A fact-check from April 2026 confirmed it: the claim that Karoline Leavitt said Trump lacks enough intelligence to make decisions about Iran is false. The quote circulated widely on social media as a satirical dig at Trump, but it wasn't something Leavitt actually said in a briefing, its a fabricated line that gained traction around the time Trump was making disputed claims about the Iran war and his foreign policy record.
What Leavitt has actually said on the record about Iran runs the opposite direction — defending, not undercutting, the administration's intelligence basis. In one March briefing, she pushed back on a CBS correspondent questioning Trump's rationale for military action, insisting his decision was based on intelligence and a year of negotiations with Iran, and stated flatly that the president "is not making this up." So to clear up, the line makes for a good punchline, but it's not a real quote.

Lettuce prey... that's the question a lot of Americans are asking their salad bowls right now. Cases of cyclosporiasis... a nasty parasite-driven stomach illness... have exploded across the country this summer. Michigan alone has logged more than six thousand five hundred cases since late June. A state that normally sees about fifty cases... a year.
Health officials say the likely culprit is shredded iceberg lettuce. The F D A has tied part of the outbreak to lettuce served at Taco Bell in five states, and Taylor Fresh Foods has pulled iceberg lettuce grown in central Mexico off shelves nationwide.
The bug spreads through contaminated food or water... not person to person... and it's tough. Regular washing and disinfectants won't kill it. Cooking greens to at least one hundred fifty eight degrees... will.
Symptoms hit about a week after exposure... explosive, watery diarrhea... cramping... nausea... fatigue. Nobody has died in this outbreak. But a lot of people are looking twice at their lunch.

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"Inquiring minds want to know" is a famous idiom used to express a strong desire for information, often regarding juicy gossip or trivial details.

I was working there only recently and found more traffic, more tension and everything was a lot more expensive.

The short stay was trying to clean up a mess two years in the making. Nobody cared to follow the rules, so I was the fireman to the rescue.

Miami's cost of living now tops New York City's despite Florida's tax advantages. Miami, Fort Lauderdale, Palm Beach cost of living is 5 percent higher than NYC metro area.

THE WORLD CUP REQUEST TO PLAY IN AMERICA WAS MADE BY PRESIDENT OBAMA
In 2009 President Obama formally wrote a letter to FIFA supporting the U.S. bid to host either the 2018 or 2022 World Cup.
This year, following the games, an investigation is ongoing, and FIFA has not yet determined whether any players, coaches or the Argentine federation will face disciplinary action. Futbol superstar Lionel Messi sent a message to his fans, a day after the defending champions fell to Spain 1-0 in extra time at the World Cup final. Messi was left in tears and with his international future uncertain after he was unable to conjure up one more piece of magic to save Argentina. FIFA has now launched an investigation into Argentina for actions during and after their World Cup loss.

Beyond the blackouts, the run-up to this year's anniversary has been unusually tense. In February, a firefight broke out between Cuba's Border Guard and a U.S.-registered speedboat off Villa Clara province, Cuban authorities said the boat's occupants opened fire first, and five people were killed in the exchange, part of a broader pattern of friction Havana has tied to what it calls U.S.-backed infiltration attempts. That came weeks after the U.S. moved militarily against Venezuela and took custody of then-president Nicolás Maduro, a strike that also cut off Cuba's main lifeline of subsidized oil and deepened the fuel shortages.

Despite the hostility, Díaz-Canel has publicly acknowledged direct talks with Washington aimed at addressing the energy blockade, and Cuba has released more than 2,000 prisoners this year as part of that opening — though the fuel and power crisis has only worsened since, with the energy ministry confirming in May that the country had run out of oil and diesel entirely. Trump, for his part, has invoked the Monroe Doctrine directly regarding Cuba, and members of his administration have openly floated the idea of new leadership on the island.

So the Moncada anniversary this week isn't just ceremonial nostalgia — it's landing in the middle of live negotiations, a shooting incident with U.S. citizens killed, and the worst blackouts of the post-Soviet era, with real questions in Washington and Havana about whether the 67-year Castro-line government survives this round intact.

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