WASHINGTON — President Trump has selected a new chairman to lead the federal agency charged with supervising major DC-area development projects — including oversight of the under-construction White House ballroom and the proposed triumphal arch along the Potomac River. Mark Paoletta, appointed Wednesday by Trump to be chairman of the National Capital Planning Commission, already holds four other jobs in the administration, including serving as general counsel of the White House Office of Management and Budget. He replaces Will Scharf, who is transitioning into his new role as White House counsel. Paoletta is known for his loyalty to Trump, including…
Nvidia’s quarterly revenue more than doubled and the chipmaker forecast third-quarter revenue above Wall Street estimates on Wednesday, signaling persistent demand for its AI chips. The company also said it expects revenue to grow by about 70% in fiscal 2028, and announced an expansion of its partnership with Amazon’s cloud computing unit,…
With Fernando Cruz, the Yankees have seen the kind of regression and now injury that they hoped — and arguably needed — to avoid when they did not add (and actually subtracted) from their bullpen at the trade deadline. The normally reliable and high-octane righty, who entered play on July…
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Youtuber Nick Shirley and California Republicans are threatening legal action after Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) signed a law that critics claim would block people from investigating fraud, potentially violating free speech rights. At least a hundred people attended a rally Wednesday at the west steps of the state capitol in…
Mandy Moore is confident in saying her family with husband Taylor Goldsmith is complete. “I know on Instagram, I must have engaged with someone who was pregnant because now my entire feed is just, like, pregnant people, and I’m like, ‘That’s never gonna be me again,’” Moore, 42, exclusively told…
Prominent Democrats are lining up to condemn far-left streamer Hasan Piker after he warned that American Jews could face violence if they continue to be seen as strongly supporting Israel. The backlash follows a stream last week in which Piker displayed an image of Michigan state Sen. Jeremy Moss, who…
Members of an immigrant business group that has spoken out against Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s plans for government-owned supermarkets lately have been getting slapped with fines from the city’s Sanitation Department — and some say it looks like a case of retaliation. Diana Larrazabal, who owns flower and gift shop Aroma…
Meta, the parent company of Instagram and Facebook, has reached an incredible $18 billion settlement with 48 states that accused the tech giant of knowingly causing harm to children — and parents who blame their teens’ suicides on social media are celebrating. “It feels like vindication,” said Victoria Hinks, whose daughter,…
The fallout has continued for Good Good Golf following a controversial ad that has put the golf content brand on its heels and is now threatening its planned sponsorship of a PGA Tour event in November. Good Good is set to sponsor a new event in November at Omni Barton…
A police captain in Nebraska and her partner were cited with child abuse after allegedly leaving their 2-year-old daughter in their locked, hot minivan while they went fishing. Another couple who were fishing at the same lake as Mayde McGuire and her partner, Mary Tobiassen, found the girl in the…
Gov. Gavin Newsom ripped Solano County officials for stalling California Forever’s shipyard — warning of a “reckoning” after county supervisors rejected a proposal to advance the controversial project. Newsom publicly weighed in on the billionaire-backed developer’s shipyard plans for the Northern California county for the first time Wednesday, saying he…
Meta has reached a landmark settlement imposing sweeping new restrictions on how teens use Facebook and Instagram — and it’s hoping other social media companies will follow suit with similar standards. After the company and state AGs announced the settlement Wednesday morning, Meta posted an open letter to Snap, TikTok…
Meta’s historic $18 billion deal to settle a federal lawsuit alleging it fueled a teen mental health crisis has a major caveat – its chief rivals TikTok and Google-owned YouTube must agree to make the same safety changes to their apps before Mark Zuckerberg will pay the full amount of…
It’s no secret that the 2026 College Football Season is a make-or-break year for Lincoln Riley and the USC Trojans. With so much pressure facing the Trojans, college football analyst RJ Young said he believes this year’s USC team is a “sleeper” to win the National Championship. “I think we…
Two men have been charged with sexual abuse alongside Ohio “House of Horrors” parents Elizabeth Siders and Gary Siders Jr., with one of the defendants being identified as the uncle of the 16 kids who were forced to live in squalid conditions. A jury in Vinton County arrested and indicted…
Apple is set to host its next launch event on September 9, where the company is expected to unveil its newest iPhone series and potentially its long-awaited foldable phone. The first foldable iPhone is expected to be a crucial landmark for Apple, with analysts saying that the high-end devices would be…
Archaeologists working at a Stone Age site in Turkey have discovered a unique depiction of a person sitting on the back of a leopard. The 11,000-year-old statue may reflect the culture’s fascination with virility and masculinity, experts say.The statue was unearthed this summer at Karahan Tepe (also written as Karahantepe),…
For a while, the Astros supplanted the Red Sox as the Yankees’ main rival, owing mainly to the 2017 sign-stealing scandal and Houston winning all four playoff matchups from 2015-2022. What lingers in animus now as the teams play at Yankee Stadium are four boos a night for Jose Altuve,…
Dollywood is mourning the death of its founder, country superstar Dolly Parton. “This is a really heavy day for all of us here at Dollywood Parks & Resorts,” president Eugene Naughton said in a video tribute shared via the park’s official Instagram account Wednesday, August 26. “We’ve been dealing with…
California-based tire giant Dunlop has compared the state’s sweeping new green tire mandate to its dud High-Speed Rail project — warning officials to prove it works before forcing the rules on millions of drivers. Darren Thomas, president and CEO of Dunlop Tires North America, issued a withering rebuke of California’s…
P.F. Chang’s abruptly pulled the plug on its longtime restaurant at Southern California’s ritzy Fashion Island shopping center reportedly after 32 years — with one local claiming stunned workers only learned the news after their final shift. The Asian-inspired chain’s Newport Beach outpost served its final meals last week, according…
AI savants are known for their bold predictions. Leopold Aschenbrenner, the so-called “Nostradamus of AI,” took things to another level, reportedly promising his future wife he would someday buy her not a yacht or a mansion, but a galaxy. The 24-year-old German-born wunderkind married the chief of staff to Anthropic…
From government surveillance programs to microchips in vaccines, technology-centric conspiracy theories have exploded in the digital age, adding to some of the best conspiracy theories already in existence.While most probably seem laughable to the technically literate, some of these theories have spread like wildfire and had significant real-world impacts. And…
The Post’s Stefan Bondy predicts what the Knicks might do at No. 24 in the 2026 NBA Draft: Who will the Knicks take at No. 24? Nobody. The Knicks are candidates to trade this pick for a multitude of reasons. They are watching their spending and a first-round pick is…
Former Real Housewives of Miami star Lisa Hochstein spoke out following the announcement that charges in her and boyfriend Jody Glidden’s eavesdropping case have been dropped. “I’m grateful that this is all behind me,” Hochstein, 43, wrote via her Instagram Story on Monday, June 22. “All charges have been dropped.”…
Bryce Hopkins’ college career started with John Calipari. It also included Ed Cooley and Kim English. But nobody got him ready for the last few months better than Rick Pitino. “Coach P definitely prepared me the most to be where I am today and to go through these NBA workouts,…
Love Island USA‘s Zach Georgiou didn’t let Casa Amor bombshell Alannah Keyser‘s romantic past with his brother, Charlie Georgiou, stop him from dating her too. During the Monday, June 22, episode of the hit Peacock show, Alannah revealed to Zach that she knew Charlie because they went out — and…
The Greek Freak is taking his talents to South Beach. The Bucks traded Giannis Antetokounmpo to the Heat in a blockbuster trade late Monday, according to ESPN, ending hours of speculation with Miami and the Celtics emerging as the finalists. The Bucks also sent Bobby Portis to Miami in exchange…
The View invoked its late creator and cohost Barbara Walters to fight back against threats from Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chairman Brendan Carr. “I had this idea for a show,” Walters explains in archival footage used in an ad released by The View on Monday, June 22. “Different women, different…
Beth Sidhu, the CEO of Sport Beach, has led the charge in launching what has become one of the most transformative beachfront activations at Cannes Lions in recent years. Created in 2022 by Stagwell, Sport Beach started as a place to bring together athletes, marketers and creatives to facilitate industry…
QUICK FACTSWhere is it? La Palma, Canary Islands, Spain [28.62120467, -17.89960469]What’s in the photo? Concentric cloud rings over an erupting volcanoWhich satellite took the photo? NASA’s Aqua satelliteWhen was it taken? Oct. 1, 2021This eye-catching satellite snap shows off a “bull’s-eye-like” set of concentric cloud rings that formed above an…
The Celtics weren’t able to land Giannis Antetokounmpo to pair with Jayson Tatum, as the Bucks’ superstar was dealt to the Heat late Monday night in exchange for a package headlined by Tyler Herro and a plethora of draft picks. But it wasn’t for a lack of a compelling package.…
A new report claims that a second ransom note in the Nancy Guthrie case acknowledged that the missing family matriarch is dead. On Monday, May 22, NBC News reported that it reviewed two notes allegedly sent following Today anchor Savannah Guthrie’s mom Nancy’s disappearance on February 1. In one note,…
Their grass is showing. The artificial turf field at MetLife Stadium was replaced by a natural grass playing surface in advance of this summer’s World Cup. The project — encompassing years of R and D and an early May install — was designed to take the maligned home field of…
Jennifer Grey is proving that friends who go topless together at the beach are the best kind of friends on Tracy Pollan’s birthday. Grey, 66, shared a racy throwback photo with Michael J. Fox’s wife, 66, in celebration of her longtime friend’s special day, teasing their more risque antics from…
A Trump-appointed official who has spent years promoting closer American ties with Greenland says doing so could have an unexpected payoff: the return of all-you-can-eat shrimp at Red Lobster. Thomas Dans, the chairman of the US Arctic Research Commission and a Texas financier, made the unusual suggestion in a New…
Wyndham Clark didn’t take the same stance as some others around the game of golf did toward the Long Island crowds at Shinnecock Hills Golf Club during the U.S. Open’s final round. Clark, who captured his second U.S. Open championship, thanked the “passionate, honest, and demanding” fans on hand for…
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Gov. Gavin Newsom sounded the alarm last week on President Donald Trump ordering a federal investigation into the governor, his wife and their associates, but those in Newsom’s inner orbit may have heard a different sound: cha-ching! Within hours of releasing a video accusing the president of weaponizing the Department…
Police in Davie, Florida, are reversing course after originally saying that an investigation into Geno Smith over an alleged battery had been closed, now saying that it is “being further investigated.” Officers from the Davie Police Department had been called to the Jets quarterback’s Florida home around 4:40 p.m. Sunday…
Some of the internet’s biggest faces expanded their families this year. 2026 began with influencers Haley and MonDarius Black welcoming their first baby together, daughter Leilani Noel Black, after previously suffering a pregnancy loss. The next month, influencer Dani Austin and husband Jordan Ramirez added their fourth child, while Emily…
Former Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem’s cross-dressing husband, Bryon, allegedly sent a pathetic, sexually charged text message to a sex worker more than a month after his bizarre “bimbofication” fetish was exposed in a bombshell report. Shy Sotomayor, a dominatrix who allegedly had a secret, years-long online tryst with Bryon,…
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