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U.S. President Donald Trump holds an executive order related to the U.S. live entertainment ticketing industry, next to Kid Rock, in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, D.C., March 31, 2025.   REUTERS/Leah Millis     TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY
MAGA FOREIGN POLICY

MAGA Rocker Reveals Trump Put Him on Call With World Leader

Kid Rock says Trump handed him the phone and drove off with a top ally still on the line.

Evgenia Anastasakos

Soccer Football - UEFA Champions League - Real Madrid v RB Leipzig - Estadio Bernabeu, Madrid, Spain - October 21, 2026  Real Madrid's Kylian Mbappe during the warm up before the match REUTERS/Violeta Santos Moura
KYL-IN' THE VIBE

Soccer Star Apologizes as Superpower Has Tantrum Over Meme

His comments have cost him brand deals.

Harry Thompson

Pete Hegseth
SIDELINE SCUFFLE

Pentagon Pete Power Play Gets Shut Down by Trump Goons

Hegseth’s office tried to pull American troops from an NFL game in Paris amid protests.

Evgenia Anastasakos

Cows are fed hay, which is in short supply at the farm in Kosetice, Czech Republic, August 25, 2026.
MOO-VING TARGET

Patient Dies After Cow Virus Jumps to Human for First Time

The virus was detected in Europe for the first time this summer.

Ewan Palmer

US President Donald Trump (L) shakes hands with France's President Emmanuel Macron during a bilateral meeting on the sidelines of the G7 summit, in Evian, central-eastern France on June 15, 2026. A G7 summit is set to take place June 15 to 17 in the French town of Evian-les-Bains near Switzerland and it will be attended by country leaders as well as the EU's foreign policy chief and ministers from Brazil, Canada, the United Arab Emirates and Turkey. (Photo by Ludovic MARIN / POOL / AFP via Getty Images)
BLISTERING REBUKE

World Leader Torches ‘Stupid’ Trump Take on Violent Riots

Macron has hit back at Trump’s claims that migrants are tearing France apart.

Martha McHardy

Gold Trump statue.
GOLD MEMBER

Trump Humiliated as Giant Golden Nude Statue Unveiled

The artwork, titled “The Orange Plague,” stands at more than 8 feet tall.

Ewan Palmer

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TOPSHOT - A student puts trashes into a fire as protesting students carry out blockading action near place de la Nation, in Paris, on October 2, 2026. Since late September, students have staged protests outside schools over grievances ranging from timetables, class sizes and a shortage of teachers to overheated classrooms during this year's heatwaves. The protests started in the Ile-de-France region around Paris but have now spread to other cities nationwide. (Photo by Thomas SAMSON / AFP via Getty Images
HARD LESSON

Teen’s Hand Blown Off in Raging High School Protests

How it happened remains unconfirmed.

Harry Thompson

AUBERVILLIERS, FRANCE - OCTOBER 1:  French students set fires as they clash with police during a march through the streets of Aubervilliers, on October 1, 2026 in Aubervilliers, a northern suburb of Paris, France. In a wave of demonstrations that began around Paris last week and spread across France, secondary students have blockaded schools in protest against overcrowded classrooms, teacher shortages, and long class schedules. According to French Interior Minister Laurent Nunez, more than 400 have been detained, many of them minors, as some protests turned violent where students and police clashed. (Photo by Tom Nicholson/Getty Images)
SCHOOL’S OUT

Hundreds of Schools Close as Violent Teen Protests Spiral

Rampaging high schoolers and agitators have turned French campuses into battle zones.

Leigh Kimmins

Napoleon Crossing the Saint-Bernard Pass, 20 May 1800. 1801-1802. Oil on canvas. 232 x 271 cm (91.3 x 106.7 in). Musee de l'Histoire de France, Versailles, France. (Photo by VCG Wilson/Corbis via Getty Images)
THE EMPEROR’S NEW CODES

Napoleon’s Secret Code Is Cracked After 200 Years

The emperor’s war directives have been picked apart.

Harry Thompson

Students take part in the blockade of Lycee Le Corbusier as part of a nationwide mobilization calling for improved learning conditions and additional resources for schools, in Aubervilliers, Seine-Saint-Denis, France, on October 1, 2026.
CLASSROOMS ON FIRE

2,000 Arrested as High School Protests Turn Violent

The demonstrations have become increasingly violent as they have spread.

Ewan Palmer

Doctors in an intensive care unit in Colmar, France, December 15, 2021.
GET WELL SOON

Mayor of French Town Bans Residents From Getting Sick

Citizens are advised to postpone any oncoming illnesses.

Evgenia Anastasakos

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