Hillary ripped as ‘massive liar’ after scathing reaction to Trump’s plan to fix DC crime
Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton was slammed on social media Monday after she dismissed President Trump’s efforts to combat crime in Washington, D.C. as “unhinged” with other top Democrats, including House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, receiving similar pushback.
“As you listen to an unhinged Trump try to justify deploying the National Guard in DC, here’s reality,” Clinton posted on X on Monday, along with a DOJ press release from early January of this year, in conjunction with Trump’s press conference announcing the federalization of the nation’s capital to combat crime. “Violent crime in DC is at a 30-year low.”
Clinton’s post immediately drew pushback from conservatives on social media, including from inside the White House, with many making the case that crime in Washington, D.C. has gotten out of control.
“On top of being a big-time loser, you’re also a massive liar,” White House deputy press secretary Abigail Jackson posted on X along with an article headline about a D.C. police commander being suspended for allegedly altering crime data.
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“If Hillary Clinton thinks DC is safe, she should go move to Anacostia or Navy Yard,” conservative communicator Steve Guest posted on X.
Jeffries posted a similar reaction to Clinton on social media saying, “Violent crime in Washington, D.C. is at a thirty-year low. Donald Trump has no basis to take over the local police department. And zero credibility on the issue of law and order. Get lost.”
Conservatives on social media ripped Jeffries as well.
“A selection of headlines in our nation’s capital this month,” NRCC deputy executive director Jack Pandol posted on X along with several news headlines of recent violent crime in DC.
“Why do Democrats always take up for thugs, violent criminals, and illegals over law abiding citizens?”
“Democrats are lining up to oppose crime being lower in DC,” Outkick founder Clay Travis posted on X. “It’s bonkers.”
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“Democrats like Jeffries would rather preserve dangerous cities than admit their policies fail,” GOP Congressman William Timmons posted on X.
“IN FACT, murder is the most violent and accurately measured crime, and the D.C. murder rate in 2024 was 83% higher than in 2012,” the social media account for the nonprofit research institute Just Facts posted on X.
“Jeffries’ stat is deceitful because it ignores the FBI’s warning against “making any direct comparison” of its crime data over time given that “changes in police procedures, shifting attitudes toward crime and police, and other societal changes can affect the extent to which people report and law enforcement agencies record crime.”
Trump said in the Monday press conference that he is federalizing the D.C. police department to curb spiraling violence.
“The murder rate in Washington today is higher than that of Bogota, Colombia, Mexico City, some of the places that you hear about as being the worst places on Earth, much higher,” Trump said Monday. “This is much higher. The number of car thefts has doubled over the past five years, and the number of carjackings has more than tripled. Murders in 2023 reached the highest rate, probably ever. They say 25 years, but they don’t know what that means because it just goes back 25 years can’t be worse.”
Trump whipped out charts showing the media that the nation’s capital allegedly suffers worse crime trends than other cities worldwide, calling on them to “take a look at numbers” as he rattled off the data’s findings.
“Look at these. Baghdad is… we doubled up on Baghdad. Panama City, Brasilia, San Jose, Costa Rica, Bogota, Colombia. Heavy drugs. Mexico City, I mentioned Lima, Peru, all double and triple what they are. So do you want to live in places like that? I don’t think so. I don’t think so. And I think the people in this room, if you wrote correctly, you’d see. Look at the kind of numbers we have. D.C. 41 per 100,000 (for homicides in 2023). No. 1 that we can find anywhere in the world. Other cities are pretty bad, but they’re not as bad as that. That the way you want to live? The reporters of the world? Juvenile offenders and crimes against persons as they say, it’s getting worse, not getting better. It’s getting worse,” he continued.
The nation’s capital in the following years has been rocked by shootings that have left innocent children shot and dead, a trend of juveniles committing carjackings that have turned deadly in some cases, shoplifting crimes and attacks on government employees, summer interns and others, including the fatal shooting of 21-year-old congressional intern, Eric Tarpinian-Jachym, in June.
Trump’s opponents have cited crime statistics showing crime in Washington is on the decline. Violent crime is down 26% this year, in comparison to the same timeframe in 2024, according to Washington’s Metropolitan Police Department. Likewise, assaults with a dangerous weapon are down 20%, and homicides are down by 12%.
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“This is Liberation Day in D.C., and we’re going to take our capital back,” he said. “We’re taking it back under the authority vested in me as the president of the United States. I’m officially invoking section 740 of the District of Columbia Home Rule Act. You know what that is. And placing the D.C. Metropolitan Police Department under direct federal control. … In addition, I’m deploying the National Guard to help reestablish law, order and public safety in Washington, DC. And they’re going to be allowed to do their job properly.”
Taylor Swift makes surprise announcement on boyfriend Travis Kelce’s podcast
Taylor Swift announced her brand-new album in a teaser clip for her boyfriend’s podcast Tuesday.
Swift’s next album, her 12th studio album, will be titled “The Life of a Showgirl.” No release date has been announced.
The pop star is also set to make an appearance on her boyfriend Travis Kelce’s podcast Wednesday. Travis and his brother Jason gave fans a hint earlier Monday morning after posting their podcast would return from hiatus early for a “VERY” special guest. Only the guest’s silhouette was shown at the time, but fans immediately guessed Swift.
The NFL brothers later shared a teaser clip featuring a flirty Swift and Travis. The “Midnights” singer noted that blue looked good on the Kansas City Chiefs tight end. “Yes, I know,” Travis responded. “It’s the color of your eyes, sweetie. It’s why we match so well.”
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Fans went crazy in the comments, praising the brothers for getting Swift on the podcast with them.
“losing my mind,” one user wrote.”
“THE BIGGEST PODCAST IN THE HISTORY OF PODCASTS!!!”
“OMG IT’S HAPPENING,” another added.
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Swift’s appearance on “New Heights” will mark the first time the pop star has given an interview since she was named TIME’s Person of the Year in 2023.
At the time, Swift and Travis had just begun dating, and she spoke about their budding romance for the first time publicly. The two first sparked romance rumors in September 2023 after Swift appeared at one of Travis’ NFL games with his family. Shortly before, Travis had tried to give Swift a friendship bracelet with his phone number on it at one of her concerts.
“This all started when Travis very adorably put me on blast on his podcast, which I thought was metal as h—,” she told the outlet at the time. “We started hanging out right after that. So we actually had a significant amount of time that no one knew, which I’m grateful for, because we got to get to know each other. By the time I went to that first game, we were a couple. I think some people think that they saw our first date at that game? We would never be psychotic enough to hard launch a first date.”
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“When you say a relationship is public, that means I’m going to see him do what he loves, we’re showing up for each other, other people are there and we don’t care,” Swift added. “The opposite of that is you have to go to an extreme amount of effort to make sure no one knows that you’re seeing someone. And we’re just proud of each other.”
Swift and Travis have continued to support each other over the past two years, with the NFL star attending multiple concerts of the pop star’s billion-dollar “Eras Tour.”
Travis even appeared on stage during one of Swift’s tour stops in London.
The 35-year-old musician has also attended countless Kansas City Chiefs games, including the 2025 Super Bowl against the Philadelphia Eagles.
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The “New Heights” episode featuring Swift will be released on Wednesday at 7 p.m. ET.
Miracle at Montana airport as passengers and pilot walk away from flaming plane crash
Video captured the aftermath of a plane crash at Kalispell City Airport in Montana on Monday, and remarkably, the pilot and three passengers escaped serious injury.
Kalispell Fire Department Chief Jay Hagen told Fox News Digital that emergency crews were dispatched shortly after 2 p.m. following reports of the crash.
An investigation into the crash found that a small plane came in for landing when it crashed and slid into another small plane, causing them to burst into flames.
Hagen said the three passengers and pilot on board the plane that crashed were able to get out of the aircraft with minor injuries.
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The chief also said nobody was on the stationary aircraft that the plane crashed into.
In fact, all the victims were treated on the scene and released.
Both planes involved were lost completely, he added.
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Cellphone video taken by witnesses shows the taxiway engulfed in flames and thick black smoke billowing into the air.
In one clip, a bystander remarks that the plane “hit the ground and bounced up.”
Later footage shows the fire nearly extinguished, though the pavement remains coated in soot.
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Firefighters from Evergreen, Smith Valley and Whitefish assisted Kalispell crews in dousing flames that spread to adjacent grass.
According to Hagen, the quick mutual‑aid response allowed firefighters to smother the blaze with foam within minutes.
By 4:30 p.m., all crew members had left the scene, he added.
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The cause of the crash is currently under investigation.
Rock legend applauds Springsteen’s Trump criticism: ‘Really proud’ of Bruce
Credence Clearwater Revival’s John Fogerty heaped praise on legendary musician Bruce Springsteen for calling out President Donald Trump in a Rolling Stone interview published Monday.
Fogerty praised Springsteen for speaking out against Trump and defending his values.
“I’m really proud of Bruce for just sticking up for his values and, and not being afraid to voice them,” said the “Down on the Corner” singer.
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Springsteen has been a vocal critic of President Trump for almost a decade now. During his latest world tour, the “Born To Run” singer has incorporated a brief anti-Trump speech into his sets where he implores audiences to recognize the president as a threat to civilization that must be resisted.
“In my home, the America I love, the America I’ve written about, that has been a beacon of hope and liberty for 250 years, is currently in the hands of a corrupt, incompetent and treasonous administration,” he said in between songs at his Manchester show in May.
“Tonight, we ask all who believe in democracy and the best of our American experience to rise with us, raise your voices against authoritarianism and let freedom ring,” he continued, elsewhere during the set adding, “There’s some very weird, strange and dangerous s— going on out there right now.”
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Trump responded to Springsteen several days later in a post on his Truth Social platform.
“I see that Highly Overrated Bruce Springsteen goes to a Foreign Country to speak badly about the President of the United States. Never liked him, never liked his music, or his Radical Left Politics and, importantly, he’s not a talented guy — Just a pushy, obnoxious JERK, who fervently supported Crooked Joe Biden, a mentally incompetent FOOL, and our WORST EVER President, who came close to destroying our Country.”
Springsteen announced last year that he would be voting for former Vice President Kamala Harris during the 2024 presidential race.
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While speaking with Rolling Stone, Fogerty suggested that Trump made a mistake by going after Springsteen publicly, noting how President Richard Nixon chose not to publicly spar with his critics.
“Even though they’re very similar, President Nixon would’ve realized not to give the other side publicity by acknowledging and talking about it. ‘Cause you just make it more famous when you do that,” he said.
The White House did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
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‘Spooky alignment’ in Congress threatens government shutdown as Trump factor looms
It was mid-July. And the House of Representatives was already done for the summer.
That’s right around the same time Halloween decorations like gigantic yard skeletons and Reese’s peanut butter and chocolate pumpkins began materializing in stores.
Those weren’t phantasms. Halloween is the next big consumer holiday on the calendar.
I mean, what would you buy to decorate for Labor Day?
But there’s a spooky alignment between July and Halloween when it comes to Congress. If you begin to see Halloween paraphernalia in July, that’s practically October in Capitol Hill terms. The reason? Congress didn’t finish its annual spending bills before the annual August recess and that means it will be a sprint to finish them by October 1, the deadline to avoid a government shutdown.
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Right around the same time that the rest of the nation starts thinking about ghosts and goblins for Halloween.
The funding deadline is enough to convert the U.S. Capitol into a chamber of horrors for the entire month of September. Congress is always dragging to complete spending measures in July. Then August comes and concerns about the spending bills vanish like a ghost. Then the appropriations bills rise like mummies out of their coffins when Congress comes back in September. The battle over averting a government shutdown is like a vampire. It sucks most other legislative activity out of Congress until there’s a deal. That’s because most Members want no part of a government shutdown. Lawmakers from both sides know that government funding is one of the most important inflection points on the political calendar.
Let’s examine where we stand with government funding.
Congress approved a stopgap spending bill to avert a government shutdown in March. That interim spending package funded the government through September 30, the end of the federal fiscal year. The House approved the bill. But lawmakers worried about a potential government shutdown because breaking a filibuster on the measure required 60 votes. That entailed support of some Democrats since Republicans only have 53 votes in the Senate.
At the last minute, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., announced he would help Republicans crack the filibuster. Schumer didn’t vote yes on the bill itself. But the New York Democrat argued that avoiding a shutdown at that point was better than enduring one under President Trump – and Elon Musk who was then fully empowered at DOGE.
Some longtime Capitol Hill hands and Congressional observers feared the government might shutter for a lengthy period if it closed. Schumer and other Democrats asserted that the President and Musk would use that as justification for never re-opening some parts of the government since they lacked funding from Congress.
Progressives excoriated Schumer for not extracting a major concession from President Trump and Congressional Republicans which reflected Democratic values and priorities. Liberals used Schumer’s decision as justification to demand new Democratic leadership in the Senate. House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., appeared to seethe at Schumer’s maneuver, sidestepping questions from reporters about the break.
White House Budget Director Russ Vought says he wants a less bipartisan appropriations process. That’s fine. But this is about the math. House Republicans must stick together to pass any spending package there. House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., can only lose three votes and still pass a bill without Democratic assistance. Likewise, Senate Republicans can only lose three votes there, too. But the real hurdle is the filibuster. That’s where 60 votes are necessary. And that means the GOP must lean on Democrats – assuming they’re willing to help out.
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It’s really unclear if Republicans can stick together to approve a spending package. Keep in mind that it’s almost a certainty that any spending measure must simply renew all current funding on a temporary basis. A lot of Republicans are fed up with this appropriations rut – especially since Johnson promised to do things differently once he claimed the Speaker’s gavel in October 2023. Remember that some conservatives helped bounce former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., less than two years ago because he propounded an interim spending plan.
Some Republicans are beginning to lose patience with Johnson on spending plans. But remember that most Republicans will support whatever appropriations plan the GOP brass concocts – as long as it has the blessing of President Trump.
So Vought may advocate for a more partisan process. But that won’t result in policy achievements and GOP spending priorities unless Republicans convince Democrats to play ball.
Here’s another dynamic: some members of the conservative Freedom Caucus are hinting they simply want to re-up the current levels of funding again. Yes, lawmakers approved those spending plans under President Biden and a Democratic Senate. Therefore, much of the federal government is still operating under Democratic spending blueprints. But Democrats would demand more money for the next spending round. The same with some Republicans. So voting to renew the old money – regardless of who pushed for it – is less than Congress could have spent. That’s why some Freedom Caucus members suggest this would serve as a de facto spending cut.
They’re not wrong. Federal spending is almost always on an upward trajectory. This would level things off and bend the annual spending curve for the first time in decades.
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So, if your goal is to trim funding, this may be the most plausible option under the present political circumstances.
Remember, it’s about the math.
Moreover, Republicans have only approved a pittance of the funding cuts demanded by DOGE. Congress passed a bill to slash $9 billion from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting and foreign aid. That’s not a lot. And Republicans could barely approve that bill. How they rescind other funding remains to be seen. However, Republicans could greenlight all the old money – and then promise budget hawks they will attempt to claw back other tranches of spending through future recissions packages later in the fall or winter.
But Democrats won’t go for that. They’d view that as Republicans dropping a Hershey’s bar in their trick or treat bag – and then exchanging it for a rock.
It’s unclear if Democrats have explored soaping the Republicans’ windows at the Capitol this fall if Republicans attempt that gambit. But this could be a chance to find out.
That brings us to the conundrum facing Schumer. One might question how the politics have changed since March – although President Trump and Musk are no longer in league with one another. But progressives will expect Schumer to demand a king’s ransom in exchange for Democratic votes breaking a filibuster.
In other words, both Johnson and Schumer face decisions of frightening proportions very soon.
It may seem as though October 1 is a long way down the calendar. It’s not. To ignore how complicated this may become is the legislative equivalent of whistling past the graveyard.
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This is going to become a rather spooky fall when it comes to funding the government.
Makes you want to just sit in the corner, pull a blanket up over your head and devour a bag of Halloween candy.
Cancer’s ‘knife-in-my-stomach’ warning sign doctors say you shouldn’t ignore
Colorectal cancer rates have soared among younger Americans, new research has found — and there might not always be obvious symptoms.
The lifetime risk of developing colorectal cancer (CRC) is one in 24 for men and one in 26 for women, according to the American Cancer Society.
It is the third-leading cause of cancer-related deaths in men and the fourth in women, but is the second most common cause when the numbers for men and women are combined.
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While there may be no symptoms of CRC before diagnosis, especially in the early stages, the following signs and symptoms should not be overlooked, experts say.
1. Bowel changes
According to the Colorectal Cancer Alliance, some symptoms of the disease can be similar to other causes, like hemorrhoids, infection or irritable bowel syndrome (IBS).
But a change in bowel habits — including diarrhea, constipation, narrow stools or feeling like your bowels are full even after a movement — can be a sign of CRC.
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Fight Colorectal Cancer, a leading patient advocacy group, noted on its website how bowel movements can change due to diet, infections, medications and other medical issues.
A change in bowel movement schedule or stool appearance could also signal CRC.
Fight CRC recommends calling a doctor if your stool is consistently abnormal, if you have sudden urges to pass stool but can’t control it, if the stool is black, clay-colored, red or white, or if there is mucus or pus in the stool.
Skinny, thin or pencil-like stool may also indicate an obstruction in the colon, like a tumor, but can also be caused by other harmless, temporary conditions.
2. Stomach pain
Persistent discomfort in the abdomen is another CRC symptom, the Colorectal Cancer Alliance reported on its site.
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This can include feelings of pain, nausea, cramping, bloating or feeling unusually full, even after not eating much.
Severe, “knife-in-my-stomach type” abdominal pains warrant a visit to the emergency room, Fight CRC instructed — but even mild pains shouldn’t be taken lightly.
3. Rectal bleeding
Blood in the stool, toilet or when wiping with toilet paper can be a major sign of colorectal cancer.
Fight CRC stressed that any amount of rectal bleeding is not normal and should be brought to a doctor’s attention for proper diagnosis.
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Since blood in the stool is a common symptom, Fight CRC instructed paying attention to where the blood is found, how often it occurs and whether bowel movements are painful.
4. Weakness and weight loss
Unexplained weight loss can sometimes be caused by cancer and should be brought to the attention of a doctor, according to the Colorectal Cancer Alliance.
Weight loss is the result of cancer cells “consuming the body’s energy” as they multiply, Fight CRC explained, as the immune system expends more energy to fight and destroy cancer cells.
This can also lead to feeling fatigue, weakness or shortness of breath.
These symptoms may also be a sign of anemia, which can develop from bleeding somewhere inside the body, like from a cancerous tumor.
Weight loss can also be caused by a tumor blocking the colon or intestinal tract, which prevents proper nutrient absorption.
Ford ditches Henry Ford’s assembly line with $5B bet on US workforce
Ford’s president and CEO offered an inside look at the auto company’s biggest manufacturing change since the Model T, while spotlighting a multi-billion-dollar bet on America’s supply chain.
“We’re announcing… $5 billion of new investments here in Kentucky and Michigan, to build a radically new vehicle,” Jim Farley said on FOX Business “Varney & Co.” Monday.
“And we’re going to build it completely different than Henry Ford’s moving assembly line.”
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On Monday, the Michigan-based motor company announced it would be pouring the money into 4,000 jobs at its Battery Park and Louisville, Kentucky, plants to deliver a new electric pickup truck and LFP prismatic batteries.
The “breakthrough” product, according to a press release, is the midsize four-door truck with a starting price of about $30,000.
“It’d be a lot more affordable and a lot lesser cost than an old Tesla, even, or a RAV4 hybrid imported. So we’re excited about this affordable vehicle,” Ford’s CEO said.
“Ford is the No. 1 truck hybrid maker in the U.S., best-selling vehicle in the U.S. for 47 years. The F-150 comes in a hybrid. It’s almost 30% of our customers,” Farley noted. “But for people that just commute, and they could charge at home, they don’t have to depend on chargers on the road, they only go 100 miles, 200 miles a day, an EV is actually really cheap… an EV can be a really good solution.”
The new electric truck will also be built on a newer, “better” assembly line that Ford now calls as assembly “tree.” In place of one long conveyor belt, three sub-assemblies will run down their own simultaneous productions before joining together.
“After 120 years, we’re gonna change the assembly line,” Farley said. “We’re gonna build it in three pieces, three separate parts, not one vehicle along one line. And that allows us to build it 40% faster with a lot less people and a lot less cost.”
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“We didn’t want to build this in South Korea or Japan. We had to take a completely radical approach to redesign the vehicle to make it affordable and profitable here in Kentucky,” he added.
The “electric, fun-to-drive and digitally advanced” truck is set to reach consumers in 2027.
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Utility workers digging gas lines uncover 1,000-year-old skeleton in sitting position
Utility workers unearthed two pre-Incan tombs during a routine day on the job in Peru – one of many archaeological discoveries in the country this year.
The workers, employed by the energy company Cálidda, found the burials in Lima just recently. The employees have been digging trenches in the city as part of an ongoing underground gas network project.
Both tombs belong to the pre-Incan Chancay culture, which existed in Peru from 1000 to 1470 A.D. The Inca Empire spanned from roughly 1400 to 1533 A.D., with Spanish colonization beginning soon after.
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The two tombs were remarkably different.
One was empty, while the other held a 1,000-year-old skeleton.
Images show excavators working to remove the remains from the soil.
The tomb also contained four clay vessels and three “pumpkin shell artifacts,” according to The Associated Press (AP).
“Lima is unique among Latin American capitals, in that various archaeological finds are unearthed during nearly every civil project.”
The male skeleton was found in a torn cloth bundle in a sitting position. Its legs were against its chest.
Archaeologist José Aliaga told the AP the vessels contained iconography, along with some remaining black, white and red colors.
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“[It] allow[s] us to establish a connection with the pre-Incan Chancay culture,” the archaeologist said.
He added, “Lima is unique among Latin American capitals, in that various archaeological finds are unearthed during nearly every civil project.”
Local mother Flor Prieto walked through the area with her 7-year-old daughter during the excavation.
She told the AP she’d assumed the area had always been uninhabited.
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“I always thought they were paths where no one had lived,” Prieto observed.
“But now I know that people older than the Incas have lived there … It feels so exciting.”
This is far from the first skeleton that Cálidda has come across.
Over the past 20 years, the company has made more than 2,200 archaeological discoveries.
Earlier in June, excavators in Lima unearthed a millennia-old preserved female mummy during the same utility project.
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The skeleton, which still retained a small amount of brown hair, was found just 20 inches below the ground.
Netflix star says her murderous, cheating character was based on Melania Trump
Actress Malin Ackerman said in an interview last week that her new Netflix show “The Hunting Wives” used first lady Melania Trump as a main reference point for her role where she plays a manipulative, affair-having politician’s wife.
During an interview with pop culture outlet Vulture, the actress claimed the creative team behind Netflix’s pulpy show told her to think of Trump when playing Texas housewife, Margo, whose character is the wife of a rich wannabe politician and has a sordid past that includes murder, adultery and abortion.
“During filming, she says, the series’ creative team described Margo as a bit like Melania Trump, someone who ‘came into a marriage to this rich man as one woman,’ then finds the expectations for her have shifted once he becomes politically ambitious,” the outlet stated.
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“That was the only reference, really,” Ackerman added.
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Her character’s background comes to light during the show and includes a poor upbringing, sex work, and a series of affairs.
“But once her husband, Jed (Dermot Mulroney), decides to run for governor on a pro-gun, anti-abortion, happy-marriage platform, Margo realizes the increased public scrutiny could threaten everything she has built for herself, exposing elements of her life Jed’s voters won’t like,” Vulture stated.
Among the things she’s hiding are “the abortion she just had after her boyfriend, a high-school student, got her pregnant; the murder she committed to cover up that fling; and the affair she’s currently having with new-to-town Sophie (Brittany Snow).”
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Ackerman mentioned that in addition to Trump, she tried to emulate her impression of “high society” types in her portrayal, a set of people she doesn’t see as too genuine.
“Other than that, it’s just high society. I’ve mingled with aristocrats and high-society people and seen the games that go into it. For lack of a better word, I wouldn’t say ‘authenticity’ is how those people lead,” she told Vulture.
The actress noted Margo’s character is a “survivor” who acts out of necessity in everything she does to get ahead.
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Melania Trump has often been a target of the media since her husband first ran for president in 2016. However, she hasn’t taken harsh media treatment lying down.
The first lady’s lawyer last week forced Democratic strategist James Carville and the crew of his “Politics War Room” podcast to remove comments from a recent episode that suggested that Trump met her billionaire real estate mogul husband through a modeling agency connected to sexual predator Jeffrey Epstein.
At the outset of the episode, Carville said, “After the episode, we received a letter from Melania Trump’s lawyer. He took issue with our title of one of those YouTube videos from that episode and a couple of comments I made about the first lady. We took a look at what they complained about, and we took down the video and edited out those comments from the episode. I also take back these statements and apologize.”
The White House and Netflix did not immediately respond to Fox News Digital’s requests for comment.
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