Bill Maher told his HBO audience Friday that Trump’s tough-guy image, along with surveillance technology and social safety-net policies, has contributed to a national drop in crime, while criticizing some deportation practices.
Tim Tebow says he is pausing his relationship with Life Surge after a Pablo Torre-Mother Jones investigation tied him to alleged fraud by the Christian organization, prompting radio host Craig Carton to accuse Torre of unfairly attaching Tebow’s name without proof.
Reported violent crime fell 9% nationwide over the past year, according to FBI data, and even HBO host Bill Maher, a frequent Trump critic, says the president’s tough approach may be part of the reason.
President Trump is attending Saturday’s SEC showdown between No. 14 Tennessee and No. 1 Texas at Neyland Stadium in Knoxville, where fans greeted the news with excitement alongside a 50%-off beer promotion before kickoff.
Oklahoma brings a top-tier defense but a struggling offense into Athens to face a high-scoring Georgia team, setting up a matchup that could turn into a defensive grind rather than a shootout.
Roy Cooper’s vetoes of bills requiring local police to cooperate with ICE, and cases of released illegal immigrants in Durham, Mecklenburg and Buncombe counties, are drawing scrutiny as his Senate race against Michael Whatley tightens.
A Texas group fundraising for a 40,000-square-foot Islamic center near Plano hosted a livestreamed event in which speaker Shaykh Uthman ibn Farooq said Muslims want “Islam for this country” and defended Sharia law as a constitutional right.
Bill Gates told NBC’s Meet the Press that AI is powerful enough to cause a billion deaths and called for governments to act before the risks spiral out of control.
President Trump vowed to reject any “globalist scheme” to regulate artificial intelligence even as Barack Obama and leading tech CEOs pushed for stronger oversight, while Congress weighed how to keep pace with China’s AI ambitions.
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Tiffany, the ’80s pop star who left Hollywood for a quieter life in Nashville, has made her Off-Broadway debut in “Spandex the Musical,” calling the role a full-circle return to acting she set aside as a teenager.
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Kamala Harris drew online criticism for an apparent change in her speaking style during a Detroit NAACP address focused on 2026 midterm turnout, reviving speculation about a 2028 presidential run.
