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The decision to spin off MSNBC as part of a new company will result in the loss of NBC News as a partner, potentially a new network name, and maybe even new owners plus a different direction. Variety reported: The cable-news outlet could have to consider changing its name

U.S. President-elect Donald Trump attends the America First Policy Institute (AFPI) gala at Mar-A-Lago in Palm Beach, Florida, U.S., November 14, 2024.  Carlos Barria | Reuters President-elect Donald Trump on Tuesday pushed his fellow Republicans in the Senate to stop Democrats from confirming any more of President Joe Biden‘s judicial nominees. “The Democrats are trying

Nearly 100 House Democrats have written to the Ethics Committee to urge them to release their report about Trump Attorney General nominee Matt Gaetz. In the letter, the Democrats wrote: Dear Chairman Guest and Ranking Member Wild, We are writing today to request that you immediately release the Ethics Committee’s report into allegations of serious

Dr. Mehmet Oz, a former celebrity TV host and Republican U.S. Senate candidate in Pennsylvania, poses for a portrait outside a polling location during the primary election in Rockledge, Pennsylvania, May 17, 2022. Hannah Beier | Reuters President-elect Donald Trump on Tuesday said he would nominate Dr. Mehmet Oz — celebrity TV host and former

Trump’s announcement that he has picked Dr. Oz to run Medicaid and Medicare came with a paragraph that suggested cutting the programs. Trump announced: Here is the important part of the announcement, “He will also cut waste and fraud within our Country’s most expensive Government Agency, which is a

Nov 16, 2024; New York, NY, USA; President-elect Donald Trump talks with Elon Musk (right) during UFC 309 at Madison Square Garden. Mandatory  Brad Penner | Usa Today Sports Via Reuters Con President-elect Donald Trump will attend Tuesday’s launch of the SpaceX rocket Starship with company CEO Elon Musk. Trump’s planned presence at the launch

A hacker has gained access to the testimony of the underage girl that Matt Gaetz is accused of sleeping with and corroborating evidence of the alleged crime. The New York Times reported: An unidentified hacker has gained access to a computer file shared in a secure link among lawyers

Trump Media is in “advanced talks” to buy the cryptocurrency trading firm Bakkt, the Financial Times reported Monday, citing two people with knowledge of the talks. The news sent shares of both companies soaring. Trump Media, which is majority owned by President-elect Donald Trump, shot up by double digits minutes after the Financial Times report

House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) responded to Trump’s cabinet nominations by pointing out that America deserves better. Transcript via Meet The Press: KRISTEN WELKER: All right, let me ask you about another pick, President-elect Trump’s pick for director of national intelligence, Tulsi Gabbard, of course, your former colleague in the House. Here’s what Democratic

Local residents walk past destroyed houses in the city, approximately 10 km from the frontline, on November 16, 2024 in Pokrovsk, Ukraine. Libkos | Getty Images The Kremlin has lashed back against a White House decision to now allow Ukraine to use U.S.-made long-range weapons for limited strikes inside Russian territory. The decision, reported by

Joe Biden became the first American president in history to visit the Amazon rainforest. Some quotes from Biden via The White House Pool Report: “I’m proud to be here. The first sitting US president to visit the Amazon.” “The most powerful solutions to fight climate change is all around

President Donald Trump meets with China’s President Xi Jinping at the start of their bilateral meeting at the G20 leaders summit in Osaka, Japan, June 29, 2019. Kevin Lemarque | Reuters After a campaign featuring promises to slash landmark climate legislation, and a first term record that included pulling the U.S. out of the Paris

Sen. John Fetterman (D-PA) pointed to Elon Musk’s activities in Pennsylvania as moving the needle for Trump in the state. Transcript via CNN: TAPPER: Just before the election, you predicted on this show that the results would be close, but that Kamala Harris and the Democrats would ultimately carry Pennsylvania.

Booking photos for Heather Morgan and Ilya Lichtenstein. Courtesy: Alexandria Adult Detention Center. A man whose 2016 hack of Bitfinex drained nearly 120,000 bitcoin from that cryptocurrency exchange was sentenced Thursday to five years in prison for a money laundering scheme he and his wife employed to hide the swiped crypto. The value of that

Elon Musk at the tenth Breakthrough Prize ceremony held at the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures on April 13, 2024 in Los Angeles, California. The Hollywood Reporter | The Hollywood Reporter | Getty Images On Saturday, Elon Musk shared who he is endorsing for Treasury secretary on X, a cabinet position President-elect Donald Trump has yet

French President Francois Hollande delivers a speech as he attends the inauguration of the new ‘Sud Europe Atlantique’ (South Europe Atlantic) high-speed rail line, linking Tours and Bordeaux, on February 28, 2017, in Villognon, central France. Yohan Bonnet | AFP | Getty Images Former French President François Hollande underlined the importance of Europe sticking together in

Donald Trump has been saying for a year that he will allow Netanyahu to do whatever he wants, some American Muslim leaders supported Trump anyway and are now realizing that Trump isn’t going to help in Gaza. These quotes from Muslim leaders who supported Trump from Reuters are telling:“Trump won because of us and we’re

Pete Hegseth, host of Fox & Friends, at the National Council of Young Israel Gala in New York City. Michael Brochstein | SOPA Images | Lightrocket | Getty Images Police in California investigated Fox News host Pete Hegseth — who was picked this week by President-elect Donald Trump to be the next Defense Department secretary

Trump and the Republicans are racing the clock because recent history shows that they won’t have total control of the White House and Congress for long. Since the 1990s when one party controls both Congress and the White House, their total control of the government usually doesn’t last for long. The New York Times reported

President-elect Donald Trump and Argentina’s President Javier Milei at Mar-a-Lago on November 14, 2024 Courtesy presidential office of Argentina Self-described anarcho-capitalist President Javier Milei of Argentina became the first foreign leader to visit President-elect Donald Trump since he won a second term, arriving in Florida on Thursday to attend a gala dinner at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago