'Sopranos' Actor Vincent Pastore Dies At 80Actor Vincent Pastore, best known for playing mobster Salvatore “Big Pussy” Bonpensiero on the hit HBO drama series “The Sopranos,” has died at age 80, according to multiple reports.“He was such a great guy. He was always helping charities. He would help anybody,” manager Bob McGowan told The Wrap. “My condolences to his family.”The Bronx-born actor was found deceased at home by a neighbor Saturday, the outlet reported.Latest Live UpdatesTrump, 80, Takes A Break From Iran War He Started To Post AI SlopPresident Donald Trump, 80, is spending yet another weekend posting AI slop on his social media account as the U.S. continues its war with Iran.On Saturday afternoon, Trump posted to Truth Social several AI images, including one of him as Elvis and another that shows him walking with a grey alien. His posting spree also included an image of him kissing a statue of Jesus Christ, and another of him leading a battle in the Revolutionary War. Trump has never served in the military.Posting fake images has become a weekend routine for the president, who spent hours last Sunday posting AI slop, including one that called himself and the U.S. the “guardians of the world” for attacking Iran.Eighteen U.S. troops have died and another 624 have been wounded since Trump started the war on Feb. 28.Trump Still Blames Reflecting Pool Destruction On 'VANDALS!' Despite DOJ Saying OtherwisePresident Donald Trump is still blaming “VANDALS!” for the destruction of the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool that his renovations caused.On Friday, the Justice Department moved to dismiss a criminal case against a former Olympian who was accused of deliberately damaging the pool. But it’s Trump’s intended renovations that are to blame for its current state. “Given all of this newly discovered information, it is difficult to attribute the widespread damage to the Reflecting Pool to vandalism, let alone to establish that fact beyond a reasonable doubt,” said the filing from U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro.Despite the lack of evidence that it was vandalism, Trump is still determined to blame anyone but himself.“I disagree 100% with Jeanine Pirro, the U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia, on the Reflecting Pool,” Trump posted on Truth Social Saturday. “I don’t know what she was thinking? To me, it was a pure case of VANDALISM, that included the grass, which had a big 86 47 emblazoned in giant letters on it, and other elements of the surrounding area. There may have been some contractor difficulty, but the major damage was caused by VANDALS!”Justice Department Subpoenas NYT Freelancer In Effort To Reveal SourcesThe Justice Department subpoenaed a freelance journalist for The New York Times in an attempt to compel him to reveal his sources for an article about an unsuccessful top secret mission in North Korea, the newspaper reported Saturday.According the The Times, FBI agents showed up at the home of the reporter, Matthew Cole, to delivery a grand jury subpoena, which was issued by prosecutors in Newport News, Va.The subpoena, which the outlet wrote was not previously disclosed, is part of a broader pressure campaign from the Trump administration to investigate government leaks and target reporters in an effort to reveal their sources. Top U.S. General Warns Pentagon He Lacks Sufficient Resources To Protect IsraelA top U.S. military general in Europe warned Pentagon officials that he lacks sufficient naval forces to defend Israel against ballistic missile attacks fired by Iran and its allies.In a Washington Post exclusive, General Alexus Grynkewich, the head of U.S. European Command, had sent a written warning to the senior officials that saying that without another Navy destroyer he will be forced to protect the “homeland” over Israel, said the officials, who like some spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss the private correspondence.Read more of the Washington Post report here.Trump Threatens To Keep Todd Blanche As Acting Attorney General, Push Ahead Slush FundTrump asserted in his Truth Social post that he would keep acting Attorney General Todd Blanche in his current role and press ahead on the “Anti-Weaponization Fund” if Sens. John Cornyn of Texas and Thom Tillis of North Carolina refuse to back the former federal prosecutor who was key member of Trump’s defense team when the Republican battled four indictments.The administration needs their votes but both lawmakers have protested Blanche’s selection because of a lawsuit settlement that created a $1.8 billion fund to compensate people who feel mistreated by the criminal justice system and provided Trump and family members with immunity from tax audits.Read more: UEFA Says It Has Lost Confidence In FIFA's Infantino After Failed Private Equity Plan For World CupNYON, Switzerland (AP) — UEFA says it has lost confidence in FIFA President Gianni Infantino and that “no option should be off the table” as it will pursue a full review of his now abandoned plan to sell stakes of the World Cup to private equity investors.Infantino had proposed creating a $20 billion company to run the World Cup with private investors, but drew backlash that grew every day since Tuesday’s announcement.Read more: Jeanine Pirro Blames Department Of Interior For Her Failed Reflecting Pool CaseDistrict of Columbia U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro blamed the Department of Interior (DOI) for her failed criminal case against a former Olympian she accused of damaging the Reflecting Pool. In a new filing on Friday, Pirro said she was dropping the charges because her office had received information “showing that the damage was the result of a botched installation and not vandalism as initially represented by DOI,” which is helmed by Secretary Doug Burgum.Pirro also placed some blame on President Donald Trump’s demand that renovations on the pool be completed by the country’s 250th birthday on July 4. “The rush to complete the project led to hasty and botched work that was not remediated before the project was finished and the fencing removed,” she argued. After the return of the indictment against former Olympic canoeist David Hearn, Pirro said the DOI presented new evidence proving vandalism likely had nothing to do with the damaged memorial.“A recent visual inspection showed damage throughout the Reflecting Pool, even in the middle of the pool, where a vandal would not likely attempt to peel the lining,” the filing reads. “Given all of this newly discovered information, it is difficult to attribute the widespread damage to the Reflecting Pool to vandalism.”Pirro’s claims contradict her statements earlier this month, in which she confidently asserted that Hearn had intentionally caused more than $1,000 in damages to the pool by “forcefully and violently” pulling on the liner. “This is a case with tremendous evidence,” she said during a news conference announcing the felony charge against Hearn.GOP Vermont Gov. Defends Mail-In Voting, State-Run Elections In Defiance Of TrumpVermont Gov. Phil Scott (R) on Friday championed mail-in ballots and state-run elections, rebuffing President Donald Trump’s push for more restrictions on mail-in voting and his calls for Republicans to nationalize voting. Speaking at the National Governors Association meeting alongside North Carolina Gov. Josh Stein (D), Scott said mail-in ballots are popular among Republicans in Vermont. “We’re closer to our people and we know what’s right and what’s wrong, and we can control the elections,” Scott told NBC News’ Kristen Welker. When asked what he thinks of Trump’s suggestion that elections should be nationalized, Scott noted that the 10th Amendment is “clear on the role of the states in terms of elections. So I think that we should follow that and we’re closer to the people.”“I would hope that all, if not the majority, of Democrats would agree that this is ours, not the federal government’s,” he continued. “We were here before the federal government was, the states were, and so we formed the government. Now they’re getting bloated, and we need to protect our rights.”FIFA Has Scrapped $20 Billion World Cup Sell-off Plan, New York Post ReportsFIFA’s plan to sell a piece of its business empire to outside investors has collapsed following an open revolt by soccer officials worldwide and a major rift among top FIFA executives, the New York Post reported on Friday.The deal, in which FIFA had aimed to raise up to $4.2 billion by selling a roughly 20% stake in the group, valuing the new arm at $20 billion, is no longer active, the report said, citing four sources familiar with the matter.Read more:DOJ Moves To Drop Case Against Ex-Olympian Charged With Damaging Reflecting PoolThe Justice Department moved Friday to dismiss a criminal case charging a former Olympian with deliberately damaging the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool.Government lawyers said in a 20-page court filing that information provided since the indictment of David Hearn, a former slalom canoeist, shows that the damage was the result of a “flawed installation by the contractor” as well as “the rush to complete the project prior to events associated with the America 250 celebration in the weeks surrounding Independence Day 2026.”See All Updates