It was then that I realized that I was being prepared to be a doctor in an emerging police state. In patient after patient, the scores on these screenings are sky-high, placing the majority squarely at risk for severe anxiety and depression. I see the same answers over and over, as if our patients are cribbing off each others’ answer sheets. ADVERTISEMENTIs it when we let our patients know their rights so they are less fearful that ICE will kidnap them away from their children? Dipti S. Barot is a primary care doctor, writer, educator in the San Francisco Bay Area.

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Matty Healy, Denise Welch, Taylor Swift Associated PressOn an episode of Watch What Happens Live! with Andy Cohen, the host brought up Taylor’s album The Tortured Poets Department, for which Matty Healy was widely believed to have been the inspiration. Matty Healy via Associated PressIt’s not the first time the Loose Women star has spoken about the album. She previously claimed on the show that she was “not aware [Taylor Swift] had an album out at all”. Son Matty has been pretty tight-lipped too, responding with a quick “huge if true” comment to Reddit speculation about his influence on The Tortured Poets Department.

July 25, 2025 11:15 UTC

LOADING ERROR LOADINGIn a decision that critics say reeks of corruption and threatens press freedoms, the Federal Communications Commission has approved Skydance’s $8 billion acquisition of CBS parent company Paramount Global, both of which made significant concessions to President Donald Trump in recent weeks. The merger approved Thursday is likely to result in a rightward shift at CBS News, one of the country’s three major media networks. “That is why I welcome Skydance’s commitment to make significant changes at the once storied CBS broadcast network. “After months of cowardly capitulation to this Administration, Paramount finally got what it wanted. Unfortunately, it is the American public who will ultimately pay the price for its actions,” she wrote, accusing the FCC of coercing Paramount into the settlement.

July 25, 2025 08:00 UTC

Jeffrey Epstein, Donald Trump MeidasTouch/GettyA newly resurfaced video shows convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein speaking about himself and Donald Trump during a 2010 deposition, five years before Trump announced his presidential run and nearly a decade before Epstein’s death by apparent suicide. In the footage, posted on X by progressive media outlet MeidasTouch, an attorney asked Epstein if he had a “personal relationship” with Trump. Advertisement“What do you mean by ‘personal relationship,’ sir?” Epstein replied. “Have you ever socialised with Donald Trump in the presence of females under the age of 18?” the attorney asked. AdvertisementStory continues below clip🚨🚨🚨 Watch Jeffrey Epstein plead his Fifth, Sixth, and 14th Amendment rights when asked if he and Donald Trump socialized with females under the age of 18 during a 2010 deposition:Q: Have you ever had a personal relationship with Donald Trump?

July 24, 2025 15:40 UTC

LOADING ERROR LOADINGTravis Kelce is in his “Pretty Woman” era, and he knows it. The Kansas City Chiefs tight end comically compared his whirlwind romance with Taylor Swift to the iconic 1990 rom-com during the latest episode of his “New Heights” podcast with brother Jason Kelce. Advertisement“I think throughout the movie they do a good job of saying neither world is better than the other,” ESPN sportscaster said. “They just are different ... and people are really all the same.”While Travis agreed, he said there was one divide “Pretty Woman” didn’t explore. I’m just an NFL hooker, man.”AdvertisementWhile Kelce is an all-star athlete, his profile has risen considerably since he began dating pop superstar Swift back in 2023.

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His reason? Johnson said it's to protect Epstein's victims:"[The president] is very insistent that we do not subject people who have already been victims of unspeakable crimes to further public scrutiny," he said. He also referred to the vote as "Democrats' side show," despite it being largely bipartisan.

July 24, 2025 00:56 UTC

LOADING ERROR LOADINGWASHINGTON (AP) — A federal appeals court in San Francisco ruled Wednesday that President Donald Trump’s order seeking to end birthright citizenship is unconstitutional, affirming a lower-court decision that blocked its enforcement nationwide. Circuit Court of Appeals comes after Trump’s plan was also blocked by a federal judge in New Hampshire. “The district court correctly concluded that the Executive Order’s proposed interpretation, denying citizenship to many persons born in the United States, is unconstitutional. The 2-1 ruling keeps in place a decision from U.S. District Judge John C. Coughenour in Seattle, who blocked Trump’s effort to end birthright citizenship and decried what he described as the administration’s attempt to ignore the Constitution for political gain. Bumatay did not weigh in on whether ending birthright citizenship would be constitutional.

July 24, 2025 00:47 UTC

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July 23, 2025 20:42 UTC

AdvertisementJohnson told reporters he’s fed up with Democrats’ efforts to force votes on releasing Epstein’s files. “Our binding bipartisan legislation to release the complete Epstein files now has 20 sponsors. AP/Getty ImagesIt infuriated many of his staunch supporters, who are wondering, along with everyone else, why he’s hiding Epstein’s files. During his Tuesday press conference, Johnson knocked Massie for working with Democrats to try to force the release of Epstein’s files. Advertisement“Trump is all over the Epstein files.” - Rep. Ted Lieu (D-Calif.)Rep. Ted Lieu (D-Calif.) said he talked about the Epstein files during the Biden administration, and it’s clear how close Trump and Epstein were based on what’s been made public so far.

July 22, 2025 20:25 UTC

Based on Dick King-Smith’s children’s book The Sheep-Pig, the hit movie depicted a surprisingly clever pig who trains to become a sheep herder. Universal Pictures Babe movie“On the second day of filming, I broke for lunch before everybody else. All the animals I’d worked with that morning were on the table, cut up, fricasseed, roasted and seared,” Cromwell told the publication. “On that thought, I laid the line: ‘That’ll do pig, that’ll do.’ At the time, I hadn’t forgiven my father, who was a director and very critical of my work, which stung. But at that moment, I looked at myself and saw I am my father’s son and I love him.

July 22, 2025 17:08 UTC

LOADING ERROR LOADINGMSNBC’s Lawrence O’Donnell suggested that Donald Trump’s recent silence on the Jeffrey Epstein files controversy may be speaking volumes. “He might fly into obsessive, relentless social media postings about the thing he’s terrified about, sometimes he’ll do it about the thing he’s terrified about, and sometimes not, sometimes about anything else, which is kind of what he’s been doing.”AdvertisementBut there’s a different pattern too, suggested O’Donnell. “The other way Donald Trump communicates his fear is silence, which is also what he’s been doing,” he said. “That’s how Donald Trump treats the things he’s most afraid of, in my observation. And so, judging by his silence, Donald Trump is living in abject terror tonight of the Epstein files,” he added.

July 22, 2025 15:38 UTC

I was there to see Mary Mahoney and Allison Horrocks — historians, podcasters and authors of the book “Dolls of Our Lives: Why We Can’t Quit American Girl.” For the uninitiated: Each of the original American Girl dolls portrays a preteen girl from a particular time period in American history, accompanied by six chapter books of illustrated stories. As a child, I owned four American Girl dolls — a luxury my parents had been able to afford due to an extended family member who got us a discount. While I waited, I discovered an online community of American Girl doll enthusiasts that I had never known existed. One year later, I am a proud, fully realized American Girl doll fan. The author today with her original four American Girl dolls, plus Lindsey.

July 22, 2025 11:56 UTC

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July 21, 2025 22:59 UTC

Here’s your guide to all of them…Emily RatajkowskiEmily Ratajkowski via Associated PressThe US model and actor plays Megan’s ex’s cool and stylish new fiancée Wendy Jones. AdvertisementShe also explained that Lena had initially envisioned her character as a lawyer, before Emily suggested that she be an influencer instead. AdvertisementRichard E. GrantRichard E. Grant via Associated PressThe legendary British actor isn’t quite a fleeting cameo, since he plays a key role as Jessica’s UK-based boss, Jonno Ratigan. Adwoa AboahAdwoa Aboah via Associated PressThe British actor and model appears in a few scenes as Felix’s recent ex Linnea. While she’s proven her acting talents playing Becks in Top Boy, Lena explained that hiring models for the series was very intentional.

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