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White House staffers refer to Trump as ‘Hitler Pig’: report 

The moniker is usually deployed when the 77-year-old former president makes outrageous comments, such as when he appears to praise the murderous Nazi dictator.
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Fed expected to hold interests rates steady at highest level since 2001
The U.S. economy has faced a months-long stretch of stubborn inflation.
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Disturbing video shows accused killer NJ dad forcing 6-year-old son to run on treadmill because he was ‘too fat’
Footage captured Gregor walking up to the treadmill to increase the speed and raise the incline of the track.
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How a Connecticut middle school won the battle against cellphones
When Raymond Dolphin became assistant principal of a middle school in Connecticut two years ago, it was clear to him that the kids were not all right. The problem was cellphones.
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A TV critic’s take on the Apple Vision Pro
With the Apple Vision Pro, everything is magnified, feelings included. And you’re alone.
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Cassie was on her way to massive pop stardom. Then she met Diddy.
In 2006, Cassie was one of pop music’s most promising new stars. Then her career went into limbo.
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D.C.-area forecast: Not quite as warm today, then back to higher heat tomorrow
Cooler weather this weekend with scattered showers likely at times.
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Tears and despair at Florida abortion clinic in final hours before ban
A Fort Lauderdale-area clinic saw patients into the night — and turned some away — as the state prepared for a six-week abortion ban to take effect May 1.
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How a Former Surgeon General Took on a $5,000 ER Bill
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The End of Foxtrot and Outdoor Voices
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Challengers and Its Beautifully Framed Balls
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Biden’s Climate Report Card
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The Fed rate decision meeting is today. Here are the odds of a cut.
Inflation-weary consumers have also been slammed by high borrowing costs. Here's what economists expect the Fed to announce.
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Video shows protests at UCLA as violent confrontation breaks out
Video from CNN affiliate KABC shows fireworks, objects being thrown and physical violence among demonstrators on the UCLA campus. A violent confrontation broke out between pro-Palestinian protesters and Israel supporters at the University of California, Los Angeles. CNN has reached out to UCLA, UCLA Police and LAPD for comment.
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Here’s the Speech Trump Should Give at Barron’s Graduation
Photo Illustration by Elizabeth Brockway/The Daily Beast/GettyNow that Judge Juan Merchan has ruled that the World’s #1 Dad, Donald Trump, is permitted to skip a day of his criminal trial to attend his youngest son Barron’s high school graduation, I thought it might be a nice idea for a professional writer to prepare some remarks for the former president to deliver to the graduates. Just a few words of life advice from an old man who has seen and done it all.And, because I’m a generous spirit, I decided to take up the assignment myself.I’ll set the scene. As the high school band performs a stirring rendition of The Village People’s “YMCA,” President 45 strides onto stage, perhaps performing his “I’m flossing the space between my ears” dance. Magic.Read more at The Daily Beast.
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Florida’s Abortion Ban Should Be Our Breaking Point
Illustration by Elizabeth Brockway/The Daily BeastFor nearly two years after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, Florida was the last safe haven for people in need of abortions in the South. As of today, that’s no longer true.It’s hard to adequately convey the devastation of a six-week abortion ban taking effect in one of the country’s most populous states.Last year, one in three abortions in the South happened in Florida. Already this year, 1,300 people have traveled from other states to Florida to access abortion. As of today, if you’re more than six weeks pregnant and living in south Florida, the closest abortion clinic will be in Charlotte, North Carolina—a 14-hour drive away. Beyond 12 weeks and you’ll have to drive 17 hours to Virginia.Read more at The Daily Beast.
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It’s Crunch Time for This Putin Ally’s Infamous Nepo Babies
Chingis Kondarov/ReutersWhile Kremlin-appointed Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov reportedly circles the drain with a terminal diagnosis of necrotizing pancreatitis, the spotlight has shifted to his three notorious sons, including his 16-year-old teenager Adam, who was reportedly given a major promotion this week.On Sunday, just a week after news of Kadyrov’s diagnoses broke, the Chechen leader announced that his 16-year-old son, Adam Kadyrov, will become the supervisor of a Chechen special forces training school in Gudermes, according to the Current Time. “He is closely familiar with the activities of the famous university, so I believe that he will cope with his assigned responsibilities very well,” Kadyrov said in a post on social media.Ramzan Kadyrov’s effort to prop up his son isn’t a surefire sign that he is grooming him to take on larger responsibilities in the region. For the people of Chechnya, however, the looming power vacuum and possible succession fight could determine the the future of a republic that has been wracked with countless reports of human rights violations, kidnappings, and torture incidents. (The United States has sanctioned Kadyrov for alleged involvement in “gross violations of human rights,” including extrajudicial killings.)Read more at The Daily Beast.
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Trump’s Lawyers Want to Bail on His Sex Discrimination Suit
Photo Illustration by Luis G. Rendon/The Daily Beast/Getty ImagesThe firm that has repped ex-President Donald Trump and his campaign in multiple battles with high-profile women has asked a federal judge to let them abandon the embattled politician in a sex discrimination suit by a former female adviser—even if he and his team protest.The firm, LaRocca, Hornik, Greenberg, Kittredge, Carlin & McPartland, unsuccessfully defended the former commander-in-chief against rape allegations by writer E. Jean Carroll and in the 2016 NDA case brought by one-time aide Jessica Denson. But on Friday the firm submitted a motion in Manhattan federal court to withdraw as his attorneys as yet another suit advances. The lawyers withheld details about why they wanted to pull out, except to say that their rapport with the campaign had suffered “an irreparable breakdown.The firm asked to explain its exit request to the bench in private, and signaled that the campaign might fight to keep them onboard.Read more at The Daily Beast.
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The Secret Sauce Behind Netflix’s All-Out Comedy Dominance
Photo Illustration by Luis G. Rendon/The Daily Beast/Getty ImagesMost people tend to know Netflix best for their explosive docudramas on cults and killers, or for reviving mid TV shows from other networks, or for titillating sex and violence, or even for mind-bending sci-fi. But for the past decade, there is no genre the global streaming giant has thoroughly dominated more than stand-up comedy.If the key to comedy remains timing, then this week’s kickoff of the second Netflix is a Joke Fest across Los Angeles feels most auspicious.Set aside anything Jerry Seinfeld has said as fuel to gin up publicity for his own Netflix movie (Unfrosted, premiering Friday) and his Hollywood Bowl shows Wednesday and Thursday where he shares a bill with Jim Gaffigan, Sebastian Maniscalco, and Nate Bargatze. Fans of all political persuasions keep watching old Seinfeld episodes and snapping up tickets to his live shows. Nobody at the 17,500-seat amphitheater in the Hollywood hills is likely to make much of a fuss—especially after paying up to $700 for a ticket.Read more at The Daily Beast.
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Ukraine Attack on Airfield Likely To Force 'Dispersals' of Russian Jets: UK
Kyiv "continues to effectively target military and infrastructure facilities behind enemy lines," a Ukrainian source told domestic media after weekend strikes.
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China and Japan Face Off at Strategic Islands
Five Japanese lawmakers conducted a three-hour survey of the disputed Senkaku islets over the weekend.
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‘The Veil’: Elisabeth Moss Survived an Earthquake and Polar Vortex to Make New Show
FXIt turns out that Elisabeth Moss is a great celebrity to weather your first Los Angeles earthquake with. I learned this back in February, as she calmly informed me that the hotel meeting room where we were speaking was shaking not because of a large truck driving past the window or a low-flying airplane, but because there was a sudden release of energy in the lithosphere, creating seismic waves.Actually, what she said was, “Oh, this is an earthquake,” while very coolly bracing herself on the velvet couch across from me, where she was sitting alongside executive producer Denise Di Nova of their new FX series The Veil. “I’m pretty sure.”As the ground beneath us violently trembled, the walls rattled, and the phalanx of agents and publicists screamed in terror while ducking for cover—OK, perhaps more realistically there was some light, though definitely noticeable, quivering—the Emmy winner sensed what must have the look of sheer panic in my face.Read more at The Daily Beast.
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Harry Styles Gets His Own ‘Fifty Shades of Grey’
The Daily Beast/Amazon MGMEvery moment of The Idea of You feels like the first day of summer vacation: dreamy, sun-soaked, and unbelievably horny, if you have an…adult taste in getaways. In watching the steamy new romance, we are living vicariously through someone who has achieved every teenage girl’s fantasy—sleeping with the world’s biggest, hottest celeb. In this case, the A-lister is Harry Styles at the peak of his One Direction fame—or at least, the lead love interest is loosely inspired by him. Swoon. That’s the ideal life.Based on Robinne Lee’s spicy 2017 novel of the same name, The Idea of You (May 2, Prime Video) starts out with a sunny desert getaway in Coachella. Solène (Anne Hathaway), the 40-year-old mother of Izzy (Ella Rubin), is tasked with taking her teenage daughter and their friends to the music festival when she quite literally stumbles into the headlining act. Trying to find an open, clean restroom—quite the feat at Coachella—Solène accidentally finds herself in Hayes Campbell’s (Nicholas Galitzine) trailer. Oh. My. God.Wait, you don’t know Hayes Campbell? The Hayes Campbell? As in, 24-year-old frontman for August Moon, dreamboat and womanizer extraordinaire? Yeah, that’s him. After five minutes in his trailer, Solène is smitten—but Hayes even more so. The connection is instant. We feel it as much as the characters do. They lock eyes again at a VIP ticket holders meet-and-greet; then, Hayes is on the Coachella mainstage singing odes to a woman he just met. “I know that you’re a little bit older,” Hayes croons, “but baby, rest your head on my shoulder.” We can guess who that’s about!Read more at The Daily Beast.
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Romantic Comedies Just Aren’t Funny Anymore
Photo Illustration by Luis G. Rendon/The Daily Beast/Getty ImagesWelcome to modern rom-com week at The Daily Beast’s Obsessed! In honor of two big romance releases this week—The Fall Guy and The Idea of You—we’re celebrating everything we love about the last 15 years of romantic comedies.Love isn’t particularly funny in the “ha ha” sense—unless the first thing that comes to mind when you think of “funny ha ha” is Nelson Muntz pointing and laughing at someone. But romantic comedies have long tried to prove otherwise, finding humor (I’d call it “gallows;” you might call it “light and frothy”) in what I’d argue is one of life’s more traumatic, if valuable, experiences. It’s a noble pursuit, making someone laugh in the face of horrible vulnerability and awkwardness. But that once-successful endeavor is becoming less and less so with every passing year.Let me put it this way: Romantic comedies aren’t funny anymore.Read more at The Daily Beast.
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Top bombshells from 'Downfall of Diddy': Hollywood 'eerily' quiet about rapper's investigation
"The Downfall of Diddy" documentary explored the celebrity fallout following the federal raids and investigation on music mogul Sean Combs' mansions in April.
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‘Evil Does Not Exist’: A Japanese Master Returns With Another Cinematic Triumph
Janus Films Although its title sounds fit for a horror movie, Evil Does Not Exist (which hits theaters May 3) is far from a conventionally scary affair—which isn’t to say that, beneath its placid surface, it doesn’t thrum with unnerving tension. Maintaining the slow, deliberate pace and studied formal devices (if not the lengthy runtime) of his Oscar-nominated 2021 gem Drive My Car, Japanese auteur Ryusuke Hamaguchi’s latest generates simmering anxiety from the clash between modernity and nature. Its tranquil poeticism infused with dissonant undercurrents that grow increasingly pronounced and disturbing as it ambles along its woodland path, it’s a masterful film that invites contemplation and, in return, delivers lyrical beauty, haunting mystery, and more than a bit of unexpected terror.In the small rural enclave of Mizubiki, widower Takumi (Hitoshi Omika) works as a “jack of all trades” for his community. Introduced chainsawing and chopping firewood with quiet, methodical focus, Takumi lives in a cabin with his 8-year-old daughter Hana (Ryo Nishikawa), who attends a nearby daycare center. Read more at The Daily Beast.
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The 8 Most Absurd Sports Scenes Ever, From ‘Teen Wolf’ to ‘Top Gun’
Photo Illustration by Luis G. Rendon/The Daily Beast/Netflix/MGM/ParamountI have played tennis approximately three times in my life and embarrassed myself each time. As such, it takes a lot to get me to watch tennis—even on film. Fortunately, Challengers, Luca Guadagnino’s steamy tennis drama, has granted us a vehicle to pretend we’re innocently watching sports, when we’re all really here to see Mike Faist and Josh O’Connor make out while Zendaya watches.While Challengers is hot, it also features a lot of tennis (of the non-tonsil variety)—which is surprising coming from a director who professes to dislike the game. It got me thinking: If I can’t get paid to write a list of the questions raised by this being the second film about a love triangle to come out of the marriage between Celine Song and Justin Kuritzkes, perhaps there’s something to be said about how surprisingly excellent Challengers’ sports sequences are and what other similar sporting moments can be found in TV and film? What moments were so shocking or so good that they made me consider buying a pair of shorts and slithering outside? I don’t mean the best sporting moments or even the most iconic—but the moments in TV and film that are most memorable for their quality and, importantly, absurdity.Top Gun’s homoerotic beach volleyballRead more at The Daily Beast.
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House Prices Fall in Nearly Half of US States
Homes prices are softening in the West and the South, a recent report by Moody's Analytics found.
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UCLA Campus Protests Erupt Into Chaos
LAPD is "responding immediately" to request for support, the city mayor said after skirmishes were reported between pro-Israeli and pro-Palestinian groups.
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NYPD removes Palestinian flag from CCNY campus, reraises American flag after anti-Israel protest
The NYPD tore down a Palestinian flag flying on the City College of New York campus and replaced it with an American flag after anti-Israel agitators removed it during a protest.
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Knicks’ Mitchell Robinson rues foul that led to 4-point play: ‘I f–ked up’
Mitchell Robinson’s return from a one-game absence included one very bad lowlight. “I’m just going to take it like a man,” he said. “I f–-ked up.”
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Woman Wanting Help With Mom's Hair Problem Goes Viral, Flooded With Advice
Her request on her mom's behalf led to strangers on the internet leaving their words of wisdom for her hair concerns.
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Kyle Richards’ daughter Farrah had $1M in goods, stepdad Mauricio Umansky’s heirlooms stolen from Hollywood home
Among the pricy items snatched from the "Buying Beverly Hills" star's LA property were Hermès bags, luxury watches, designer suitcases, and high-end jewelry.
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Today's 'Wordle' #1,047 Clues and Answer for Wednesday, May 1 puzzle
Need a hand with today's "Wordle" puzzle? Newsweek has gathered five clues to help you figure out the answer.
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Trump eyes 2 battleground states as he looks to tear down Dem 'blue wall' again
Former President Trump to make campaign stops in Wisconsin and Michigan for the second time in a month as the presumptive GOP nominee aims to rip down Democrats' "blue wall" again.
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EcoHealth Alliance president to testify on COVID origins, Wuhan lab taxpayer-funded research
EcoHealth Alliance President Peter Daszak is expected to publicly testify on Wednesday before the House Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic.
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Acapulco's Eugenio Derbez on How He Had to 'Reinvent Himself'
"Humor in Mexico and in the U.S. is completely different. So, I had to reinvent myself," Eugenio Derbez tells Newsweek's Parting Shot.
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Student Loans Change Today: Here's Who's Impacted
Public service workers were able to get their debts cleared under specific Education Department rules, but not as of today.
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Can Influencers Survive a TikTok Ban?
TikTok creators and experts shared their predictions for the future in the event of a U.S. TikTok ban.
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Gen Z Is Finding It Easier to Buy a Home Compared to Past Generations
More adult Gen Zers own a home now than the two previous generations did at the same age, according to a recent Redfin report.
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Columbia Officials Said They Had ‘No Choice’ But to Call the Police to Clear Protest
Columbia’s president expressed regret about calling in the police to clear a previous protest. On Tuesday, she said she had “no choice” after protesters occupied a building on campus.
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Rangers will clash with rival Hurricanes in Round 2 of NHL playoffs
The Hurricanes beat the Islanders on Tuesday night in Game 5 to set up a rematch of the 2022 second round, in which the Rangers beat Carolina in seven.
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Ryan Gosling and Mikey Day reprise viral Beavis and Butt-Head characters at ‘Fall Guy’ premiere
Gosling, who stars in “The Fall Guy” opposite Emily Blunt, walked the carpet twice Tuesday during the Los Angeles premiere.
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76ers’ Tyrese Maxey pours in 46 to ruin Knicks’ chance to clinch series
Highlights of the Knicks' 112-106 overtime loss to the 76ers in Game 5 on Tuesday night at the Garden:
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Bucks siguen con vida en serie, al aplastar a Pacers en el 5to partido
Bobby Portis se disculpó con sus compañeros por su expulsión en el cuarto partido de la serie, en el que Milwaukee quedó al borde de la eliminación.
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Cerveceros doblegan a Rays, tras riña entre dominicanos Uribe y Siri
El dominicano Willy Adames disparó un jonrón de tres carreras, y los Cerveceros de Milwaukee doblegaron el martes 8-2 a los Rays de Tampa Bay, en un encuentro empañado por una riña.
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Un jonrón de Walker en la 10ma da victoria a Diamondbacks sobre Dodgers tras un retraso
Christian Walker jonroneó dos veces, incluido un batazo de dos carreras en el 10mo que dio a los Diamondbacks de Arizona un triunfo 4-3 sobre los Dodgers de Los Ángeles tras un receso provocado por abejas.
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Islanders likely to make changes next season despite late-season surge
This does feel like a junction at which bringing the band back together would be a hard sell for the Islanders fan base.
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Highway Collapse in China Kills 19: State Media
At least 30 people have been given medical treatment after the incident in Guangdong province's Meizhou city.
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