Chuck Todd says he is launching a media empire—and is preparing to spend up to a whopping $2 billion to do so. Todd told The New York Times he was partnering with a bank to look at building or acquiring a company focused on community news, with a goal of finding local sites rooted in their communities and their local kids’ sports. Todd declined to name which outlets he was looking at, and he also didn’t say whether he had any other financial backers behind him. The quest was all part of an effort to branch out of the TV news confines that locked him in at NBC, which he left in January after 17 years. The former Meet the Press moderator has also relaunched his podcast, “The Chuck ToddCast,” with a focus on longer interviews with lawmakers. “The current system of legacy television just doesn’t allow for that,” Todd said. He told the Times he plans to make three podcast episodes a week and hire hosts for shows focused on politics and culture.

Katy Perry and Lauren Sánchez have vowed to go “full glam” when they take off on their all-female space flight. The pair is set to join CBS Mornings co-host Gayle King, former NASA rocket scientist Aisha Bowe, movie producer Kerianne Flynn and activist Amanda Nguyen on the first all women-led space trip since 1963. And they’re going to look good while they’re up there. “Who would not get glam before the flight?!” Sánchez, 55, told Elle magazine. Perry, 40, added that they are “going to put the ‘a**’ in astronaut.” “Let me tell you something. If I could take glam up with me, I would do that,” the singer said. “Space is going to finally be glam.” The trailblazers are hopping on the Blue Origin flight, which is set to take off on April 14. Nguyen said to was key for the space travelers to represent all women. “I think it’s so important for people to see us like that, this dichotomy of engineer and scientist, and then beauty and fashion. We contain multitudes... I’m going to be wearing lipstick.”

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New York City Mayor Eric Adams’ federal corruption charges were permanently dismissed Wednesday as the court partially sided with the Trump administration’s Justice Department. Judge Dale E. Ho of Federal District Court in Manhattan ordered that Adams’ case be dismissed with prejudice. Back in February, the Justice Department had ordered Manhattan prosecutors to dismiss Adams’ case without prejudice, granting them the possibility to reopen the case later on. Department Attorney General Emil Bove, who led this controversial move, said last month that the case against the mayor was a politically motivated prosecution led by one of former President Joe Biden’s appointees, then-Manhattan U.S. Attorney Damian Williams. In his Wednesday ruling, Ho denied their request for no prejudice, stating how “everything here smacks of a bargain: Dismissal of the indictment in exchange for immigration policy concessions.” He added that “dismissing the case without prejudice would create the unavoidable perception that the Mayor’s freedom depends on his ability to carry out the immigration enforcement priorities of the administration.” Yet Ho was still forced to succumb to the Trump administration’s demands by deciding to throw aside all of Adams’ charges, abruptly ending the highly contentious six-month long case. “Any decision by this Court to deny the Government’s Motion to Dismiss would be futile at best, because DOJ could—and, by all indications, unequivocally would—simply refuse to prosecute the case,” he said. Adams was indicted in September on five counts of conspiracy, bribery, and campaign finance violations, accused of pocketing over $10,000 from people hoping to buy influence with him through travel perks and illegal campaign contributions. Days before Wednesday’s ruling, Adams’ lawyers had already been urging the court to drop his charges so he could submit his mayoral candidate petition before the April 3 deadline. Now, the mayor can campaign for a second term as a free man.

The Supreme Court ruled in favor of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) by supporting its refusal to approve flavored e-cigarettes, NBC reported. The court dismissed an appeals court decision that claimed the FDA had unlawfully altered the rules during proceedings to decide whether to approve several such products. The ruling is a big win for the agency, as the popularity of e-cigarettes and vapes grows, especially amongst younger users. Justice Samuel Alito, writing a unanimous court opinion, refrained from ruling on whether the FDA should have considered the companies’ marketing plans during approval. That issue will be addressed by a lower court. However, Alito upheld the FDA’s decisions, noting that the e-cigarette companies’ applications provided strong evidence that they were aware of the FDA’s expected comparative analysis. The FDA, after the 5th Circuit Court’s ruling against its approval process, appealed to the Supreme Court and has won similar cases in other courts.

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The Rachel Zegler pile-on seemed to reach new heights after her West Side Story co-star Ariana DeBose quoted a shady comment about the Snow White star on her Instagram Stories. Less than a week after Snow White producer Marc Platt’s son Jonah called Zegler a “narcissist” in an Instagram rant blaming her “personal politics,” namely, supporting Palestine, for hampering the film’s performance, DeBose reposted a graphic that centered the most incendiary quote from his comments: “Narcissism is not something to be coddled or encouraged.” Platt deleted his rant soon after it was posted, but not before it inspired the graphic DeBose posted to her Stories. Fans interpreted the post as her taking sides against Zegler, prompting her to delete the post. She clarified later, “I post quotes all the time and thought this one was meaningful,” she wrote to Instagram. “Will fully cop to the fact I did not do any research on where this quote came from, nor did I know of the connection until it was pointed out to me. I have no intention of inserting myself into a news cycle.” She added, “Next time I’ll be sure to clarify its origins first.”

A famous statue in Dublin has been assigned a security detail in an effort to stop tourists from squeezing its breasts. Molly Malone, a fictional fisherman’s wife who serves as an unofficial mascot for the city, is said to bring good luck to travelers who rub her breasts, according to a rumor allegedly started in 2012 by an overly-imaginative tour guide. But the practice has become so widespread that the statue’s chest area has now become discolored, and has led locals to complain of “disgusting” behavior from tourists. The council, which stressed the announcement is not an April Fools Day joke, said on Tuesday that a group of stewards would be deployed to protect the statue and ensure Malone is treated with “respect”. If attitudes fail to change, the statue could be elevated onto a plinth or even moved indoors, they added. In the meantime, the stewards assigned to protect the statue are the same ones who guarded the infamous art portal which would livestream between Dublin and New York but was shut down after inappropriate behavior last year.

Netflix’s hit show Adolescence has secured the number nine spot on the streaming platform’s most popular English-language TV series of all time list. The show has already garnered 96.7 million views in only 17 days, surpassing hit shows like Bridgerton’s season 2 and cult classic Stranger Things. According to Variety, Netflix looks at a show’s viewership over 91 days when measuring which is most popular. This leaves Adolescence with a little over two months to continue inching up the list. Despite not being very widely publicized, Adolescence debuted at number one on Netflix. The show is only made up of four episodes, each filmed in one continuous shot, and tells the story of a British teenager accused of killing his classmate. Despite the show’s producers stating that the story was centered around “male anger” and “male rage,” both the American and the British far-right believe the bigger issue at hand is immigration. Supporters of President Donald Trump raged about the show after its release, arguing that the show is based on the real case of Hassan Sentamu, who was found guilty of murdering a 15-year-old girl with a kitchen knife in 2023 when he was 17. British right-wing political commentator, Darren Grimes, said the show writers made “up fictional white villains” rather than focus on immigrants. Netflix told the Daily Beast that Adolescence is a completely fictional series and is not based on any singular case.

Canadians are hurrying to sell their U.S. homes as tensions between the two neighbors and historic allies mount, exacerbated by President Donald Trump’s push to impose tariffs on the country, Axios reports. Canadian property owners in states like Florida—which are popular with “snowbirds” escaping harsh winters—are “worried,” said broker Alexandra DuPont. She said she’s working with some 35 Canadian sellers, but no buyers. “They feel like they have to take a break from the U.S. for now and see where it goes,” DuPont said. Trump’s promised tariffs take effect on April 2, in what Trump has branded as “Liberation Day.” Canadian Mark Dunlop, who is selling his Florida winter home, told CTV News that the White House doesn’t “understand the visceral impact—the punch in the stomach Canadians feel.” “We didn’t think things would get any worse between the United States and Canada,” he added. Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney has vowed to impose reciprocal tariffs.

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Kylie and Jason Kelce have welcomed a fourth daughter, the couple shared on Instagram. “Whoop there she is! Finnley ‘Finn’ Anne Kelce,” they wrote in a joint post announcing she’d arrived on Sunday. The retired Philadelphia Eagles star and his podcaster wife also share daughters Wyatt, 5, Elliotte, 4, and Bennett, 2. Kylie Kelce, 33, had continued hosting her podcast Not Gonna Lie right up until Finn’s birth. The show debuted in December and shot to the top of the pod charts, even dethroning Joe Rogan for a time. Her famous guests have included former first lady Michelle Obama, pop star Kelly Clarkson, and actor Kate Hudson. Jason Kelce, 37, also hosts the popular New Heights podcast with his brother Travis Kelce, a three-time Super Bowl winner who has been dating pop superstar Taylor Swift since 2023. After winning the Super Bowl in 2018, Jason Kelce retired from the Eagles in 2023 after 13 seasons. He is widely considered one of the best centers in team history and now appears on the ESPN Monday Night Countdown pregame show.

President Donald Trump signed a “very serious” executive order banning ticket-scalping Monday afternoon, with a little help from Kid Rock. Trump also took questions for more than 40 minutes—on topics ranging from tariffs to Tiger Woods’ love life, naturally—as Mr. Kid (Mr. Rock?) stood awkwardly slightly off camera. As with every Trump presser, it was a lot, so I went through the transcript of the remarks line by line. There was praise for the recently-purchased White House Tesla (“I let the staff use it”) and praise for Elon Musk’s DOGE bros (“I like high IQ people”). There was praise for TikTok, sort of (“I was a great TikTok guy”) and even more praise for, well, himself. You have to read this quote in full: “Somebody said that about me the other day. He said, who doesn’t know me very well, they said, ‘you’re such a kind person.’ And I said, ‘Say that again.’ They said, ‘You’re a kind person.’ I said, ‘I’ve never heard that before.’ It was a weird statement. I was kind.” Honestly, same. Click through to see more of the quotes you need to see—and really, need to see to believe.

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