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1+ min ago (819+ words) Real Madrid beaten 2-1 at the Santiago Bernabeu, raising further questions about the beleaguered coach's future. Erling Haaland scored his 34th goal for club and country this season to give Manchester City a 2-1 win at Real Madrid and leave Xabi Alonso's position as coach of the Spanish giants in grave danger. Without injured superstar Kylian Mbappe, Madrid took the lead on Wednesday through Rodrygo, but Nico O'Reilly and a Haaland penalty secured Pep Guardiola's City the three points. Spanish media reported in the lead-up to the game that a defeat would seal Alonso's fate as Madrid coach, although his team's performance was creditable, despite the eventual outcome at a frustrated Bernabeu stadium. The record 15-time Champions League winners have now won just two of their last eight matches across all competitions, and face a battle for a place in the top eight…...

23+ min ago (224+ words) Queer actor Wenne Alton Davis, known for Maisel, Normal Heart, killed in NYC car crash "I can only describe Wenne Davis as a bright light," says the actor's agent, Jamie Harris. Wenne Alton Davis, a queer actor who appeared in TV shows and films including The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, The Normal Heart, and Rescue Me, was killed in a traffic accident Monday evening in New York City. Davis listed they/them pronouns on their Instagram profile, but friends have used she/her pronouns. They played a police officer in a 2023 episode of The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, having also portrayed an officer in the 2011 Michael Fassbender-Carey Mulligan film Shame. They appeared as a character named Gloria in the 2014 HBO adaptation of The Normal Heart, Larry Kramer's play about the early years of the AIDS epidemic. Related: 13 LGBTQ+ Films and TV Shows…...

28+ min ago (298+ words) President Donald Trump's 19-year-old son Barron Trump'spoke to self-proclaimed misogynist influencer and accused rapist Andrew Tate on Zoom and received dating advice from one of Tate's associates, according to a report from the New York Times. Barron "admired" Tate and "spoke with him over Zoom last year, according to Justin Waller, a mutual friend who was on the call," the'Times reported'on Wednesday. During their Zoom call, the two reportedly "discussed their shared belief that the Romanian [rape and trafficking] criminal case was an effort to silence the Tates." Waller " who has been described as "Andrew Tate's best friend" " also reportedly built a relationship with the president's son. "As [Barron's] father was going after young male voters on the campaign trail, the teenager hosted a dinner at Mar-a-Lago for influencers," the Times reported. "Among them was Mr. Waller, who has helped…...

31+ min ago (200+ words) U.S. President Donald Trump, Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Interior Secretary Doug Burgum and U.S. Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., attend a cabinet meeting at the White House (Reuters) Former Illinois Lt. Gov. Bob Kustra (R) says he is surprised President Donald Trump is mulling naming the Republican Party after himself at a time when the party should be going out of its way to avoid him. Instead, Kustra argued Trump's latest attempt to stamp his name on the party ought to be the spark that finally "ignites a serious reconsideration of just what the Republican Party stands for and what the future holds for" the GOP. Meanwhile, Kustra said Trump is being outfoxed by Chinese President Xi Jinping on tariffs and "played for a fool" by war criminal Vladimir Putin. "With an increasingly self-absorbed and unhinged president losing…...

33+ min ago (58+ words) Tatiana Schlossberg, the daughter of Caroline Kennedy, had just given birth when she was diagnosed with a rare form of leukemia. A holiday gift guide: presents to thank your host. The real housewives of Moscow. What did men do to deserve this? The Prime Minister who tried to have a life outside the office. The pain of perfectionism....

34+ min ago (198+ words) A former federal prosecutor was taken aback on Wednesday after a federal judge essentially told President Donald Trump to "get your damn hands off" the California National Guard. Glenn Kirschner, a former deputy U.S. attorney in Washington, D.C., discussed the ruling in a new video on his Substack. "I'm paraphrasing the actual ruling by Judge Breyer, but that's kinda what he said, 'Get your hands off of the National Guard and return control to Governor [Gavin] Newsom,'" Kirschner said. "I love it when they talk like that. Gives me the justice goosebumps," he continued. Trump has attempted to deploy the National Guard to several states in an effort to shield his immigration agents from protesters. However, the courts have largely rejected the administration's underlying premise for the deployments. For instance, a federal judge in Oregon said the Trump administration was fabricating conditions…...

40+ min ago (157+ words) President Donald Trump is too obstinate to change course and realize the American people need a response to rising prices, an ex-adviser told Politico on Wednesday. This comes after the president held a rally in Pennsylvania to discuss affordability, where he doubled down on calling the issue a hoax manufactured by Democrats " a message even some of his own supporters didn't buy. "I think a lot more domestic events outside of Washington are great. Let's do more of it," the adviser, who asked for anonymity, told Politico. However, "unfortunately I just don't think Trump is temperamentally capable of reversing himself and saying, "Yes, affordability is a concern.' He's stubborn." This also comes as rising prices, driven in part by Trump's draconian tariffs on virtually all imported goods, are expected to get even worse after the holidays. ALSO READ: 'We get…...

40+ min ago (934+ words) They messaged me twice," Maya, who asked not to be identified by her last name, told Unicorn Riot later that day. Can you please come?" I'm a single mother. I can't be doing this," Maya said before banging on the door. Through the mail slot a security staffer was spotted seated in a chair, seemingly glued to his phone. A stuffed toy cockroach left by tenants symbolized long-running pest issues. Music blasted from a Bluetooth speaker as tenant union members and their marshals remixed a 1960s Ray Charles classic. Hit the road Tina, don't you ever come back. No more, no more," the crowd chanted. MORE: IPG-Owned MPLS Apartment Properties Rack Up 104 Major Safety Violations, Leaves Residents in Disarray " October 2025 Farhan Badel had scheduled a meeting hoping Johnson would agree to a conference call with her boss, Laura Rivera, IPG's Vice…...

42+ min ago (215+ words) President Donald Trump's "affordability" speech in Pennsylvania this week was a "disgusting" display, said University of Virginia Center for Politics director Larry Sabato on MS NOW " and proof he's "getting worse" by the day. This came amid a segment discussing Democrats' electoral victory this week, in which, among other things, they recaptured the mayor's office in Miami for the first time in decades. "I want to start with you. What happened in Miami?" asked anchor Katy Tur. "Well, what happened in Miami is the Democrats had a superior candidate," said Sabato. "But much more important than that, we're seeing in Miami and Georgia and Virginia and New Jersey, all across the country, a reaction to Donald Trump's failures, and his failures are mainly in policy terms. That's what people are responding to." "But believe it or not, at last, fissures…...

44+ min ago (525+ words) The comments from the Grammy-winning R&B singer-songwriter come in the wake of the Trump administration's feuds with Sabrina Carpenter and Olivia Rodrigo SZA has become the latest musician to criticize the Trump administration for its use of artists' music in ads promoting ICE. The Grammy-winning R&B singer-songwriter went on X Wednesday to address the administration's trend of using unlicensed music from (often left-leaning) pop stars in videos on social media. These videos often make light of ICE agents and the aggressive anti-immigrant stance taken by the Trump administration. "White House rage baiting artists for free promo is PEAK DARK ..inhumanity +shock and aw tactics ..Evil n Boring," SZA said on X. The post was in direct response to a similar sentiment shared by Punch (a rapper and SZA's manager) on X. Punch called out the Trump administration's habit of "trying…...