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Listen to this Article A video released by authorities on Tuesday shows the left engine of a UPS cargo plane burst off the aircraft in a

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Listen to this Article The exiled daughter of the late communist revolutionary and Cuban dictator Fidel Castro fanned the flames of theories

The exiled daughter of the late communist revolutionary and Cuban dictator Fidel Castro fanned the flames of theories involving her father’s relationship to former Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.During an interview with NewsNation host Katie Pavlich on Tuesday, Alina Fernández — one of Castro’s 11 known children — was asked about rumors that Castro had another child, who grew up in one of Canada’s most powerful political families.“For years, we’ve heard rumors that Justin Trudeau, the former prime minister of Canada, could be your half-brother. What do you think of that?” Pavlich asked.“The only thing I can say is that his mother used to visit the country very often,” Fernández replied.Pavlich said the answer seemed like a “tell” and asked whether Fernández would call Trudeau to “maybe find out.”“No, no. I won’t do it,” she said. “If he wants [to], he’s going to be welcome, but I won’t. I think he keeps that to himself, and you have to respect that.”The Canadian government has sought to put the Castro-Trudeau rumor to rest for years, but the claim continues to resurface.Many people have linked Trudeau to Castro because of similarities in their facial features, and because Trudeau’s parents traveled to Cuba in the 1970s. Trudeau’s parents, Canadian Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau and Margaret Trudeau, had one documented trip to the island country in 1976, five years after Trudeau was born. Pierre Trudeau also struck up a friendship with the communist leader.The Canadian government has denied claims that Trudeau is the love child of the Cuban dictator, stating that Margaret’s first and only trip to Cuba occurred during a highly publicized affair in 1976, five years after Trudeau’s birth. The Cuban government has never claimed that Castro had a child with Margaret Trudeau.It’s widely speculated that Castro had far more children than the 11 kids known to the public. Of Castro’s 11 known children, at least five were conceived during his relationship with a secret partner. Two of his other children were born out of wedlock with two different women, and Fernández was born from an extramarital affair that Castro had with Cuban socialite Natalia Revuelta Clews.Fernández, who became an anti-communist activist, fled Cuba in 1993 and was granted asylum in the United States.

Listen to this Article A Washington Nationals executive was fired this week after he claimed on a hidden-camera video that an outspoken

A Washington Nationals executive was fired this week after he claimed on a hidden-camera video that an outspoken Christian pitcher was excluded from some of the team’s promotional content because of his religious views.The Nationals fired Sean Hudson, its director of community relations, after undercover journalist James O’Keefe posted a video showing Hudson admit to blacklisting pitcher Trevor Williams from the team’s social media content.“One of our pitchers, Trevor Williams, he is very Catholic,” Hudson said on the hidden camera video.The former Nationals executive then provided an example of why he avoided featuring Williams for the team’s promotional content.“The Dodgers had a group out to the stadium who were drag queens who sometimes dressed up as nuns. He went on social media [and wrote], ‘This is wrong. This is my religion. You all are mocking it.’ Because of that, we don’t use him on social [media],” Hudson said.The Los Angeles Dodgers were condemned by Christians across the country, including multiple MLB players, for inviting the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence, a drag queen group that mocks Jesus Christ and Christians, to perform at one of their games in 2023.After Hudson was canned, Washington Nationals President of Business Operations Jason Sinnarajah went on live TV to apologize to Williams and the team’s Christian fans for Hudson’s remarks. He also said Hudson’s comments were false and “don’t reflect us as an organization, our values, who we are.”“We took action right away, and [Hudson] is no longer employed by the team,” Sinnarajah added.“We do not hide players from social media. Even just last week, we featured several players, including Trevor Williams, as part of their visit to the Museum of the Bible,” Sinnarajah said.In the hidden-camera video, Hudson also talked about his disdain for War Secretary Pete Hegseth and said that he prevented some Nationals players from meeting Hegseth after they expressed interest in talking to the top Trump official when he attended a game.“We had Pete Hegseth at Space Force Day last year … and a few players texted me and they were like, ‘Is he going to be here after the game? I want to say hi.’ And I’m like, ‘Oh, no he left, he’s gone, sorry.'”BREAKING NEWS: Washington @Nationals Director of Community Relations Admits on Hidden Camera to Active Religious Discrimination Against Starting Pitcher Trevor Williams, Surveillance of Nationals Fans’ Google History, and Segregated LGBTQ+ Corporate Meetings to an O’Keefe… pic.twitter/AWqlq6wXV9— James O’Keefe (@JamesOKeefeIII) May 26, 2026One of the team’s social media stunts that Hudson claimed specifically excluded Williams was a video of Nationals players being asked whether a hot dog is a sandwich. Williams posted a photo on Instagram on Friday that appeared to reference Hudson’s comment about the hot dog video. The post showed numerous photos, including one that features a hat that reads “Bad Day to Be a Hot Dog.”In the post, Williams also discussed his reading of 1 Peter chapter four and wrote, “This entire chapter really addresses the social costs of the faith … As my friend Fr. Joshua said ‘Sometimes we lean into it and bravely bear witness to Christ’s truth; sometimes we dodge it and regret it later, feeling we’ve let Jesus down.'”

Listen to this Article President Donald Trump suggested that he would take the place of multiple “third rate” artists who have dropped out

President Donald Trump suggested that he would take the place of multiple “third rate” artists who have dropped out of the Freedom 250 concert planned for next month, calling himself “the Number One Attraction anywhere in the World.”At least five artists pulled out of the concert earlier this week, claiming that the event has become too politicized. After the Great American State Fair announced the lineup, artists Morris Day & The Time, Martina McBride, Bret Michaels, Young MC, and the Commodores all announced they had changed their minds about performing at one of America’s 250th anniversary celebrations, which begin next month.Trump suggested on Saturday that the concert might be replaced by an “America is Back” rally.“I understand Artists are getting ‘the yips’ having to do with their performance on Wednesday, so I am thinking about bringing the Number One Attraction anywhere in the World, the man who gets much larger audiences than Elvis in his prime, and he does so without a guitar, the man who loves our Country more than anyone else, and the man who some say is the Greatest President in History (THE GOAT!), DONALD J. TRUMP, to take the place of these highly paid, Third Rate ‘Artists,’ and give a major speech, rallying the Country forward like I have done ever since being President!” he wrote on Truth Social.Some of the artists scheduled to perform have remained committed to the concert, but with the loss of five headline singers, the Freedom 250 event could be forced to make major last-minute changes to the programming.“I don’t want so-called ‘Artists’ that get paid far too much money, who aren’t happy,” Trump added on Saturday. “I only want to be surrounded by Happy People, Smart People, Successful People, and People that know how to WIN.”The artists who dropped out complained about so-called partisanship in the concert programming, arguing that it was a Trump-backed event.“The artists were never told about any political involvement with the event. And despite the claims by the organizers that the event is non-partisan, SPIN magazine describes it as Trump-backed. I hope to perform in D.C. in the near future at an event that is not so politically charged,” Young MC said.Michaels released a similar statement and added that he and his team had faced threats after it was announced that he was performing.“Unfortunately, what was presented to us as a celebration of our country has evolved into something much more divisive than what I agreed to be a part of,” he said. “Concerns have also been raised regarding the safety of my fans, band, crew, family and myself, including threats that are completely unfounded and unforgivable.”Freedom 250, the nonprofit dedicated to uniting Americans around the nation’s 250th anniversary, said the concert will be non-political.“Freedom 250 is focused on our signature celebrations and events that honor our history and engage all Americans — welcoming all who share our goal of commemorating this milestone in a way that uplifts and unites America,” spokeswoman Rachel Reisner told CBS News.

Listen to this Article The wife of Maine Democratic Senate candidate Graham Platner discovered that her husband had exchanged sexually

The wife of Maine Democratic Senate candidate Graham Platner discovered that her husband had exchanged sexually explicit text messages with multiple women and flagged the texts for Platner’s campaign last year, The Wall Street Journal reported on Saturday.Platner’s wife Amy Gertner flagged the messages for some of Platner’s aides in August 2025, but the campaign ultimately decided to keep the scandal under wraps and label it a personal matter between the couple and their marriage counselor, the Journal reported.The messages came to light within the Platner campaign just before he appeared on stage with democratic-socialist Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) for a Labor Day weekend rally where Sanders officially endorsed the leftist’s Senate bid. Exactly how many women Platner exchanged sexually charged messages with was not specified in the Journal’s reporting.Platner tied the knot with Gertner in fall 2024, and she first discovered the sexually explicit messages just months later in spring 2025. Gertner told the Journal that she and her husband worked through the infidelity, and their “marriage today is stronger than ever before.”“We did the hard work that marriage requires. We went to counseling. We were honest with each other in ways that weren’t easy,” she said. “And we came through it, not in spite of how much we’ve been through, but because of how much we love each other and the life we’ve built.”“I know who Graham is. I know the man I married and the husband he has been to me on the best and the worst days of my life. That hasn’t changed, and it won’t,” she added.National Democrats have rallied behind Platner, pushing him as a political outsider and lowly “oyster farmer” who’s prepared to be a thorn in the side to Republicans.The text revelations, however, add yet another scandal to a campaign defined by Platner’s long list of disturbing comments and actions that include defending his Nazi tattoo, mocking a wounded American soldier, and making derogatory comments about women. Earlier this month, The Daily Wire reported that Platner once lamented the closing of a loophole that allowed military contractors to save money on taxes by spending their time off “banging hookers in Thailand.”“Spend your leave banging hookers in Thailand instead of getting b*tched at by the wife back home, and you could sell it as avoiding federal income tax,” Platner wrote on Reddit in June 2019. “Once the Afghans started using our paychecks as a personal piggy bank, that whole loophole disappeared.”Platner is expected to cruise to victory in the Democratic primary in Maine on June 9 after his top Democratic opponent, Governor Janet Mills, suspended her campaign last month. Platner also holds a polling lead over Republican incumbent Sen. Susan Collins in the general election.