All posts tagged "Olympics"

An Olympian's face as she stood behind President Donald Trump at a White House reception has captured the internet's hearts and minds.

Olympic athletes, freestyle skier gold and bronze medalist Elizabeth Lemley was caught in an eye-grabbing picture by Reuters photographer Evelyn Hockstein, who documented the Winter Olympians and Paralympians' reception Thursday.

The event was to honor their efforts in the 2026 Milano Cortina Games. ...

President Donald Trump hosted the US men's Olympic hockey team in the Oval Office on Tuesday, joking that he would take one of the players' gold medals.

Trump has taken other people's awards in the past, including the Nobel Peace Prize, which was presented by Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado. He teased the Olympic gold medalists visiting the White House that he would put on one of the medals.

"Absolutely, I'll put it on. I'm not giving it back," Trump joked to winger Matthew Tkachuk. ...

CNN anchor Jake Tapper was shocked Monday by FBI Director Kash Patel's partying in the locker room with the gold medal-winning U.S. men's hockey team at the Olympics in Italy.

Tapper questioned what Patel was doing there — and exactly who was footing the bill. The move comes amid multiple high profile federal investigations.

"The FBI director's enthusiastic, beer-soaked celebration with Team USA at the Olympics in Milan. Does this count as official government business? And are you and I paying for it?" Tapper asked. ...

Sen. Rick Scott (R-FL) melted down and threatened Olympians after several athletes representing the United States openly criticized President Donald Trump's administration and the current state of America.

Scott delivered a curt response to the Olympic athletes currently competing at the Milan Cortina Winter Games voicing their concerns about their home country in a video message on X posted Sunday night, The Daily Beast reported. It's unclear which athlete or comment prompted his reaction.

"Representing the United States—a beacon for freedom and democracy—at the Olympics is an honor. Anyone who feels otherwise should be stripped of their USA Olympic uniform," Scott said....

Donald Trump Sunday set his sights on an American Olympic skier currently on the U.S. team in the winter Olympics, calling the athlete a "real loser" who is "hard to root for."

Trump targeted Hunter Hess, who recently expressed misgivings about ICE killing American citizens, saying, "I think, for me, it’s more I’m representing my friends and family back home, the people that represented it before me, all the things that I believe are good about the U.S. If it aligns with my moral values, I feel like I’m representing it. Just because I’m wearing the flag doesn't mean I represent everything that’s going on in the U.S."

Trump took it personally....

Racy emails between Casey Wasserman, the LA 2028 Olympics committee chair and CEO of talent agency Wasserman Media Group, with Jeffrey Epstein accomplice Ghislaine Maxwell have put him in hot water with a popular artist he represents.

Bethany Cosentino, the frontwoman of rock band Best Coast, has released a statement demanding Wasserman step down and that the agency changes its name, Pitchfork reported. She has asked the agency remove her name and the band's name in the meantime. The agency has represented Cosentino and her band since 2021.

“Ghislaine Maxwell is not a neutral character in a messy story—she is a convicted sex trafficker who helped facilitate the abuse of minors,” Cosentino wrote. “I did not consent to having my name or my career tied to someone with this kind of association to exploitation.”...