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Trump sics ‘committee of inquiry’ on Lisa Cook after Supreme Court blocks firing
Donald Trump’s ongoing effort to fire Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook is headed for a White House hearing after the Supreme Court blocked the president’s initial attempt to remove her. Lawyers for the Justice Department and Cook jointly asked a federal judge Friday to put their legal battle on hold while Trump’s newly established “committee…
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Adam Driver Confirms He Won’t Return for Lena Dunham’s ‘Girls’ Reboot: ‘Best of Luck’
Adam Driver confirmed that he will indeed not be returning for the upcoming “Girls” reboot, following the series creator’s less than favorable recount of her experience with him on set. Lena Dunham reunited with the original “Girls,” Allison Williams, Jemima Kirke and Zosia Mamet, to announce a five-episode reboot filming 10 years after the end…
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Trump suggests Cabinet shakeups won’t stop at Susie Wiles in ‘60 Minutes’ interview: ‘Maybe a few changes’
President Trump signaled that former chief of staff Susie Wiles wonât be the only high-profile administration official out the door in response to the GOPâs brutal midterm elections. The commander-in-chief teased a potential Cabinet shakeup in a â60 Minutesâ interview recorded just hours before Wiles got the boot. âI do,â Trump told correspondent Ross Douthat…
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Halle Berry leaning on ‘incredibly supportive’ fiancé Van Hunt during ‘difficult’ child custody war with ex Olivier Martinez
Halle Berry has had fiancé Van Hunt by her side throughout her bitter custody battle with ex-husband Olivier Martinez. “Van has really been Halle’s rock through all of this,” a source exclusively told Page Six. “He’s been by her side throughout the whole custody battle and restraining order situation.” “It’s obviously been an incredibly difficult…
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‘More MAGA Cowbell’: WSJ laments Trump’s move to eject a ‘grown-up’ from his orbit
The Wall Street Journal’s editorial board said President Donald Trump’s firing of chief of staff Susie Wiles signals he will lean harder on loyalists and unpopular policies after the midterms, in an editorial titled “Susie Wiles Takes the Election Fall.” Trump fired Wiles on Friday and named deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller to replace…
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D.A. won’t charge L.A. anti-gang worker Skipp Townsend — but his son now faces a murder case
Prosecutors have decided not to file charges against a prominent South L.A. anti-gang worker, just days after he was arrested on suspicion of conspiracy to commit murder by Los Angeles Police and the FBI, a defense attorney and three law enforcement sources told The Times on Friday. But while 62-year-old Clifford “Skipp” Townsend was spared…
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Armed man arrested near White House leaves Secret Service ‘alarmed’ by threats: report
Secret Service officers arrested a man near the White House Thursday night after he allegedly said voices told him to kill President Donald Trump, per local reporting. The Department of Homeland Security told Fox News that officers approached Ronny Yordrix Guanipa Chrinos as he sat in a parked car on Constitution Avenue. Authorities said the…
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Thing 1: How ‘The Cat in the Hat’ Became Warner Bros. Pictures Animation’s First Movie
Bill Damaschke, the head of Warner Bros. Pictures Animation, a new division of the company (now under the overarching Skydance umbrella) that looks to develop original ideas alongside its deep bench of legacy IP, dug through some paperwork recently. He wanted to figure out when the deal between Warner Bros. and Dr. Seuss Enterprises, which…
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Los Angeles TV writer sues popular network over terrifying claims about knife-toting colleague
A former writer for FX has sued the network over workplace safety issues — including an alleged incident where she claims an “overworked” colleague brought a knife to work. Diara Bradley filed the lawsuit on Sept. 30 in Santa Monica Superior Court, alleging the company didn’t accommodate her disability requests, give her proper meal breaks,…
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‘Ellen DeGeneres Show’ producer Matt Wright’s cause of death revealed
Ellen DeGeneres’ producer Matthew Wright’s cause of death has been revealed after his sudden death at the age of 52. The producer — who worked on “The Ellen DeGeneres Show” for 16 years — died from cardiopulmonary arrest on Oct. 30, per a death certificate obtained by People. Hypertension was listed as an underlying cause,…