Coast Guard changes swastika policy after widespread backlash
The U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) has changed the language of a new policy regarding the display of hate symbols including swastikas and nooses after it was revealed it had planned to describe them as “potentially divisive.” The USCG used this phrase for the first time earlier this month, The Washington Post revealed, shifting from a […]
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Larry Summers to Leave Harvard Teaching Position Amid Epstein Backlash
Former Harvard President Lawrence (Larry) H. Summers will not continue teaching his ongoing courses at the Ivy League school in an abrupt decision announced on Wednesday, as Harvard investigates his ties to sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. Why It Matters Summers faces renewed scrutiny over the investigation of Epstein, whose associations have ensnared numerous influential figures […]
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Republicans Who Voted Against Censuring Plaskett Amid Epstein Backlash
Three Republicans voted with Democrats on Tuesday to reject a motion to censure the Democratic nonvoting delegate from the U.S. Virgin Islands, Stacey Plaskett, over her exchange of text messages with sex offender Jeffrey Epstein during a congressional hearing. Why It Matters The defeat of the Republican effort to punish Plaskett came shortly after most […]
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Ex-Clinton Treasurer ‘Stepping Back’ Amid Epstein Backlash
Former Treasury Secretary and Harvard President Larry Summers is stepping back from public commitments “to rebuild trust and repair relationships with the people closest to me, ” he said in a statement to the Harvard student newspaper, after President Donald Trump asked the Justice Department to investigate him in connection with the Jeffery Epstein scandal. […]
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Kelsey Plum Breaks Silence After Backlash Over Viral Caitlin Clark Diss
Indiana Fever star Caitlin Clark has been an easy target for her fellow WNBA peers both on and off the court. Though she hasn’t played a game in over a month while she recovers from a right groin injury, Clark was in the headlines recently for being on the receiving end of a viral diss […]
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Maurene Comey’s Head ‘Just Rolled’ Amid Epstein Backlash, Van Jones Says
Maurene Comey, federal prosecutor in Manhattan who played a key role in the criminal cases against sex offender Jeffrey Epstein and his associate Ghislaine Maxwell, marks “the head that just rolled” after being fired Wednesday, former Barack Obama adviser Van Jones said. Newsweek previously reached out to the White House and Department of Justice (DOJ) […]
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Trump Gets ‘Ratioed’ on Truth Social for First Time Amid Epstein Backlash
President Donald Trump‘s weekend post defending Attorney General Pam Bondi‘s handling of the Jeffrey Epstein files has triggered an unprecedented backlash, marking the first time the Republican has been “ratioed” on his own social media platform, Truth Social. The term “ratioed” refers to when a social media post receives more replies than likes or shares, […]
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Cynthia Nixon ‘Make Abortion Great Again’ Hat Sparks Backlash
Cynthia Nixon’s “Make Abortion Great Again” hat has sparked a wave of backlash online. Newsweek reached out to Nixon’s representative via email for comment on Monday. The Context Last week, the House of Representatives passed President Donald Trump’s “One Big Beautiful Bill,” and he signed it into law on Independence Day on Friday. The bill—which […]
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New York Times Responds After Zohran Mamdani Story Stirs Liberal Backlash
Patrick Healy, assistant managing editor for Standards and Trust at The New York Times, posted a lengthy thread on X, formerly Twitter, explaining the newspaper’s controversial story on mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani‘s 2009 application to Columbia University. On Thursday, the Times published a report citing hacked Columbia documents that revealed the New York Democratic mayoral […]
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Commanders’ Deebo Samuel Backed by NFL Star Amid Backlash
George Kittle and Deebo Samuel may no longer be teammates, but that hasn’t stopped the San Francisco 49ers star from defending one of the newest members of the Washington Commanders this offseason. As the Commanders got to work for day two of their mandatory minicamp, video footage of Samuel running a route went viral on […]
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