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Embattled Congress member resigns hours before Ethics Committee set to announce sanctions
A Florida Democratic congresswoman facing a mountain of federal charges and ethics violations resigned from Congress Monday just hours before the House Ethics Committee was set to announce sanctions against her. Rep. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick’s chief of staff confirmed the resignation to NOTUS, which came after months of mounting pressure from both parties to step down.…
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‘Lorne’ Filmmaker Morgan Neville on Capturing Comedy’s Slipperiest Genius – Sort Of
Morgan Neville’s new documentary “Lorne” zeroes in on Lorne Michaels, the famously elusive executive producer and creator of “Saturday Night Live,” which just celebrated its 50th anniversary and, in some ways, is just as much a part of the cultural conversation as it was when it first aired. But how do you make a documentary…
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‘I Dream of Jeannie’ star Barbara Eden mourns ‘sweet’ Patrick Muldoon after shocking death
“I Dream of Jeannie” star Barbara Eden honored her “sweet” former co-star Patrick Muldoon with a touching message after his shocking death on Sunday. “So saddened to learn about the sudden passing of Patrick Muldoon who I costarred with in 2019’s ‘My Adventures with Santa,’” Eden, 94, wrote on Instagram Monday. In her post, she…
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Chinese Workers Horrified as Bosses Direct Them to Train Their AI Replacements
For years, a buzzy Silicon Valley startup called Mercor has been hiring an army of desperate job-seekers — often including educated and underemployed experts — to train AI models to replace them in the workforce. It’s a grim facet of an AI-dominated future in which the business world continues to push for automation, hoping to…
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Warsh says Trump has not pressured him to cut rates, even as president calls for reductions
WASHINGTON — President Trump’s nominee to chair the Federal Reserve said Tuesday that he never promised the White House that he would cut interest rates, even as the president renewed his calls for the central bank to do so. “The president never once asked me to commit to any particular interest rate decision, and nor would I…
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‘Something fell apart’: Speculation swirls as JD Vance’s whereabouts in question
Speculation swirled Tuesday as the Trump administration offered conflicting accounts of Vice President JD Vance’s whereabouts, with President Donald Trump saying he had already left for Pakistan for peace talks with Iran, only for the White House to later contradict him. Early Tuesday morning, Trump told The New York Post that Vance was “heading over…
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FilmLA to Allow Some Projects to Skip Fees, Inspections With ‘Low Impact’ Permit Program
After months of research and focus group sessions, FilmLA has launched a new system for “low impact” film shoots, allowing some indie productions to get their location permits approved with significantly reduced fees and without having to wait for lengthy safety inspections. The program has been launched in response to Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass’…
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2 vehicles seized in fiery NYC car meetup fiasco as pol calls on NYPD for more patrols to end menace
The NYPD has seized two souped-up cars linked to a fiery weekend Queens car meet-up fiasco — as a local pol called on the department to beef up patrols and end the public safety menace, sources said Tuesday. Police impounded two Infinitis — one blue and one purple — linked to the lawless Saturday gathering…
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As U.S.-Iran ceasefire deadline nears, uncertainty hangs over possible talks
ISLAMABAD — Last-minute ceasefire talks between the United States and Iran looked uncertain Tuesday as a two-week truce was set to expire and both countries warned that, without a deal, they were prepared to resume fighting. U.S. Vice President JD Vance, expected to lead U.S. negotiators if talks continue in Pakistan, remained in Washington on Tuesday, a…
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Home state voters overwhelmingly approve of Noem firing: ‘She couldn’t hang on’
Any hope that fired DHS Secretary Kristi Noem may have about returning to her home state of South Dakota to pick up the pieces and run for office again one day likely expired on Tuesday. According to South Dakota News Watch reporting on polling conducted by the Chiesman Center for Democracy, roughly 3 in 4…