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President Donald Trump lashed out at Jeannine Pirro after the U.S. Attorney in Washington D.C. dropped criminal charges against an American Olympian who had been accused of vandalizing the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool.

Trump blasted Pirro in a Truth Social post Saturday:

I disagree 100% with Jeanine Pirro, the U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia, on the Reflecting Pool. I don’t know what she was thinking? To me, it was a pure case of VANDALISM, that included the grass, which had a big 86 47 emblazoned in giant letters on it, and other elements of the surrounding area. There may have been some contractor difficulty, but the major damage was caused by VANDALS! President DJT

Trump followed up the post with several videos of people milling about near the reflecting pool.

Look for yourselves at the VANDALISM that took place at The Reflecting Pool. The material is being cut with a knife or a box cutter, for all to see!

Pirro sought Friday to dismiss the criminal case against former Olympic canoeist David Hearn, acknowledging in a court filing that damage to the Reflecting Pool was caused by “flawed installation” rather than vandalism.

Hearn had pleaded not guilty earlier this month to one felony count of destruction of government property after he was accused of damaging the Reflecting Pool during a June 19 visit.

Pirro’s office said in court papers that new information provided after the indictment undermined the government’s original theory of the case.

“It was not until after the return of the indictment, that the DOI provided additional documents to the USAO-DC indicating that damage to the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool in June 2026 was the result of flawed installation by the contractor, Atlantic Industrial Coatings (‘AIC’), and the rush to complete the project prior to events associated with the America 250 celebration in the weeks surrounding Independence Day 2026,” according to the court filing.

The dismissal came after The Washington Post earlier this month revealed experts who said the lining peeled away most likely because it was incorrectly installed.

Dropping the case was a “true embarrassment” for Pirro, CNN’s Elie Honig said.

“It’s your job as a prosecutor to get the relevant information first. You don’t charge first and then figure it out. You get the information first and then charge,” the legal analyst said.

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President Donald Trump went to bat during Friday’s Cabinet meeting for his highly controversial $1.8 billion “weaponization” fund, which he claimed is currently “dead” while making clear he wished it were not.

Trump’s Justice Department agreed to drop the fund earlier in the summer amid a bipartisan outcry, with critics claiming it would be a taxpayer-fueled “slush fund” for the president’s allies.

Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX) has refused to back Trump’s nominee for attorney general, Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche, until Blanche provides written guarantee making clear the fund is dead once and for all.

Blanche conceded during his confirmation hearing that the fund in its current form could be revived at anytime.

“Just to be clear, do you agree with the acting attorney general that the anti-weaponization fund is dead? And why not just put that in writing?” a reporter asked Trump during the meeting.

“Well, it is dead, but, you know, I wish it weren’t, to be honest with you,” Trump replied, adding:

I think people were horribly treated, horribly abused — this has nothing to do with Todd, this was me — horribly abused. And I’d like to see them compensated for the pain. They lost their families. They committed suicide. Many people committed suicide. They went down for an innocent journey. And I’m not only talking about that — I’m talking about something that doesn’t even have to do with that — the way they were treated. The Biden administration and the Obama administration weaponized government and destroyed lives.

“But should they put it in writing? Do you agree to accept limits on the scope of the audit immunity deal in order to get Attorney General Blanche confirmed?” followed up various reporters yelling questions.

“Well, now, he should be approved forthwith. I mean, you’re never going to get a person like that. Everybody agrees to it. Don’t forget, Senator Cornyn thought he was phenomenal — until he lost. You know, when he lost — is that a correct statement? You come from Texas. I mean, he thought this was the most incredible person, and then, when he… Now he lost because of me. I endorsed somebody else. I mean, as soon as I endorsed the other person, the other became a rocket ship upward, and he lost,” Trump replied, jabbing Cornyn.

“And, you know, I think I’d be the same — I mean, I shouldn’t say that, but I’d be upset also, and so I fully understand it. He shouldn’t be that way, I shouldn’t be that way, but he is that way. He’s become a very angry person. And I understand you have a couple of others that… of course they’re the feed to, and you know, you’ll probably hear from them too,” Trump concluded, referring to Sen. Thom Tillis (R-NC), who has also insisted the fund be killed in writing before Blanche is confirmed.

Watch the clip above via Fox News.

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Full disclosure: I'm all-in on the Apple ecosystem, and I don't necessarily plan to switch anytime soon—but that doesn't mean I don't peek at what could be. I have few complaints about my aging Apple Watch, but, I'll admit, Android smartwatches can be pretty cool. While I don't think I'd be doing a whole lot of web browsing on my watch, the fact that the Galaxy Watch has a dedicated browser is a great feature. (For the uninitiated: Apple Watches have a built-in web browser that only appears when watchOS deems a search relevant. There is no Safari app for the Apple Watch.)

If you have a Galaxy Watch, you probably already know you can install Samsung Browser on your device. What you might not know, however, is that your wearable web browser just got an excellent upgrade that makes it function even more like a desktop web browser. As reported by SamMobile, Samsung Browser for Galaxy Watch now lets you download images from webpages. That means if you stumble across a picture on the web, you can download it directly to your Galaxy Watch, rather than switch to your phone, tablet, or computer to save it.

How to download images on your Galaxy Watch's Samsung Browser

First, update Samsung Browser to its latest version, then open it and navigate to a webpage of your choosing. When you find an image you want to download, long-press on the image, and you'll see a new "Download Image" option. Tap it, and your image will save on your watch. You can find all downloaded images in the "Downloads" folder on the Samsung Browser home page.

SamMobile notes that this option doesn't seem to work until the website has fully loaded. As such, you may need to wait a bit longer than you might expect before you're able to download an image. In addition, there are some limitations: You can download PNG, JPEG, JPG, and GIFs up to 10MB. If you come across a different file type, or the image in question is too large, you won't be able to download it.

This should work on any Galaxy Watch that can run the latest version of Samsung Browser. However, if you're in the market for an upgrade, Samsung recently announced the Galaxy Watch 9 at its July Unpacked event. The watch is due out Aug. 7, so you can preorder it now or wait until it comes out to see if older Galaxy Watches come down in price.

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CNN’s Dana Bash and Fox News’ Mark Levin found some common ground on the subject of cursing following a fiery Senate hearing in which Dr. Anthony Fauci invoked the Fifth Amendment more than 100 times.

Both Bash and Levin blasted the use of profanity during the Wednesday hearing. Fauci faced tough questions from heated Republican senators over the Covid-19 pandemic, the virus’s origins, and lockdown measures previously taken. Many accused him of tarnishing his legacy, but Sen. Bernie Moreno (R-OH) threw multiple expletives at Fauci, including asking him, “Who the f*ck do you think you were, doing that!?”

On Thursday’s Inside Politics, Bash played a clip of the heated moment with Moreno, who blasted Fauci over lockdown measures taken during the pandemic and said they were his motivation for running for office.

“Here I am, sitting in front of you six years later, saying: who the f*ck do you think you were, doing that!? It is a total disgrace, what you did to this country,” the senator said.

“Yup. That was a United States senator in a formal hearing directing an F-bomb at an 85-year-old scientist who devoted his life to public service and public health…Really?” Bash said.

The CNN anchor argued the moment “eroded Senate hearing decorum, whatever’s left of it, more than most.”

It was not the only curse word Moreno threw at Fauci, the former director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases. At another point, Moreno asked Fauci if he thought he was in “deep sh*t” because he brought a team of lawyers to the hearing.

Bash said the profanity allowed Moreno to break through the “cacophony” of criticism thrown at Fauci and she argued the use of curses is becoming a “stunning” trend in Washington, D.C., from President Donald Trump on down.

Bash echoed comments made by Levin about the moment at the Fauci hearing. The Fox News host took to X to voice his disapproval on Wednesday evenin.

“Call me a prude, but I do not like public officials using the “f -word” in public, where little kids can hear it or even proper adults don’t like it,” he wrote.

Watch above via CNN.

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Stuart Fails to Save the Universe might be the most surprising series on TV right now. Another spinoff from the wildly successful The Big Bang Theory, the show’s focus on bit players from the original series and an enthusiastic embrace of its gonzo multiverse plot shaped a fun, fast-paced, and inventive sitcom that both scratches the nostalgic itch for more of that universe and offers something completely fresh and new in it. If you’re looking for more sci-fi hijinx and humor that embraces the multiverse with wit, imagination, and a robust supply of heart (and you’ve already burned through the shows that offer a similar vibe), then there’s precisely one movie you should watch immediately: Everything Everywhere All at Once.

After Stuart Fails to Save the Universe, watch Everything Everywhere All at Once

Written and directed by Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert (aka the Daniels), Everything Everywhere All at Once is the story of Evelyn Quan Wang (Michelle Yeoh), an unhappy, middle-aged immigrant from China who runs a failing laundromat and is struggling in every aspect of her life, from her relationships with her father (James Hong), husband (Ke Huy Quan), and daughter (Stephanie Hsu) to her upcoming audit with the IRS. At her IRS interview, her body is suddenly controlled and she finds herself face to face with an alternate version of her husband, Waymond, who informs her that there are multiple universes and versions of her, and that she must access the skills and life experience of those alternate versions in order to save the multiverse from destruction by Jobu Tupaki—an alternate version of her daughter, Joy.

If you love the wild ride that Stuart Fails to Save the Universe offers as the gang regularly slides into a new alternate world, Everything Everywhere All at Once is the perfect match. As Evelyn struggles to comprehend the nature of her existence in a multiverse and figure out how to survive the bizarre and mind-blowing attacks Jobu Tupaki sends her way, we are treated to a dizzying range of insane universes. We see Evelyn as a martial arts movie star (not unlike Yeoh in real life), a scientist, a teppanyaki chef, a woman with hot dogs for fingers (in a universe where everyone has hot dogs for fingers) and, in one of the most moving moments, as a literal rock.

If you’re digging the emotional core of the show as Stuart seeks a universe where he is worthy and hasn’t ruined everything, the core premise of Everything will hit you right in the feels. Evelyn has been chosen because she’s the worst version of herself—the version that has consistently failed in everything she’s tried, and thus the version with the most stored potential. Her emotional journey from nihilism and anger to love and acceptance as she learns to fight for what she loves is powerfully moving. Like the show, the movie leverages the character-building aspects of a multiverse, letting us see how a normal, regular person with normal, regular problems might face a terrifyingly abnormal challenge.

Plus, the movie is just fun. How can you watch a scene where mild-mannered Waymond Wang defeats a gang of security guards using multiverse-downloaded fannypack skills and not want to watch the rest of the movie?

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More movies to watch after Stuart Fails to Save the Universe

The multiverse may be infinite, but movies about them aren’t. If you’ve watched Everything Everywhere All at Once and need more fun sci-fi stories, here are a few more movies that catch that Stuart vibe.

The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy (2005)

Douglas Adams’ classic story of an ordinary guy named Arthur Dent who is rescued by his friend (and secret alien) Ford Prefect when Earth is destroyed to make way for a hyperspace bypass isn’t a multiverse story per se, but it has similar elements. That’s thanks to the Infinite Improbability Drive, which allows for faster-than-light travel by passing through every point in every possible universe simultaneously, resulting in some really, really weird stuff (the hilariously inconsistent timeline resulting from the many variations of the story also contributes a sense of multiversity craziness). It’s an absurdist’s dream, riffing on every conceivable sci-fi trope and delivering a surprisingly sweet story of a man struggling with his sense of unimportance in an increasingly confusing existence.

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Deadpool & Wolverine (2024)

You want a bit more edge to your multiverse humor? Check out Deadpool & Wolverine, in which everyone’s favorite merc with a mouth (Ryan Reynolds) has to skip through various universes to find a replacement Wolverine (Hugh Jackman), who famously and nobly died at the end of Logan in 2017, for, er, reasons. It’s absolutely riddled with hilarious bits, fourth-wall breaks, and hyperviolence—but there’s a gooey emotional core to it, as well.

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The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension (1984)

If Everything Everywhere All at Once is a bit too staid and sedate for your tastes, check out this 1984 fever dream of a sci-fi movie. When rock star, scientist, and surgeon Buckaroo Banzai (Peter Weller) tests a device that allows him to pass through matter, he briefly engages with the 8^th dimension—and unwittingly attracts the attention of aliens who wish to use his technology to free their brethren trapped there, putting the existence of humanity at risk. It’s one of the weirdest vibes ever captured on film, but it’s also hilarious and one of the most unique films you’ll ever watch.

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John Dies at the End (2013)

If you love the unexpected twists that Stuart Fails to Save the Universe serves up as he and his friends travel through alternate universes, strap in for John Dies at the End. To say the story is complex would an understatement—it slides between the past, present, and future of various dimensions at a rapid clip—but it kicks off when a man named David (Chase Williamson) is contacted by his recently dead friend, Rob, who tells him about a drug called Soy Sauce that lets folks remember the future and allows entities to creep from one universe into another—and they’re infiltrating David’s universe. It’s wild and often really funny, so if it’s extra you’re looking for, look no further.

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Galaxy Quest (1999)

If you want to lean a bit more into plain old funny stuff, this modern classic is perfect. There’s no multiverse here, but there is a lot of affectionate humor aimed squarely at sci-fi tropes (especially the Star Trek universe and its, er, passionate fans). Galaxy Quest was a Trek-like TV series that aliens called Thermians believe was a documentary. When their civilization is threatened by a villain named Sarris, they kidnap the cast (including Tim Allen, Alan Rickman, Sigourney Weaver, and Sam Rockwell) of the TV series to help them defeat Sarris, and, yes, hilarity ensues. But also a lot of heart and character development, if that’s your bag.

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President Donald Trump dances at an event at a charter school in The Villages, Fla., Friday, May 1, 2026. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

A songwriter blasted President Donald Trump as a “fat f*ck” after fans flagged his tune was being used by the White House on social media without permission.

Noah Kahan and his “American Cars” co-writer Noah Levin protested after their song was used on Instagram and Tiktok.

“Would never approve of my music being used in support of you or this administration,” Kahan wrote Tuesday on Instagram after he was tagged by fans over the video using his music.

Variety first picked up the comments from Kahan and his co-writer.

The offending social media post features images of the president visiting a General Motors’ flagship test site in Michigan.

While the sound appears to be disabled on the post on Instagram, it could still be heard in the TikTok post.

Levine also commented on one of the posts, writing, “You fat f*ck this song isn’t for you.”

Trump and the White House have faced plenty of complaints about using musicians’ music.

The latest came Saturday from singer Katy Perry, who is dating former Canadian Prime Minister and Trump foe Justin Trudeau.

Perry objected to the White House’s use of her song “Firework.”

The singer was particularly offended by her song being used as music to play over military strikes.

“I am deeply appalled and angry to see “Firework” used on the @WhiteHouse TikTok account as a backing track for video footage of military strikes. I did not approve this, I was not asked, and I absolutely do not condone it,” she wrote.

Perry added that her song is a “an anthem of hope, healing, and inner strength for people going through their darkest personal moments” and not a celebration of warfare.

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If you're an Android user who is seeing ads pop up after your phone calls, you need not assume this is some new feature you have to learn to live with. It's actually an ad fraud scam, and you can do something about it. Researchers have identified dozens of apps on the Google Play Store that are able to display ads on top of the Android phone interface, a scheme known as AfterCall.

How ads are taking over Android calls

This scam originates with seemingly harmless utility apps downloaded from the Google Play Store, such as calendars, alarm clocks, and notepads. When installed, they request overlay permissions, which allow them to appear on top of other apps—and thus display ads over phone calls. These apps can detect when a call ends and will then launch full-screen ads wrapped in a fake call info screen. Since it looks like they are simply part of the call interface, users may be less likely to suspect that they are actually malicious.

It's worth noting that overlay permissions can't be granted via a standard pop-up during the app installation process. They are a type of "special permission" that requires users to go into their system settings to enable. Android apps are supposed to request these permissions in context and give a clear reason for doing so. AfterCall scammers are using justifications like alarms not being able to go off or appear correctly without overlay permissions, though some apps will simply crash if users decline permissions.

How to remove AfterCall ads

Because the ads appear out of context—after a phone call and with content unrelated to the utility app—it's harder for users to figure out what's causing them. The utility apps aren't obviously malicious and don't appear on recent app lists when ads are displayed, so it's not obvious that they are connected to the problem.

If you are seeing ads pop up after phone calls on your Android, check for apps that have overlay permissions. Go to Settings > Apps > Special app access (this may be hidden behind a three-dot menu) and click on the permission type. Look for apps you don't recognize, or which shouldn't have "display on top" permissions, and uninstall them. You should regularly audit these permissions, and disable any that aren't essential.

On the user side, these apps seem to be mostly an annoyance rather than outright malicious programs that are harvesting your sensitive data, though installing any program that requests unnecessary permissions can introduce significant risk. If nothing else, however, these apps do appear to waste brands' advertising dollars and could damage their reputation with users—but you probably just care about how to stop seeing them after your calls.