Snopes also calculated a cost estimate for the 2025 trips using the same report and adjusting the cost for inflation. His weekend golf trips have now cost $18.2 MILLION—all while he plays at his own resorts. He replied in an email that he based his calculations on the cost of golf trips Trump made in 2017, as reported by the GAO. A GAO spokesperson said via email that "GAO does not have any work underway on this subject," regarding Trump's 2025 trips. He used this amount to estimate the cost of golf trips Trump took from his second inauguration on Jan. 20, 2025, to March 8, 2025.
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March 20, 2025 18:46 UTC
LOADING ERROR LOADINGHundreds of Jewish professors, scholars and students have signed a letter condemning the Trump administration for canceling $400 million in federal funding to Columbia University and threatening other universities. Among those expelled was Grant Minter, the Jewish president of the union representing thousands of graduate and undergraduate student workers. Universities does not protect Jewish people. Cutting funding for research does not protect Jewish people. The Trump administration has also arrested, and is trying to deport, Palestinian student organizer Mahmoud Khalil, a permanent U.S. resident who is married to a U.S. citizen.
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March 20, 2025 13:05 UTC
Before we know it, it’s bedtime and that half-serving of pad thai has been sitting out for who knows how long. We desperately want to eat it for lunch tomorrow, but if we do, will we end up the victim of an unfortunate gastric episode — or even worse? The most shocking thing we learned was that some unexpected foods are especially dangerous when left out — and consuming them has even led to death. “It’s a pretty common bacteria that’s found in most foods, and it doesn’t make most of us sick most of the time,” Aiken explained. Aleksandr Zubkov / Getty ImagesDeath from eating starchy foods left out at room temperature is rare (and other health factors may have been at play in the case of the Belgian man who died), but it can happen.
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March 20, 2025 00:34 UTC
The Trump administration defied a federal judge's court order this past weekend in a case related to the removal of more than 200 alleged gang members to El Salvador. Boasberg could issue fines to agencies or even order Trump officials to be jailed if he finds that they are in violation of his order. The Trump administration may also be able to undermine any effort at judicial sanctions in numerous ways. AdvertisementA guard watches inmates sitting on the floor at CECOT, the forced labor prison in El Salvador where detainees were rendered by the Trump administration on Saturday. On Tuesday, another federal district court judge issued a preliminary injunction reversing the administration’s destruction of the U.S. Agency for International Development.
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March 19, 2025 21:52 UTC
'My Friends Say They Need To Live In My Home. "Closed" sign behind window Evan Wise via UnsplashIt’s funny how different peoples’ attitudes can be to having people in their homes, isn’t it? Then again, I don’t reckon I’d be up for the days-long stays that were normal in my rural hometown, now I live in a cramped city apartment. After all, they say, their friend hasn’t even discussed how rent, groceries, and bills would work. Jo assures us that “This is a supremely common social conundrum”, adding, “It’s OK to say no.
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March 19, 2025 14:13 UTC
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March 19, 2025 13:58 UTC
When I Found Out I Was Having A Daughter, I Made A Vow To Myself. Keeping It Has Been Harder Than I Realized. “Oh, she’s 15 pounds!” they’ll exclaim, as though her weight gain is the happiest news they’ve heard all week. But the effects of this immersion into diet culture followed me into adulthood. I know that my daughter will be exposed to her fair share of diet culture as she navigates school and life.
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March 19, 2025 12:29 UTC
via Associated PressOne of the more interesting things that happens as we age is that songs take on a brand new meaning to us. Songs that were once fun to dance to or sing at karaoke nights are suddenly powerful reminders that life is short. Personally, I can’t be left alone with Meat Loaf songs, lest I enter an existential crisis over whether I would, in fact, do anything for love. “When you hit middle age and have been the heartbroken and the heartbreaker in a relationship, this song hits hard,” Reddit user Dawglb explained. “Twenty years later and I feel attacked.”Another Reddit user said: “I feel like I listen[ed] to this when I was 30 and I totally understood.
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March 19, 2025 06:56 UTC
LOADING ERROR LOADINGA federal judge slammed the Trump administration Monday for putting fired workers entitled to reinstatement on paid administrative leave, saying they should be back on their jobs immediately. He gave the Trump administration until 3 p.m. Eastern on Tuesday to explain what was going on. Advertisement“The Court has read news reports that, in at least one agency, probationary employees are being rehired but then placed on administrative leave en masse,” Alsup wrote in his order. AdvertisementBut the Trump administration appears to have put many of those workers on paid administrative leave, rather than back to work, according to multiple reports. The Trump administration appears to have put many probationary workers on paid administrative leave, rather than back to work, defying a judge's order.
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March 18, 2025 22:58 UTC
LOADING ERROR LOADINGRussian President Vladimir Putin appeared to turn down a U.S. proposal for a 30-day ceasefire in the war in Ukraine following a call Tuesday with U.S. President Donald Trump. AdvertisementTrump, though, had previously appeared optimistic that he would get Putin to go along with the U.S. plan. “I think he’s going to agree, I really do,” Trump told “Full Measure” in an interview broadcast Sunday. Trump temporarily cut support for Ukraine following his tense meeting with Zelenskyy in the Oval Office but restored it after Ukraine backed his original ceasefire proposal. Trump has previously blamed Kyiv for the war, largely echoing the Kremlin’s talking points.
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March 18, 2025 19:30 UTC
WASHINGTON — The temporary leader of the Social Security Administration acknowledged Tuesday in an email to staff that he’s made mistakes in his rapid shakeup of the agency but said he wouldn’t be deterred. Dudek was a mid-level staffer at Social Security who was put on administrative leave for collaborating with DOGE. Musk and President Donald Trump have obsessed over “fraud” at Social Security, pointing to agency records that show Social Security numbers belonging to recipients who are more than 110 years old. HuffPost readers: Do you have insight into what’s happening at the Social Security Administration? Social Security gets 80 million phone calls a year.
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March 18, 2025 17:57 UTC
LOADING ERROR LOADINGPresident Donald Trump has signed an executive order shuttering the agency that oversees Voice of America ― a government-funded, anti-propaganda, international media outlet that’s been in operation since World War II. The order Trump signed Friday calls for the closure of the U.S. Agency for Global Media, which manages VOA and other diplomatic news efforts. We won't back down from our mission of providing free, fair news during this critical moment. We won't back down from our mission of providing free, fair news during this critical moment. Support HuffPost Already contributed?
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March 18, 2025 09:09 UTC
On today’s episode, Laci is joined by stand-up comedian Abby Govindan to dive into the wildest and most ridiculous ways people have been caught smuggling drugs. A recent toupee smuggle struggle led them to the discovery of many more fails that led many folks to jail. Laci and Abby rate their favorite smuggle fails, from dinnerware and high heels to Jesus. CON-gregation, catch Laci's new TV Show Scam Goddess, now on Freeform and Hulu! Follow on Instagram:Scam Goddess Pod: @scamgoddesspodLaci Mosley: @divalaciAbby Govindan: @abbygovindanResearch by Kathryn DoyleSOURCEShttps://www.cbsnews.com/news/cocaine-toupee-narco-wig/https://www.npr.org/2019/07/17/742768864/drug-in-a-rug-is-that-a-bag-of-cocaine-under-your-toupeehttps://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/jul/16/man-held-in-spain-over-attempt-to-smuggle-cocaine-under-his-wighttps://english.elpais.com/elpais/2019/07/16/inenglish/1563277743_245169.htmlhttps://www.thelocal.es/20140103/women-smuggled-drugs-under-wigshttps://www.huffpost.com/entry/cocaine-under-wigs-smuggling-brazil-spain_n_4536776https://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/aug/15/woman-cocaine-breast-implants-arrested-madridhttps://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-20705742https://www.immigroup.com/topics/top-11-most-creative-drug-smuggling-attempts/https://www.sj-r.com/story/news/2008/06/05/religion-news-police-confiscate-jesus/48553415007/https://www.chron.com/lifestyle/houston-belief/article/cocaine-jesus-statue-seized-by-agents-in-laredo-1777599.phphttps://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-43005948https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2015/aug/11/91-year-old-sydney-man-charged-over-importing-5kg-of-cocaine-in-soap-barshttps://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/spain/4948988/Cocaine-cast-man-arrested-at-Spanish-airport.htmlhttps://www.nydailynews.com/news/world/woman-fly-chile-spain-suitcases-made-cocaine-article-1.372793https://www.vogue.co.uk/article/manolo-blahnik-shoes-made-of-cocaine-northern-spainhttps://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-35082219https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1163468/Spanish-police-seize-42-piece-dinner-set--entirely-cocaine.html
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March 18, 2025 07:34 UTC
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March 17, 2025 20:28 UTC
Snow White and the seven dwarves, as depicted in Disney's new live-action film DisneyThe live-action Snow White remake was already proving to be a headache for Disney thanks to a string of different controversies – and it’s now facing a backlash from several actors with dwarfism. Rachel Zegler as Snow White in Disney's new film DisneyFormer Game Of Thrones actor Peter Dinklage, who has achondroplasia, previously voiced his disapproval when the Snow White remake – which is notably titled just Snow White, rather than Snow White And The Seven Dwarves – was first announced. Advertisement“I was a little taken aback by [the fact] they were very proud to cast a Latino actress as Snow White, but you’re still telling the story of Snow White And The Seven Dwarves,” said back in 2022. “You can be progressive in one way but you’re still making that fucking backwards story of the seven dwarves living in the cave. AdvertisementThe publication suggested that the original seven dwarves had been replaced by seven new characters of mixed genders, races and heights.
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March 17, 2025 15:09 UTC