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‘Crickets’ as Todd Blanche just hours away from violating judge’s order
Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche is just hours away from violating a judge’s order on President Donald Trump’s January 6 slush fund after thumbing his nose at it for weeks. U.S. District Judge Leonie Brinkema gave Blanche and Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent until Friday afternoon to file sworn declarations confirming the $1.776 billion Anti-Weaponization Fund…
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Senators Urge FCC to Prevent Paramount-WB Merger From Closing During Pending Foreign Ownership Review
Three Democratic Senators are urging FCC Chairman Brendan Carr to prevent the $110 billion Paramount-Warner Bros. Discovery merger from closing until its pending foreign ownership review can be completed. Paramount has maintained that the “indirect foreign ownership of equity interests” in the combined company will be 49.5% and will not result in a transfer of…
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What Americans think about Trump’s handling of Iran, according to a new AP-NORC poll
WASHINGTON — Most Americans continue to disapprove of how President Trump is handling Iran, while his overall presidential approval holds steady, according to a new AP-NORC poll that was conducted as he suggested a deal with Iran had been reached. The poll points to just how unpopular the war, which began Feb. 28, has been with Americans…
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Torrent of awful reviews drowns JD Vance’s new book: ‘Reads like garbage can’
Vice President JD Vance’s new book was released this week to reviews from professional critics that did not hold back – with The Wall Street Journal arguing it was filled with “egregious sloppiness.” The amateur critics took it even further, flooding the book’s page on the Barnes & Noble website with one-star reviews. “This book…
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Kirsten Gillibrand’s 22-year-old son raises $30M for trading startup as Dem champions crypto in DC
The 22-year-old son of Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) — one of Capitol Hill’s most prominent boosters of cryptocurrency legislation — has reportedly raised $30 million to launch a derivatives exchange startup that is already valued at $300 million. Theodore Gillibrand, whose mother has emerged as a leading advocate for crypto regulation and stablecoin legislation, secured…
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Controversial video of Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs inviting then-12-year-old Daveigh Chase to ‘after-party’ resurfaces after actress’ death
A controversial video showing Sean “Diddy” Combs inviting a preteen Daveigh Chase to an “after-party” has resurfaced in the wake of the former child star’s tragic death. Chase — who was homeless and struggling with addiction when she died Tuesday at the age of 35 — was 12 years old when Combs, who was 33…
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The best Trump can do with his Iran deal is to blame it on Vance
Donald Trump has been the greatest, most clear-eyed and most transformative foreign policy president of my lifetime. But Trump is also the famed businessman who wrote “The Art of the Deal” four decades ago. There has therefore always been the risk that the president’s novel and often-unorthodox approach to foreign policy could be subsumed by…
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‘It’s a gusher’: Trump’s telling quote in exit interview flagged after Iran deal
President Donald Trump sat down for nearly half an hour with Axios correspondent Marc Caputo after signing a memorandum of understanding to wind down the Iran war — and that reporter flagged one particular statement that stood out to him. The 80-year-old president acknowledged that he negotiated an end to the war to avoid a…
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How to have the best Sunday in L.A., according to Patton Oswalt
Patton Oswalt is an avid reader. When he thinks about his ideal Sunday in the Valley, where he has lived for more than a decade, bookstores come up more than a few times, particularly ones like the neighborhood staple the Iliad, which encourages patrons to sit and read for hours. Currently, the 57-year-old comedian says…
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Italy’s prime minister cheered across world as she delivers ‘thrashing’ to Trump
A diplomatic firestorm between President Donald Trump and Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni sparked global reactions Friday. The prime minister acidly denied Trump’s claims to an Italian TV network that she had “begged” him for a photo together during this week’s G7 summit and that he agreed because he “felt sorry for her.” Meloni claimed…