Trump Had Wild Plan for Kanye West to Lead WH Church Service
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Trump Had Wild Plan for Kanye West to Lead WH Church Service

Top Stories Tamfitronics “This is gonna be dark,” Trump’s former spokesperson warned before revealing the previously unknown story.UpdatedJul. 24, 20242:25PM EDT/PublishedJul. 24, 20242:09PM EDTRon Sachs/Consolidated News Pictures/Getty ImagesAlyssa Farah Griffina co-host of The View who used to work for Donald Trump’s administration, appeared on Tuesday’s episode of Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen. And when a guest asked her, “What was the wildest thing that you still cannot believe came across your desk when you were special assistant to Trump in the White House?” she replied, “This is gonna be dark.” “One day, wanted to have Kanye West come and do a church service on the White House lawn to unify the country,” Farah Griffin revealed, “and I can think of few things less unifying than that. We were like, ‘not...
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Inside the rebuilding of the Notre-Dame Cathedral, 5 years after devastating fire
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Inside the rebuilding of the Notre-Dame Cathedral, 5 years after devastating fire

Top Stories Tamfitronics World·PhotosOver the last several years, few outside the organization tasked with rebuilding the Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris have been allowed onto the construction site and up onto the scaffolding. But, months ahead of the official reopening to the public, CBC News obtained rare permission to do just that.Months ahead of the official public reopening, CBC News obtained rare permission to tour the siteCBC News · Posted: Jul 24, 2024 10:00 AM EDT | Last Updated: 5 hours agoScaffolding over the Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris, which is being rebuilt, in June 2024. (Stephanie Jenzer/CBC)With just days to go until the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games in Paris, many people may be casting their minds back to more than five years ago, when the city's treasured Notre-Dame Cathedral was engulfed in flames.It...
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Safeguarding the heartbeat: Native Americans in Upper Midwest protect their drumming tradition
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Safeguarding the heartbeat: Native Americans in Upper Midwest protect their drumming tradition

Top Stories Tamfitronics HINCKLEY, Minn. (AP) — At summertime social powwows and spiritual ceremonies throughout the Upper Midwest, Native Americans are gathering around singers seated at big, resonant drums to dance, celebrate and connect with their ancestral culture.“I grew up singing my entire life, and I was always taught that dewe’igan is the heartbeat of our people,” said Jakob Wilson, 19, using the Ojibwe term for drum that’s rooted in the words for heart and sound. “The absolute power and feeling that comes off of the drum and the singers around it is incredible.”Wilson has led the drum group at Hinckley-Finlayson High School. In 2023, Wilson’s senior year, they were invited to drum and sing at graduation. But this year, when his younger sister Kaiya graduated, the school board barred them from performing at the...
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