Sen. Marsha Blackburn sues ex-Special Counsel Jack Smith, says he illegally obtained her phone records

Sen. Marsha Blackburn sued former special counsel Jack Smith and the Justice Department in Tennessee federal court Wednesday, charging that the prosecutor wrongfully obtained her call logs during his investigation into President Trump’s attempt to overturn the 2020 election outcome. Blackburn’s lawsuit, filed in Nashville, accuses Smith of “gross abuse of power and … disregard for the Constitution’s Separation of Powers, the Speech or Debate Clause, the First Amendment right of association, [and] the Fourth Amendment right to be free from unreasonable searches and seizures” by subpoenaing the phone records of the Tennessee Republican and eight of her Senate colleagues,…

Rapid weight loss on popular drugs could ‘starve’ the brain, expert warns

As GLP-1 weight-loss medications like Ozempic and Wegovy continue to surge in popularity, experts warn that rapid weight loss and severe caloric restriction could deprive the brain of vital energy and nutrients. Dr. Tommy Wood, a professor of pediatrics and neuroscience at the University of Washington, said the drugs’ effects on the…

Trump’s 0,000 fee for new H-1B worker visas blocked by second judge

A second federal judge on Wednesday blocked an unprecedented $100,000 fee ​that President Trump has imposed on new H-1B visas for highly skilled foreign workers. US ‌District Judge Haywood Gilliam in Oakland, California, ruled that US Citizenship and Immigration Services and the State Department failed to follow necessary rule-making processes…

Yankees’ Giancarlo Stanton did not get call in series win over Red Sox

At various points across Tuesday and Wednesday night, Giancarlo Stanton stood in the Yankees dugout with a bat in hand, ready to take his shot. It just never came. After the veteran slugger missed five-plus months with three different calf strains, the Yankees carried Stanton on their roster for the…

General Mills names insider Dana McNabb as CEO, succeeding Jeff Harmening

General Mills on Wednesday appointed Chief Operating Officer Dana McNabb as its CEO, leaning on an insider to steer the company through a difficult environment of high inflation, low consumer spending and private labels eroding branded goods’ market share. Consumer goods firms have been changing CEOs as boards lose patience…

Yankees back in ALDS in large part to five wise decisions

To make it to your second champagne celebration, you have to make more right decisions than wrong ones. The Yankees aren’t batting 1.000, but today, as they prepare to head to Tampa Bay to face the Rays, it’s fair to say the Yankees made a lot of correct calls. Here…

Senate approves Trump’s pick to lead the Labor Department

The Senate confirmed President Donald Trump’s pick to lead the Department of Labor on Wednesday just before heading home to campaign for the midterm elections. Keith Sonderling, who was confirmed 47-41, has been the acting secretary since April and has served in multiple roles within the department over the course…

Florida coach, ESPN star in weird feud after wife’s pedicure comment

New Florida head coach Jon Sumrall and ESPN talent Dan Orlovsky are in an online feud over *checks notes* feet. Sumrall’s wife, Ginny, started the situation when she revealed her husband’s “favorite extra thing to do” is get pedicures every other week. The interview quickly went viral and soon made…

Pro surfer presumed dead at 28 after missing for four days

Professional surfer Arran Strong is presumed to be dead four days after going missing in a scary scene on the coast of Portugal. The 28-year-old went missing at sea Monday after stopping to take pictures and get a sip of water alongside his coach, Jose Maria Pyrrait. With no sign…

40,000-year-old bird figurines the size of a thumbnail discovered in German cave

Archaeologists excavating in the famous prehistoric Hohle Fels cave in Germany have uncovered two bird figurines carved from mammoth ivory. ‪‪The thumbnail-size carvings add to the existing ‬‬evidence that ice age humans had a sophisticated artistic sense 40,000 years ago.”The figurines demonstrate that the earliest artists were skilled ivory-carvers, who…

RFK Jr. launches MAHA cooking show — with healthy recipes under

Can healthy eating really cost less than a drive-thru run? Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is betting it can with a new government-backed coking show aimed at proving nutritious meals don’t have to break the bank. The new program, “The Real Food Show,” makes “healthy, affordable cooking simple and accessible for…

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