Doctored videos of Tuesday’s devastating explosion in Beirut are already circulating on every major social media platform. In videos originally shot by both CNN and eyewitnesses in the Lebanese capital, footage of a rising smoke plume at Beirut Port was inverted and made to look like a “negative.” In addition, a missile-like object was superimposed…… MORE
Presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden’s campaign on Thursday countered President Donald Trump’s baseless attack that Biden, who is a practicing Roman Catholic, would somehow “hurt God,” saying in response that “Biden’s faith is at the core of who he is.” “(Biden has) lived it with dignity his entire life, and it’s been a source…… MORE
The NCAA is asking the Supreme Court to freeze a lower court ruling that allows colleges to compensate athletes for educated-related expenses. A panel of judges on the 9th US Circuit Court of Appeals ruled earlier this year that the NCAA violated federal antitrust law when barring some expenditures. The ruling is set to go…… MORE
Nearly 40,000 people were arrested illegally crossing the US-Mexico border in July, part of a steady increase in the border arrests since April, according to newly released US Customs and Border Protection data. Economic conditions in Mexico are partially to blame, the agency said. The increase comes as the Trump administration continues to swiftly remove…… MORE
The commission tasked with planning the general election presidential debates pushed back against the Trump campaign’s request for a fourth debate earlier in the cycle on Thursday, noting that they will only back an additional meeting if both the candidates agree to the contest. The letter from the Commission on Presidential Debates released on Thursday…… MORE
Georgie Lou’s Retro Candy store is one of 5 million small businesses that received an emergency loan from the federal government’s Paycheck Protection Program. But like many mom-and-pop shops, the money is nearly out and customers haven’t returned. The downtown Carlisle, Pennsylvania, store is now selling its gummy worms, Bazooka gum and Harry Potter chocolate…… MORE
Former President George W. Bush will release a book of 43 portraits of immigrants in conjunction with an exhibition on the value of American immigration at the George W. Bush Presidential Center that will feature the paintings. The book from Bush, a prolific amateur painter, will be titled “Out of Many, One” and will publish…… MORE
In an interview on Fox News Wednesday morning, President Donald Trump said he will “probably” deliver his Republican National Convention acceptance speech “live from the White House,” prompting questions about the legality of such a decision. “I love the building. I’m there right now. I spend a lot of time here. A lot of people…… MORE
Amid escalating tensions with both North Korea and Iran, President Donald Trump’s advisers hesitated to give him military options fearing the President might accidentally take the US to war and deliberately informed their counterparts in both countries that they did not know what the President would do next, multiple former administration officials tell me. These…… MORE
Louisville’s police chief and chief of public services walked out of a government oversight committee meeting Monday, citing a recent lawsuit for keeping them from answering questions about the deaths of Breonna Taylor and David McAtee and police actions during protests, according to a city spokesperson. Taylor was killed during a police raid on her…… MORE
