Day: April 16, 2026
LIV Golf CEO sends rallying memo to staff after reports Saudi funding could end after this season
In response to reports that Saudi Arabia will stop funding LIV Golf after 2026, CEO Scott O’Neil sent a memo rallying staff to embrace the moment and push on.
LIV Golf CEO sends rallying memo to staff after reports Saudi funding could end after this season
In response to reports that Saudi Arabia will stop funding LIV Golf after 2026, CEO Scott O’Neil sent a memo rallying staff to embrace the moment and push on.
NYC Mayor Mamdani calls threat of rich people leaving NYC over taxes ‘imagined’
Mayor Zohran Mamdani claimed the threat of wealthy residents fleeing over higher taxes is imagined in contrast to past comments by New York Gov. Kathy Hochul.
Swalwell Accuser’s Allegations Corroborated by Campaign Disbursements, Raising Fresh Legal Questions
Disbursements from Eric Swalwell’s campaign accounts corroborate the allegations leveled by a woman who says the former congressman sexually assaulted her in 2018, raising the prospect that Swalwell used campaign contributions to facilitate his alleged sexual misconduct.
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GOP Senators Push To Prohibit US Funding for UNRWA
A coalition of Republican senators led by Rick Scott (Fla.) is pushing a bill that would prohibit the United States from funding a Hamas-tied U.N. agency, according to a copy of the bill obtained by the Washington Free Beacon.
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Duke Suspends Students for Justice in Palestine Chapter Over Illustration Depicting ‘Zionism’ as Pig Holding Star of David
Duke University suspended and froze funding for its campus Students for Justice in Palestine chapter after the anti-Israel organization shared an illustration flagged for “antisemitic imagery,” the Duke Chronicle reported Wednesday.
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New York Marks America’s 250th With Turn to Taxation Without Representation
The governor of New York and the mayor of New York City are joining together in America’s 250th birthday year to back a plan for taxation without representation—precisely the injustice that the United States of America was founded to oppose.
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The divisive issue that could decide the midterms now has $200 million on the line
A bet on artificial intelligence is driving a nine-figure investment in the political world ahead of the midterms.
With millions of dollars on hand, one super PAC insistent on pushing artificial intelligence is injecting cash into political campaigns across the country.
‘About half of Americans are more concerned than excited about the increased use of AI in daily life.’
With the help of some generous venture capitalists, super PAC Leading the Future was just announced to have surpassed $140 million in just about a year and a half.
The latest donations have added to the $125 million raised in 2025.
Leading the Future — which says it is focused on “advancing a positive, forward-looking agenda for AI innovation in Washington, D.C.” — has been willing to pump money into candidates from either party and has done so in states like Illinois, New York, and Texas.
Business Insider reports that the PAC generally pushes candidates who show broad support of AI and tech innovation, while keeping regulations light.
This included $1.4 million to Texas Republican candidates across four districts: Tom Sell, Jace Yarbrough, Jessica Steinmann, and Chris Gober.
For Democrats, $1.1 million was reportedly provided to former Rep. Melissa Bean, with $1.4 million going to Jesse Jackson Jr., both in Illinois.
The PAC is also supporting Democrat Alex Bores’ run to replace Rep. Jerry Nadler (D) in New York, according to NOTUS.
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The jury is still out in terms of support from the general public on AI overall, with skepticism and lack of acceptance still floating around 50/50.
Pew polling from 2025 showed that about half of Americans are more concerned than excited about the increased use of AI in daily life. About half of respondents also said AI will worsen the ability to think creatively and form meaningful relationships.
The data also had Republicans and Democrats split on their concern. Half of respondents from both parties said they were more concerned than excited about the increased use of AI.
About 10% from both parties said they were more excited than concerned.
Favorability floats around 50% in 2026 polling from Data for Progress. It is most favored by black people (61%), those under 45 (61%), and men (57%). At the same time, it is mostly unfavorable with women (51%) and those over 45 (52%).
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Public skepticism may be the biggest hurdle for the super PAC to overcome, but it is also facing opposition money.
Another network called Public First is pledging $50 million to candidates who support regulation, in either party, in 2026.
Public First positions itself as representing American voters who have concerns about “the impacts of AI on kids, workers, consumers, and the American economy.”
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VIDEO: Heroic high school principal saves the day, stops shooter in his tracks
On April 7, a heroic principal prevented a tragedy at an Oklahoma school by stepping in to disarm a gunman who entered the school near his office.
Blaze News previously reported that Pauls Valley Principal Kirk Moore stopped an armed assailant from shooting up the school, risking his life for his students and taking a bullet to the leg in the process.
Blaze News acquired surveillance video from the school showing the scene unfold.
The video shows the suspect entering the building and pulling out a gun. Moore can be seen jumping into action without hesitation after he enters the hallway and identifies the threat.
Moore was shot in the leg during the struggle.
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Video shows Moore managing to restrain the suspect and pinning the hand with the gun, preventing the suspect from using it, before another man intervenes and removes the firearm from the situation.
No students or other faculty were harmed during the incident.
A GoFundMe page was set up to support Principal Moore as a “token of appreciation for a man who gave everything for others.”
The page reads, “Principal Moore has spent his life protecting and guiding students. In a moment of crisis, he proved just how far he’s willing to go for them.”
The fund has raised more than $10,000 at the time of writing.
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‘DISGUSTING’: Megyn Kelly rips into ‘Euphoria’ clip with Sydney Sweeney
A clip from the newest season of “Euphoria” sent commentator Megyn Kelly into fits after seeing actress Sydney Sweeney pose sexually while wearing an infantile costume.
Sweeney portrays a woman who decides to open an OnlyFans account to fund her wedding but ends up dressing like a baby to satisfy some client’s bizarre desires.
‘Most normal people are going to recoil … in response to what’s essentially the sexualization of a child.’
Kelly said she was shocked by the scene as well as the reaction to it.
“She’s dressed as a baby! She’s in a baby’s outfit. She’s sucking on a binky pacifier, and her legs are completely spread,” she said on her show.
“You can have a laugh, of course, because I was shocked, but the truth is, this is sexualizing infancy. That’s what it is,” Kelly added. “And some of the write-ups on this are like, ‘It’s a pretty common kink.’ What? Getting turned on by a baby, like what?!”
“It seems to be wanting to bring down your defenses on the most disgusting crime imaginable on earth.”
Video of the scene was posted to social media.
“I can’t believe she agreed to this frankly and was in this,” said Kelly of Sweeney.
“I think this is another example of Hollywood not understanding at all where the line is,” the commentator added. “And how most normal people are going to recoil … in response to what’s essentially the sexualization of a child, of a baby.”
Kelly went on to criticize Sam Levinson, the show’s creator, for other needless scenes of nudity.
“He constantly wants women to take their clothes off for scenes that don’t require them to be nude at all,” Kelly said.
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“All these women want to be stars, and few say no, but those that do, somehow it leaks because they’re clearly trying to tell us that this guy is, at a minimum, a jerk, and, more than likely, a problem,” she added.
Sweeney became a favorite for many on the right when her presence in an American Eagle jeans advertisement made leftist woke-scolds on TikTok implode with fury. The company was accused of pushing fascist and racist propaganda, but both the actress and American Eagle have laughed off the claims.
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