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The Newsgirls spent MONTHS investigating Pete Hegseth's Pentagon, and spoke to five former senior officials who revealed some disturbing allegations about what's happening behind closed doors. Their accounts suggest that two relatively unknown men may have enormous leverage over Hegseth because of damaging information about his past… and that this could be influencing major U.S. military decisions. From senior officials being pushed out to critical military advice allegedly being ignored, our investigation raises a terrifying question: Could the defense secretary's personal secrets be putting America's national security at risk? #pentagon #news #trump #investigation #military #secrets #blackmail

Did Tucker Carlson really lose 71% of his audience after Ukraine bombed Russian internet infrastructure?! We investigate the viral claims that Ukraine wiped out Putin’s bot farms. Then we get into the heightened geopolitical drama- Zelensky is PISSED about Trump and Putin’s shady new diesel deal and questions whether Trump used Elon Musk’s SpaceX to disrupt Ukraine’s military satellite internet. questioning whether Trump and Elon Musk are behind disruptions to Ukraine’s military satellite internet, while Trump’s controversial new diesel deal with Putin has even Republicans pushing back.

Trump’s new press secretary, Katie Zacharia, stumbled through her first briefing—but her résumé may raise even bigger questions. Wren unpacks the allegations that she’s lying about being a lawyer, her puzzling answer about passing the bar, her wild conspiracy posts, and her six-week DHS stint amid claims she was a Corey Lewandowski loyalist. Plus: the calculated TV strategy and powerful connections that reportedly helped her land the job. How did this woman become the voice of the White House—and what still doesn’t add up?

The Pentagon wants to livestream an execution — except TikTok and Kick already said NO, YouTube won’t say if it’ll air it, JD Vance says he won’t watch, and Trump hasn’t even publicly backed the livestream. Mabel investigates the increasingly bizarre details behind Trump’s execution plan — and why the whole thing may be a lot messier than it sounds. #news #trump #politics #military #investigation #tech

Zohran Mamdani condemned Israel’s war in Gaza as genocide—and hours later, pro-Palestinian protesters were calling him a “traitor.” What happened? Wren unpacks his October 7 statement, the backlash from Democrats and Republicans, the disrupted vigil mourning Israeli and Palestinian victims, and the confrontation outside a Palestinian restaurant. Plus: the demands behind the chants, a protester who says she once interned for him, and the tension between the advocacy that helped him win and the decisions he’s making as mayor.

Trump wants to build a new Camp David next to his own golf course — and the money trail makes the plan a lot more interesting. Mabel digs into Trump’s history of mixing presidential power with his private properties, what this could mean for the Trump Organization, and why Camp David may be the latest institution he wants to remake in his image. Plus, the bizarre Mar-a-Lago history that makes the whole story come full circle. #news #trump #politics #golf #money #corruption #campdavid

The $110 BILLION Paramount–Warner Bros. merger is officially done—but some of the wildest details have barely been talked about. We break down what Trump could get out of CNN’s new ownership, the $24 billion in Saudi, Qatari and UAE-linked money helping finance the deal, and why Paramount has reportedly considered turning to Elon Musk for even more cash. Plus: what happens to Bari Weiss, CNN, CBS News and 60 Minutes now that they’re all part of the same massive media empire? #news #media #cbs #cnn #merger #trump #billionaires

Jane Doe SECRETLY recorded conversations with some of the men she later accused — including Matthew Ingalls — and those calls can now be compared directly with the fraternity’s private Snapchat messages from the night in question. Wren breaks down the biggest new revelations, the alleged “damage control” afterward, what prosecutors did and didn’t review the first time around, and why this case is suddenly under even more scrutiny.

Hunter Biden like you haven’t heard him before. In this unfiltered conversation, he goes off on the Trump family, says there’s “literally no comparison” between his business dealings and theirs, explains why he’d gladly testify alongside Don Jr., reveals why he’s “exhausted” by parts of the left, defends sitting down with Tucker Carlson and Candace Owens, opens up about Joe Biden’s pardon and cancer diagnosis, and gives his candid takes on AOC, Pete Buttigieg, Kamala Harris and the 2028 field. No talking points — just Hunter Biden saying exactly what he thinks.

A pilot allegedly tried to crash a plane full of Israelis — and the details emerging behind the attack are raising even bigger questions. Mabel investigates who the pilot was, how this happened, and the political chaos unfolding around it.

Cornell says it investigated the seven accused fraternity members under the same Trump-era Title IX framework that the administration has now formally restored nationwide, a system that gives ACCUSED students significant procedural protections like access to evidence, live hearings, advisers and cross-examination. As outrage grows over whether Cornell did enough — including a disputed claim that some of the men were allowed to submit essays as part of the disciplinary process — we break down what happened, how Cornell handled the case, why prosecutors have reopened the criminal investigation, and how Trump’s Title IX rules shaped the university process.

Bombshell new texts just dropped in the Cornell 7 case—and somehow this story is getting even crazier. Mabel investigates the new evidence, what the accused men are saying, and the seriously weird way this case was handled when it first happened. For nearly two years, this stayed largely inside Cornell… so was the university trying to keep a massive scandal quiet? #news #cornell #crime #education #university #women #students #schools #health #police #investigation

Melania Trump is suddenly everywhere — and this week, she took a noticeably different approach from her husband. After Donald Trump banned CNN, MS NOW and Politico from the White House, Melania’s office credentialed CNN and Politico to cover her own event at the United Nations. Then, less than 24 hours later, she went on Fox & Friends and admitted that Trump asks for her opinion — and “sometimes he doesn’t want to hear it.” We break down what Melania has been doing behind the scenes, including her rapidly expanding international AI initiative for children, her new women’s economic summit at the New York Stock Exchange, her upcoming two-part docuseries promising answers to “private questions,” and the long history of issues where she has publicly taken a different position or approach from her husband. So what exactly is Melania building — and what does this unusually public week tell us about how she operates inside Trump’s orbit? #MelaniaTrump #DonaldTrump #Politics #WhiteHouse

Trump just addressed the UN and threatened Iran with “annihilation” — but some of the biggest stories of UN week are happening behind the scenes. We’re breaking down Trump’s secretive meetings, a possible $4 BILLION Venezuelan gold transfer, the Greenland military deal, pressure on Zelenskyy to stop striking Russian oil refineries, and why the U.S. quietly paid hundreds of millions to the UN right before UNGA.  PLUS: Iran diplomacy, Netanyahu in New York, and the race to choose the next UN Secretary-General #news #politics #world #UN #israel #iran

Jake and Logan Paul randomly showed up at the Pentagon, met with Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth — and nobody seems to know why. Mabel investigates what the Paul brothers were really doing in Washington and uncovers some pretty wild clues about what may have been happening behind the scenes. From their brand-new Hulu/ESPN fighting show and a mysterious Pentagon “PSA” to Jake’s surprise meeting at the Treasury Department, the timing raises a lot of questions. Are the Paul brothers quietly working on something with the Trump administration?