Trump Administration Downplays Alex Padilla Incident With Misleading Characterizations
LOADING ERROR LOADINGThe administration of President Donald Trump swiftly sought to downplay a Thursday incident in which Sen. Alex Padilla (D-Calif.) was roughly pinned to the ground and briefly handcuffed during a press conference by Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem in Los Angeles. Video of the interaction, however, shows Padilla stepping to the front of the press conference as she spoke about Immigration and Customs Enforcement activity in some of the communities Padilla represents. He said later that he was initially there to watch the press conference “peacefully,” but that at one point, he had a question and wanted to demand an answer. Support HuffPost Already contributed? Support HuffPost Already contributed?
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June 13, 2025 09:28 UTC
After Voting For Trillions In Debt, House Republicans Approve A $9 Billion Cut
Republicans argue the $9.4 billion in spending cuts are necessary to address the nation’s mounting debt even though last month they passed a package of tax and spending cuts that could add an extra $3 trillion to the national debt over the next 10 years. The cuts passed Thursday, if approved by the Senate, would amount to less than a hundredth of a percent of projected federal spending for this year. Thursday’s vote represents the first attempt by Congress and the White House to take Musk’s work and make it official. Senate Republicans have suggested they’d like to change the provision, but LaLota expressed confidence that wouldn’t happen. Rescission requests, which are initiated by the White House, cannot be filibustered in the Senate, meaning they require a simple majority to pass.
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June 12, 2025 23:10 UTC
Alex Padilla manhandled and removed from Kristi Noem presser
xKristi Noem: "We are not going away. We are staying here to liberate the city from the socialists and the burdensome leadership that this governor and that this mayor have placed on this country and what they have tried to insert into the city." Sen. Alex Padilla is then forcibly removed!
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June 12, 2025 18:51 UTC
Trump Says He’ll Start ‘Phasing Out’ FEMA, Reduce Federal Aid After Hurricane Season
President Donald Trump said Tuesday that he plans to phase out FEMA after this year's hurricane season. AdvertisementFlorida received over $1 billion from FEMA following Hurricane Ian in 2022. Support HuffPost Already contributed? Support HuffPost Already contributed? Hurricanes have made up the largest category of DRF spending, according to the CBO, followed by other natural disasters like flooding, severe storms, wildfires, tornadoes and earthquakes.
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June 12, 2025 18:31 UTC
My Mom’s Disappearance Was A Mystery. Then I Saw An Old Photo — And What I Discovered Next Left Me Shaken.
Then I Saw An Old Photo — And What I Discovered Next Left Me Shaken. I didn’t know what she looked like. Her mental illness was like a thick fog; I didn’t know how to navigate around it to see her. In the photo, a young white woman with a beehive hairdo looked at the camera with a wide, dimpled smile. “She was a white woman on the block, not scared, not worried about being attacked, not looking over her shoulder.
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June 12, 2025 16:05 UTC
Biphobia Is Louder Than Ever This Pride – Stop Asking Us To 'Be More Queer'
For instance, look at all the backlash against JoJo Siwa and her relationship with Chris Hughes. Advertisementtwitter when a bisexual is bi: pic.twitter.com/2yuyBvrsos — jessica ⋆𐙚₊˚⊹♡ (@tinkjobej) June 8, 2025If I’m in a relationship with a man, I’m a bisexual for attention. If I’m in a relationship with a woman, I’m a lesbian who can’t admit it. AdvertisementIn a world that is attacking the rights of our entire LGBTQ+ community, why are we turning on one another? It has never been a more fucking terrifying time to be anything but cis het and we are all having our experiences as queer people invalidated.
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June 12, 2025 14:33 UTC
Stephen Colbert Shreds Trump's 'Winning' Claim With Absolutely Historic Takedown
LOADING ERROR LOADING“Late Show” host Stephen Colbert on Wednesday mocked President Donald Trump’s renewed obsession with honoring the Confederate leaders who fought against the United States during the Civil War. Trump this week said he was restoring the names of those figures to U.S. military bases, including one honoring Gen. Robert E. Lee. Colbert fired back with a reminder straight from the history books. “Yes, ’cuz when you think winning, you think Robert E. Lee,” Colbert said. “Same reason we just named our new battleship the USS New York Jets.”
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June 12, 2025 13:59 UTC
Southern Baptists Overwhelmingly Call For A Ban On Gay Marriage
A messenger attending the Southern Baptist Convention participates in worship during the 2025 SBC Annual Meeting, Tuesday, June 10, 2025, in Dallas. (AP Photo/Richard W. Rodriguez) via Associated PressDALLAS (AP) — Southern Baptists overwhelmingly endorsed a ban on gay marriage — including a call for a reversal of the U.S. Supreme Court’s 10-year-old precedent legalizing it nationwide. AdvertisementThe resolution calls “for laws that affirm marriage between one man and one women.”There was no debate on the marriage resolution. The two-day annual meeting of the Southern Baptist Convention began Tuesday morning with praise sessions and optimistic reports about growing numbers of baptisms. That came shortly after the release of a blockbuster report by an outside consultant, which said Southern Baptist leaders mishandled abuse cases and stonewalled victims for years.
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June 11, 2025 05:10 UTC
I Had An Unlikely Friendship With Erik Menendez. 30 Years Later, Here's What I Want Him To Know.
I Had An Unlikely Friendship With Erik Menendez. Erik Menendez looks back and smiles at the spectator section during his and his brother Lyle’s murder trial, Aug. 11, 1993, in a Van Nuys courtroom in Los Angeles. My parents didn’t know about our friendship, and I was certain that this was the moment they would discover my secret, causing everything to come crashing down on me. I couldn’t imagine the consequences I would face if my mom and dad discovered that the “Erik” who often called our house was actually Erik Menendez. A letter sent from Erik Menendez to the author Courtesy of Jennifer Sullivan BeebeEver since then, I’ve felt like I owed you an explanation.
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June 10, 2025 12:22 UTC
Judge Blocks Trump's Anti-DEI And Anti-Trans Orders
LOADING ERROR LOADINGA federal judge on Monday blocked several of President Donald Trump’s executive orders that have threatened federal funding to nonprofits that primarily service LGBTQ+ communities. District Judge Jon Tigar in Oakland, California, issued a preliminary injunction halting three of Trump’s anti-DEI and anti-transgender executive orders. Shortly after he also signed two orders directing agencies to terminate federal funding for all diversity, equity and inclusion programs. Almost immediately, nonprofit organizations saw that their contracts, totaling hundreds of thousands and, in some cases, millions of dollars in federal funding, were being canceled. Support HuffPost Already contributed?
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June 10, 2025 05:46 UTC
I Spent Years Making Millions Smuggling Cocaine For Pablo Escobar And No One Had Any Idea
But by night, I was secretly flying tons of cocaine for Pablo Escobar and smuggling it into South Florida. Photo Courtesy Of TJ DominguezAt that point, I started making regular trips to the Bahamas. Primarily because most cocaine pilots during that time partook in the cocaine they were smuggling, and they were always high. After I started making weekly $5 million trips for Pablo Escobar, he stopped paying me in cash ― and started paying me in cocaine. Then there was the “cocaine kingpin me” who was smuggling and selling tons and tons of cocaine for Pablo Escobar.
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June 09, 2025 12:22 UTC
The White Lotus Star Sam Nivola Has His Say On 'Nepo Baby' Comments
Sam Nivola as Lochlan Ratliff in The White Lotus Fabio Lovino/HBOThe White Lotus star Sam Nivola has addressed critics who’ve called him a “nepo baby” due to his family’s ties to the entertainment industry. Earlier this year, Sam caused a major stir in the third season of The White Lotus, in which he played the youngest member of the Ratliff family, Lochlan. AdvertisementSam with his mother and father at the Tribeca Film Festival in 2018 Lev Radin/Shutterstock“My whole thing was that my parents really didn’t want me to be an actor, which I totally get – I don’t know if I’d want my kid to be an actor. “I’m embarrassed to say that I didn’t even know who Sam was or who his family was until like six months into [filming],” Patrick admitted. “He was, like, ‘Oh, I hope they don’t call me a nepo baby’.
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June 09, 2025 10:15 UTC
Israel Says It Retrieved Body Of Thai Hostage As Military Kills More Than 100 In Gaza
Israel’s military later said it killed the head of the Mujahideen Brigades, As’ad Aby Sharaiya, in Gaza City on Saturday. Israel’s military didn’t immediately comment. Israel’s military said the strike targeted the Mujahideen Brigades leader. Israel’s military has said it fired warning shots or, in some instances, at individuals approaching. The U.N says it has been unable to distribute much aid under its system because of Israeli military restrictions on movements and insecurity.
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June 09, 2025 03:28 UTC