Author: Shekari Philemon

A proposal unlike anything previously attempted in American legal and political history is quietly taking shape inside the Trump administration. Officials are in active discussions about establishing a fund of nearly $1.8 billion designed to compensate individuals who believe they were unfairly investigated by the federal government under prior administrations. The talks are ongoing and no final decisions have been made, but people familiar with the discussions say an announcement could come as soon as this week. The idea emerged from negotiations between President Donald Trump’s personal legal team and the Department of Justice over a potential resolution to the…

It is not often that a co-host of The View stops mid-conversation to correct herself in real time, but that is exactly what Whoopi Goldberg did during Thursday’s episode. What began as a discussion about casting controversy surrounding Christopher Nolan’s upcoming film The Odyssey quickly took a detour when Goldberg made an offhand remark about Elon Musk that she walked back almost immediately after saying it. Goldberg was introducing the topic to the panel when she referenced Musk by name, connecting him to South Africa and apartheid in a way that implied he had been complicit in or accepting of…

There are celebrities who walk into a room and immediately expect the world to rearrange itself around them. Shaquille O’Neal is apparently not one of them. The four-time NBA champion and Hall of Famer has been open about his philosophy when it comes to how he moves through everyday spaces, and it turns out that philosophy is surprisingly simple. He waits in line just like everyone else, and the people closest to him find it genuinely hard to wrap their heads around. In a conversation with sports journalist Taylor Rooks, O’Neal described what happens when he goes out to eat…

Charles Barkley has built a second career out of saying exactly what he should probably not say, and for the better part of seven years, the women of San Antonio bore the brunt of that habit. The jokes came early, came often and came with the kind of cheerful commitment that made it clear Barkley was not slowing down anytime soon. TNT producers reportedly pushed him to apologize at some point, and he declined with the confidence of a man who had absolutely no intention of backing down. Then he tried a churro. The apology, when it finally arrived during…

A cruise ship departure that began in Argentina in early April 2026 ended in an unexpected evacuation in the Netherlands after passengers aboard the MV Hondius were potentially exposed to hantavirus. Eighteen people connected to the voyage returned to the United States, with the majority settling in Nebraska and others in Georgia, where health authorities have been monitoring them closely. The story spread quickly, arriving into a cultural moment where headlines about infectious disease still carry the particular anxiety left behind by the pandemic years. For parents especially, the instinct to worry is understandable. Public health experts acknowledge that openly…

There is a particular kind of stillness that comes over people when they return to a place they loved as children. Not the big rooms or the impressive things. The drawer under the kitchen sink. The smell of the dish soap. The specific quality of light in one corner of the house on a winter afternoon. These are the things that stop people cold, sometimes decades later, in ways they cannot immediately explain. Grandchildren are building that exact record right now. Every visit, every unremarkable Tuesday afternoon is being filed away somewhere they will not think to look until they…

A video that surfaced this week showing Cardi B in a visibly heated exchange with Stefon Diggs outside a coffee shop and gym in Burtonsville, Maryland, quickly spread across social media, prompting the rapper to offer her own explanation for what viewers were seeing. The footage showed Cardi gesturing emphatically toward Diggs, who appeared composed throughout the encounter, leaning against his car while the conversation unfolded. A third person was seen in one angle of the video appearing to discourage onlookers from approaching the pair. The exchange reportedly continued for at least 10 minutes, and bystanders were said to have…

A jury has ruled against Kanye West in a copyright infringement case, ordering the rapper to pay $438,558 in damages to four musicians whose work was used without authorization during a high-profile listening event in 2021. The verdict marks the second legal loss Kanye West has suffered this year, adding to a growing list of legal and financial complications that have followed the artist over the past several years. The case centered on a version of the song Hurricane that was played during a listening party for Kanye West’s then-unreleased album Donda. The event, held at Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta,…

A video circulating widely on social media this week captured rapper Cardi B and former NFL wide receiver Stefon Diggs in what appeared to be a heated exchange outside a coffee shop and gym in Burtonsville, Maryland. The footage, recorded on Wednesday May 13, showed Cardi visibly animated, raising her hands as she addressed Diggs, who leaned against his car as the conversation unfolded. A third person was seen approaching the pair and appearing to intervene. The clip contained no audio, leaving the substance of the exchange entirely to interpretation. Cardi quickly addressed the attention on social media, playing down…

Grammy-winning artist Lizzo has never been one to hold back, and with her fifth studio album B-TCH just weeks from release, she is using that same energy to call out Atlantic Records for what she describes as a complete failure to market her music. In a series of videos posted to her secondary TikTok account in May 2026, Lizzo made clear she was not waiting around for a label that, in her view, had gone quiet at the worst possible moment. She urged fans to preorder the album and revealed she planned to post content every single day leading up…