Rep. Eugene Vindman is among a generation of young Democrats who ran for Congress, in part, because of their experience fighting a forever war in the Middle East. Party leaders, including House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, are amplifying those voices as Democrats seek to navigate the fallout from the quickly escalating war. Elizabeth Frantz/ReutersFor now, most Democrats are firmly condemning Trump’s decision to strike Iran without first seeking congressional approval. Party leaders are eager not to repeat history and sow divisions that plagued them over the Iraq war more than 20 years ago. His twin brother, Alex, was wounded in an IED attack in Iraq by an “Iranian manufactured” projectile, Vindman said Wednesday.

Cybersecurity company Malwarebytes raised the alarm about the “fake calendar invites” back in November of last year. What is the phone calendar scam? How can I spot an iPhone calendar scam? If you notice unexpected calendar invites, especially those with alarming names and/or phone numbers or links, that’s a huge red flag. AdvertisementHow can I get rid of scam calendar invites?

Nicola Coughlan at The Fashion Awards in December 2024 via Associated PressNicola Coughlan has laid out why she’s definitely not here for the discussions about her body that have arisen since she shot to international fame in Bridgerton. AdvertisementLuke Newton and Nicola Coughlan in season three of Bridgerton LIAM DANIEL/NETFLIX“I was probably a size 10 and one of the corsets was a size eight,” she said. AdvertisementAs the person in question began talking more about her body, Nicola admitted she became deeply uncomfortable (“I was like, ‘I want to die. “It’s so fucking boring.”AdvertisementBack in 2024, around the release of Bridgerton’s third season, Nicola shared that she’d grown tired of people suggesting her nude scenes in the Netflix period drama were “brave”. It just felt like the biggest ‘fuck you’ to all the conversation surrounding my body,” she said, describing the sequence as “amazingly empowering”.

Claim: The children's TV show "SpongeBob SquarePants" was created to entertain children trafficked by sex criminal Jeffrey Epstein. Among them was the TV show "SpongeBob SquarePants," which posts claimed was created in order to entertain children trafficked by Epstein and his associates. The more broad claim, that "SpongeBob" was created to entertain Epstein's victims, is false too. Since the government's collection of files on Epstein has now been (mostly) released, it stands to reason that if "SpongeBob SquarePants" was indeed created in connection with Epstein, the files would likely mention the show or its creator, Stephen Hillenburg. So, Snopes looked through the files, searching for the terms "SpongeBob" and "Stephen Hillenburg."

Claim:The children's TV show "SpongeBob SquarePants" was created to entertain children trafficked by sex criminal Jeffrey Epstein. Among them was the TV show "SpongeBob SquarePants," which posts claimed was created in order to entertain children trafficked by Epstein and his associates. The more broad claim, that "SpongeBob" was created to entertain Epstein's victims, is false too. "Appreciation: 'SpongeBob' Creator Stephen Hillenburg, from Bikini Bottom to the World." "Stephen Hillenburg, 'SpongeBob SquarePants' Creator, Dies at 57."

ToplineEgyptian billionaire Nassef Sawiris is set to become the chair of German sportswear brand Adidas at its shareholder meeting in May, replacing a longtime chair who oversaw the company’s post-pandemic rebound and the end of its lucrative Yeezy partnership with rapper Kanye West. Key FactsSawiris, an investor and member of Egypt’s richest family, is already a major shareholder in Adidas and has been a member of its supervisory board since 2016.

Teresa Kenny, Women’s Health Nurse Practitioner and medical consultant from Hormone Genius, joins Trending with Timmerie. Episode GuideHormone replacement therapy for women: Teresa Kenny, WHNP, MC (0:46)Cycle and fertility education allows women to thrive and enjoy optimal health. (14:27)Menopause, estrogen, and cancer (20:00)Clavicular—is it looksmaxxing, self-obsession, or something more? (32:05)What would you say to Jesus if you met him? Shia LaBeouf (45:36)Resources mentioned:The Happy Girl’s Guide to Being Whole by Teresa Kenny: https://lumenpress.org/product/the-happy-girls-guide-to-being-whole/For more on our guest Teresa Kenny: https://www.hormonegenius.com/Epsiode on facework, botox, and body dysmorphiahttps://relevantradio.com/2025/05/baby-botox-body-dysmorphia/https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/13/style/clavicular-looksmaxxing-braden-peters.html

Currently, Russian forces occupy 19.4 percent of Ukrainian territory. Ukrainian forces have not only held Russian advances to a slow crawl, but they have begun to push Russian forces back in localized counterattacks since last autumn. Ukrainian forces liberated the town of Kupyansk in Kharkiv oblast in November and retook tactically important positions in Zaporizhzhia and Dnipropetrovsk oblasts last month. In fact, Ukrainian forces have made net daily gains more frequently over the past six months than they had in the previous nine. Indeed, Ukraine liberated more land than Russian forces seized the last two weeks of February.

“Based on what you know today, Madam Secretary, were Renee Good and Alex Pretti domestic terrorists?”Noem said their killings were “an absolute tragedy,” but ignored the question. “Were they domestic terrorists, as you said to the country?” Raskin asked again. The Maryland congressman, becoming increasingly angry, repeated his question four more times: Were Renee Good and Alex Pretti domestic terrorists? “You said that they were domestic terrorists. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem refused six times to admit she was wrong when she publicly accused Renee Good and Alex Pretti of being "domestic terrorists."

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We know at least one of the missing files contains allegations that Trump sexually assaulted a thirteen-year-old girl. On February 19, less than ten days before Trump started bombing Iran, Trump told his “Board of Peace” that “[w]e’ve done the biggest thing of all. Trump told reporters today that “we’re doing very well on the war front, to put it mildly,” rating it 15 on a scale of 1 to 10. The war was unpopular with Americans before Trump started bombing Iran, and support for it has dropped since it began. Emily Eby French of Common Cause Texas told Jen Rice: “We can’t let a small group of conspiracy theorists set the rules for Texas voters anymore.

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LOADING ERROR LOADINGPrivate Eye put not one, not two, not three — but FOUR — mocking spins on the image of Donald Trump, Secretary of State Marco Rubio and CIA Director John Ratcliffe in a makeshift situation room at the president’s luxury Mar-a-Lago resort during the start of U.S.-Israel military operations against Iran this weekend. The satirical magazine reproduced the image below, with speech bubbles coming out of the trio, four times, under the headline “Trump Attacks Iran: How Operation Epic Fury Unfolded.”AdvertisementSee the cover on Instagram. President Donald Trump, CIA Director John Ratcliffe, Secretary of State Marco Rubio and White House chief of staff Susie Wiles at Mar-a-Lago during Operation Epic Fury. via Associated PressIn one picture, Ratcliffe is depicted asking “Is the Supreme Leader dead?” And Rubio replies: “No, Trump always looks like this.”In another, Ratcliffe boasts “Mission accomplished,” to which Trump, wearing a white “USA” cap, replies “Yes, I’ve killed the Epstein story.”AdvertisementA third picture shows Ratcliffe asking, “What happens next?” Trump says, “Popular revolt and regime change,” and Rubio replies, “In America.”The final image shows Ratcliffe asking Trump: “Why have you started this war?”Trump replies: “So that I can stop it.” Rubio responds, “I’ll ring the Nobel committee.”The cover was hailed by commenters on Instagram as “Absolutely spot on,” “brilliant” and “so bloody true.”Private Eye has ripped Trump on countless occasions before, previously poking him over his failure to broker an end to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine (despite vowing to do so in his 2024 campaign) and trolling him with a sarcastic message on his return to the White House.

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Rescue workers carry a casualty of an airstrike in Tehran, Iran, on Wednesday. That figure, which has now surpassed the 1,190 deaths in US and Israeli strikes on Iran last June, came as a growing chorus of world leaders and analysts warn of the hollow legal basis for the US and Israeli military campaign. Elsewhere in the region, dozens of people, including children, have been killed by Tehran’s retaliatory strikes on neighboring countries, according to local authorities. Elsewhere, strikes killed at least 35 people in the southern Fars province, and 27 civilians in residential areas in Maragheh, in northwestern Iran, the agency said. The White House did not rule out on Wednesday that US military personnel carried out the strike, but insisted that the US “does not target civilians.”CNN has approached the Israeli military for comment.