Yasmeen Hamadeh

1 day ago | thedailybeast.com | Yasmeen Hamadeh

Pope Leo XIV kept it short, but not all that sweet, when asked to send a message to the United States Monday. The pontiff had his first international press conference in the Vatican on Monday, where he addressed the importance of free speech, a free press, and thanked reporters for their work covering the papal election.

1 day ago | yahoo.com | Yasmeen Hamadeh

A highly anticipated biopic on the roller-coaster lives of showman-magicians Siegfried Fischbacher and Roy Horn has finally found its stars. Slated to run for eight episodes, Wild Things is an Apple TV+ limited series that will star Jude Law and Andrew Garfield as Siegfried and Roy, respectively. The show will be based on the Apple Original Podcast Wild Things: Siegfried & Roy, and is expected to capture the pair’s triumphant ascent, and ultimate falling-out, as a double act in Las Vegas.

2 days ago | thedailybeast.com | Yasmeen Hamadeh

Two Justice Department officials were denied access to the Library of Congress Monday, causing a brief standoff on Capitol Hill. The two officials–Paul Perkins, an associate deputy attorney general, and Brian Nieves, a deputy chief of staff and senior policy counsel–were trying to seek access to the U.S. Copyright Office but were denied entry at around 9 a.m., sources who spoke on the condition of anonymity told The New York Times.

2 days ago | yahoo.com | Yasmeen Hamadeh

President Donald Trump told people criticizing his decision to accept a luxury jet from Qatar to pipe down Sunday in a late-night post on Truth Social. The issue united both Democrats and Republicans in outrage after ABC News broke the story that Trump planned to take the $400 million Boeing 747-8 jumbo jet to use as his new Air Force One. But the president called those who questioned the ethical implications of such a massive gift “world class losers” in a scathing statement.

2 days ago | thedailybeast.com | Yasmeen Hamadeh

President Donald Trump told critics of his decision to accept a luxury jet from Qatar to pipe down Sunday in a late-night post on Truth Social. The issue seemed to unite both Democrats and Republicans in outrage Sunday after ABC News broke the story that Trump planned to take the $400 million Boeing 747-8 jumbo jet to use as his new Air Force One. But the president called those who questioned the ethical implications of such a massive gift “world class losers” in a scathing statement.