Author: News Desk

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump reshaped this year’s U.S. Senate map by sidelining some Republican incumbents and promoting loyalists to replace them. Now the question is whether he’ll put his money where his mouth is. With four months to go until November’s elections, it’s still unclear how much MAGA Inc., the country’s largest political war chest with $382 million in the bank as of last month, plans to spend on key races. The silence has persisted even as Senate Republican leaders have urged Trump’s team, both privately and publicly, to pick up the tab for the president’s decisions. Front…

Let the festivities begin! Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce’s nearest and dearest have started arriving at their reported wedding rehearsal dinner. Swift and Kelce, both 36, are rumored to tie the knot at Madison Square Garden in New York City on Friday, July 3, in front of around 1,000 of their loved ones but a smaller group is reportedly gathering on Thursday, July 2, for a rehearsal dinner, per multiple media outlets. Per Page Six and ABC News, around 100 individuals will be present for Thursday’s dinner, with social media offering a sneak peek at who made the guest list.…

As all eyes remain on New York City’s Madison Square Garden, where Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce are reportedly tying the knot this weekend, Blake Lively was spotted well away from the action. In photos published by TMZ on Thursday, July 2, Lively, 38 and her husband, Ryan Reynolds, 49, were snapped in Lake Placid, New York. The images show Lively and Reynolds in upstate New York, nearly 300 miles away from MSG, as they cheered on their daughter Betty, 6, at a horse show at a local farm. (In addition to Betty, Lively and Reynolds also share daughters James,…

In a monumental development for international sports, the global expansion of cricket has reached a historic turning point on American soil. As the sport prepares for its highly anticipated return to the Olympic stage, infrastructure development is moving at an unprecedented pace. The epicentre of this movement is the newly unveiled Knight Riders Cricket Ground at the Fairplex in Pomona, Los Angeles. Set to serve as a primary battleground for the upcoming Los Angeles 2028 Olympic Games, this world-class venue represents a massive leap forward in establishing a sustainable cricket ecosystem in the United States. The unveiling has sparked immense…

This week, the FDA granted breakthrough device designation to Aurenar‘s V-Link system, a non-invasive nerve stimulation device designed to treat cerebral vasospasm. Vasospasm is one of the most dangerous complications that can occur after a brain hemorrhage. It happens when blood vessels in the brain narrow in the days following an aneurysm, cutting off blood flow to brain tissue and risking further, typically severe, damage on top of the initial bleed. The condition affects a large share of patients who survive a brain hemorrhage — they survive the initial event, only to suffer an additional, sometimes worse, brain injury days…

Dustin Harris opted out of a minor league deal with the White Sox, reports Robert Murray of FanSided. He’s a free agent because Chicago granted him his release in lieu of adding him to the MLB roster. Harris has spent the past couple months at Triple-A Charlotte after signing a minor league deal in May. It was his second stint in the Chicago organization. Harris signed an offseason non-roster contract with the Sox and was called up in early April. They lost him on waivers to the Astros but brought him back when Houston dropped him a few weeks later.…

NEW YORK — The U.S. Justice Department and 17 states reached settlement agreements with three major egg producers this week to resolve allegations that the companies illegally colluded for years to raise prices, including when the cost soared to record highs last year. The states and federal government accused Cal-Maine Foods, Versova and Hickman’s Egg Ranch of a behind-the-scenes arrangement to “artificially inflate the daily price quotations for eggs” between June 2022 and March 2025. In particular, their investigation found that the companies coordinated on what bids they would submit to Urner Barry Publications, a company that runs an index…

Shakira unveiled the official FIFA World Cup 2026 anthem on Wednesday, and the football world didn’t waste any time responding. The song is “DAI DAI,” and the music video hit Instagram with real momentum. The announcement post crossed 3.4 million likes, a striking response for what’s essentially a song reveal. The video’s star power is hard to overstate. Shakira gathered 12 of world football’s current greats for the project. Lionel Messi is there. So are Kylian Mbappé and Erling Haaland. The full roster also includes Vinicius Jr., Christian Pulisic, Harry Kane, Jamal Musiala, Luis Díaz, Rodri, Takefusa Kubo, Alphonso Davies,…

Love Island USA‘s narrator Iain Stirling found a way to joke about the show losing multiple Islanders after they had to be removed from the villa. The Thursday, July 2, episode showed Melanie Moreno planning to sleep in Soul Ties — until she saw the villa’s famous owl. Melanie moved to another place for the night while the owl settled in. The next morning, Iain addressed the owl’s absence. “For personal reasons, the owl has left the village,” he quipped. The Love Island franchise began in the U.K. in 2002 before expanding worldwide with various spinoffs, including Love Island USA…

Love Island USA‘s Kenzie Annis had to address how she ended up in multiple love triangles in season 8. During Movie Night on Thursday, July 2, Kenzie watched clips of her exploring a connection with Corbin Mims while coupled up with Caleb McDaniel. She issued an apology to Caleb for “misleading” him by not being honest about her interactions with Corbin. “I do feel bad about that,” Kenzie said in a confessional after the other girls called her actions “f**ked up,” adding, “I feel really bad. I don’t ever want to make anyone feel bad. I feel bad that I…