Trump Blasts Italian PM As 'Unacceptable' After She Defended Pope Leo

Donald Trump continued his bizarre behavior of lashing out against even his allies over his Iran war when he denigrated Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni for criticizing his attacks on Pope Leo.

Trump blasted Pope Leo for not signing on to his attack on Iran, calling him "weak on crime,” with bad foreign policy."

Trump cried that the Pontiff went public with his criticisms, which is laughable because Trump never shuts the fuck up. In response to Von Shitzhispants words against Pope Leo, Giorgia Meloni did not take a back seat.

“I find President Trump’s words towards the Holy Father unacceptable. The Pope is the head of the Catholic Church, and it is right and normal for him to call for peace and to condemn every form of war,” she said.

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Hightouch reaches $100M ARR fueled by marketing tools powered by AI

The startup says it grew its ARR by $70 million in just 20 months after launching an AI agent platform for marketers.

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AHe Was Posting A Joke': Vance'Released Everything's Hilarious Cleanup For Trump's Hilarious Cleanup For Trump'' On Epstein

Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche insisted that the Department of Justice has released all files on Jeffrey Epstein after First Lady Melania Trump made a surprise announcement calling for men who conspired with the sex offender to face consequences.

"The First Lady dropped a bomb at the White House," Fox News host Bill Hemmer told Blanche on Tuesday. "A number of questions that come off of this. Did you know she was going to make that statement? Did you have information prior? Will you act on her request before Congress?"

"And when you remember what the president said," the Fox News host added, "when you give all the files out there, the innocent people are going to be hurt. And we've seen that to some degree."

"So, no, the first lady does not check with me before she speaks to the American people," Blanche revealed. "And I wouldn't expect her to. But what she said rings true to me. And what I mean by that is there have been tons of false narratives around her and her relationship or lack thereof... so I get her frustration and complaints, and I readily agree with it as far as her call to Congress."

Blanche insisted that Epstein survivors should contact the FBI.

"We will take it seriously no matter what," he claimed. "And so her call to Congress to have witnesses come forward and testify is not inconsistent with what the Department of Justice and President Trump, frankly, has been saying for many years."

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AI datacenter startup Fluidstack in talks for $1B round at $18B valuation months after hitting $7.5B, says report

Fundraising is reportedly flowing for Fluidstack after it secured a $50 billion deal to build data centers for Anthropic.

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As States Figure Out How To Work Around Trump's Mess, The Gold Trim Goes On

Health authorities in New York State are racing to devise strategies to blunt the new law that will restrict access to government health insurance programs, including Medicaid, that cover more than half of New York City’s residents.

To keep as many New Yorkers as possible from being cut from the Medicaid rolls next year, state and city officials are looking for ways to prove that patients are afflicted with addictions or are medically frail, conditions that would exempt them from the new restrictions. And they are considering how to sign people up for volunteer work — such as helping other New Yorkers navigate Medicaid’s new rules — which could satisfy the law’s work requirements.

“We’re getting very creative,” Dr. Alister Martin, the city’s new health commissioner, said in a recent interview.

When President Trump’s signature domestic policy bill passed last year, state health officials feared that perhaps 1.5 million people in New York might lose health coverage. Those predictions have grown somewhat less dire as officials have proposed possible methods to keep people insured and exempt from the new work requirements. Those requirements and other restrictions are expected to start next year.

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IBM pays $17M fine to end DOJ suit over DEI programs

IBM entered into a $17 million settlement agreement on Friday with the U.S. DOJ over allegations that it engaged in “illegal DEI practices.”

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Stanford report highlights growing disconnect between AI insiders and everyone else

Stanford’s latest AI Index shows a widening gap between experts and the public, with rising anxiety over jobs, healthcare, and the economy.

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