today’s hot news
Netanyahu cancels trip to Washington amid apparent tensions with Trump
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu cancelled this week’s meeting with President Donald Trump amid apparent tensions with the American president. Netanyahu cancelled his plans to visit the U.S. due to a scheduling conflict surrounding the late Republican South...
Mamdani won’t rule out reparations—and New Yorkers may get another bill
BS BRIEF: New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani says he is open to cash reparations for descendants of enslaved people, declining to rule out direct payments during a wide-ranging interview with columnist Charles Blow. Mamdani said any discussion should be guided by New...
Cyberattacks threaten water supplies across country. Tim Walz or Iran may be to blame, depending on who you ask.
As recent cyberattack incidents threaten water supply systems across multiple states, some officials are saying Iran may be to blame while President Donald Trump is pointing a finger at a state run by a former Democratic rival. The water supplies of at least seven...
Trump responds after DOJ throws Interior Dept. under the bus in dismissing ‘botched’ reflecting pool case
The Department of Justice dropped charges late Friday against an Olympic canoeist accused of vandalizing the National Mall’s Reflecting Pool and instead dismissed another Trump administration department’s claims over its condition. U.S. Attorney for the District of...
Olive Garden’s never-ending pasta pass becomes latest flashpoint in voter ID debate
BS BRIEF: CNN's Laura Coates devoted a segment of "Laura Coates Live" to the viral comparison between Olive Garden's photo ID requirement for its Never-Ending Pasta Pass and the national debate over voter identification laws. Republicans have increasingly cited Olive...
Rubio warns Cuba’s spy network has burrowed deep inside America
BS BULLETIN: Secretary of State Marco Rubio is warning that Cuba remains an “influence and espionage superpower,” accusing Havana of embedding spies in American institutions and cultivating activist networks capable of pressuring U.S. policymakers. The Justice...
Fired aide spills on Alaska’s second-Sullivan operation — Yoo says Democrats should lawyer up
THE DAILY BS: HOW MUCH CAN YOU HANDLE? SPARE ME THE BS (I’ve got things to do). Former Justice Department official John Yoo called for a federal investigation into reported coordination involving Mary Peltola’s team, Democratic Senate officials and outside political...
‘Not grounds for asylum’: Democrats finally find a foreign arrival they don’t want
THE DAILY BS: HOW MUCH CAN YOU HANDLE? SPARE ME THE BS (I’ve got things to do). Rep. Joaquin Castro attacked the Trump administration’s welcome for Flávio Bolsonaro, declaring that losing an election is not grounds for asylum. The State Department announced U.S. visas...
Mom leaves 14-year-old with three siblings during Vegas work trip — neglect or nanny-state overreach?
THE DAILY BS: HOW MUCH CAN YOU HANDLE? SPARE ME THE BS (I’ve got things to do). Irene Miller, 50, faces four child-neglect counts after deputies say her children, ages 9, 11, 12 and 14, stayed without overnight adult supervision during her October 18–23 work trip....
Chris Hansen tells Robert Pattinson to ‘have a seat’ — Hollywood’s version of his life has some explaining to do
THE DAILY BS: HOW MUCH CAN YOU HANDLE? SPARE ME THE BS (I’ve got things to do). Chris Hansen publicly invited Robert Pattinson onto his podcast Wednesday to discuss “Primetime,” the movie in which Pattinson portrays him. Hansen, who disputes the film’s depiction of...
Critics are mad dubious ‘new’ Trump rape allegation is not being hyped up more for midterms
THE DAILY BS: HOW MUCH CAN YOU HANDLE? SPARE ME THE BS (I’ve got things to do). Trump critics are complaining that major newsrooms have not given Beatrice Keul’s rape allegation the prominence they believe it deserves. Keul’s account in House Judiciary Democrats’...
Trump-hating Judge Boasberg’s overseeing Omar warrant fight — Pirro says it could wreck the probe
THE DAILY BS: HOW MUCH CAN YOU HANDLE? SPARE ME THE BS (I’ve got things to do). Chief Judge James Boasberg, whom Trump demanded be impeached during the deportation-flight showdown, is overseeing efforts to unseal records from the search of Ilhan Omar’s home. U.S....
