Armed with makeshift flamethrowers and Molotov cocktails, a man launched a firebomb attack on a “Run for Their Lives” solidarity walk in Boulder, Colorado, on June 1, 2025, injuring six elderly participants, two critically.
Pro-Palestinian demonstrators joined post–Champions League celebrations in Paris on May 31, 2025, waving Palestinian, Algerian, Tunisian, and Moroccan flags.
House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) said Sunday on NBC’s Meet the Press that the Republicans’ “big, beautiful” spending bill contains no cuts to Medicaid, despite Democrat claims to the contrary. Johnson made it clear that the plan aims to reform, not slash, the program.
A 16-year-old boy in Kentucky tragically took his own life after falling victim to an AI-generated sextortion scheme. Elijah Heacock of Glasgow received a message containing a fake nude image created with AI and a demand for $3,000 to prevent it from being sent to family and friends. Hours later, on February 28, Elijah died by suicide.
President Donald Trump has dismissed Kim Sajet, director of the Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery, citing her support for diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) initiatives as "totally inappropriate" for her role
Sen. Cory Booker (D-NJ) is facing little media scrutiny after making a one-handed gesture during a California speech Saturday—despite similar gestures from Elon Musk and Steve Bannon being labeled “Nazi salutes” earlier this year. Booker’s move—placing his hand over his heart before extending it outward—mirrored Musk’s widely condemned gesture at a Trump event in February.
