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Transgender lawmaker ‘doesn’t know what a woman is,’ White House says after dig at Trump firings

April 24, 2026 6:08pm EDT / Fox News

The White House brushed aside remarks made by Rep. Sarah McBride, D-Del., to a reporter alleging that Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard would be the next Cabinet official to leave the administration because President Donald Trump “only fires women.”

“Rep. McBride doesn’t know what a woman is,” White House spokesperson Taylor Rogers said of McBride, a biological male who identifies as a woman.

McBride speculated to MeidasTouch reporter Pablo Manríquez that Tulsi Gabbard will be the next Cabinet member on President Donald Trump’s chopping block. In separate interviews, Manríquez asked McBride and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., who they believed would be next to be fired. Both said it would not be a man.

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The remarks come amid a shakeup in the Trump administration after Trump announced the dismissal of Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem and Attorney General Pam Bondi within a span of four weeks.

On Monday, Department of Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer resigned amid allegations of misconduct toward staffers.

Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., and Sarah McBride, D-Del., accused President Donald Trump of only firing women.(Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call; Ida Marie Odgaard/Ritzau Scanpix)

“All of them deserve to be fired,” McBride quipped. “I’m supporting impeachment of Pete Hegseth because, obviously right now, we are engaged in a reckless war of choice that he was a primary driver of.

“But we know this president,” McBride added. “He only fires women, so my guess is Tulsi Gabbard.”

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., echoed McBride’s sentiment when asked the same question by Manríquez.

“Is he out of women?” Ocasio-Cortez asked. “Because that seems to be his pattern right now.”

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Former Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem delivers remarks during a working lunch at the Shield of the Americas Summit at Trump National Doral in Miami, Fla., March 7, 2026.(Rebecca Blackwell/Pool/AFP via Getty Images)

She went on to say that Trump “seems to only have the capability to fire female secretaries.”

In response to a follow-up question about the “clownish behavior” of War Secretary Pete Hegseth and FBI Director Kash Patel, Ocasio-Cortez claimed that what Patel has done is “a thousand times worse” than what other officials have done.

U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi speaks during a news conference at the DEA headquarters in Arlington, Va., on July 15, 2025.(Alex Wong/Getty Images)

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Neither Manríquez nor Ocasio-Cortez gave specific examples of misconduct by either man. Patel has filed a $250 million defamation lawsuit against The Atlantic over reported allegations that he is a heavy drinker and that it affects his work.

Hegseth faced sexual assault and drinking allegations during his confirmation hearings, which he denied, and his tenure at the War Department was rocked by two separate Signal chat leaks in which information about military airstrikes were inadvertently shared with a journalist.

While the White House has stood by Hegseth, Democratic lawmakers have demanded his resignation and criticized his handling of the war with Iran.

“If you’re a man in the Trump administration, it seems that they reward misconduct,” Ocasio-Cortez said.

Elaine Mallon is a writer for Fox News Digital and Fox Business covering national politics.

Johnson & Johnson to launch on TrumpRx with 4 of its prescription drugs

April 24, 2026 / 4:31 PM EDT / CBS News

By Olivia Rinaldi

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Olivia Rinaldi is a White House reporter at CBS News. She covered President Trump’s 2024 presidential campaign and was previously an associate producer for “CBS Evening News with Norah O’Donnell” and a broadcast associate for “Face the Nation.” She is based in Washington, D.C.

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Drug-making giant Johnson & Johnson will officially start marketing four of its medications on the Trump administration’s TrumpRx website on Friday, CBS News exclusively learned.

The pharmaceutical company announced in January that it had entered into a voluntary agreement with the Trump administration to lower costs for Americans by providing Medicaid access to affordable prescriptions and marketing its drugs on TrumpRx in exchange for exemption from the president’s tariff agenda.

One of the drugs offered on White House’s discounted pharmaceutical site is metformin, a popular prescription to treat Type 2 diabetes. The others are metformin extended relief; Invokana, another diabetes medication; and Xarelto, a blood thinner.

Johnson & Johnson previously agreed to invest $55 billion in research and production sites in Pennsylvania and North Carolina.

The addition of Johnson & Johnson pharmaceuticals to the TrumpRx site means the administration has more than doubled the number of drugs featured on the low-cost site since it first launched in February.

The prescription drug prices on the site, however, are only available to patients who are uninsured, or whose insurance doesn’t cover it, and who must pay the full list price out of pocket. Those with insurance coverage generally pay lower prices already.

Trump extends Jones Act waiver for another 90 days

April 24, 2026 / 4:22 PM EDT / CBS News

By Megan Cerullo

President Trump is extending a waiver of the Jones Act for another 90 days in a bid to lower fuel prices as the war in Iran stretches into its second month, White House press secretary Taylor Rogers said in a statement on X on Friday.

The law requires that goods shipped between U.S. ports be carried on vessels that are U.S.-built, -flagged and -crewed. Mr. Trump initially waived the act on March 18 for 60 days to ease energy prices as the war cut off one-fifth of the world’s oil supply, causing energy costs to soar.

The extension will begin at 12 am ET on May 18, the White House confirmed to CBS News.

“New data compiled since the initial waiver was issued revealed that significantly more supply was able to reach U.S. ports faster,” Rogers said on X. “This waiver extension provides both certainty and stability for the U.S. and global economies. The Trump Administration has taken several actions to mitigate short-term disruptions to the energy markets, and this extension will help ensure vital energy products, industrial materials and agricultural necessities are maintained.”

The White House added that more than 40 tankers have used, or will use, the Jones Act waiver, increasing the availability of transporting goods between U.S. ports by more than 70%. It has enabled more than 9 million barrels of U.S. oil to reach domestic ports, the White House added.

Pros and cons of the waiver

Some experts support the waiver and extension, describing the law as outdated and contributing to higher shipping costs. Colin Grabow, associate director at the Herbert A. Stiefel Center for Trade Policy Studies at Cato Institute, a libertarian think tank, told CBS News the extension of the waiver suggests that “the administration thinks it’s working and producing benefits to the country.”

“Waiving the law increases the number of ships available,” he said. By contrast, when the law is in effect, it becomes much costlier to transport goods between U.S. ports.

The American Offshore Maritime Association on Friday, by contrast, said the waiver undermines the domestic shipping industry while failing to deliver benefits to consumers.

“The initial waiver has not reduced gasoline prices, rather prices have increased in every U.S. market while benefiting NATO countries that have refused to support U.S. military operations,” Aaron Smith, president of OMSA, said in a statement. “To put it simply, a waiver extension sells out our American maritime industry and the foundation of our Navy to benefit oil traders and foreign shippers. Now is the time we should strengthen U.S. maritime capacity, not weaken it.”

The waiver is one of a number of steps the Trump administration has taken to try to tame energy prices as the Iran war chokes oil supplies and boosts domestic energy costs.

Mr. Trump in March ordered that 172 million barrels of oil be released from the U.S. Strategic Petroleum Reserve. That same month, the U.S. also temporarily lifted sanctions on the purchase of Russian oil. But experts say reopening the Strait of Hormuz to tanker traffic is essential to keeping a lid on oil prices, with shipping traffic through the Strait remaining well below prewar levels.

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黎康：“万物生长”之后

2026年4月25日 05:00 / 联合早报

第十届万物生长大会星期三（4月22日）在浙江杭州开幕。当天下午，两场不同领域的创投挑战赛同时进行。 （黎康摄）

几天前出差浙江杭州，正好碰上今年的“万物生长大会”。这个颇具诗意的名字，其实是杭州一年一度的科创盛会。杭州这两年创新势头迅猛，刚好可以借这场大会，看看当地科创圈是否真有“万物生长”的气象。

走进展厅，企业布展与其他科创大会并无太大分别，不少是这类展会上常见的熟面孔。参展企业除了杭州“六小龙”，还有新提出的杭州“AI十八罗汉”，汇集18家与人工智能（AI）相关的初创企业，涵盖AI晶片、大模型、数据算力等领域。更多企业则集中在共享展区，在不到10平米的空间里展示各自的技术、产品和愿景。

与一般展会不同的是，现场设有一个创投挑战路演区。初创公司轮番上台，在10分钟内介绍企业的主营业务、竞争优势、融资目标等，再由评委现场提问和打分。同一片场地被分为两个片区，不同赛道的项目同时进行，观众稍一分神，注意力就会被隔壁项目吸走。

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Johnson & Johnson to offer four prescription medicines on TrumpRx website

2026-04-24 20:30:08 UTC / Reuters

By Padmanabhan Ananthan

April 24, 2026 8:30 PM UTC Updated 1 hour ago

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April 24 (Reuters) – Johnson & Johnson JNJ.N will start selling four of its ​medications on the Trump administration’s TrumpRx ‌website, the company told Reuters on Friday.

The company said it would begin offering its diabetes drugs Invokamet, ​Invokamet XR and Invokana, as well ​as blood thinner Xarelto, through the TrumpRx ⁠platform and its direct‑to‑consumer website, JNJ ​Direct.

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The healthcare conglomerate voluntarily reached an agreement with ​the Trump administration in January to reduce drug prices for Americans, expanding access to affordable prescriptions under ​Medicaid and marketing its products on ​the TrumpRx platform in exchange for an exemption from ‌the ⁠administration’s tariffs.

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Other drugmakers including Pfizer PFE.N, Novo Nordisk NOVOb.CO, Eli Lilly LLY.N and AstraZeneca AZN.L have entered into similar deals tied to TrumpRx or so‑called “most‑favoured‑nation” pricing ​aimed at lowering ​U.S. ⁠drug costs and encouraging domestic production.

TrumpRx is meant to serve cash‑paying ​patients with valid prescriptions, including uninsured ​consumers ⁠and those whose insurance does not cover a particular drug.

Johnson & Johnson previously pledged $55 billion ⁠in research ​and production, including facilities ​in Pennsylvania and North Carolina.

Reporting by Padmanabhan Ananthan in ​Bengaluru; Editing by Vijay Kishore and Maju Samuel

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WATCH: Trump reveals flashy new color for National Mall’s reflecting pool makeover

April 24, 2026 4:42pm EDT / Fox News

The president held up a photo of the progress, saying the pool was ‘filthy’ under the Biden administration

By Peter Pinedo Fox News

Trump teases flashy new color for DC reflecting pool

President Donald Trump revealed the flashy new color for the National Mall’s reflecting pool while speaking with reporters in the Oval Office.

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President Donald Trump revealed the flashy new color for the National Mall’s reflecting pool will be familiar to most Americans.

While speaking with reporters in the Oval Office, he said the reflecting pool’s surface is being repainted in “American flag blue.”

When planning the reflecting pool renovation, which Trump said was necessary because it was “filthy,” the president said his original color idea was turquoise, “like in the Bahamas.” But a trusted old pool contractor Trump has worked with in the past convinced him otherwise.

“He said, ‘What color would you like, sir?’ I said, ‘Well, what about turquoise like in the Bahamas?’ He said, ‘Well, this is Washington, sir, we can give you turquoise, but why don’t you try … We have a color, it’s called “American flag blue.” I said, ‘That’s the color I like,’” he said.

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President Donald Trump holds a photo of the Lincoln Memorial reflecting pool with a fence that says, “We are making DC Safe & Beautiful” during a healthcare affordability event in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, D.C., Thursday, April 23, 2026.(Will Oliver/EPA/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

“He talked me into it very easily.”

Fox News Digital reported earlier this month that the president was having the famous Washington, D.C., landmark renovated, saying the Biden administration had neglected it for years.

In a post on Truth Social, Trump said he was working with Interior Secretary Doug Burgum on the project, the latest in a series of beautification initiatives targeted by the Trump administration.

“Secretary of the Interior Doug Burgum and I are working on fixing the absolutely filthy Reflecting Pool between the Lincoln Memorial and the Washington Monument,” Trump wrote.

TRUMP APPEARS ON WHITE HOUSE ROOF AMID TALKS OF HISTORIC RENOVATIONS

People enjoy the outdoors in front of the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool with the Washington Monument in the background in Washington, D.C., on April 21, 2021.(Evelyn Hockstein/Reuters)

“This work was supposed to be done by the Biden Administration, but Sleepy Joe doesn’t know what ‘CLEAN’ or proper maintenance is — The President and Secretary do!” he added.

Speaking in the Oval Office this week, Trump held up a photo of the progress on the pool, saying repairs should be finished in the next three weeks.

“You’re going to end up with a beautiful, beautiful reflecting pool. The way it’s supposed to be. Much better than it ever was, actually.”

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Interior Secretary Doug Burgum stands near a reflecting pool during an outdoor event.(Interior Secretary Doug Burgum)

He proceeded to poke at the media, saying, “I hope the media can go over and maybe watch them do it because its I think it’s very exciting.

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“Fraction of the cost and a fraction of the time, and you get a better product than you could ever get the other way, and it’ll be beautiful,” he said. “And, as he said, it will be American flag blue. Any questions?”

Peter Pinedo is a politics writer for Fox News Digital.

新闻人间：当AI天才少年也是说唱歌手时

2026年4月25日 05:00 / 联合早报

新闻人间：当AI天才少年也是说唱歌手时 （联合早报）

中国互联网巨头腾讯集团首席AI科学家姚顺雨，入职数月，本周便带队发布了重建的人工智能（AI）大模型“混元Hy3 preview”。这位戴着细黑框眼镜、笑起来有点腼腆的“AI天才少年”，再次成为焦点。

说实话，腾讯的大语言模型“混元”近年在中国舆论场里并没得到很大的关注，去年重金从美企OpenAI把姚顺雨挖过来，是要押注智能体AI，让AI从“会聊天”转向“会办事”，打赢与中国内外各大科技巨头的这场激烈竞赛。

不过，许多网民更感兴趣的，是姚顺雨所代表的职场神话和“学霸天花板”履历：年仅27岁，工龄不足两年，便出任首席AI科学家，直接向腾讯总裁刘炽平汇报；安徽合肥一中毕业，以省內理科第三名考入清华大学“姚班”，后赴美深造，获普林斯顿博士，进入OpenAI任核心研究员，入选麻省理工学院科技评论“35岁以下科技创新35人”，是中国区最年轻者。

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DOJ drops criminal probe of Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell

6:42 PM EDT, Fri April 24, 2026 / CNN Politics

DOJ drops criminal probe of Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell

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US Justice Department intervenes in xAI challenge to Colorado tech law

2026-04-24 4:00 PM UTC / Reuters

By Reuters

April 24, 2026 4:00 PM UTC Updated 24 mins ago

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April 24 (Reuters) – The U.S. Justice Department said on Friday ​it had intervened in a lawsuit by Elon Musk’s ‌xAI challenging a Colorado law aimed at regulating artificial intelligence systems.

In its intervention, the Justice Department said the law violates the Fourteenth Amendment’s ​equal protection guarantee by requiring companies to guard against ​unintended discriminatory effects while allowing some discrimination aimed at ⁠promoting diversity.

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“Laws that require AI companies to infect their ​products with woke DEI ideology are illegal,” Assistant Attorney General for ​Civil Rights Harmeet Dhillon said in a statement.

The Colorado Attorney General’s Office declined to comment.

In its lawsuit filed earlier this month in U.S. District Court ​in Colorado, xAI sought to block the state from enforcing ​Senate Bill 24-205, which is scheduled to take effect on June 30. ‌The ⁠law imposes disclosure and risk-mitigation requirements on developers of so‑called “high‑risk” AI systems used in decisions involving employment, housing, education, healthcare and financial services.

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Musk’s artificial intelligence firm said the law violates the ​First Amendment by ​restricting how ⁠developers design AI systems and compelling speech on contentious public issues.

The federal intervention escalates what had ​been a single-company legal challenge into a direct ​confrontation ⁠between the Trump administration and Colorado over state-level AI regulation.

The Trump administration has been pushing for a single legislative framework governing artificial ⁠intelligence that ​can be applied uniformly across the ​country, rather than leaving states to form their own plans.

Reporting by Ryan Patrick ​Jones and Bhargav Acharya; Editing by Michelle Nichols and Emelia Sithole-Matarise

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Trump tells Reuters he will discuss digital tax, NATO with King Charles

April 24, 2026 7:09 PM UTC Updated 15 mins ago / Reuters

U.S. President Donald Trump delivers remarks to NCAA Collegiate National Champions in the State Dining Room at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., April 21, 2026. REUTERS/Kylie Cooper

WASHINGTON, April 24 (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump told Reuters ​on Friday that Iran, NATO and the ‌United Kingdom’s digital services tax are among the topics he plans to discuss with King Charles ​during the king’s visit to Washington next week.

“I’m ​going to talk about everything,” Trump said ⁠during a phone interview. “I’m going to ​talk about it. He is a friend of mine, and he ​is a great guy.”

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Charles’ four-day state visit starting Monday will mark the 250th anniversary of U.S. independence from ​Britain.

He will make stops in Virginia, New ​York and Washington, D.C., where he will privately meet with ‌Trump ⁠and deliver an address before the U.S. Congress.

The visit also comes against the backdrop of the worst relations between the two countries since ​the Suez Crisis ​in 1956, ⁠with by Trump of Prime Minister Keir Starmer over his ​refusal to join the attack on ​Iran ⁠and dismissive remarks about Britain’s military capabilities.

The U.S. president has also threatened to impose tariffs on Britain ⁠if ​Starmer does not drop ​the digital services tax.

Reporting by Steve Holland in Washington; Editing ​by Katharine Jackson, Bhargav Acharya, and Michelle Nichols

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