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Wedding bells are ringing.
With no end to the ongoing ballroom fiasco in sight, the White House isn’t looking like a prime wedding venue any time soon.
Donald Trump Jr. and fiancee Bettina Anderson are reportedly aiming for a more remote site for their nuptials.
The wedding date is apparently soon. Like, very soon.
When is the least-anticipated wedding of 2026?
Page Six reports that Don Jr. and Bettina Anderson will be marrying over Memorial Day weekend.
This year, Memorial Day falls on Monday, May 25 — the earliest date on which the holiday can take place.
The holiday weekend, therefore, begins on Saturday, May 23.
Don Jr. and Anderson will reportedly marry in front of a relatively small cluster of guests on a private island in the Bahamas. This crowd sure loves private islands, it seems.
The guest list will reportedly include family and friends, which is pretty standard for a wedding.
Previous reports listed how the couple were apparently in a rush to tie the knot.
Back in April, Page Six reported on the alleged urgency with which they hoped to wed — at the time, aiming for the next few months.
(May is, in fact, the literal next month.)
Previously, the two were reportedly considering marrying at the White House, even if the gauche ballroom project is long from completion (and will hopefully never be finished).
However, they reportedly backed out of a lavish wedding at the nation’s capitol in light of the father of the groom starting a war and making the already dismal economy even worse. (It’s unclear why unpopularity would be a deterrent for the son and not the father, but Page Six did not explain that.)
The bridal shower was just last month
In April, Anderson’s bridal shower went off at Mar-a-Lago with an Enchanted Garden motif.
Multiple future in-laws, including Ivanka and Tiffany Trump, were in attendance.
Even Kai Trump, Don Jr.’s daughter who has begun to build a brand on social media, was part of the gathering.
Many others in attendance — Yaz Hernandez, Amy Phelan, and Audrey Gruss, Daphne Oz, Dina Powell McCormick, Dee Ocleppo Hilfiger, Andrea Wynn, and Amy Baier — are less well known.
However, it’s important to keep written records of the Trump family’s associates. And, of course, being part of the bridal shower makes attending the wedding seem pretty likely.
Don Jr. popped the question in December 13 — at Camp David, of course.
It is only fitting that the proposal itself took place on the property of the American taxpayer.
Don Jr. has taken a less active role in his father’s regime this time around, yet has reaped plenty of benefits and received government contracts.
Countless Americans wonder if we will ever be able to recover the money robbed from the US Treasury — by Trump allies, by unhinged projects around DC and beyond. It’s small potatoes beside the executions of US citizens in the streets, the Iran war, and the construction of concentration camps. But yes, it still matters.
Anyway, wedding’s reportedly this weekend. Frankly, it’s a surprise that Trump himself didn’t leak the wedding date. Did they not tell him in order to keep it quiet? Or did they tell him and he just forgot?
Donald Trump Jr. & Bettina Anderson Wedding Plans REVEALED was originally published on The Hollywood Gossip.
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Portugal has never won a World Cup. For a country that has produced so much football talent, that fact has always stung. They’ve reached the semifinals, won a European Championship, and sent some of the most gifted players of their generation to every major tournament. But the one thing that would complete the story has always been just out of reach. This summer, under manager Roberto Martínez and with Cristiano Ronaldo in tow, they may finally have the squad to change that. Here are my takeaways: 1. This One Is For Diogo Before anything else, this has to be said. Diogo Jota died on July 3, 2025, alongside his younger brother Andre Silva in a car accident in Spain. He was 11 days married, had three young children, and had just helped Portugal win the Nations League. He was one of the most beloved figures in Portuguese football. Every player in that squad announcement this morning knows what this tournament means in the context of what happened last July. Ruben Neves, one of Jota’s closest friends and a pallbearer at his funeral, wrote: “When I go to the national team, you’ll still be by my side at the dinner table, on the bus, on the plane.” Portugal will carry his memory to every game. 2. Ronaldo Is Here. But Bruno Fernandes Is The Story. For Cristiano Ronaldo, this will be his sixth World Cup. That would be a men’s World Cup record only matched should Argentina’s Lionel Messi also play this summer. Unlike Messi, Ronaldo still needs to win this tournament. At 41, Ronaldo has scored 28 goals for Al Nassr this season and will look to add to his all-time men’s national team records in appearances (226) and goals (143). But while Ronaldo remains the face of this Portugal team, Bruno Fernandes is arguably the most important player. At 31, the Manchester United star finished the 2025-26 Premier League season as the league’s best chance creator by a considerable margin. When Portugal needs someone to unlock a defense or take responsibility in a tough moment, it falls to Bruno now. The sooner the wider football world accepts this transition, the better they’ll understand how this team actually works. 3. The Midfield Is the Best In The Tournament. Yes, The Whole Tournament. Make your case for Spain. Make your case for France. I’ll hear you out, sure. But Bruno Fernandes, Vitinha and João Neves (21 years old and already looking like he’s been doing this for a decade) form a midfield trio as good as any team in North America will field this summer. The PSG pair of Vitinha and Neves have already won a Champions League trophy together. Vitinha controls tempo the way very few midfielders in world football can. Neves presses, intercepts and covers more ground than seems physically possible. Bruno operates just ahead of them as the creative force that ties it all together. If Portugal goes deep into this tournament, and they should, this engine room will be the reason why. 4. The Attack Is Glittering And Unresolved Here is Portugal’s one tension, and it’s worth being honest about it. On paper, the attacking options are fantastic: Ronaldo, Rafael Leão, Pedro Neto, João Félix, Bernardo Silva, Gonçalo Ramos, Francisco Conceição. The question Martínez may have to resolve is whether to reduce Ronaldo’s role to impact substitute if he is to get the best from the rest of his attack. That is not a slight on Ronaldo. It is simply the reality of managing a 41-year-old across a five-week tournament. In Portugal, the national sentiment seems split on whether Ronaldo should start or be an impact sub. Get it wrong and Portugal will have wasted the best midfield in the tournament. At that point, no amount of Ronaldo romance will save the narrative.Latest Sports News from FOX Sports
School buses park outside the playground of Xóots Elementary School in Sitka on Oct. 6, 2025 (Photo by Corinne Smith/Alaska Beacon)
The Alaska Legislature has approved the ban of seven synthetic food dyes from school meals to help protect student health.
The synthetic dyes include several versions of red, yellow, green and blue and are used as color additives that provide no nutritional value, but give food and drinks a bright color. They are commonly used in candies, baked goods, breakfast cereals, snacks, ice cream and sports drinks, among others.
Six of the seven food dyes identified are petroleum-based. Lawmakers raised concerns that synthetic food dyes are linked to negative health effects in children, and said the ban mirrors a nationwide trend to eliminate such additives from everyday food items.
The Alaska House unanimously passed Senate Bill 187 on Friday, after the House passed it in April, advancing the bill to Gov. Mike Dunleavy’s desk.
Sen. Bill Wielechowski, D-Anchorage, sponsored the legislation and pointed to research connecting synthetic food dyes to adverse health effects, including irritability, hyperactivity, inattentiveness, sleep disorders, aggression, immune system reactions and even cancer.
Rep. Ted Eischeid, D-Anchorage, sponsored the bill in the House and said Friday that several Alaska school districts were polled and reported that eliminating the dyes and finding alternatives is doable.
“Among the districts that have been spoken to include Sitka, Petersburg, Juneau, Anchorage, Fairbanks, Mat-Su, Lower Kuskokwim, Delta-Greeley and Nome, and all these school districts have said, ‘Yeah, we’re already moving in this direction, (and have) no problem with complying,’” he said, speaking on the House floor.
“These food dyes don’t provide or influence flavor, nor do they have nutritional value. Industry is more and more using natural dyes as better alternatives,” he added. “Senate Bill 187 is our opportunity to improve the quality of the food we feed our children in our schools, while avoiding the negative associated effects of the seven synthetic dyes.”
If approved by the governor, the ban would be enacted in January 2028.
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Royal irony alert!
One of Meghan Markle’s humanitarian projects is receiving the wrong kind of attention this week, as critics have accused the duchess of using AI to write a speech in which she warns of the dangers of AI.
Curbing online harassment has long been a cause dear to Meghan’s heart, and over the weekend, she traveled to Geneva, Switzerland to attend the unveiling of the Lost Screen Memorial, honoring children who lost their lives after being bullied online.
“Children today are being shaped by systems designed to capture attention at any cost: relentless algorithms, exploitative engagement, and endless exposure to harmful content that they are not seeking out,” Meghan told the crowd (via Radar Online), adding:
“Each name belonged to a child who was loved beyond measure. A child whose laughter once filled a kitchen.
“Whose shoes once waited by a front door. Whose future once felt limitless. Now their faces ask the world questions we can no longer avoid.
“We are seeing new forms of harm emerge faster than our systems are prepared to respond, affecting children at an alarming scale and across borders.”
The Duchess of Sussex concluded her remarks by reminding the audience that destructive advances in technology need not be regarded as inevitable:
“But these outcomes are not inevitable, and prevention begins with one simple principle: children must be safe by design, not safe by chance.
“Because danger now travels globally — instantly, invisibly, intimately. And our protections must do the same.”
Critics were quick to run Meghan’s remarks through AI detection software, with many concluding that Meghan had help in writing her speech:
“There’s been a flood of commentary on forums from people insisting they ran parts of Meghan’s address through AI detection systems like ChatGPT analyzers and other large language model tools because the wording felt unusually polished, repetitive and rhythmically structured,” a source twlls Radar, adding:
“Some critics are convinced it carried the hallmarks of AI-assisted drafting, whether that came directly from Meghan herself or from advisers helping craft the speech.
“What many people find deeply ironic is that the entire appearance centered on warning about the dangers of rapidly evolving technology and artificial intelligence potentially harming society, while critics are now accusing the speech itself of sounding algorithmically generated. Fairly or unfairly, that contradiction has become a major talking point online.”
A different source noted that Meghan didn’t gain fame as a speechwriter.
Therefore, she likely had some help composing her remarks, and somewhere along the line, a digital assistant may have played a role:
“It would be extremely unusual for somebody in Meghan’s position to prepare an address like this entirely alone, especially for a global event involving the WHO,” said the second insider, adding:
“Most public figures now use some degree of technological assistance during drafting, whether that means speechwriting software, AI-assisted editing tools or communications teams refining language for impact and clarity.”
“The controversy probably says as much about public suspicion toward AI as it does about Meghan herself. But because she specifically highlighted the risks posed by artificial intelligence during the speech, critics immediately seized on the possibility that similar tools may have helped shape the message she delivered.
In all likelihood, we’re entering an age in which every competent piece of writing will be subjected suspicion of AI use.
So did Meghan have any help drafting her remarks? It’s entirely possible. But that doesn’t make the sentiment behind them any less sincere.
Meghan Markle Accused of Using AI to Write Speech Warning of Dangers of AI was originally published on The Hollywood Gossip.
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