Supplied DJ AG performs in a care home and encourages residents to sing and dance along. A North London-based DJ is bringing cheer to UK care homes this winter with his charm and toe-tapping beats. “The reason I started performing in care homes goes back to my grandmother,” he told HuffPost UK. Performing in care homes is my way of reminding them that they’re not forgotten. “They matter, and they deserve our time, our presence, and our respect.”If you work at a care home and would like DJ AG to visit, email: info@djagonline.com.

LOADING ERROR LOADINGBad Bunny is Spotify’s top global artist of 2025, the streaming service announced Wednesday morning. Earning 19.8 billion streams globally, the Puerto Rican rapper beat out Taylor Swift, The Weeknd, Drake and Billie Eilish, who rounded out the top five. “KPop Demon Hunters” by the KPop Demon Hunters Cast, HUNTR/X and Saja Boys; “HIT ME HARD AND SOFT” by Billie Eilish; “SOS Deluxe: LANA” by SZA; and “Short n’ Sweet” by Sabrina Carpenter followed. In the U.S., Bad Bunny ranked as the fifth-most listened-to artist. The most-streamed albums in the U.S. are, in order, “I’m The Problem” by Morgan Wallen; “SOS Deluxe: LANA” by SZA; DTMF by Bad Bunny; the “KPop Demon Hunters” soundtrack; and “GNX” by Kendrick Lamar.

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This can only be another member of the Cabinet,” Miller asked Hegseth. “I mean, not your husband,” Hegseth said, referring to White House deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller. Advertisement“Or Marco [Rubio],” Hegseth added, referring to the secretary of state. “I would trust the vice president,” Hegseth said. White House Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller with his wife, Katie Miller at the White House Easter Egg Roll on Monday, April 21, 2025.

LOADING ERROR LOADINGHalle Berry slammed California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) at a Wednesday event, calling his approach to women’s issues proof he’s unfit to be president. Halle Berry skewered Gov. Gavin Newsom (D-Calif.) during the 2025 New York Times Dealbook Summit on Wednesday. “Because in 2025 I, Halle Berry, and women of my age are simply devalued in this country.”Newsom, here at the same summit later that day, has been open about his presidential ambitions.

A reporter asked Trump about recent comments by Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey, who said he’s proud to have the largest Somali community in the U.S. — a community Trump reportedly plans to target. Advertisement“I wouldn’t be proud to have the largest Somalian― look at their nation,” Trump snapped before going on a hateful tirade. During a Cabinet meeting on Tuesday, Trump called Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) “garbage” while insulting her birthplace, Somalia. Trump launched into yet another xenophobic tirade against Somali immigrants during an Oval Office meeting on Wednesday. According to multiple media reports, Immigration and Customs Enforcement is descending on Minneapolis and St. Paul in an operation focused on apprehending undocumented Somali immigrants in the region.

Are they actively lobbying the White House for other perks for their businesses or themselves? AdvertisementWas this even a complete list of all the donors behind the ballroom project? Meta and Booz Allen are among the companies donating money to Trump's $300 million White House ballroom. Others, like Nvidia and the Betty Wold Johnson Foundation, confirmed they donated to the trust specifically to aid Trump’s project. Trump’s ballroom project is unpopular with the public.

LOADING ERROR LOADINGDemocrats on the House Oversight Committee released new pictures and videos from the late financier Jeffrey Epstein’s island on Wednesday. The Republican-led committee subpoenaed JPMorganChase, Deutsche Bank and the U.S. Virgin Islands government last month for records related to Epstein. “These new images are a disturbing look into the world of Jeffrey Epstein and his island,” Rep. Robert Garcia (D-Calif.) said in a release. House Oversight CommitteeHouse Oversight Committee chair James Comer (R-Ky.) has sent the subpoenas despite President Donald Trump’s desire for the Epstein story to go away. AdvertisementGarcia suggested on MS NOW that Wednesday’s small batch of documents released by Democrats are basically a curiosity.

LOADING ERROR LOADINGHillary Clinton believes misinformation on social media has shaped young people’s views on Israel and Palestine in a dangerous way. More than 50% of young people in America get their news from social media. So just pause on that for a second,” she told the audience. Alex Wong via Getty ImagesAdvertisementThe politician said that she was particularly concerned when it came to how people are getting news about the conflict between Israel and Palestine. “It’s a serious problem for democracy, whether it’s Israel or the United States, and it’s a serious problem for our young people.”Clinton went on to say it was “shocking” to learn how little her Columbia University students knew about the “history” behind the occupation.

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LOADING ERROR LOADINGSen. Mark Kelly (D-Ariz.) on Tuesday said Donald Trump should know better than to encourage violence against lawmakers, calling him “singularly unqualified” for the presidency. They’re violent. She was shot in the head, meeting with her constituents, and Donald Trump was nearly assassinated. And he called out political violent rhetoric and said it should stop. “That’s one of the problems here, is that Donald Trump is so singularly unqualified for this job as president of the United States.

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LOADING ERROR LOADINGThe family of a Colombian fisherman has alleged the U.S. government illegally killed him when it launched a military boat strike in September. Alejandro Carranza was killed on Sept. 15 when his boat was targeted in an anti-narcotics U.S. military campaign. On Tuesday, Carranza’s family filed a formal complaint against the U.S. government with the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR). AdvertisementThe complaint alleges that Carranza was simply fishing when his boat was targeted in the deadly strike. The same month Carranza was killed, Hegseth ordered back-to-back strikes on a Venezuelan boat off Trinidad’s coast, The Washington Post reported.

LOADING ERROR LOADINGDemocratic activist Mayra Macías announced Wednesday she’s running as an independent for the House seat being vacated by Rep. Chuy García (D-Ill.). AdvertisementGarcía’s apparent scheme to choose a successor earned him a formal reprimand on Capitol Hill and may be a major theme of Macías’s campaign in Illinois’ fourth congressional district. “Part of why I’m running is to make sure that voters have a choice in November,” Macías said. My father was a garbage man for the city of Chicago, and my mother is still a home care worker,” Macías said. “We have to leverage this opportunity to put forth proactive immigration policy.”The district, which connects several majority-Latino neighborhoods in Chicago, is solidly Democratic.

LOADING ERROR LOADINGWASHINGTON ― Republicans in Congress have rejected Jack Smith’s offer to testify in public, demanding instead that he come to Capitol Hill later this month for a closed-door deposition. Smith led the two prosecutions of President Donald Trump for hoarding classified documents after he left office and for trying to overthrow the 2020 election result. Trump has called Smith a criminal who should be in prison. A spokesman for House Judiciary Committee chair Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) said Smith’s deposition would happen behind closed doors. ), the top Democrat on the committee, criticized Jordan for insisting on a private interview after Smith had volunteered to testify in public.