Donald Trump was so angry when the guilty verdict was read aloud at his New York hush money trial last month that he was heard afterwards subjecting Mike Johnson, the Republican speaker of the House of Representatives, to a foul-mouthed rant by phone, according to a new report. Politico’s Playbook newsletter recounts that the GOP […]
Marc Benioff tapped into his roots as a skilled software salesman on Wednesday, launching into a nearly 30-minute earnings call exhortation that shifted the spotlight away from the company’s weak sales forecast by blasting the AI industry for its problems with “stolen data,” accuracy problems and other high-profile snafus. “These models don’t know anything about […]
Dr. Phil McGraw appeared on The View Monday as part of the press tour for his upcoming book and primetime show, but a sudden segue into the topic of COVID and its effects on school children caught the hosts entirely by surprise. The puzzling exchange began after Sara Haines asked the TV personality a question […]
Scottsdale gallery owner Gilbert Ortega will not face charges after his racist tirade against Indigenous performers in February 2023, the Scottsdale Police Department said as it concluded its investigation. The incident took place in 2023 as Indigenous performers were recording a Super Bowl segment for ESPN in front of a large Super Bowl sign near […]
All Tuesday morning, former President Donald Trump used social media to attack writer E. Jean Carroll. By Tuesday afternoon, it was part of the court record in her latest defamation trial against him. An attorney for Carroll, Shawn Crowley, nodded to Trump’s diatribe in her opening statements as she told a panel of New York […]
A North Dakota lawmaker told authorities they’d “regret picking on him” during a “verbally abusive, homophobic, racially abusive and discriminatory” tirade aimed at officers who were arresting him for drunk driving, according to a police report and bodycam footage. Republican state Rep. Nico Rios‘ confrontation with police occurred on Dec. 15 as he was driving […]