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Gage Skidmore from Peoria, AZ, United States of America, CC BY-SA 2.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0>, via Wikimedia Commons Fresh off the most epic moment in American history since Washington crossing the Delaware, Donald Trump has racked up another win. The classified documents case against Trump has been dropped by Judge Cannon, who ruled that Special Prosecutor Jack Smith’s appointment was unconstitutional. Classified Docs Case Dropped Presiding Judge Cannon released an order granting a motion to dismiss. The dismissal reads: ‘Former President Trump’s motion to dismiss based on the unlawful appointment and funding of Special Counsel Jack Smith is GRANTED… ‘The Superseding indictment…

Anders Vejrgang won the inaugural EA Sports FC Pro World Championship in Berlin. Anders Vejrgang won the inaugural EA Sports FC Pro World Championship in Berlin to claim his $250,000 share of the $1 million prize pool. Vejrgang beat Yuval Blizovsky in Saturday’s finals, outlasting the 32 players who competed in the three-day event. “I didn’t realize that I actually won, but I felt that I played amazing today. I’m just really happy that I finally saw that I’m the best in the world,” Vejrgang said. “I’m so grateful to all the people that have helped me throughout my whole…

A few years ago, one night over dinner with some friends with whom I shared a love of gourmet food, sushi, great cocktails, politics, and movies, we realized that in all the years we’d known each other, we had never taken a trip together. As we all had lots of points and miles saved, we thought about how fun it would be to go somewhere spontaneously. “Let’s do it,” we all declared. So we found award tickets to Hong Kong for the following week. Halfway around the world, we arrived at our hotel late in the evening. After a late…

Demonstrators say the quota system benefits the children of pro-government groups and demand it be scrapped.Violent clashes between people loyal to Bangladesh’s ruling party and demonstrators protesting against job quotas for coveted government jobs have wounded at least 100 people, police say. The quota system reserves more than half of well-paid civil service posts, totalling hundreds of thousands of government jobs, for specific groups, including children of fighters in the country’s 1971 war of independence from Pakistan. Critics say the system benefits children of pro-government groups who back Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, who won her fourth consecutive term in a…

Credit: MSNBC YouTube MSNBC has reportedly pulled one of their signature morning shows – Morning Joe off the air due to concerns one of their guests might make an “inappropriate” comment about former President Donald Trump narrowly escaping an assassination attempt over the weekend. CNN is citing a source familiar with the matter who says Morning Joe, featuring hosts Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski, was pulled for some very specific concerns. The network has chosen to air coverage of significant political news – including the upcoming Republican National Convention along with the shocking attempt on Trump’s life that took place…

We get it: Dating in 2024 is no joke. As more and more folks try to find their one and only, the rise of exploring new relationship dynamics, inevitably casual dating, and more, the dating game can be a lot. But what if it didn’t have to be? Enter: Tawkify.What could be categorized as an anti-dating app, Tawkify helps folks date while removing apps from the equation entirely. Instead of being an app, the brand offers a dating service meant to help folks by prioritizing human connection and the luxury of matchmaking and aiming to make dating truly fun again. Here’s…

When a TikTok video goes viral, it ceases to be the possession of its creator. So was the case with the skincare brand tbh’s take on the “Boots and a Slicked-Back Bun” meme.  The viral video, which has been viewed more than 3 million times, has found unwanted attention well away from its intended audience, sparking a debate about corporate culture that has carried misogynistic undertones. ‘Boots and a Slicked-Back Bun’ Three London friends went viral earlier in July when they filmed each other chanting catchy phrases about their outfits. Each one chanted “boots and a slicked-back bun,” “cowboy boots…

Several people have been killed after a car bomb exploded outside a popular cafe packed with football fans in the Somali capital, Mogadishu.The bomb went off on Sunday night at 22:28 local time as patrons at Top Coffee were watching the Euro 2024 football final between Spain and England.Police said at least five were killed in the explosion and 20 more injured. Security sources later told the AFP news agency the death toll had risen to nine.Jihadist group al-Shabab said it carried out the attack.The restaurant had been full, with some on the pavement outside as the bomb went off,…

Alabama State assistant coach Jacoby Jones during ASU s Black and Gold Spring Game at Hornet Stadium in Montgomery, Ala., on Saturday April 15, 2023. Asu13 Former NFL wide receiver and special teams player Jacoby Jones has died, three days after his 40th birthday. No cause of death has been revealed. His passing was confirmed by the Beaumont Renegades, which hired Jones as head coach and offensive coordinator for the indoor football team that is to begin play in 2025. He reportedly died overnight in his sleep at his Texas home. Jones is best known for catching the “Mile High…

China’s economy expanded at a slower-than-forecast 4.7% annual rate in the last quarter, the government reported Monday, while emphasizing signs of improvement in factory output, income and investment. The expansion was sharply below the 5.3% annual pace of growth seen in the first quarter of the year. The progress this year, after growth slowed sharply during the COVID-19 pandemic, has been “hard won,” the National Bureau of Statistics said. “Since the beginning of this year, global economic growth momentum has been weak, inflation is sticky, geopolitical conflicts, international trade frictions and other problems have occurred frequently, domestic demand is insufficient,…

United States President Joe Biden and his Republican challenger Donald Trump have called on Americans to put aside political divisions and come together after Trump narrowly survived an attempted assassination. In a six-and-a-half-minute address from the Oval Office on Sunday night, Biden said political violence could not be normalised and that all Americans have a responsibility to “cool it down” when it comes to heated political rhetoric. “We cannot, we must not, go down this road in America. We’ve travelled it before throughout our history,” Biden said. “Violence is never the answer.” Acknowledging the sharp differences between Democrats and Republicans,…

Former Attorney General Bill Barr said the attempted assassination of Donald Trump was the logical conclusion of the “apocalyptic and hysterical” rhetoric of the Democratic Party.”When someone is demonized to the extent Trump was being demonized, you are putting a target on them,” Barr said during a Sunday FOX News interview with Jesse Watters. BILL BARR: I think this trying to pin down the precise motive, and how much of it was a mental imbalance or emotional imbalance and how much of it was political, is a bit of a fool’s errand. There is a mixture of things they are.The…