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What's going on: Over the weekend, President Donald Trump said he is considering livestreaming the firing squad execution of former Army Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan, who was convicted of killing 13 people and injuring 32 others in the 2009 mass shooting at Fort Hood. “I know what the military would like to do, but I’ll make a decision,” Trump said on Saturday. His comments came one day after saying he “absolutely” supported Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s idea to livestream the execution. Vice President JD Vance said that Hegseth’s plan might not happen, and if it did, he wouldn’t watch it. As members of the Trump administration publicly go back and forth, politicians — including some Republicans who support the death penalty — and survivors of the Fort Hood shooting have criticized the idea. "I don't want this to be viewed upon as a spectacle, like a pay-per-view event, or like going to a basketball tournament," one survivor told ABC News.
Is this legal?: It’s not immediately clear. Execution by firing squad is legal in five states and federally, although the US military hasn’t put anyone to death in this way since 1945. But livestreaming one might not be; they are generally witnessed by a small group of family, legal counsel, government officials, and select members of the media. In 2001, a judge denied an internet company’s request to livestream the execution of Oklahoma City bomber Timothy McVeigh, citing the Federal Bureau of Prisons’ media restrictions. However, this situation is different because the government would be requesting the livestream. Given this, Hasan could file a new appeal in federal court — which might make its way to the Supreme Court — but he and his lawyers haven’t yet said if they will.
Related: Christa Pike Is Back in Prison After Botched Execution Attempt (NPR)
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Skimm Shopping is constantly on the hunt for new products, and as the season changes, the team releases curated lists worth a read-through. So in case you’ve been offline lately (bravo), here are the team’s newest guides:
The best ballet flats for fall. Shoutout to this pair that one editor wore all around Paris
Walmart launches that are, dare we say, chic
What the team is wearing, including a tried-and-true Quince cardigan
An in-depth review of a real-life matchmaking service, because we also hate swiping
Which popular Halloween candy recently had to update its packaging after facing a $5 million lawsuit?
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US News
And on Today’s Livestream
What's going on: Over the weekend, President Donald Trump said he is considering livestreaming the firing squad execution of former Army Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan, who was convicted of killing 13 people and injuring 32 others in the 2009 mass shooting at Fort Hood. “I know what the military would like to do, but I’ll make a decision,” Trump said on Saturday. His comments came one day after saying he “absolutely” supported Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s idea to livestream the execution. Vice President JD Vance said that Hegseth’s plan might not happen, and if it did, he wouldn’t watch it. As members of the Trump administration publicly go back and forth, politicians — including some Republicans who support the death penalty — and survivors of the Fort Hood shooting have criticized the idea. "I don't want this to be viewed upon as a spectacle, like a pay-per-view event, or like going to a basketball tournament," one survivor told ABC News.
Is this legal?: It’s not immediately clear. Execution by firing squad is legal in five states and federally, although the US military hasn’t put anyone to death in this way since 1945. But livestreaming one might not be; they are generally witnessed by a small group of family, legal counsel, government officials, and select members of the media. In 2001, a judge denied an internet company’s request to livestream the execution of Oklahoma City bomber Timothy McVeigh, citing the Federal Bureau of Prisons’ media restrictions. However, this situation is different because the government would be requesting the livestream. Given this, Hasan could file a new appeal in federal court — which might make its way to the Supreme Court — but he and his lawyers haven’t yet said if they will.
Related: Christa Pike Is Back in Prison After Botched Execution Attempt (NPR)
In Case You Missed It
Skimm Shopping is constantly on the hunt for new products, and as the season changes, the team releases curated lists worth a read-through. So in case you’ve been offline lately (bravo), here are the team’s newest guides:
The best ballet flats for fall. Shoutout to this pair that one editor wore all around Paris
Walmart launches that are, dare we say, chic
What the team is wearing, including a tried-and-true Quince cardigan
An in-depth review of a real-life matchmaking service, because we also hate swiping
Which popular Halloween candy recently had to update its packaging after facing a $5 million lawsuit?
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👖 Your jeans deserve a break. Fashion People can’t stop talking about this effortlessly cool denim alternative, which is just as easy to wear and precisely 10 times more expensive looking.
⭐ The season’s chicest heels all have one detail in common — and somewhere, your prom date is feeling very vindicated. Gold star for Josh.
✂️ Curtain bangs, it’s been real. Florence Pugh cosigned fall’s most polarizing haircut trend. Cue the (eternal) debate: Should we get bangs?
🫠 Millennials, avert your eyes: We’ve officially reached the Frosted Tips stage of the Y2K revival — and apparently that crunch is now worth embracing. Respectfully, no.
💄 Dust off your stockpile of 2010s lipsticks. Taylor Swift’s signature makeup look is having another moment. Which raises the question: Do lipsticks expire? Asking for a friend.
We’re calling it: We’ve reached Peak Josh Hartnettaissance — something you might’ve clocked if you’re a millennial who knows an odd amount about Pearl Harbor. Sure, the former teen heartthrob has had his moments over the last couple of years, namely as a “Grade-A Murder Daddy” in Trap (a movie we’ll be watching ASAP) and a nuclear physicist in Oppenheimer (did you also forget about this moment?). But after spending most of the past two decades “on hiatus from people’s minds,” the proud dad of four kids and five dogs (watch out, Robert De Niro) is suddenly everywhere. That’s largely thanks to Below (aka “Netflix’s answer to Widow’s Bay”) and Verity, the bonkers Colleen Hoover adaptation whose production somehow sounds even more unhinged than its plot. While filming Verity, Hartnett endured being “poisoned” (OK, severely food poisoned), an extremely concerning on-set diet, and an Anne Hathaway prank he described as “the most terrifying moment of the last 10 years of my life.” And that’s on top of his then-12-year-old goddaughter’s offensive comments about his age (we will never forgive her).
But the press tour? A delight. Mr. Hotnett “declared open season on overcoats” (men everywhere, take note), delivered History’s Greatest Freudian Slip while naming his favorite Taylor Swift album, and had the most relatable reaction to Drew Barrymore playing footage from his high school play (the words “panic attack” were used). Not to mention, there was the friend trio we never knew we needed: The Man Who Hates Trucker Hats and his Verity costars Dakota Johnson and Anne Hathaway. During the usual rounds, Hartnett discovered he was living Johnson’s dream (no, not being married to a Brit), revealed he knows nothing about basketball (Knicks fans, consider yourselves warned), opened up about cutting Heidi Klum’s merkin (words we never thought we’d publish), and educated 99% of Americans on “screeching in” — the interesting rite of passage for honorary Newfoundlanders, like Hartnett. As for what’s next? Something tells us it’s not the adaptation of Yesteryear.
Au revoir to another Paris Fashion Week. Of course, the runways gave us plenty to unpack (we’ll need three to five business days to process the “freaky footwear”), but we’d be lying if we said the clothes were the only thing we were watching. Here’s who had the best PFW, ranked.
5️⃣ Off Campus costars Mika Abdalla and Josh Heuston. Seemingly hard-launching your relationship at PFW? Kinda (correction: très) chic.
4️⃣ Nepo babies. These days, the catwalks are basically the nepo baby equivalent of a deb ball. But this year, the front row had more mother-daughter dates than afternoon tea at the Plaza. Case in point: Keri Russell and her rarely seen 13-year-old look-alike, Willa.
3️⃣ Olivia Colman. There will officially be no greater celebrity-on-the-runway moment than the wife of a wicker husband walking at Miu Miu. Designers everywhere, wrap it up.
2️⃣ Kristen Wiig & Co. An unexpected sighting of the World’s Favorite Bridesmaid™ in the Chanel front row would’ve been enough. But add in Pedro Pascal, Dua Lipa, and Nicole Kidman lip-synching to a certain Adéla song with Wiig? Hello, dream blunt rotation. We are ready to paarrtyyy.
1️⃣ Rachel Ojuromi. As in, the 22-year-old Nigerian “It” Girl whose videos stomping through the streets of Lagos caught the eye of Chanel creative director Matthieu Blazy — and led to her runway debut. Cue the Hollywood biopic.
Thank you, Marlins Man, for documenting your encounter with this “nice and friendly” couple at the Yankees game, who “got married in June in Italy.” Dua Lipa, we need confirmation that this was indeed your first hot dog and your first baseball game.
Slow Horses hive, rise up: Your favorite MI5 agent is finally getting her main-character moment. Well, kind of. In the new film Misty Green, written and directed by Chris Rock, Rosalind Eleazar plays the title character, a once-beloved Emmy-winning actress who’s now in her late 30s and can barely land a part on Law & Order. Things get worse when it turns out the man who gave her his beachfront condo has a widow — and she wants it back. That leaves Green with seven days to find a new place, book enough work to pay for it, and, oh, right, take care of her brother (Daniel Kaluuya), who shows up at her door after being released from a psychiatric center. And it doesn’t help that she’s an unapologetic party girl with a reputation for being “difficult.” But her luck may be turning: Jordan (Rock), a director who once fired her, thinks she might have what it takes to star in his Dreamgirls reboot. Add in Adam Driver as her sleazy now-and-then hookup and Anna Kendrick as her best friend — and you’ve got what some are calling “the Best Movie About Hollywood in Years.” Sorry, La La Land.
New to running? Admirable. These are the beginner-friendly sneakers we wish we’d started with. Unlike the brand’s typical Princess and the Pea-esque cushioning, this pair is lighter and more structured, so you can feel the ground beneath your feet. They also encourage proper alignment, creating healthier habits for what will surely become a long, storied running career. (We believe in you.) A mesh upper keeps your feet ventilated, and while these are ideal for road running, they work equally well on a treadmill. We’ve even been known to wear ours on intense errand runs — since the streamlined silhouette doesn’t scream running shoes.
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