Rev. Franklin Graham commented on Mark Houck’s $1M DOJ settlement following a 2022 FBI arrest, outlining details of the case, acquittal, and legal aftermath.
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Navy Secretary John Phelan departed from the Department of War as the United States continues to carry out the naval blockade in the Strait of Hormuz.
The Pentagon confirmed the abrupt shakeup in a post on X where spokesman Sean Parnell thanked Phelan for his service, noting that he will be leaving the administration "effective immediately." Parnell did not disclose the reason for Phelan's apparent firing but announced that Undersecretary Hung Cao will become the acting secretary in the interim.
'Some reports claim that Phelan's departure was far from voluntary.'
"Secretary of the Navy John C. Phelan is departing the administration, effective immediately," Parnell said in a statement. "On behalf of the Secretary of War and Deputy Secretary of War, we are grateful to Secretary Phelan for his service to the Department and the United States Navy."
"We wish him well in his future endeavors."
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Most reports claim that Phelan's departure was far from voluntary, noting that Secretary of War Pete Hegseth had been frustrated with the pace of the Navy's shipbuilding. Prior to the war with Iran, Hegseth had been conducting the "Arsenal of Freedom" tour where the secretary would visit various defense contractors, including shipbuilding facilities, and urge builders to "go hard, go fast."
Hegseth gave Phelan the option to resign or to be forced out, CNN reported.
Phelan reportedly questioned whether this directive came from President Donald Trump, leading him to seek a meeting with the commander in chief. In doing so, Trump confirmed to Phelan that he was no longer going to continue serving in the role.
Phelan is not the only military leader to exit the Pentagon in recent weeks. Hegseth similarly fired Army Chief of Staff Randy George earlier in April.
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Mark Zuckerberg's Meta has revealed plans to eliminate approximately 8,000 positions, representing 10 percent of its workforce, as part of a broader efficiency initiative aimed at balancing substantial investments in AI technology.
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A 14-year-old male was caught on video body-slamming and then head-stomping a girl on a Harlem street — reportedly after she wouldn't give him her phone number, the New York Post reported, citing police and sources.
The attack against the 15-year-old victim took place on the corner of East 107th Street and 3rd Avenue in East Harlem around 3:30 p.m. Monday after the school day was over, the Post said.
'He should get the death penalty.'
The clip shows the considerably larger male standing in a crosswalk in front of his victim and warning her that he'll "knock the s**t out of you right now."
Another male is heard off-camera encouraging the attacker: "Do it!"
When the girl attempts to cross the street, the attacker orders her, "Nah, you stand right here" as he points to the ground close to his feet.
The girl attempts to go around the attacker, but he puts an arm out and pushes her backward.
But the gutsy girl defiantly tells her attacker, "Get the f**k away from me, p***y!" and turns around and begins to walk away down a sidewalk.
Her attacker, who's wearing a mask over his mouth and nose, follows her, grabs her from behind, picks her up, and body-slams her into the sidewalk.
Apparently not satisfied with his feat of strength, he then stomps on her head while she's defenseless on the ground.
The Post, citing police and sources, said the girl suffered a concussion, and EMS took her to Harlem Hospital in stable condition.
The paper added that her attacker was arrested and charged with assault — and sources noted that he's due to appear in family court Thursday.
As you can imagine, those reacting to the incident are outraged. Here's a sampling of comments underneath the Post's video posted to YouTube:
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Kennedy called assisted suicide laws "abhorrent" and pointed to Canada's bloating "MAID" program as a cautionary tale for the United States.
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Texas Senator Ted Cruz (R) is hoping a unified approach to boxing organizations will return the sport to the time when it was a source of national pride and childhood heroes.
Cruz recently championed the Muhammad Ali American Boxing Revival Act of 2026, an add-on to the Muhammad Ali Boxing Reform Act of 2000.
'We need more predictable pathways for matchmaking.'
Sponsored by Rep. Brian Jack (R-Ga.), the bill's goal is to strengthen organizations' ability to hold on to fighters, while establishing unified rules and medical procedures, including anti-doping programs.
The legislation — which passed through the House in March — demands that unified boxing organizations must implement drug testing programs, provide supplemental physicals for fighters over 40 years old, ensure that at least two ambulances are on site for matches, and allow boxers access to equipment and facilities fully operated by the UBO.
Effectively, if the legislation passes, it will allow boxing organizations to create fight leagues similar to those of other professional organizations, in which a boxer is locked in with regard to exclusivity and promotional rights.
The Muhammad Ali Boxing Reform Act, on the other hand, limited promotional contracts to 12 months and prevented organizations from being able to force boxers into granting future promotional rights as a condition for a mandatory title fight.
The Senate Commerce Committee held a hearing on Wednesday, which included support for and dissent from the new act and featured some of the biggest names in the sport.
Opposing the new rules was 11-time world champion Oscar De La Hoya. The boxing legend directly criticized noted adversary and UFC President Dana White, saying that White's Zuffa Boxing organization would likely be a beneficiary of the new rules. De La Hoya complained that Zuffa is "fully funded by Saudi Arabia" and claimed that such funding "reshaped another sport," referring to LIV Golf, a Saudi-backed competitor to the PGA Tour.
The former boxer said LIV Golf potentially losing Saudi backing should "serve as a warning" for American boxing. However, it should be noted that De Le Hoya accepted a $10 million purchase of boxing publication Ring magazine by a Saudi Arabian who invests in Zuffa Boxing.
De Le Hoya said in March that he now regrets the sale.
Nico Ali Walsh, Muhammad Ali's grandson, also spoke in opposition to the legislation, saying that "the people controlling fighters should not also control the entire marketplace those fighters depend on."
Walsh claimed the new bill, in its current form, should not have his grandfather's name on it. According to Boxing Insider, he also cited Ali's history of speaking against the government and said that "silence is part of the system."
By contrast, Cruz praised the previous act but claimed that it was time for change.
The previous act was "meant to set basic guardrails without remaking the sport from Washington," Cruz said, "but with every change comes trade-offs."
"We need more predictable pathways for matchmaking and simplified rankings. I believe allowing for a more unified structure to take hold could help the sport compete more effectively against other combat sport competitors," he added.
Nick Khan, president of the WWE and executive at Zuffa Boxing, made the case that the new rules create a framework that "can do what major sports do — promote competition, develop talent, and enforce consistent standards under one roof."
Two of the biggest contentions to major fight organizations unifying in this manner have been fighter pay and health insurance. The legislation attempts to address these issues with insurance that covers fighters during their training period while simultaneously raising boxer minimum pay.
For example, according to Boxing Scene, California has a $100-per-round minimum pay, whereas the new legislation doubles that to $200 per round while guaranteeing a fight every six months.
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Anheuser-Busch, the brewers of Budweiser, Michelob Ultra, and Bud Light, have announced a $600 million investment to boost American manufacturing jobs.
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The Chinese National Disease Control and Prevention Administration warned citizens on Wednesday that it had documented a growing number of cases of various respiratory diseases, primarily influenza and rhinovirus, in the past month, suggesting travelers take precautions during the upcoming May Day holiday.
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Is legendary writer-director David Zucker worried about AI? Surely, you can't be serious!
Zucker — the Hollywood veteran behind smash hits like "Airplane!" and "The Naked Gun" series, as well as cult classics like "BASEketball" and "Top Secret!" — says he's confident that no computer will ever take his job.
Zucker took some time out from preproduction on his new movie, film noir spoof "Star of Malta," to speak to Align about the state of the biz.
'We actually know what we're doing.'
Unlike many of his peers in the film industry, Zucker doesn't see technology as a threat — as long as you have talent.
"Certainly, AI is no good for writing scripts. You can't write a funny script using AI," he affirmed.
Cruise controlNor can AI oversee a production from start to finish, said Zucker, citing Tom Cruise as someone "experienced and talented in their craft and dedicated to good work" and therefore able to shepherd a project from start to finish.
He allowed that there are some Hollywood executives who don't mind taking shortcuts. "[That's] fine for Seth MacFarlane," he said, in a not-so-subtle dig at the "Family Guy" creator and producer of the recent "Naked Gun" reboot.
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As for Zucker, he's compelled to continue writing comedy because, "No one can write this stuff." And when it comes to new projects, he would rather take up the task himself with his own team than take a gamble on someone else.
Zucker noted that he wrote "Star of Malta" in just 11 days.
"We actually know what we're doing," he said.
OK computerZucker's faith in himself and his team makes him the rare Hollywood insider who remains sanguine about increasing AI use.
The recent AI resurrection of the late Val Kilmer? Zucker said that as long as permission is sought out, he does not have a problem with it.
He is also intrigued by the possibility of AI-powered de-aging.
"I think that's a good use of it," he said, adding that he's open to using it in his own work. "If you have to cast somebody, and they happen to be older than you need, you can do it."
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Comedy challengedZucker, who also offers an online course in spoof comedy, isn't afraid to call out an industry that's out of touch with the taste of audiences.
"There's 9% of people who just don't have a sense of humor," he said. "There's like zero sense of humor. So the studios are being guided by those people."
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