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FILE - Workers on scaffolding repaint the NASA logo near the top of the Vehicle Assembly Building at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla., May 20, 2020. (AP Photo/John Raoux, File)

NASA selects DAPHNE mission to study space weather, atmospheric interaction

NASA said in a news release it has selected a new mission concept aimed at improving scientists' understanding of how Earth's atmosphere interacts with space weather, a step the agency says could lead to better forecasts for disruptions affecting GPS systems, satellites in low Earth orbit and astronauts in space.

June 22, 2026
Rosie O'Donnell arrives at the 79th Tony Awards on Sunday, June 7, 2026, at Radio City Music Hall in New York. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP)

Rosie O’Donnell predicts Trump will stage crisis to cancel midterms

ROSIE O'DONNELL thinks Trump will manufacture disaster to cancel midterms: "...He will have some sort of crisis, whether it's an assassination attempt or a terrorist bombing. There will be some catastrophic event, and he will say there will be no elections. That is what I think is going to happen."

June 20, 2026
Los Angeles Kings goaltender Calvin Petersen (40) holds a stick wrapped in rainbow tape for Pride night while warming up before an NHL hockey game April 26, 2021, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Ashley Landis, File)

NHL, Lions silent on Juneteenth after marking Pride month

Most major professional sports leagues and their teams marked Juneteenth on Friday, with the NHL and the Detroit Lions the most prominent organizations that did not. The NHL had previously celebrated Pride month.

June 20, 2026
Hunter Biden listens while his father, President Joe Biden, speaks during a Hanukkah reception in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Dec. 16, 2024. (AP Photo/Rod Lamkey Jr.) **FILE**

Hunter Biden challenges Trump Jr. to cage match after UFC White House event

HUNTER BIDEN comments on White House UFC event: "The person who sits behind the Resolute Desk in the Oval Office is nothing more than an honored guest. A temporary caretaker. The President is our servant. Not our Caesar. Cage match between me and Don Jr.? Your call on the venue. Anywhere but the South Lawn."

June 19, 2026
Dr. Anthony Fauci, then-director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, adjusts his glasses during a Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee hearing on Capitol Hill, Nov. 4, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

Tulsi Gabbard: Fauci lied to Congress, directed Wuhan research funding

TULSI GABBARD says FAUCI lied: "The COVID pandemic caused tremendous hardship and pain for millions of our fellow Americans and countless people around the world. Now, after years of lies and censorship and cover-ups, the American people deserve transparency, truth and accountability."

June 19, 2026
Sam Altman arrives at the U.S. District Court in Oakland, Calif., April 30, 2026. (AP Photo/Godofredo A. Vasquez, file)

Amazon drops nearly finished Sam Altman film after OpenAI deal

Amazon MGM Studios has cut ties with director Luca Guadagnino's nearly completed film "Artificial," a dramatization of the brief 2023 leadership crisis at OpenAI, just months after the tech giant committed up to $50B to a sweeping partnership with the AI company.

June 19, 2026