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White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt speaks with reporters in the James Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House, Thursday, July 16, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)

White House backs WNBA star Sophie Cunningham on women’s sports remarks

KAROLINE LEAVITT defends WNBA player Sophie Cunningham, who said biological men should not play in women's sports: "Men should not be playing in women's sports. It's completely ludicrous that anyone could support that ... The backlash she is receiving from Democrats and left-wing figures across the country is astonishing. They are clearly very out of touch with the American public on this issue..."

July 23, 2026
Geraldo Rivera attends The Hollywood Reporter's annual Most Powerful People in Media issue celebration on May 17, 2022, in New York. Rivera says he's quitting as one of the lonely liberal voices on Fox News Channel's political combat show “The Five.” Rivera, who turns 80 next month, said that a growing tension on the show made it no longer worth it. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP, File)

Geraldo Rivera says masked ICE agents reflect a ‘horrible’ task

GERALDO RIVERA on ICE: "The FBI doesn't wear masks. The sheriffs don't. The cops don't. Why is it unique? Unique to this force that they have to hide their identities? It's because the ... sorrowful, horrible task that they have been given is so antithetical to most people's sense of decency."

July 23, 2026
Sen. John Fetterman, D-Pa., speaks to a reporter near the Senate chamber at the Capitol in Washington, March 14, 2025. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis, File)

Fetterman calls Mamdani a ‘clown’ over Netanyahu arrest threat

FETTERMAN on Mamdani's threats toward Netanyahu: "You are a mayor, dude ... You can fix a pothole. You can take out the trash. But you can't order people to arrest anybody, any more than I could have him arrested if he goes to Pennsylvania ... and I know you're angry at Netanyahu because he killed a lot of people you admire, whether, like, it's Sinwar or Nasrallah or [Khamenei] in Iran."

July 23, 2026
Colman Domingo poses for photographers upon arrival at the premiere of the film 'Garance' at the 79th international film festival, Cannes, southern France, Sunday, May 17, 2026. (AP Photo/John Locher)

Colman Domingo roasts Musk’s AI ‘historically accurate’ ‘Odyssey’

Actor COLMAN DOMINGO blasts Elon Musk's idea for an AI-generated "Odyssey": "...by 'historically accurate,' he means whiter than Christmas at Cracker Barrel. Of course this is all because Elon and his Musketeers are upset over the diversity casting of 'The Odyssey.' And I don't wanna get technical here, but you can't make a historically accurate version of something that is totally made the f--- up. I mean, 'The Odyssey' is fiction. You know, like 'The Hunger Games,' or the president's cognitive exams."

July 23, 2026
Members of the National Guard patrol along Beale Street, Friday, Oct. 24, 2025, in Memphis, Tenn. (AP Photo/George Walker IV)

Memphis pizzeria sees business surge after National Guard refusal

Tamboli's Pasta & Pizza, a Memphis pizza restaurant that drew national backlash after refusing to serve National Guard members, says the boycott effort has backfired, with supporters packing the restaurant nightly in what locals are calling a "buy-cott."

July 22, 2026
A person holds a picture of Nolan Xavier Wells during a news conference at National Action Network headquarters, Friday, July 10, 2026, in New York. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura)

Nolan Wells autopsy finds no fractures, cause of death unclear

An independent autopsy commissioned by the family of Nolan Wells, the 18-year-old Mississippi football player who vanished after a July Fourth boat trip to Horn Island, found no broken bones or deep tissue injuries on his body but could not determine how or why he died.

July 22, 2026