President Donald Trump went full HGTV mode Thursday … unloading on an ABC reporter for asking why he’s focused on D.C. renovations instead of the Iran war. The fiery exchange went down near the Lincoln Memorial, where the POTUS was showing off…
From TMZ.
New Line’s Mortal Kombat II stepped into the ring last night and rang up $5.2M previews which isn’t that far from the amount the studio clocked a year ago in previews from Final Destination: Bloodlines ($5.5M). That highly anticipated horror film opened to $51.6M. All of Mortal Kombat II‘s cash from Thursday.
Source: Deadline.
New Line’s Mortal Kombat II stepped into the ring last night and rang up $5.2M previews which isn’t that far from the amount the studio clocked a year ago in previews from Final Destination: Bloodlines ($5.5M). That highly anticipated horror film opened to $51.6M. All of Mortal Kombat II‘s cash from Thursday.
Source: Deadline.
The 2025-26 TV season is winding down, so it’s time to look ahead a bit. ABC on Friday set summer premiere dates for three game shows, two special and its latest Dancing with the Stars spinoff. Monday, July 13, with see the debut of Dancing with the Stars: The Next Pro, which was confirmed at […]
Source: Deadline.
The 2025-26 TV season is winding down, so it’s time to look ahead a bit. ABC on Friday set summer premiere dates for three game shows, two special and its latest Dancing with the Stars spinoff. Monday, July 13, with see the debut of Dancing with the Stars: The Next Pro, which was confirmed at […]
Source: Deadline.
Akili dancing the night away. Photo by Getty Images. 
What We’re Wearing is an intimate look inside the closets of ESSENCE editors. Beyond the labels, we’re sharing how we personally >House of Aama.
And this is not only because Akua Shabaka, one half of the brand’s founding duo, is one of my friends and major inspirations. It’s also because I feel their pieces make me feel like my most authentic self—free, comfortable, elegant, regal, and confident.
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All that to say, when it came down to selecting something to wear for The Met Gala BOOM After Party, that Questlove spun at (he had me dancing all night!), on Monday night, I immediately knew this pink dress would be the perfect choice.
I wanted something that somewhat embodied the theme “Fashion Is Art.” Or rather, my interpretation of it, in an understated way, of course, given I didn’t attend the gala itself. When I think about the theme this year, I think back to times when I felt my most artistic, creative, and free. Childhood certainly comes to mind, as, for me, it wassrc=”https://media.essence.com/vxcjywbwpa/uploads/2026/05/8FE7974B-B274-4C6B-8BBF-71D0DCD58F7C_1_201_a-scaled.jpeg” alt=”Here’s What I Wore To The Met Gala After Part” width=”400″ height=”533″ />
Accompanying the look, I wore this Chanel pink clutch, that was technically a makeup bag the Chanel Beauty team gifted me last year, but it looks so cute as a purse as well! On the feet, I opted for my pink Kendall Miles heels.
When it came to my glam, I have to give love to my Glamsquad family for this! Specifically, they gave me the best pink pedicure earlier that day, and sent makeup artist PrissyKhrissy to do my makeup. She did an amazing job and made my skin look and feel so hydrated, and as though I wasn’t even wearing much makeup at all (shout out to the Juvia’s Place Concealer she put me on to).
All in all? I felt playful and pretty! In my opinion, that’s the perfect recipe for a great night out.
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From The Hill
Zohran Mamdani’s anti-business, anti-wealth crusade is thrusting the city into a death spiral — fewer businesses and residents mean higher taxes, since local leaders won’t cut spending, driving even more to leave.
From The Hill
Zohran Mamdani’s anti-business, anti-wealth crusade is thrusting the city into a death spiral — fewer businesses and residents mean higher taxes, since local leaders won’t cut spending, driving even more to leave.
On a near-daily basis, Donald Trump continues to cling to conspiracy theories about his 2020 election defeat like a life preserver for his ego. At a White House event this week, for example, the president told a group of children that the race from nearly six years ago was “rigged,” which came on the heels of a social media message in which he declared that Democrats are “human garbage” who “RIGGED the 2020 Presidential Election.”
The president also recently declared that the results of the 2020 election “should be permanently wiped from the books and be of no further force or effect” as part of a truly head-spinning theory tangentially related to the Southern Poverty Law Center.
The conspiratorial nonsense became the background noise of our civic lives several years ago, to the point that few even bother to notice when the president peddles these obvious absurdities. But while it’s relatively easy to shrug off what Trump and his team are saying about his failed re-election bid, it’s important not to lose sight of what they’re doing.
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reported:
A Federal Bureau of Investigation agent interviewed a high-ranking state election official in recent days about the 2020 presidential election, according to sources with knowledge of the conversation.
The agent sat down with Wisconsin Elections Commission deputy administrator Robert Kehoe earlier this week and discussed with Kehoe how elections are carried out in Wisconsin and various election theories. Kehoe debunked false claims and clarified how elections work, according to the sources.
The Journal Sentinel’s report, which has not been independently verified by MS NOW, added that the FBI’s newfound interest in the state’s 2020 results comes at a time when Wisconsin and Milwaukee election officials “are bracing for potential action from federal authorities over their administration of the 2020 election, which President Donald Trump falsely claims he won.”
For those keeping score, in recent months, Trump administration officials have launched investigations in Puerto Rico, Georgia and Arizona. If the Journal Sentinel’s reporting is correct, Wisconsin has joined the growing club.
Unfortunately for those who support democracy, this is just the start of a larger crusade. We learned in late March, for example, that Trump’s Justice Department tapped a far-right former congressman to pursue probes related to the 2020 election across the country.
What’s more, the Republican team is waging an aggressive campaign to acquire voter rolls from states where Democrats won; organizing an unnecessary FBI elections “briefing” for state officials; and providing Kurt Olsen, one of Trump’s highly controversial former campaign lawyers, with classified information as he tries to advance election conspiracy theories.
All of this, of course, stems from the president’s obsession with relitigating the election he lost, and it coincides with evidence of his ongoing interest in a possible federal takeover of the nation’s electoral system. Watch this space.
This post updates our related earlier coverage.
The post Team Trump’s search for evidence on 2020 election reaches yet another state appeared first on MS NOW.
From MS Now.
On a near-daily basis, Donald Trump continues to cling to conspiracy theories about his 2020 election defeat like a life preserver for his ego. At a White House event this week, for example, the president told a group of children that the race from nearly six years ago was “rigged,” which came on the heels of a social media message in which he declared that Democrats are “human garbage” who “RIGGED the 2020 Presidential Election.”
The president also recently declared that the results of the 2020 election “should be permanently wiped from the books and be of no further force or effect” as part of a truly head-spinning theory tangentially related to the Southern Poverty Law Center.
The conspiratorial nonsense became the background noise of our civic lives several years ago, to the point that few even bother to notice when the president peddles these obvious absurdities. But while it’s relatively easy to shrug off what Trump and his team are saying about his failed re-election bid, it’s important not to lose sight of what they’re doing.
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reported:
A Federal Bureau of Investigation agent interviewed a high-ranking state election official in recent days about the 2020 presidential election, according to sources with knowledge of the conversation.
The agent sat down with Wisconsin Elections Commission deputy administrator Robert Kehoe earlier this week and discussed with Kehoe how elections are carried out in Wisconsin and various election theories. Kehoe debunked false claims and clarified how elections work, according to the sources.
The Journal Sentinel’s report, which has not been independently verified by MS NOW, added that the FBI’s newfound interest in the state’s 2020 results comes at a time when Wisconsin and Milwaukee election officials “are bracing for potential action from federal authorities over their administration of the 2020 election, which President Donald Trump falsely claims he won.”
For those keeping score, in recent months, Trump administration officials have launched investigations in Puerto Rico, Georgia and Arizona. If the Journal Sentinel’s reporting is correct, Wisconsin has joined the growing club.
Unfortunately for those who support democracy, this is just the start of a larger crusade. We learned in late March, for example, that Trump’s Justice Department tapped a far-right former congressman to pursue probes related to the 2020 election across the country.
What’s more, the Republican team is waging an aggressive campaign to acquire voter rolls from states where Democrats won; organizing an unnecessary FBI elections “briefing” for state officials; and providing Kurt Olsen, one of Trump’s highly controversial former campaign lawyers, with classified information as he tries to advance election conspiracy theories.
All of this, of course, stems from the president’s obsession with relitigating the election he lost, and it coincides with evidence of his ongoing interest in a possible federal takeover of the nation’s electoral system. Watch this space.
This post updates our related earlier coverage.
The post Team Trump’s search for evidence on 2020 election reaches yet another state appeared first on MS NOW.
From MS Now.
From The Hill
The Virginia Supreme Court threw out Democrats’ redistricting referendum on Friday, ruling 4-3 that it didn’t follow the proper procedures. The decision casts aside the state’s new congressional map that would’ve given Democrats a 10-1 tilt in Virginia. Under the ruling, the 6-5 map will stay in place. “This violation irreparably undermines the integrity of the resulting referendum vote and renders it null and void,”…
From The Hill
The Virginia Supreme Court threw out Democrats’ redistricting referendum on Friday, ruling 4-3 that it didn’t follow the proper procedures. The decision casts aside the state’s new congressional map that would’ve given Democrats a 10-1 tilt in Virginia. Under the ruling, the 6-5 map will stay in place. “This violation irreparably undermines the integrity of the resulting referendum vote and renders it null and void,”…