President Donald Trump is planning to celebrate his 79th birthday and the Army’s 250th anniversary in one yuge celebration—all on the dime of U.S. tax payers, Reuters reported Wednesday. The birthday celebration could cost as much as $25 million to $45 million in tax payer dollars, depending on if there is a parade, and could include as many as 25 tanks thundering through Washington, D.C., 6,500 troops, and around 150 vehicles and 50 aircraft moving to Washington, according to officials who spoke to Reuters on condition of anonymity. Those costs reportedly don’t include post-celebration costs that the Beltway would have to bear, including trash pickup and road repairs from the weight of the tanks. Some critics have rebuked the parade as wasteful given the mission of Trump and Elon Musk’s so-called Department of Government Efficiency. Yet the U.S. Army, helmed by Trump ally Pete Hegseth, is already planning to move troops and battle equipment to Washington for the anniversary celebration on June 14. Plans for a parade were added due to the date coinciding with Trump’s birthday.

A White South African who was flown into the U.S. as a refugee previously called Jews “untrustworthy” and “dangerous” in his social media posts. Charl Kleinhaus, one of 59 Afrikaners who were defended by President Donald Trump as escapees of a genocide on Monday, has a history of praising Trump on his X account. According to The Bulwark, however, Kleinhaus’ posts include several that talk down on Jews. In a now-deleted post dated April 2023, he wrote: “Jews are untrustworthy and a dangerous group they are not Gods chosen like to believe they are . Where is the Temple that must be their concern leave us alone we all believe in the God of Abraham , Moses and Jacob ! I almost said something ugly … 🤐” Kleinhaus confirmed to The Bulwark that the X account belongs to him, but did not comment further. After Hamas’ October 7, 2023 attack in Israel, Kleinhaus posted an Al Jazeera video where Orthodox Israelis were spitting on Christians. Days later, he linked to another video, this time posted by a Facebook account named Israel Is a Terrorist State. “Jews attacking Christians!” Kleinhaus wrote. Last month, Homeland Security said it would begin screening foreigners’ social media activity for antisemitism.

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Charlize Theron revealed Wednesday that it’s a “miracle” she’s still alive after working on her latest film, Apex. When teasing the upcoming project at Netflix’s 2025 Upfront presentation Wednesday, Theron recalled doing her own stunts for the action-thriller and disclosed that she sometimes opted out of using a harness. “Our crew delivered a really impressive movie, and yours truly did some stunts and action—without a harness, sometimes,” Theron said. “It’s actually a miracle that I’m here today,” she continued. "Apex only wrapped like a week ago, so I’m fresh off the mountain. I still have some Australian dirt under this pretty manicure, and my cute boot is hiding a fractured toe, and I can go on and on and on, but I won’t.” Though the shoot may have been extraneous, Theron confessed, “I can honestly say that shooting Apex was one of the most incredible experiences of my life.” Directed by Baltasar Kormákur, Apex is slated to follow a rock climber who finds herself being hunted in the wild. “Back to me almost dying,” Theron continued. “I’m really proud to share a little of this mammoth movie that I got to work on, and I have to say I was very lucky to work alongside the very talented Taron Egerton.”

Trump wants to talk immigration with Pope Leo XIV. At least, that’s what he told Sean Hannity. The Fox host aired the second part of his interview with Donald Trump aboard Air Force One on Tuesday while boasting about the apparent victories of the president during his visit to the Middle East. When bringing up the new Pope, who is American, Hannity told Trump that the new pontiff “doesn’t seem to disagree with you on immigration,” without citing some rather pointed statements Leo has made on the subject. “Putting that aside would you like to talk to him about that?” Hannity asked. “Sure, I would,” Trump answered, reflecting on the fact Pope Leo “was really a surprise choice,” without adding more on the issue of immigration. The president said instead, “I noticed on CNN yesterday, they were saying this had nothing to do with Donald Trump.” The interview aired hours after the Pope relaunched the official papal X account by posting a spree of messages pleading for meetings between world leaders—and days after he called for an end to divisive rhetoric favored by the Trump administration.

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Hillary Clinton isn’t convinced that Qatar’s lavish gift to President Donald Trump will actually be “free.” On Wednesday, Clinton took to X to weigh in on the heated debate surrounding Trump’s decision to accept a $400 million plane “free of charge” as a gift from the Qatari Defense Ministry to the Pentagon. “No one gives someone a $400 million dollar jet for free without expecting anything in return,” she wrote. “Be serious.” The gift has sparked bipartisan concern over ethics and security, which both Trump and Qatari Prime Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al Thani have brushed off. In a Wednesday night interview with Fox News’ Bret Baier, Al Thani shut down “really unfair accusations” that the plane was Qatar’s way of buying influence in the Trump administration. “We are proud of this partnership and this relationship,” he said. “I don’t see any basis for this accusation, unless there are some people who are just trying to select who should be a friend of the U.S. and who should not.”

Céline Dion made a surprise appearance at Eurovision Tuesday, sending love to her fans with a sweet pre-recorded message. She also reflected on the time she won the competition in 1988, saying: “I’d love nothing more than to be with you in Basel right now.” Her video aired during the first semi-final event of the music contest in Basel, Switzerland. “Switzerland will forever hold a special place in my heart. It’s the country that believed in me and gave me the chance to be part of something so extraordinary.” The Grammy winner concluded her message with a reminder about the power of music, saying in French, “Music unites us, not only this evening, not only at the moment … It is our strength, our support and our support in the moments where we need it.” In 2022, Dion announced that she had been diagnosed with a rare autoimmune and neurological disorder called stiff-person syndrome. She subsequently stepped out of the spotlight, but has since slowly started to make public appearances again. She notably performed at the 2024 Paris Olympics opening ceremony last July.

Harvard president Alan Garber will take a voluntary 25 percent pay cut from his salary, a university spokesperson said Wednesday. The mostly symbolic move comes as the Ivy League continues to clash with the Trump administration over federal funding cuts. In April, the school was mistakenly sent a letter by the administration which claimed that they had “fundamentally failed to protect American students and faculty from antisemitic violence,” and would need to agree to a list of concessions or lose billions of dollars in federal funding. The university responded by filing a lawsuit against the administration. “No government—regardless of which party is in power—should dictate what private universities can teach, whom they can admit and hire, and which areas of study and inquiry they can pursue,” Garber wrote in an April statement. Although Garber’s salary has not been disclosed, according to The Harvard Crimson, previous Harvard presidents have earned a salary of up to $1 million. A Harvard spokesperson told CNN Wednesday that Garber’s pay cut will start on July 1 and last till June 30 of next year, the duration of the 2026 fiscal year.

After all the shows, the podcasts, the interviews and the Instagrams, Meghan Markle is now more unpopular than ever, at least in the U.K., new data has revealed. Polling firm YouGov, which tracks favorability ratings for leading public figures including the royals on a regular basis, said that favorability towards Meghan is at its lowest point since it started being tracked in 2017. Prince Harry is also seen negatively in the wake of his latest interview with the BBC; only 27 percent of Britons have a positive opinion of him, with 63 percent disliking him, his worst score since early 2023. Meghan fares even worse with only 20 percent having a positive opinion of her while 65 percent hold a negative view. William and Kate are the most popular royals, with 75 percent of Britons having a positive opinion of the Prince of Wales and 72 percent likewise for his spouse. When it comes to King Charles III, 61 percent of Britons have a positive view of the current monarch, compared to 29 percent with an unfavorable view.

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A chilling video circulating online shows the final moments of a man who fell to his death after saving two people from a burning hot air balloon during a festival in Zacatecas, Mexico. The tragic incident unfolded at the First Balloon Festival, held as part of the 2025 Enrique Estrada Fair. The victim, identified by police as 40-year-old Lucio N., was aboard the hot air balloon with two other passengers, according to the Riviera Maya News. When it suddenly caught fire, Lucio helped the other two passengers escape to safety. But as the hot air balloon lifted off, he became entangled in its ropes and was carried into the sky. In the video, he can be seen dangling from the burning balloon as smoke billows into the air—before plummeting to the ground. The secretary general of the Zacatecas government, Rodrigo Reyes Mugüerza, said on Facebook that the man died “after an unfortunate incident while on board a hot air balloon.”

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. confessed that if he had a child today, he would “probably” vaccinate them against measles. When asked by Rep. Mark Pocan during a House budget hearing Wednesday whether or not he would vaccinate his children for measles today, the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) replied: “Probably, for measles.” Yet he added that “I think if I answer that question directly that it will seem like I’m giving advice to other people and I don’t want to be doing that.” Kennedy has previously stated that both he and his children are vaccinated. He went on to say that his “opinions about vaccines are irrelevant,” and that he doesn’t think “people should be taking… medical advice from me.” Pocan countered Kennedy’s statements by reminding him that it was his “jurisdiction” to do so “because the CDC does give advice.” But Kennedy said that his department is simply trying to “lay out the pros and cons, the risks and benefits, accurately, as we understand them” so people can make their own decisions. When pressed by Pocan if he would vaccinate his children against chicken pox and polio, the HHS secretary repeated his previous stance of: “I don’t want to give advice.” Kennedy has flip flopped between claiming to be anti-vax and supporting the measles vaccine, and falsely stating that vaccines cause autism.