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India Today
19-07-2025
- Entertainment
- India Today
Angelina Jolie not calm as daughter Shiloh moves in with rumoured partner: Reports
Hollywood star Angelina Jolie is reportedly facing emotional turmoil as her daughter, Shiloh Jolie, prepares to move out of the family home to live with her rumoured girlfriend, dancer Keoni to a report by RadarOnline, the actor is said to be having a hard time accepting her daughter's decision. Sources told the outlet that Shiloh has "temporarily moved in" with Rose, and that "they've been living there together for the last few weeks."advertisement'There's no way Angie is calm about this, she likes all her birds in one nest,' an insider was quoted as saying. "But she does have peace of mind because her children are always accompanied by elite security. Mama bear makes sure her cubs are protected, often by former Navy SEAL personnel.' Jolie, an Academy Award winner, shares six children with ex-husband Brad Pitt: Maddox; Pax, Zahara, Shiloh, and twins Knox and also suggest that Brad Pitt is concerned about the situation. While sources say the actor has no issues with Shiloh's sexuality, he is reportedly worried about the influences around her and is said to hold Angelina partly around Shiloh's relationship with Rose began in November last year. Recently, the pair were seen embracing outside a shared condominium in Los Angeles, further fuelling reports of their romance.- Ends
Yahoo
16-07-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
Gov. Tony Evers says the decision whether to run for a 3rd term is coming in a 'couple weeks'
Gov. Tony Evers has said for months he would wait until after the state budget is signed to announce whether he plans to seek a third term in 2026. Four days after he signed the budget in the early morning hours of July 3, the Democratic governor said his decision is coming soon and expects to announce in a "couple weeks." 'To me, there's two options. Thank God there's not 10," Evers on July 7 said when asked about the probability he will decide to seek reelection, after touring a Head Start provider in Milwaukee to highlight the budget's investments in child care. More: 55% in Marquette poll say Gov. Tony Evers should not seek a third term, but Dem support is high While Wisconsin governors are not term-limited, only former Republican Gov. Tommy Thompson has been elected more than twice. Republican Gov. Scott Walker lost to Evers when he sought a third term in 2018. Top legislative Republican Speaker Robin Vos said Evers would make up his own mind but he hopes to see a Republican governor elected in 2026. "I think Wisconsin would certainly be better served with a Republican governor who wants to work to enact and carry out the laws that we have passed as opposed to spending so much time fighting against what we are trying to do," Vos said. More: Gilbert: Should Gov. Tony Evers run for a third term? Here are his political pluses and minuses So far, only one Republican has officially launched a campaign for governor: Washington County Executive Josh Schoemann. Others are considering joining the race, including Whitefish Bay businessman and Navy SEAL veteran Bill Berrien. Republican sources previously said Tim Michels and Eric Hovde, former Republican candidates for governor and U.S. Senate, are also considering bids. If Evers, who is 73, decides against running, Attorney General Josh Kaul, Milwaukee County Executive David Crowley and Lt. Gov. Sara Rodriguez are among the potential Democratic contenders. Ana Kleiber of the Journal Sentinel contributed. This article originally appeared on Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: Tony Evers says decision on running again coming in a 'couple weeks'
Yahoo
16-07-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
GOP businessman Berrien discusses candidacy for governor
CHIPPEWA FALLS — Bill Berrien believes his background in manufacturing and in the military have prepared him to become the next governor of Wisconsin. 'A big part of leadership is vision, and seeing a better future, and being able to articulate and craft a plan to get there,' Berrien told the Leader-Telegram on Tuesday. 'I've always been a team guy, in Seal Team Six. It's the mindset of building a team, aligning the team, and leading the team.' Berrien, 56, a suburban Milwaukee businessman and former Navy SEAL, announced last week his candidacy for governor. He is the second Republican to announce a run. Washington County executive Josh Schoemann, 43, announced his candidacy in May, and he stopped at the Northern Wisconsin State Fair last week. A Republican primary will be held Aug. 11, 2026, ahead of the November 2026 election. Democratic Gov. Tony Evers, 73, has indicated he will announce in coming weeks if he will seek a third term. Berrien served nine years as a Navy SEAL and has been owner and CEO of Pindel Global Precision and Liberty Precision, manufacturers of precision-machined components in New Berlin, a Milwaukee suburb, for the past 13 years. Bringing back jobs to Wisconsin was one of the topics he stressed during the 30-minute interview. 'We want to help them create more value and capture more value,' he said. 'My vision for Wisconsin is prosperity for everyone, through work. Wisconsin needs to be open for business again. We need to help the businesses that are already here, and attract new businesses.' Berrien said both the military and being a businessman has shaped his character. Berrien served in the military from 1991 to 1999 and he served alongside U.S. Rep. Derrick Van Orden (R-Prairie du Chien.) 'It's about building America and hiring American, and taking the fight to China,' Berrien said during a Zoom call. He said President Donald Trump is having success with the economy. 'He's trying to take back Washington, and I'm trying to take back Madison. We should be the manufacturing powerhouse again.' Berrien was critical of the new 2025-27 biennial budget, and he contends the state has taken a step backwards in education under Gov. Evers. 'It does feel like the gears are in reverse under the governor's leadership with K-12 standards and the performance of students,' he said. 'Our schools need to be excellent, full stop. That needs to be the reputation. He was supposed to be the education governor, and education is going in reverse.' Berrien added that the state needs to set the pace on AI and make sure Wisconsinites benefit from those new technologies. He added: 'I think about the recent budget, and I think it shows why we need a Republican governor. There wouldn't have been a need for so many compromises.' Berrien said he started contemplating the run at the end of last year. So, he has started hitting the road to meet Wisconsin residents. 'I'm looking forward to all the conversations with meetings and chats all across Wisconsin. I like people and I like connecting with people,' he said. Berrien issued a press release Tuesday, announcing he has purchased about $400,000 in cable TV, radio and online ads. 'I think it's important to help define myself for listeners and viewers,' he said. 'I come from manufacturing, I don't come from the world of politics. My name is not front and center for most folks. Those ads can be little touchpoints. We can talk about Harleys, or shooting, or manufacturing.' Berrien is positioning himself as a staunch backer of President Donald Trump in his first ads of the race. They are airing statewide, but with an emphasis on Milwaukee and Green Bay, his campaign said. The largest number of Republican voters in the state are in the Milwaukee media market, and Green Bay is a critical GOP area, especially in primaries. In the ads, Berrien calls himself 'an outsider and a businessman just like President Trump.' Berrien says he's running for governor to 'advance the Trump agenda, shake up Madison and put Wisconsin citizens first.' The Democratic Party of Wisconsin issued a press release Tuesday, criticizing Berrien for expressing support for Trump's tariffs. 'Bill Berrien is so desperate to win Trump's affections that he wants to double down on the president's failed tariff war by slapping taxes on goods from other states like Iowa — this is a uniquely stupid idea that will further raise prices for Wisconsin's farmers and families,' said Philip Shulman, Democratic Party of Wisconsin communications director. 'While Bill Berrien may have the money to spend nearly half a million dollars on ads showing his allegiance to Trump, working families are trying to figure out how to balance their checkbooks as a result of Trump's tariffs, which will only get worse if Berrien is elected and gets his way.' While Berrien has shown support for Trump, some conservative talk radio hosts have questioned some of Berrien's older comments. Berrien criticized Trump's handling of the COVID-19 pandemic and said during an August 2020 interview with Fox Business that he hadn't decided whether to support Trump for president that year. In 2024, Berrien supported former United Nations Ambassador Nikki Haley's run for president in the GOP primary and donated more than $30,000 to her campaign. Berrien was also a member of the bipartisan group Democracy Found, which advocates for using ranked-choice voting and making primaries nonpartisan, but Berrien told the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel last week that he no longer supports those ideas.
New York Times
15-07-2025
- Sport
- New York Times
From Navy SEAL to NHL front office: How Wild's ‘big brother' teaches players to overcome adversity
Editor's note: This story is a part of Peak, The Athletic's desk covering leadership, personal development and success through the lens of sports. Follow Peak here. One day in January, a collection of minor-league hockey players from the Minnesota Wild visited the Navy SEAL base in San Diego. What they witnessed blew their minds. Advertisement A group of trainees was going through the unit's rigorous Basic Underwater Demolition/SEAL (BUD/S) training, designed, as the Navy puts it, to develop 'men of the strongest character.' There were barrel rolls in the sand, a blaring bullhorn and constant yelling from officers. The players marveled as teams of six carried a boat on their heads into the ocean and back. It was 50 degrees outside. It looked freezing. As he watched in appreciation, David Spacek, a 22-year-old Czech in the Wild's farm system, remembers thinking: 'I wish I were playing hockey right now.' Brett McLean, then the head coach of the Wild's AHL affiliate in Iowa, was behind the tour. It would offer some needed perspective during a rough start to the season. To help arrange it, McLean tapped into one of the Wild's secret weapons — a vital member of the front office who spent nine years as a Navy SEAL. Aaron Bogosian, 38, is technically the Wild's human performance specialist, but he considers himself a 'big brother' to the young players. His past as a SEAL is mentioned in the team's media guide, but that's it. He's tight-lipped about his time in the unit. Still, Aaron, the brother of 17-year NHL defenseman Zach Bogosian, boasts skills that help give the Wild an edge in making character assessments of young players, both ahead of the draft and when they arrive as prospects. His approach is part lived experience, part mindfulness. He has talked about the lessons he learned from 'hell week' with the SEALs and shared breathing exercises to help center struggling players. He builds relationships and tries to instill confidence. 'When someone believes in you, it does something to you,' he says. He focuses on mindset. He says many AHL players are capable of playing in the NHL, but need to dig deeper to find 'what they're willing to do to get there.' Advertisement His presence with the Wild underscores a larger trend in professional sports, where organizations have increasingly tapped into the life experiences of military veterans in hopes of bolstering their leadership and culture. 'What separates him from a lot of people is he didn't learn by a book; he learned by experience,' his brother Zach says. 'That's huge, to relate to people of all sorts. He doesn't walk around talking about military stuff. I think there's a respect factor and a mystique and mysteriousness about what he's done.' Aaron, who played four years at St. Lawrence and another four in pro hockey (AHL and ECHL), finds that there are a lot of similarities between the military and being part of a sports team. You're a collection of individuals who have to come together as a group for a common goal. There's adversity, challenges and pressure. That was Aaron's message that January day. The players heard speeches from instructors and watched 30 minutes of SEAL training. They noticed 'the bell,' which trainees can ring three times to quit. Aaron mostly sat back, hoping the prospects would learn about perseverance and toughness. 'It was so cool how you ask the people after, 'You think you could do that?' And they're like, 'Probably not,'' says goalie prospect Jesper Wallstedt, who was there that day. 'But everyone realized that, for the six buddies (training), I don't want to be the guy that let down the other guys. … You end up in that circle. 'OK, well, I'll do it. Maybe not for myself, but I'll do it for someone else.'' When Aaron defines character, he doesn't necessarily draw on his SEAL experience. Or his journeyman hockey career. He thinks of his father, Ike, affectionately dubbed 'Iron Ike Tyson.' The Bogosian brothers — Ike Jr., Aaron and Zach — grew up in the tiny, blue-collar town of Massena, N.Y. The family business, BC Cleaning, was a 30,000-square-foot warehouse behind their five-bedroom home. Their father, like his father and grandfather, was in the cleaning business, starting with clothes, then carpets and mats, mostly for commercial businesses. Advertisement This would be the kids' playground — but only after the work was done. If doing hard things reveals character, the boys had plenty of experience from an early age. They'd empty the Braun industrial washing machine, which held 600 pounds of mats. The building was hot. The mats were heavy. The kids would have to first pull them out, then often untangle them. Then they'd move them to the dryer. Rinse, repeat. 'We'd be doing that for hours,' Aaron says. While Zach became a notable hockey player — the No. 3 pick by the Thrashers in 2008 — Aaron was a grinder. He was a 6-foot, 190-pound hard-nosed center who topped out at 14 goals his senior year at St. Lawrence. 'Not the biggest guy,' Zach says, 'But played with a lot of heart.' Aaron never really got close to an NHL call-up, playing a combined 64 AHL games for Springfield and Peoria. But his experience helps him now relate to what prospects are going through — the growing pains, the struggles, the wondering if they will move up the ladder, or down it. When his hockey career stalled, Aaron had another calling in mind. Both he and Zach had always been interested in the military, having had a long line of family members who served. Aaron met a former Navy SEAL in Massena when he was 16, Tom Phalon, and 'wanted to be like him,' he says. By the time Aaron went through the SEAL training, he was in his late 20s. His pro hockey career was over. That year, in 2015, Aaron married Cassie, who had played basketball in Massena and met him in his senior year at St. Lawrence. Through Aaron's years with the SEALs, moving to bases in San Diego, Virginia Beach and Tampa, they had two of their three children, Isaac, 7, Tucker, 4, with Lusine (Lulu) arriving two years ago. Aaron's father, Ike, says his son always checked in when he could while on missions, even if the family couldn't know where he was. 'A lot of times you're in the dark about what they're doing or where they are,' Zach says. 'But you realize he's with the best of the best and that's who you want to surround yourself with.' Advertisement As Aaron was transitioning out of the SEALs in 2022, he was looking into what he would do next. He was stationed in Tampa, which gave him a chance to attend the 2021 Stanley Cup boat parade for the Lightning when Zach was with that team. Matt Hendricks, the current Wild assistant general manager and Iowa GM, got to know Zach through their time training together in Minnesota. He met Aaron and eventually reached out to see if he'd be interested in coming to speak at the Wild's development camp the summer of 2022. At first, Aaron resisted, telling him he wasn't a motivational speaker. But Aaron felt like it could be a good way to get back into hockey and make an impact. So he went. Before he officially came on board, Aaron was given a strong endorsement from Ray Shero, the late former GM and Wild senior adviser. Shero, a fellow St. Lawrence alum, had been a mentor to Aaron. He urged Wild president of hockey operations and GM Bill Guerin to bring Aaron in, telling him: 'It's a no-brainer.' The first time Carson Lambos, a lanky defense prospect, met Aaron was during his introductory talk at the 2022 development camp. The story Aaron told that day was about 'hell week' during training with the SEALs. Aaron was 28 at the time, and many of the other trainees were in their late teens or early 20s. They were in the middle of the legendary boat drill, where six SEALs carry a boat (with their heads) up and down the beach, into the water and back. Aaron got banged up but fought his way through it. 'The message was, 'Either you're pulling the boat down … or you're carrying it and doing your part,'' Lambos recalls. 'Either you're hurting the team or you're helping the team. You don't want to quit. You don't want to be the dead weight.' Aaron doesn't only lean on military anecdotes. He talks about his career in pro hockey, about growing up in Massena as a descendant of Armenian immigrants. He also taps into his education, having a master's in strategic leadership and working toward another in sports psychology. He's working on getting his CMPC (certified mental performance coaching certificate), as well. Advertisement 'Everything I'm saying to them is based off my experience,' Aaron says. 'How I approached something that was going to be hard, or my mentality going through it. I tell them, 'This is what I do,' give them something else to think about.' Some common themes are not focusing on the past (like a bad play, bad game) but on the process. He'll talk about understanding that pressure is a privilege, not a burden. 'You have that pressure on you because people believe in you,' he says. 'You're in that moment for a reason.' Lambos needed the advice. The 2021 first-round pick was struggling in his first couple of years in pro hockey. Call-ups weren't coming. He got a lot out of his talks with Aaron, which usually came casually in the hallways in Wells Fargo Arena or over lunch. They went over breathing exercises and Aaron gave him book suggestions. 'You're worrying when things aren't going well, or, 'I haven't been called up,' or, 'I didn't play good last night — where does that put me in management's eyes?'' Lambos says. 'You get caught up in that and are thinking, 'If I don't do this by this time, it's going to be worse for me.' That's just a lot of wasted energy. I was guilty of it last year a lot. (Aaron's) big thing is about being present and staying within the game. You make a mistake? What's done is done. Be ready for your next shift and don't be afraid to make plays.' Aaron spent four or five days around Iowa with Marco Rossi during the 2022-23 season. Rossi had been sent down after managing to score just one point in his first 19 games that season. They'd have lunch one day, dinner the next. Aaron told Rossi to 'be where your feet are' and not to view going to Iowa as a failure. 'A lot of guys do, when you get sent to the AHL,' Aaron says. 'It's a tough pill to swallow. The NHL is the dream. So we were having him focus on just getting better and not focusing on getting back up. All those individual accolades, team accolades, come if you focus on getting better every day.' Advertisement Rossi rebounded with 16-, 21- and 24-goal outputs the next three seasons, playing 82 NHL games in each of the past two. Aaron says it's a credit to Rossi's work ethic, determination and resilience (Rossi missed a year of development due to COVID-19 and a heart condition). 'No one can question his resilience,' Aaron says. 'No one can take that away from him.' Aaron was a sounding board for Wallstedt during a season the touted goalie prospect called 'terrible.' He's made trips to visit forward prospects Riley Heidt and Ryder Ritchie. He's in consistent contact with Rasmus Kumpulainen, who played this past year in Finland. When Charlie Stramel was having a rough time during his second season at Wisconsin, Aaron would drop in and have lunch with him on campus. 'I was going through some tough, tough times, and I wasn't playing the way I wanted to play,' Stramel says. 'He was there for me in the aspect of using what he's known as a player and a SEAL, to just stick to the course. Do what makes you a good player. 'Love the game,' was a big thing we talked about. Enjoy the game and make the most of the opportunity.' Says Aaron: 'I'm really proud of the way he's dealt with everything. Being a first-round pick, people are always going to talk about you. People are going to say, 'He's a bust' or this or that. He's never with me showed it once. I don't think the belief ever left him.' Aaron enjoys that the bulk of his role is doing character assessments. Area scouts still do most of the on-the-ground work ahead of the draft, from watching players to doing individual interviews during the season. But Aaron helps give them a guideline for good questions to ask, and follow-ups, with the goal of identifying and measuring an individual's character. He thinks back to before Zach was drafted in 2008, when the Kings sent a handful of staff members to the family's home. They spent three hours there. 'That was the first time I thought about it, and I was like, 'I wonder if other teams do this?'' Aaron says. Advertisement Wild director of amateur scouting Judd Brackett says Aaron has been an invaluable part of the scouting staff. Aaron doesn't interview, say, 100 players on the team's draft list, but he'll go deeper once they narrow it down. He'll do one-on-one Zoom calls with players, coaches and billet families. Scouts can identify talent. What the Wild are looking for is whether there's a growth mindset. When a player hits a wall, how will he respond? 'The biggest thing I'm trying to preach to these guys on the American League team — they're so close,' Bogosian says. 'They're really close to the NHL. 'It's really what you're willing to do to get there. That's all that matters.'
Daily Mail
11-07-2025
- Politics
- Daily Mail
Political outsider Bill Berrien enters race to be Republican governor of Wisconsin
A suburban Milwaukee businessman, former Navy SEAL and political outsider is entering Wisconsin 's race for governor. Bill Berrien, 56, likens himself to President Donald Trump and is promising a 'Wisconsin First' agenda. Berrien becomes the second Republican to announce for the 2026 contest. Democratic Governor Tony Evers, 73, has not yet said whether he will seek a third term, but indicated this week he will announce his decision this month. But that didn't stop Berrien from taking aim at Evers in his campaign launch video, calling the two-term governor a failure who has encouraged illegal immigration and 'welcomed boys into our daughters' sports and locker rooms.' 'We [have] to get away from the six years of Tony Evers, where we're going in the entirely opposite direction. This race is extremely winnable. I can win it. I can be the conservative governor that is going to make this the Wisconsin century,' Berrien told Fox News in his first interview since announcing his bid. Berrien joins Washington County Executive Josh Schoemann as the only announced candidates for the race. This is Berrien's first race for office and it's the first statewide campaign for both he and Schoemann. It was Trump's winning the battleground state of Wisconsin that helped propel him to victory in 2024. Berrien called Trump's win 'historic' saying it reflected a 'shift across the board' among the Wisconsin electorate. 'It is the Republican workers' party – that's due to his leadership. I think we're gonna be building on that through this campaign,' Berrien said. In his campaign launch video, Berrien walks in front of a tank and footage of Trump is shown after he was shot as Berrien talks about having a 'fighting spirit.' 'I'm an outsider. I'm a businessman, just like President Trump and I'll shake up Madison like he's shaking up D.C.' Berrien said. 'He's taking back Washington. We need to take back Madison for Wisconsinites. 'When we think about the last 10 years, there has only been two candidates that have been successful on a statewide basis, Senator Ron Johnson and Donald Trump. We have on my team, leaders who've been part of both of those races, and we have the team to win this. We have resources, and we have a clear lane and opportunity. Let's make this the Wisconsin century,' Berrien said. Berrien promised to cut taxes as he accused Evers and Democrats of wanting to raise taxes. But just last week, Evers signed a state budget that cuts taxes by $1.5 billion. Berrien also faulted Evers for opposing mass deportations and vetoing a bill that would have barred transgender people from playing on girls and women sports teams. Berrien pledged to sign that ban. He also promised to increase wages, support police and make Wisconsin 'a manufacturing powerhouse.' Donald Trump speaks is pictured at a town hall event with former Tulsi Gabbard at the La Crosse Center arena in La Crosse, Wisconsin, last August while on the campaign trail Asked about Trump's One Big Beautiful Bill and the cuts to Medicaid, Berrien said he supports Medicaid work requirements and called the act 'wind in our sails for creating the Wisconsin century, making Wisconsin the manufacturing powerhouse to the world again. 'When you look at the business incentives for factory construction, investing in technology, investing in people, it's like a Black Friday sale for factory expansion, no coupons required.' Berrien also faulted Evers for proposing to change state law related to the legal rights of children of same-sex couples who are born through in vitro fertilization, sperm donors or surrogates. Evers wanted to replace the words 'woman,' 'mother' and 'wife' with variations or 'person who is inseminated' or 'inseminated person.' Republicans removed the wording changes before passing the budget Evers signed into law. A spokesperson for Evers declined to comment on Berrien's campaign launch. Wisconsin Democratic Party Chairman Devin Remiker said Democrats will be ready to defeat 'whoever Trump handpicks to do his bidding in the primary and emerges as the nominee.' Remiker said Democrats were building on their playbook that resulted in wins for a hotly contested state Supreme Court seat in April, the U.S. Senate race last year and the governor's race in 2022. Berrien served nine years as a Navy SEAL and has been owner and CEO of Pindel Global Precision and Liberty Precision, manufacturers of precision-machined components in New Berlin, for the past 13 years. He is married and has two children. Revitalizing Wisconsin manufacturing, restoring law and order and strengthening Wisconsin families are his top priorities, according to his campaign website. 'Wisconsin is the best of the country,' Berrien said. 'We make things, we build things, we work with our hands. My vision is we can be the manufacturing powerhouse of the world again. We can be ground zero for the success of the Trump-driven re-industrialization.' Berrien formed a political action committee earlier this year that has raised $1.2 million since April. Numerous other Republicans are considering a run for governor next year, including U.S. Rep. Tom Tiffany, who represents northern Wisconsin, state Senate President Mary Felzowski and two-time losing U.S. Senate candidate Eric Hovde, a Madison businessman.
