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Barack Obama understands why Malia Obama wanted a stage name. When debuting her film The Heart at the 2024 Sundance Film Festival in February, the 26-year-old daughter of the former president and Michelle Obama opted to drop the last name Obama, instead using her middle name and going by Malia Ann. And according to Barack—who is also dad to Sasha Obama, 23—her choice didn't surprise him. "The challenge for us is letting us give them any help at all," Barack confessed on the Oct. 29 episode of The Pivot Podcast. "I mean they're very sensitive about this stuff. They're very...

Florida State is having one of the worst seasons in college football history. The Seminoles entered the season ranked inside the Top 10, but currently find themselves with a 1-6 record and coming off the program's first ever loss to Duke. Many would attribute this unthinkable collapse to the reneged bet of Twitter user @321nole, who promised to eat dog **** [ed] if FSU lost its second game to Boston College. The Noles did lose, but the owner of the account disappeared off the face of the Earth, seemingly cursing his program forever — or at least until someone took...

The New York Jets have fired coach Robert Saleh after starting the season 2-3, sources told ESPN's Adam Schefter. Saleh, who was hired by the Jets in 2021, has a 20-36 record as the team's head coach.

Kamala Harris is now predicted to win the US election after the odds took a dramatic turn during the televised debate last night, according to online betting exchange Betfair. Harris is currently the odds-on favorite at 20/21, having started the debate at 11/10, odds on Betfair Exchange show. It was a night to forget for Donald Trump, as his odds drifted out to 11/10, their biggest in the last four weeks.

Financial markets early Wednesday were moving in a way consistent with a reduced likelihood of a second Donald Trump presidency. Though a key inflation report was looming, cross-asset movements suggested who traders believed had won. U.S. stock futures were modestly lower. The dollar fell vs. major rivals, particularly the Japanese yen Bitcoin slumped by 2%. Trump Media and Technology which tends to move in line with the likelihood of Trump winning the presidency, skidded 15% in premarket trade.

There is a party atmosphere outside Britain's prisons this morning as criminals set free under Labour's controversial inmate release scheme praised Sir Keir Starmer for giving them their freedom. Those walking out from behind bars whooped and punched the air in delight before hugging loved ones, with some crowing they would be finally be spending time with their girlfriends - but not before going to McDonald's. Some were greeted by a cacophony on their release, with friends blasting out music and giving them new clothes, and some even spraying the former prisoners with sparkling wine to celebrate their newfound freedom.

Northern Illinois stunned No. 5 Notre Dame 16-14 with a late field goal by Kanon Woodill on Saturday. Woodill kicked a 36-yard field goal with 31 seconds left as Notre Dame couldn’t stop the Huskies after a second interception by Riley Leonard. It's Northern Illinois' first win ever against a team ranked in the top 10 of the AP Top 25.

A woman who changed her style to wear 1950s style vintage clothing has revealed men now 'treat her differently' since transforming her wardrobe. Brooke Stretton, 24, from South Yorkshire, became fascinated fashion from the 1940s, '50s, and '60s after watching the classic film Grease.

Florida State Seminoles fans are known for their football team, but they're also known for their ability to party. So when they arrived in Dublin, Ireland for a 'Week 0' football game against the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets, they brought that party with them from Tallahassee. Multiple tweets from fans at the stadium report that the Florida State fans drank the Aviva Stadium out of beer - or at least on their half of the stadium.

“The View” co-host Sunny Hostin has found herself at the center of a dispute between parents at the posh Ethical Culture Fieldston School in The Bronx over the conflict in Israel and the school’s reaction to it. Parents of Jewish children at the $63,000-per-year school have been appalled by incidents including anti-Israel graffiti on campus and a student — tormented by classmates with names like “ethnic cleanser” and “colonizer” — who witnessed a teacher giving a middle finger to a rabbi, according to his mother.

Small donors have contributed a whopping $46.7 million to Vice President Kamala Harris' presidential campaign in the seven hours since President Joe Biden shocked the world by announcing he would not be standing in the 2024 election. The figures, announced by the Democratic Party's fundraising arm, ActBlue, mean that Harris, 59, has broken the record for most money raised during this election cycle. 'This has been the biggest fundraising day of the 2024 cycle. Small-dollar donors are fired up and ready to take on this election,' the group said in a post on X.

Ex-MSNBC host Keith Olbermann called for CNN to fire one of their most prominent political commentators for juxtaposing former President Trump and President Biden in a way that put the Republican in a positive light. In the weeks following Biden’s widely criticized performance in the presidential debate, the president’s supporters have feuded with his critics who are calling for him to step down in lieu of another candidate.

Secret Service chief Kimberly Cheatle was shielded by her own officers after furious US senators pursued her down the corridors of the RNC, demanding she explain how a gunman was able to get a clear shot at Donald Trump. Cheatle was in the Milwaukee convention hall to oversee security arrangements on Wednesday evening - just hours after making a 'cover-your-a** call' to senators about the shooting in Pennsylvania on Saturday night.

French trade unionists are threatening to bring chaos to the Paris Olympics as dancers signed up to perform filed a strike notice just one week before the opening ceremony, citing low pay and 'glaring inequalities in treatment'. With just a week to go until the lavish boat procession down the River Seine, available tickets cost between £700 and £2,200, with hospitality packages more than £3000. Such figures for a ceremony lasting less than four hours have incensed the unions, who say that profits are not being shared with ordinary workers.

Startling video of a woman furiously screamed at her boyfriend in an airport has left viewers aghast, with many urging him to 'run'. The young woman and her partner are seen involved in an argument in the waiting area of Fort Lauderdale Airport, Florida. The woman yells at the top of her lungs that she 'hates' her boyfriend in an expletive-ridden tongue-lashing.

Thousands of protestors marched through central Barcelona this evening, waving placards and squirting holidaymakers with water guns in the latest expression of anger at perceived overtourism in Spain. Under the slogan 'Enough! Let's put limits on tourism', some 2,800 people - according to police - marched along a waterfront district of Barcelona to demand a new economic model that would reduce the millions of tourists that visit every year. Protesters carried signs reading 'Barcelona is not for sale,' and, 'Tourists go home,' before some used water guns on tourists eating outdoors at restaurants in popular tourist hotspots. Chants of 'Tourists...

Parliament has five new independent Pro-Gaza MPs - including Jeremy Corbyn - who won seats after squeezing the Labour vote in Muslim areas by campaigning for a Free Palestine. Barrister Ayoub Khan, who quit the Lib Dems over Gaza, is the new MP for Perry Barr who left Labour rival Khalid Mahmood close to tears in a defeat where he used TikTok to harness the youth vote. Local optician Shockat Adam also used Instagram and WhatsApp as he forced out Labour stalwart Jonathan Ashworth MP for Leicester South in another huge shock.

Ukraine is too corrupt to join NATO, the US is set to tell leader Volodymyr Zelensky in a major blow to his nation's security ambitions. The defence bloc will request at its annual summit next week, in Washington DC, that Ukraine takes 'additional steps before formal membership talks progress', a senior US official told the Telegraph. Zelensky has been pushing for NATO ascension after Russia's brutal invasion ends to protect itself from future invasion, as the pact compels its members to militarily defend allies if they are attacked.

Growing Democratic uproar over President Joe Biden's shockingly feeble debate performance on Thursday night appears to be turning into a full-blown party revolt. 'For Biden's own good and the good of the country, he should step aside immediately,' major Democratic donor and former hedge fund manager Whitney Tilson told DailyMail.com. 'The fact that it has now been three days and Biden has done nothing to reassure us confirms my worst fears.' Tilson has given the party more than $300,000 in recent years.

Celebrities have lashed out at Donald Trump, the debate moderators, and the state of US politics - but none were willing to claim Joe Biden won. The president and his predecessor faced off in the first of two debates in Atlanta on Thursday night on topics from the economy to immigration and foreign affairs. Biden, suffering from a cold, spoke hoarsely and appeared confused and sometimes incoherent at the start of the debate, but improved as it went along.