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Martina Navratilova, a tennis legend and lifelong Democrat, says that her party had an opportunity to have a listening session regarding transgender athletes and rights for women.

However, they never did.

A winner of 18 Grand Slam singles titles, as well as one of the most famous openly gay people in the history of sports, Navratilova recently spoke with OutKick in an interview and said that she tried to send a message to former Vice President Kamala Harris amid the Republican Party blasting their Democratic counterparts in the 2024 campaign cycle regarding transgender athletes and women’s rights.

“I tried to get to Kamala Harris’ campaign,” said Navratilova to OutKick. “Nobody would listen to me.”

According to Navratilova, it wasn’t just a problem with the Harris campaign, it was a problem for the Democrats overall.

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According to Sen. Ron Wyden (D-OR), this is the most corrupt regime in American history. That was his response after Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent accused the Representative of slandering the Treasury building to cover up his son having an investment with Jeffrey Epstein. That tells you all you need to know.

Per Wyden, “Nobody is interested in the ramblings of a capo in the most corrupt regime in American history. We want to get some facts about this deal. That’s what we’re here for.”

If the best excuse he has got for the above accusations is an ad hominem attack with a vague insult about corruption, then that screams volumes as to what the answer is, doesn’t it?

“We would like to hear what Adam Wyden and Jeffrey Epstein talked about. Your son’s largest investment position was Rick’s Cabaret. So did your son and Jeffrey Epstein talk about pole dancing as he begged him for money using your limited credibility?” Bessent threw back.

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“We are on track to have the primary wall done, completed from the Pacific to Gulf of America this time next year.”

Testifying before the House Homeland Security Committee on Wednesday morning over the Department of Homeland Security’s fiscal year 227 budget request, DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin said that a primary border wall is expected to be fully constructed by the summer of 2027, with a secondary wall being completed the following summer.

Mullin told lawmakers, “On the border wall, first of all, we are on track to have the primary wall done, completed from the Pacific to Gulf of America this time next year. We’ll have all contracts out by the end of this month. And we’re having great progress.”

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Representative Brandon Gill, chairman of the Task Force on Defending Constitutional Rights and Exposing Institutional Abuses, delivered opening remarks on Wednesday during a fraud hearing where he highlighted the widespread fraud within Medicaid waiver programs, particularly among the Somali community.

At the hearing titled  “Universal Basic Fraud: Vulnerabilities in Medicaid Waiver Programs,” Gill cited recent reporting on alleged abuses of Medicaid-funded programs in Ohio, claiming that fraudulent billing schemes have resulted in an estimated $1.2 billion in taxpayer losses in the state alone.

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Federal agents swarmed a lavish $35 million Newport Coast mansion before dawn Wednesday and arrested an Iranian-born tech executive accused of secretly supplying American computer hardware to Iran’s military and nuclear programs.

Jamshid Ghomi, 63, a dual U.S.-Iranian citizen, was taken into custody after FBI agents descended on the sprawling estate inside an exclusive gated community in Newport Coast. He faces charges of conspiracy to violate the International Emergency Economic Powers Act and was expected to make his first court appearance Wednesday afternoon in Santa Ana federal court.

Prosecutors say Ghomi made millions by illegally exporting U.S.-made computer networking equipment to Iran and used an elaborate web of front companies and intermediaries to conceal the transactions.

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A man who was fined nearly $2 million for scamming the Medicare system was released from probation despite paying nearly none of the fine, and he’s not the only one.

An investigative report found that many Minnesota fraudsters who are fined millions of dollars fail to pay back any significant amount but are allowed to get off probation.

‘For the person who just doesn’t care and is trying to get away with wrongdoing, I think we need stronger medicine.’

In 2023, a man named Tommie Johnson Sr. pleaded guilty to stealing health care funds through a personal care assistance scheme.

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Fired longtime CBS correspondent and host Scott Pelley — who believes he’s on par with American war heroes — sought to keep his aircraft-carrier-sized ego and farcical martyrdom alive Wednesday with a second statement about his firing over his ambush Monday of new 60 Minutes boss, Nick Bilton. This time, he said news reports about Wednesday morning’s editorial meeting in which editor-in-chief Bari Weiss addressed Pelley’s ouster was filled with “lies” and “antithetical to everything we stand for[.]”

Pelley even said Weiss’s description of events “reveal[ed] contempt for what journalists do.”

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Billionaire globalist Bill Gates reportedly spent years cultivating a carefully scripted public image designed to portray him as a harmless, “trustworthy” grandfather figure while a growing list of scandals simmered behind the scenes.

According to a new report from The Wall Street Journal, Gates’s staff meticulously managed everything from his wardrobe to his public appearances in an effort to project the image of a calm, approachable philanthropist.

The report reveals that Gates’s team maintained a custom-sized mannequin to test outfits and stored large inventories of neutral-colored sweaters, button-down shirts, slacks, and signature eyeglasses at an off-site facility.

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President Donald Trump has signed a scaled-back version of an executive order governing AI that he had shelved less than two weeks ago, after senior aides persuaded him that the administration could not indefinitely delay establishing a framework for the technology, according to two officials familiar with the matter.

The revised order gives the federal government access to the most advanced artificial intelligence models 30 days before their public release, down from an earlier proposal that would have required companies to provide access 90 days in advance.

Beyond shortening the review period, the administration made few substantive changes to the original text. Trump approved the revised order Monday night following a high-level White House meeting. Aides drafted the final language Tuesday morning, the two officials tell WIRED.

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A fire ripped through a hotel in New Delhi on Wednesday, killing at least 21 people, many of them foreign nationals, police and local media said.

The fire broke out in the morning at Flourish Stay, a bed-and-breakfast in a congested neighbourhood in the south of the city, Delhi Police said in a statement.

“It is with profound sorrow that 21 persons have been declared dead in this tragic incident,” police said.

Several of those killed were foreigners, mainly from Central Asia and Africa, the Press Trust of India news agency reported, quoting unnamed officials.

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Indian-origin Labour MP Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi has hit back at Restore Britain leader Rupert Lowe after he called for a ban on carrying the Sikh ceremonial kirpan in public spaces following the murder of British-Polish teenager Henry Nowak.Dhesi, the Labour MP for Slough and one of Britain’s most prominent Sikh politicians, accused Lowe of targeting an entire community.”I was born and raised here. Countless brave Sikh soldiers died for Britain, proudly wearing their turban and kirpan,” Dhesi wrote on X.”Thankfully, Rupert and Restore don’t get to decide what is British.

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Police issue warning over ‘extremely dangerous’ sewers as men emerge from manholes (Image: NC)

Police in New York have issued an urgent warning after mystery men were spotted climbing in and out of sewers through manholes, prompting fears that copycats could put themselves at serious risk. Officials say there have been at least three known incidents involving people entering the city’s vast underground sewer network since early May.

While no injuries have been reported, authorities described the activity as both illegal and “extremely dangerous”, warning that those venturing underground could face deadly hazards. A spokesperson for New York City’s Department of Environmental Protection said sewers contain numerous risks, including toxic gases, unstable surfaces, flooding and confined spaces.

 

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An 18-year-old British boy was walking home from a pub in December when he was brutally stabbed by a Sikh man. Henry Nowak was mortally wounded, but what happened in the moments before he would ultimately succumb to his injuries is even more appalling. Police pinned Nowak down and began to handcuff him as he cried out for help all because his attacker accused him of racism.

Video footage from Nowak’s phone on December 3, 2025 shows him saying “Hello car” as he walks, before singing to himself. Eventually, Vickrum Digwa is seen in the video walking away from Nowak, with Nowak heard saying “Innit bad man, what bad man. You’re a bad man, say you’re a bad man, go on.” Notably, prosecutors said Digwa was wearing his knife “openly displayed over his clothing.”

Digwa replied “I am a bad man.” Digwa would then go on to stab Nowak five times, delivering a fatal chest wound.

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Democrat Rep. and former Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (CA-11) has held her congressional seat in California for 39 years. Once Pelosi announced in November 2025 that she planned to retire from the House of Representatives, several people scrambled to run for the District 11 seat. As the votes in California are still being counted, three Democrats are vying for the Top 2 spots that will move to the November general election: the Pelosi-endorsed San Francisco Supervisor Connie Chan, State Sen. Scott Wiener, and former chief of staff for Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (NY-14), Saikat Chakrabarti.

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On Monday, SpaceX amended its initial public offering to state that water conditions—including water scarcity, regulations around water, and drought—could constrain data center development.

It isn’t the only tech company trying to assess how water scarcity might impact its business. Water use is emerging as one of the most contentious data center issues. A recent Gallup poll found that seven out of 10 Americans are opposed to data center development, with water scarcity ranking as the top resource concern. Facing increasingly fierce resistance, some tech companies are scrambling to assure the public that they’re facing the issue head-on.

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Vladimir Putin has suffered a humilating blow after Ukraine struck his £120million warship in a huge attack near St Petersburg. The corvette Boykiy was hit in Kronstadt – headquarters of the Kremlin’s Baltic Fleet. The vessel was seen engulfed in flames in a Ukrainian video.

The 343ft-long vessel was like a “sitting duck” despite promises that defences had been tightened this week due to the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum [SPIEF], hosted by the Russian dictator. One year ago, the Boykiy was guarding Putin’s sanctions-busting shadow fleet through the English Channel.

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G­­­ross domestic product advanced 0.3% in the first three months of the year, just one-third of the pace recorded in the final quarter of 2025 and missing estimates, government data showed Wednesday. Private investment climbed by almost 4%, led by higher outlays on data centers, with a 16% jump in spending on machinery and equipment the largest gain in almost 30 years.

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In December, Japan’s Liberal Democratic Party announced its intent to introduce legislation to add new restrictions to the ability of foreigners to purchase real estate in Japan. In March, a government expert panel began holding meetings to discuss possible changes legal changes in order to address the economic and security concerns being voiced by proponents of increased regulation, with the aim of making a proposal by the end of the currently ongoing parliamentary session, which is scheduled to end in midsummer.

That timetable is now getting shifted back, as the panel is now saying that it is postponing any possible recommended bans on foreigners purchasing property until this coming fall.

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LONDON — The fatal stabbing last year in Britain of a teenager who was handcuffed by police while his killer stood nearby erupted into a debate on Tuesday about policing, race and knife crime.

The killing of 18-year-old Henry Nowak in December drew renewed attention after the killer was sentenced to life with a minimum of 21 years in prison on Monday, and following the release of a video showing police dismissing Nowak when he said that he had been stabbed.

The killer, Vickrum Digwa, 23, who is Sikh, had reported to police that he was the victim of a racist attack by Nowak, who was white.

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American military forces carried out strikes on an Iranian island abutting the Strait of Hormuz in response to attempted Iranian drone and missile attacks, the latest clash between the two countries as President Trump pushes to strike a longer-term agreement with Iran.

U.S. Central Command said in a statement Tuesday it shot down three Iranian drones that targeted civilian mariners. Iran also launched ballistic missiles at U.S. allies in the Persian Gulf region that “all failed to hit their intended targets,” according to CENTCOM, including three missiles that were fired at Bahrain but were shot down by air defenses, and two missiles that “fell short or broke apart enroute” before hitting Kuwait.

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Nine people, including five minors, were arrested during a large gathering of teens Monday night in Naperville, police said.

Large groups began to gather downtown Naperville around 5 p.m., according to Naperville police. Several teams of officers worked the gathering, during which “several juveniles and young adults chose to commit violations of state law and local ordinances,” Naperville police said in a enws release.

The crowds were dispersed by 11 p.m. By the end of the gathering, Naperville police issued nearly three dozen citations alongside the arrests, police said.

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Another professor has joined the chorus of scholars warning that students’ reading skills and attention spans are abysmal.

Writing in the Chronicle of Higher Education, literature Professor Tyler Jagt told of an assignment for his rhetoric and writing class that asked students to read a 20-page paper. Not one student finished the paper.

“It was the same length I had assigned for five years and the same length I had read without complaint as an undergraduate a decade ago,” wrote Jagt, who has taught literature and critical writing at Mercer University, James Madison University, and Wake Forest University.