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Jennifer Aniston is no longer a single!

The iconic Rachel Green in Friends is officially in a relationship with author and lecturer Jim Curtis, after months of rumors and speculation.

A message that says it all

On the occasion of Jim Curtis’ 50th birthday, Jennifer Aniston wanted to mark the occasion in a very special and highly symbolic way. The actress, usually very discreet about her love life, published a tender, natural photo.

« Happy birthday my darling love », she captioned her post.

For fans of Jennifer Aniston, this gesture has a special significance. For several years now, The Morning Show actress has been fiercely protective of her private life, preferring to let her work speak for itself rather than her love affairs.

In choosing to share this intimate moment, she wanted not only to pay tribute to the man who now shares her life, but also to make their love official with elegance and sincerity.

Who is Jim Curtis?

Jim Curtis is an author, speaker and wellness expert renowned for his humane and inspiring approach to resilience. Originally from the USA, he has made a name for himself with his books The Stimulati Experience and Shift, in which he shares concrete tools for transforming hardship into strength.

A former healthcare executive, he reoriented his career after overcoming serious health problems linked to a spinal cord injury. His personal journey led him to develop a philosophy focused on balance, gratitude and inner growth.

Charismatic and deeply caring, Jim stands out for his ability to inspire others to regain confidence and energy.

No more rumors

According to several sources, Jennifer Aniston and Jim Curtis began dating in mid-2025, probably in the spring or early summer. Their relationship would have been discreet and friendly at first, before evolving naturally into something more serious.

Jennifer Aniston & Jim Curtis – what a cute couple pic.twitter.com/Uj3gnlGO6d

— CarolAniston (@jenanistoworld) August 9, 2025

The first rumors emerged in the late summer of 2025, after they were spotted together in Mallorca, Spain, on a boating getaway.

A few weeks later, Jim Curtis was seen at the premiere of the fourth season of The Morning Show, Aniston’s flagship series on Apple TV+, where he reportedly attended discreetly to support her.

So, although their romance was only recently revealed, it seems that Jennifer and Jim have been seeing each other for several months, in a relationship that has been built gradually, on a solid foundation of friendship, trust and shared values.

Jennifer Aniston hard launches relationship with hypnotherapist/life coach/author Jim Curtis:

“Happy birthday my love” pic.twitter.com/ZDNJVDK9Bf

— Pop Crave (@PopCrave) November 3, 2025

Some major red flags have been raised about potential conflicts of interest surrounding the financing of Trump’s «Ballroom Donors,» who collectively hold nearly $300 billion in federal contracts and face multiple federal investigations into their businesses.

Many publicly identified donors to President Trump’s White House ballroom have high-stakes business before the administration, ranging from billions in contracts to federal investigations of their companies, according to a watchdog group report.

— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost.com) 2025-11-04T01:00:13.232688247Z

According to a new report from a government watchdog group, cited by The Washington Post, many of the publicly identified donors behind Trump’s lavish White House ballroom have significant business interests before his administration.

«The same critics who are wrongly claiming there are conflicts of interest would complain if taxpayers were footing the bill.»

A shocking turn

While some companies hold billions in active government contracts and others are under investigation by federal authorities, more than half of the firms that donated to Trump’s White House ballroom have faced or are currently facing federal enforcement actions — including cases tied to labor violations, consumer deception, and environmental harm.

Trump’s controversial construction of a 90,000-square-foot ballroom took a shocking turn this month as excavators and construction crews tore down the entire East Wing of the White House to make way for what the president described as a “grand hall” — a ballroom reportedly larger than the White House itself.

Press secretary Karoline Leavitt defended the project, saying: «The same critics who are wrongly claiming there are conflicts of interest would complain if taxpayers were footing the bill.»

The full list of wealthy donors and corporations

Well, actually, after weeks of speculation over who was footing the $300 million bill, the Trump administration released a full list of wealthy donors and corporations financing the project, ending what had become one of Washington’s most talked-about mysteries.

The newly disclosed roster reads like a who’s who of corporate America and billionaire power players. It includes Amazon, Google, Meta, Apple, Comcast, Caterpillar, T-Mobile, and Union Pacific Railroad, alongside major energy and finance backers such as NextEra Energy, Booz Allen Hamilton, and the Adelson Family Foundation.

The list also features prominent investors and Republican donors, including Stephen A. Schwarzman, Harold Hamm, Kelly Loeffler and Jeff Sprecher, as well as tech entrepreneurs Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss.

Donors tied to federal contracts and investigations

Together, the group’s financial influence — and their deep business ties to federal contracts and policy decisions — has fueled mounting criticism that Trump’s “White House ballroom” is less a renovation project than a symbol of political favoritism on an unprecedented scale.

Among the top contributors with major federal business ties, Amazon, Booz Allen Hamilton, and Caterpillar Inc. stand out. Amazon continues to hold multibillion-dollar cloud computing contracts with the Department of Defense and numerous federal agencies. Booz Allen Hamilton, one of the largest U.S. government contractors, provides defense and intelligence consulting services worth over $10 billion annually. Caterpillar also maintains large-scale supply and infrastructure contracts with the Department of Transportation and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.

On the enforcement side, several companies on the donor list have faced investigations or penalties in recent years. Meta has been repeatedly fined by the Federal Trade Commission for privacy violations, while Tether America has been under federal scrutiny for alleged misrepresentation of its cryptocurrency reserves. Reynolds American, one of the nation’s largest tobacco producers, has been the subject of Justice Department and FDA investigations related to marketing practices and public health compliance.

These connections have intensified criticism that Trump’s «ballroom donors» include firms with both lucrative federal ties and ongoing regulatory troubles.

Tech, crypto and tobacco companies are funding Trump’s White House ballroom.The donor list includes several billionaires who have looked to curry favor with the Trump administration.

— Politico (@politico.com) 2025-10-23T16:10:46.095Z

Since returning to the White House, Donald Trump seems to have turned it into a full-blown home-renovation reality show, and his latest fixation, aside from the massive ballroom construction, seems to be the Lincoln Bathroom.

Trump posted dozens of photos of the Lincoln Bedroom’s remodeled bathroom, stating the prior art deco style was “totally inappropriate for the Lincoln Era.”

— Forbes (@forbes.com) 2025-10-31T20:10:04Z

«It was renovated in the 1940s in an art deco green tile style, which was totally inappropriate for the Lincoln Era.»

-Donald Trump

The president’s obsession

Donald Trump’s obsession with renovations has reached new heights as he floods Truth Social with updates, posting about one of his latest projects seven times in a single day.

«I renovated the Lincoln Bathroom in the White House.»

Trump first announced his newly completed project in the first of a series of Truth Social posts on the subject, writing: «I renovated the Lincoln Bathroom in the White House.»

«I did it in black and white polished Statuary marble.»

Inappropriate for the Lincoln Era?

The president began by describing the space’s history, noting that «it was renovated in the 1940s in an art deco green tile style, which was totally inappropriate for the Lincoln Era.»

Trump then explained the aesthetic he chose for the makeover:

«I did it in black and white polished Statuary marble.»

Trump concluded by suggesting that his design choice was historically faithful, claiming:

«This was very appropriate for the time of Abraham Lincoln and, in fact, could be the marble that was originally there!»

Trump then followed up with a rapid series of photo-only posts, showing the renovated bathroom from every possible angle.

As the images went viral on social media, many users pointed out that the new White House bathroom now looked more like one of Trump’s Mar-a-Lago suites than a historic presidential restroom.

The final post on the subject for the day

Trump shared several photos of the newly renovated Lincoln Bathroom on Truth Social in what appeared to be his final post on the subject for the day, proudly captioning them:

«The Refurbished Lincoln Bathroom in the White House — Highly polished, Statuary marble!»

Since returning to the White House, Trump has become fixated on renovations, treating the residence like his personal resort.

He redesigned the Rose Garden, overhauled the Lincoln Bathroom, and completely demolished the East Wing to build a ballroom reportedly larger than the White House itself.

Less than a year into his four-year term, no one is sure if he plans to stop there.

Host Miles Teller was hilarious as he played real estate hot shots Drew and Jonathan Scott taking on their "biggest challenge yet."

— HuffPost (@huffpost.com) 2025-11-03T02:06:43.509Z

After recently lashing out at Jimmy Kimmel and Stephen Colbert, Trump has now turned his ire toward another late-night comedian, Seth Meyers.

President Donald Trump has lashed out at yet another late-night TV show host for failing to fall at his feet in groveling praise.

— The Daily Beast (@thedailybeast.bsky.social) 2025-11-02T00:45:05.489345Z

In a fiery post on Truth Social, the president claimed he had watched Late Night with Seth Meyers for the first time in years and was appalled by what he called the host’s «Anti-Trump» jokes.

The post marks yet another instance of Trump publicly attacking television personalities who have mocked or criticized him.

«Why does NBC waste its time and money on a guy like this???»

The least talented person to “perform” live

Trump began his Truth Social post by attacking NBC’s Late Night host, calling Seth Meyers «the least talented person to ‘perform’ live in the history of television.»

The president then doubled down, saying Meyers «may be the worst to perform, live or otherwise,» turning what started as an insult into a sweeping dismissal of the comedian’s entire career: «Seth Meyers of NBC may be the least talented person to “perform” live in the history of television. In fact, he may be the WORST to perform, live or otherwise.»

The president escalated his attack, calling Meyers «a truly deranged lunatic,» a label he often reserves for journalists and entertainers who mock him.

«On and on he went, a truly deranged lunatic.»

-Donald Trump

Trump claimed he had tuned into Late Night with Seth Meyers «for the first time in years,» and said the host «talked endlessly about electric catapults on aircraft carriers,» prompting him to revisit one of his favorite grievances about Navy technology, the same topic he had recently raised in a speech to U.S. troops aboard the USS George Washington in Japan, where he bizarrely vowed to ban electromagnetic catapults and restore the old steam-powered systems:

«I watched his show the other night for the first time in years. In it he talked endlessly about electric catapults on aircraft carriers which I complain about as not being as good as much less expensive steam catapults. On and on he went, a truly deranged lunatic.»

Trump went on to ask, «Why does NBC waste its time and money on a guy like this???» questioning the network’s decision to keep Meyers on the air — the same kind of jab he has directed at Stephen Colbert and Jimmy Kimmel, whom he’s also accused of being biased and «anti-Trump.»

Trump ended his post in all caps, denouncing Meyers’s show as « NO TALENT, NO RATINGS, 100% ANTI TRUMP, WHICH IS PROBABLY ILLEGAL!!! » — a line that sparked widespread mockery online for its baseless and authoritarian tone.

The president tore into Seth Meyers in a weekend social media post.

— HuffPost (@huffpost.com) 2025-11-03T10:00:06.831Z

In what many have described as a heavily edited 60 Minutes interview, his first appearance on the show in five years, Donald Trump boasted that the network «paid him a lot of money» after a 16-million-dollar settlement with CBS News, which he had sued for allegedly editing an interview with Kamala Harris when she was running against him for president.

CBS seems to have bent to Trump on cutting a section where he bragged about a multi-million dollar payout from the network’s parent company.

— The Daily Beast (@thedailybeast.bsky.social) 2025-11-03T17:17:42.343727Z

Trump also pushed for more aggressive ICE raids while waving a document listing wars he claimed to have ended.

While the interview aired on 60 Minutes, some of Trump’s remarks, including those claims, were omitted from the televised segment and appeared only in the extended version and full transcript released afterward.

«You can’t have fake news. You’ve gotta have legit news.»

-Donald Trump

The CBS Settlement and Trump’s Media Grievance

In his first appearance on 60 Minutes in five years, Donald Trump revisited his long-standing feud with CBS News.

«You don’t have to put this on, because I don’t wanna embarrass you … But 60 Minutes was forced to pay me … a lot of money…»

The president boasted about a 16-million-dollar settlement the network reportedly paid him after he sued over what he called a «dishonestly edited» interview with Kamala Harris during her presidential campaign against him.

Trump said: «Actually 60 Minutes paid me a lot of money. And you don’t have to put this on, because I don’t wanna embarrass you … But 60 Minutes was forced to pay me … a lot of money because they took [Kamala Harris’] answer out that was so bad, it was election-changing, two nights before the election. And they paid me a lotta money for that. You can’t have fake news. You’ve gotta have legit news.»

CBS and 60 Minutes publicly denied Trump’s allegations in multiple news reports covering the settlement, maintaining that the Kamala Harris interview was edited according to standard journalistic practices and not in a misleading or malicious manner.

ICE Raids and a Hardline Immigration Stance

One of the most contentious moments came when Trump defended recent U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement raids that had sparked widespread outrage.

«No. I think they haven’t gone far enough because we’ve been held back … by the judges, by the liberal judges that were put in by Biden and by Obama.»

The interviewer cited footage showing ICE agents using tear gas in a residential neighborhood, smashing car windows, and an incident where a mother was pushed to the ground by an agent while clutching her child during an arrest, asking whether the operations had “gone too far.”

Trump shot back:

«No. I think they haven’t gone far enough because we’ve been held back … by the judges, by the liberal judges that were put in by Biden and by Obama.»

In fact, some of the judges overseeing immigration cases were appointed by Trump himself.

He added: «Yeah, because you have to get the people out … Many of them are murderers … many of them are people that were thrown outta their countries because they were … criminals.»

Data from Trump’s own Department of Homeland Security show that the majority of migrants targeted in recent ICE raids had no criminal record.

The exchange underscored Trump’s push for more aggressive deportations while blaming federal judges for limiting ICE’s reach, comments that quickly drew backlash across political and humanitarian circles.

«I’ve stopped six wars. I’m averaging about a war a month.»

-Donald Trump

A president of peace?

At another point, Trump held up a sheet of paper that he said listed the wars he had ended, declaring himself a president of peace. «I’ve stopped six wars. I’m averaging about a war a month,» Trump claimed, referring broadly to conflicts involving Iran, Israel, and other regions.

Fact-checkers later found no evidence to support most of those assertions, though his delivery, confident and dramatic, fit the showman style that has long defined his public persona.

During the interview, journalist Norah O’Donnell offered little fact-checking or pushback against Trump’s false or misleading statements, a lack of challenge that many critics quickly pointed out on social media.

WATCH: President Donald Trump's extended 60 Minutes interview cbsn.ws/3LghAAh

— 60 Minutes (@60minutes.bsky.social) 2025-11-03T01:47:31.406Z

Public outrage erupted over Trump’s over-the-top ‘Great Gatsby’ Halloween party for himself and his elite friends at Mar-a-Lago, held as he moves to cut millions of Americans off from vital food support programs.

The president’s already under fire for what critics describe as a bitterly ironic choice of party theme on the eve of 42 million Americans losing access to food support programs.

— The Daily Beast (@thedailybeast.bsky.social) 2025-11-01T21:11:37.507412Z

On Friday, Oct. 31, Trump hosted a Halloween party at his Palm Beach estate inspired by F. Scott Fitzgerald’s 1925 classic The Great Gatsby.

Videos of dancers and a martini-glass act go viral amid public outrage

Numerous photos show him seated alongside Secretary of State Marco Rubio, while several videos circulating online capture women in feathered costumes and flapper dresses dancing for his guests — and yet another video shows a woman performing inside a giant martini glass.

Many viewed the scenes circulating on social media as a stark symbol of the widening divide between the political elite and ordinary Americans, as federal workers went unpaid during the Trump administration’s shutdown and food insecurity continued to rise across the nation.

Trump’s Gatsby-like party unfolds as the government is still shutdown

The party came as the government shutdown entered its 31st day, and the videos quickly went viral on social media as criticism mounted against the president and his administration for cutting millions of Americans off from food-support programs.

Trump’s administration has been pushing to scale back the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), a move that could strip access to vital food support from millions of low-income families.

On the same day as Trump’s lavish Mar-a-Lago party, October 31, a federal judge from the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia temporarily blocked the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefit cuts and ordered the Department of Agriculture to use contingency funds to ensure continued payments for roughly 42 million Americans.

The timing of the extravagant Halloween party fueled public anger, with critics accusing the president of flaunting wealth and privilege while ordinary citizens struggle to afford basic necessities.

According to People, members of the press were initially allowed inside the event but were later asked to leave the premises, restricting media access to the rest of the evening’s festivities.

Sam Stein, managing editor of "The Bulwark," bashed President Donald Trump's Gatsby-themed Halloween party, saying it was an example of the "incredible and sad dichotomy" of the impact of the Trump administration.

— Raw Story (@rawstory.com) 2025-11-03T12:00:13Z

The arguments about Bidens age and competence began quickly into his last Presidency, but what about Donald Trump?

The definition of auspices is support and approval. President Trump supported the action,

In a bizarre statement to TIME, Donald Trump seemingly claimed that he greenlit the deadly pager attacks in Lebanon on Sept 17 and 18, 2024.

They let me know everything [happening],

Confusing statements

TIME magazine sat down with President Donald Trump for an interview published on Thursday, October 23, to discuss his Gaza peace deal, meant to broker a ceasefire between Hamas and Israel’s defence forces (IDF), but has seemingly done little to stop the senseless murder in Palestine committed by the Israeli government.  

During the interview, TIMEs’ reporter brought up attacks committed by Israel against the Lebanese group Hezbollah (a group funded by Iran, Syria, Lebanese diaspora, and in parts by Israel itself). Broaching the topic sparked Trump to blurt out a ‘fact’ that took the interviewer by surprise:

“All of those attacks were done under my auspices, you know, with Israel doing the attacks—with the pagers and all that stuff,” Trump, who was not the president at the time, but in the midst of his campaign against Joe Biden, told TIME. “They let me know everything [happening],”

He then added that “And sometimes I’d say no—and they’d be respectful of that.”

A deadly pager attack

It’s fairly clear that Trump was referring to the attack on Hezbollah in September, in which the IDF booby-trapped pagers used by the group. The attack, which seemed straight out of a special forces movie, killed at least 35 people, including children; thousands were injured alongside the deaths.

It was estimated that each of the rigged pagers had the strength of a hand grenade, meaning the vast majority of the injuries were to bystanders standing in the blast radius.

The first wave of pagers was detonated on September 17, with a second wave detonated the next day. The most egregious example being the detonation of a walkie-talkie during a funeral for four deceased bystanders from the previous day. The deceased being mourned included an 11-year-old child and a nurse, both bystanders.

The White House was seemingly forced to find some truth to the claim, stating, “The definition of auspices is support and approval. President Trump supported the action,”