because they have every incentive to do so — if it turns out to be dangerous, people will just sue them and they’re worried about financial liability.’ That’s not how we treat airlines! Or drug companies, or food companies.” Obama went on, saying AI poses an existential threat to humanity if it gets in the hands of “bad humans.” He said the same goes for if models continue to self-improve and find they don’t need to listen to humans anymore — a problem many AI experts have been warning against recently. Obama said he doesn’t believe Trump is willing or able to put rules in place to prevent things from going awry. “The challenge we have is that, obviously, we have a president currently that has said that’s for losers,” Obama said. “So we’ve got a gap of at least a couple of years where things are moving really fast and we have an administration that is not capable of or willing to — I would argue both — putting together a serious regulatory framework.” All of this comes a week after Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei warned leading AI companies must “slow down” the pace of innovation before things go off the rails. Amodei said if AI progresses too fast, it could lead to a “misalignment” with humans that risks “catastrophic damage.” His warning was quickly endorsed by Elon Musk and OpenAI boss Sam Altman — two guys who rarely agree on anything publicly. Their sobering posts added to the increasing calls for the government to regulate AI. But Trump dismissed the idea immediately, saying fears of an AI doomsday scenario are nothing more than a “HOAX.” He later dubbed himself the “hoax buster,” while also vowing progress “will not be stopped” — especially since the U.S. is… [TheTopNews] Read More.21 hours ago
- Dr Oz — Who Made a Fortune on TV — Justifies Trump’s Media Ban
(AP Photo/Chris Pizzello) Dr. Mehmet Oz laughed off President Donald Trump’s media ban when pressed by a reporter, despite the fact that the TV doctor made his own fortune thanks to the media. After being discovered by Oprah Winfrey in 2004, the cardiothoracic surgeon became a fixture on daytime television from 2009 to 2022 and earned an estimated $20 million a year thanks to his show. NewsNation’s Libbey Dean caught up with Dr. Oz Friday as he left the White House shortly after Trump announced he was banning CNN, MS NOW, and Politico from the grounds for reporting “fake news.” “Do you agree with the President’s decision to ban media outlets from the White House?” Dean asked. “You know, I talk to your colleagues all the time about this, and they say invariably, ‘He was mean to us, but you know what’s really, really bad for us? If he doesn’t talk to us,'” Oz said. Moments after today’s Oval Office event with President Trump, I asked CMS Administrator Dr. Oz whether he believes banning media outlets from the White House is a violation of the First Amendment. @NewsNation pic.twitter.com/YwHTDVBBP9 — Libbey Dean (@LibbeyDean_) September 18, 2026 “I thought what Gov. [Sarah] Huckabee [Sanders] (R-AR) said was perfect. You’re complaining — understandably, because the President’s taking a stance on who’s allowed to be here — but the folks who are here, and they’re all here, he engages them fully and he fights those battles,” Oz said. “And I was talking to a colleague from a foreign country who said that, from her perspective, his being mean to them or making life difficult for them had no impact on her business. What would impact her business is if he didn’t speak to them,” Oz said. “And in fairness, President Biden didn’t speak to the press for a year and a half, basically. So, all of the press had a ban for a year and a half. This president, I mean, I was in there and it was crowded, and it was hot because it was crowded, and he, you know, I barreled through it. He keeps going.” “You’re very familiar with the media,” Dean said. “Don’t you think this is a violation, though, of the First Amendment to ban media outlets?” “No, he’s not banning media outlets!” Oz exclaimed. “Media outlets can come and cover him. He doesn’t… [TheTopNews] Read More.21 hours ago - Not all AI workers think the tech could kill everyone
In text exchanges and conversations, multiple people who have worked for leading companies are sceptical of the warnings. [TheTopNews] Read More.22 hours ago
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