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Pope Leo denounces Trump's claims about him as false

Pope Leo XIV dismissed President Donald Trump's accusation that he supports Iran's right to possess nuclear weapons, denouncing the claim as false.

The 70-year-old pontiff told reporters Tuesday night, “The mission of the church is to preach the gospel, to preach peace," emphasizing the Institution has opposed all nuclear weapons for years, reports The Guardian.

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'This should offend you': Red state alarms with 'insane' gerrymander reveal

The proposed map for a redistricted red state ahead of the midterms has voters and lawmakers sounding the alarm.

"This is insane," wrote Rep. Steve Cohen (D-TN), reacting to the proposed map for Tennessee redistricting on X. "It's a blatant, corrupt power grab that would destroy the Black community's and our entire city's voice."

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Trump would've fired Lutnick if he saw Epstein deposition — but GOP blocked recording: Dem

Rep. Ro Khanna (D-CA) predicted President Donald Trump would have fired Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick if he had seen how poorly he performed during his deposition on Jeffrey Epstein.

Following Lutnick's testimony on Wednesday, Khanna noted that Republicans had blocked attempts to video record the deposition.

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New details emerge as Trump Cabinet member testifies on Epstein ties

New information was revealed on Wednesday about the relationship between Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick and late financier and convicted child sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

Following a closed-door hearing with Lutnick and the House Oversight Committee, a person familiar with the matter told MS NOW several details that emerged in the transcribed interview.

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Parents' refusal to give newborns vitamin k shots is increasing preventable deaths in US

Babies across the United States are dying from vitamin K deficiency bleeding, a preventable condition, after parents refuse the standard newborn vitamin K injection.

ProPublica's Duaa Eldeib reports multiple infants experienced catastrophic bleeding in their brains, seizures, and respiratory failure within weeks of birth. Along with autopsies revealing deaths that could have been prevented with a simple, inexpensive shot.

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Popular Mexico nightclub jacks up price for Americans over Trump insults

Americans wanting to dance the night away at a popular nightclub in Mexico City can expect to fork over $300 as a cover charge just to get past the doorman — and they can thank Donald Trump’s attacks on the southern neighbor of the US for the high price of admission, The Guardian reported.

The Mexico City hotspot is charging American visitors a steep $300 cover charge to enter — while citizens from other countries pay just $20 and Mexicans and Latin Americans pay $14 — in a pointed protest against Donald Trump's relentless attacks on America's southern neighbor.

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'Karma': Kyle Rittenhouse roasted after spider bite hospitalization

The internet was quick to comment after news that Kyle Rittenhouse was hospitalized on Wednesday following a venomous spider bite.

Rittenhouse, who fatally shot two protesters during a social rights demonstration in 2020, shared two images of himself, with one showing him lying on a hospital bed and the other showing the apparent bite mark on his body.

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Ramaswamy's $25 million investment may blow up in his face with Ohio voters: reporter

During a report from MS NOW on the problems Republicans are facing in normally red Ohio due to the economic woes brought on by Donald Trump, MS NOW’s Will McDuffie found voters who are skeptical of GOP gubernatorial candidate Vivek Ramaswamy and predicted his path to office could become even more problematic.

McDuffie, who has been doing man-on-the-street interviews with disgruntled Ohio voters, some of whom have claimed they have had to go back to work involuntarily because the cost of living has gone through the roof, with one Trump voter claiming, “I’m on disability, and they yell at me for going to work, but I don’t have a choice. It’s either I go to work, or we don’t eat.”

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Trump tasked military to fix misspelling of Melania's name in his social media posts

President Donald Trump revealed that he had tasked the U.S. military with fixing the misspelling of his wife's name in his social media posts.

At a Wednesday event for military mothers, Trump realized that one attendee had a name similar to his wife's.

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Reality TV star reveals complicated past with Trump

Former "Celebrity Apprentice" and "Real Housewives of Atlanta" star Nene Leakes spoke about her complex relationship with President Donald Trump — her former coworker.

In an interview with Vulture for its interview series featuring reality television powerhouses, Leakes described what it was like working with Trump in 2011 when she was cast for the show alongside Dionne Warwick, La Toya Jackson and Star Jones.

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Washington Post reveals massive damage to US military sites in the Middle East

A Washington Post satellite imagery analysis found Iranian airstrikes damaged or destroyed 228 structures and equipment pieces at 15 Middle East bases since the war started on February 28, significantly exceeding previous media reports.

The Post identified 217 damaged structures and 11 destroyed equipment pieces.

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Questions swirl as Fox News reporter arrives just in time for secret FBI raid on key Dem

Fox News London correspondent Alex Hogan was repositioned to Portsmouth, Virginia, just in time to cover an FBI raid on a Democratic politician who led redistricting efforts that could help her party take control of the U.S. House of Representatives.

In a social media post on Wednesday, Fox News congressional correspondent Bill Melugin noted that Hogan was on the scene "where the FBI is raiding the office of Virginia Senate President Pro Tempore L. Louise Lucas, a Democrat and close ally of VA Governor Spanberger."

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Researchers expose algorithm skew that boosted Trump in 2024

A comprehensive study released on Wednesday has revealed that the popular social media app TikTok may have helped tilt the 2024 election in President Donald Trump’s favor, The Guardian reported.

“In an environment where margins are thin, systematic differences in the kind of political information recommended to tens of millions of young voters are worth taking seriously,” said Yasir Zaki, a professor of computer science at New York University’s campus in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), speaking with The Guardian.

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