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Attorney Andrew Weissmann discusses why 'Argentina 1985' demonstrates that Donald Trump should be criminally prosecuted
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January 6 Prisoners Choir Single Featuring Donald Trump Charts At No.1
The new single, “Justice for All,” featuring former President Donald Trump and the J6 Prison Choir, reached number one on iTunes' top songs.
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Kaitlan Collins Expected to Take CNN's 9PM Hour After Trump Tangle
Kaitlan Collins is expected to get anchoring duties on CNN's 9 p.m. hour, after sparring with former President Donald Trump in a raucous town hall
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Donald Trump Repeats False 'Rigged' Election Claims at CNN Town Hall
Former president Donald J. Trump opened his CNN Town Hall by repeating false conspiracy theories that the 2020 presidential election was "rigged."
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'Succession' Recap: What Happened in the Election, Mencken's Speech
Justin Kirk breaks down Season 4, Episode 8 of 'Succession' and explains how Jeryd Mencken differs from Donald Trump and Marjorie Taylor Greene.
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Robert De Niro Slams Donald Trump at Killers Flower Moon Cannes Press Conference
Robert De Niro called Donald Trump "stupid" while discussing evil men at Cannes.
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Jack White Slams Mark Wahlberg, Mel Gibson Over Trump: 'Disgusting'
Jack White says celebrities should not be interacting with Trump and normalizing him.
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Rupert Murdoch Biographer Michael Wolff Calls Lachlan a 'Lame Duck'
'The Fall' author Michael Wolff on Tucker Carlson, Donald Trump, and Murdoch's retirement
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Univision Anchor Jorge Ramos Is Latest to Blast Trump Interview
Jorge Ramos, Univision's most prominent anchor, challenged his own network's decision to run an interview with Donald Trump that offered few rebukes
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Robert De Niro Says Anti-Trump Gotham Awards Speech Was Censored
A confused Robert De Niro claimed that his Gotham Awards speech was censored during the live ceremony on Monday night.
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Sebastian Stan Plays Donald Trump in 'The Student' Movie
Sebastian Stan is playing young Donald Trump in a movie titled "The Student" from Iranian filmmaker Ali Abbasi.
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Donald Trump Says 'Home Alone 2' Cameo 'Helped Make Movie a Success'
Donald Trump criticized 'Home Alone 2' director Chris Columbus for claiming in an interview that Trump bullied his way into the 1992 sequel.
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Trump Wins New Hampshire, Continues to Cruise to Nomination
Former President Donald Trump won the New Hampshire primary on Tuesday, as he heads toward a rematch with President Biden.
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Trump 'Did Nothing' on Music Modernization, Despite Taylor Swift Claim
Former President Trump 'did nothing' for the Music Modernization Act, attorney says, despite his claim to have made Taylor Swift 'so much money.'
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Jimmy Kimmel Jokes About Trump Bashing His Oscars Hosting
Donald Trump bashed Jimmy Kimmel's hosting at the Oscars, so Kimmel fired back at Trump live during the ceremony.
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The Potential Soldiers of A Second Trump Reign
The followers of Christian Nationalism want a theocracy. A chilling documentary suggests that another Trump presidency could help them get it.
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'Sopranos' Drea de Matteo Claims Celebs Support Trump 'Quietly'
Drea de Matteo says there are a lot of quiet Donald Trump supports in Hollywood.
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'Happiest Day of My Life'
E. Jean Carroll accepted the Truth Seekers Award and talked about what spurred her to go public with her rape allegation against Donald Trump.
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Trump Calls Bill Maher a 'Befuddled Mess,' Stephanie Ruhle a 'Bimbo'
Donald Trump wrote a lengthy post on Truth Social, calling out Bill Maher, MSNBC host Stephanie Ruhle and New York Times columnist Bret Stephens.
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Trump and Harris to Appear at Separate Univision Town Halls
Donald Trump and Kamala Harris have no plans to debate again, but they will appear at separate Univision town halls with Latino voters in October.
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Paul Feig Blames Donald Trump for Female Ghostbusters Backlash
Paul Feig says Trump supporters lashed out at the all-female "Ghostbusters" reboot in 2016 after Donald Trump called out the movie in a post.
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Donald Trump Pulls Out of 60 Minutes Interview
Former President Donald Trumpmyqs canceled an appearance he was slated to make on '60 Minutes'
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Kamala Harris Talks Trump, Abortion Rights, More on 'Call Her Daddy'
Kamala Harris appeared in a new episode of Alex Cooper's 'Call Her Daddy' podcast, where she spoke about Donald Trump, abortion rights and more.
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Jeremy Strong Calls Donald Trump Film a 'Frankenstein' Movie
'The Apprentice' Jeremy Strong calls the new Donald Trump film a 'Frankenstein movie.'
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Bruce Springsteen Calls Donald Trump a 'Tyrant' at Kamala Harris Rally
Bruce Springsteen called Donald Trump a 'tyrant' between performances at a Kamala Harris rally in Atlanta.
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YouTube Comments on Search Results for Rogan's Trump Interview
YouTube acknowledged searches for Joe Rogan's Donald Trump interview were not 'prominently' displaying the original podcast episode.
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Fox Business Host Sean Duffy to Be Trump's Secretary of Transportation
Sean Duffy, a Fox Business host and former Representative for Wisconsin, has been tapped by Donald Trump to lead the department of Transportation.
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Jon Stewart Blames Media for Scaring Americans About Trump
Jon Stewart says the media is getting Americans "shitting our pants" over Donald Trump's second term when we have no idea yet what it will look like.
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Ronny Chieng on Netflix, MAGA Jokes, 'The Daily Show' Under Trump
Ronny Chieng on his new Netflix special, including his MAGA jokes became relevant again. Also, expectations at 'The Daily Show' as Trump returns.
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24.6 Million Viewers, Down From 2021, 2017
24.6 million viewers watched Donald Trump's second presidential inauguration, down 27% from 2021 and 21% from 2017.
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Vince Vaughn Visits Donald Trump in Oval Office
The White House's official social media commemorated Donald Trump's visit with Vince Vaughn by sharing a parody poster for 'Wedding Crashers.'
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Trump's Tariff on Foreign-Made Films Faces Legal Hurdles
President Trump's plan to impose 100% tariffs on foreign-made films faces a number of legal and practical obstacles.
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Trump Names Fox Host Jeanine Pirro Interim U.S. Attorney for DC
Jeanine Pirro is exiting Fox News to become interim U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia, President Trump announced Thursday.
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Trump Whisperers Steven Paul and Scott Karol on a Foreign Film Tariff
Steven Paul and Scott Karol spoke to Variety about meeting with President Trump at Mar-a-Lago to pitch their plan to save Hollywood.
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Trump Mobile — The President Launches a Mobile Carrier and a $500 ‘T1’ Android Phone
President Trump and his family are getting into the wireless business, in partnership with the three major U.S. carriers.
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Charlize Theron Fears ‘Millions of People…Are Going to Die’ Because of Foreign Aid Cuts
Charlize Theron delivered fired up remarks Saturday about immigration, LGBTQ and women’s rights and the devastating cuts to foreign aid. “The world feels like it’s burning because it is,” the Oscar winner said at the fifth annual Charlize Theron Africa Outrea…
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Professional Bull Riders Accuses Dr. Phil of ‘Orchestrating’ Merit Street Bankruptcy and Forming New Company to Avoid Paying Creditors
Professional Bull Riders wants to know whether Dr. Phil led his Merit Street Media to file for bankruptcy in a “bad faith” move — while shifting assets into ...
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Locarno Takeaways, From Emma Thompson’s Savoir Faire to Why More Companies Are Using the Swiss Festival for Premieres to a Raved-About Retrospective
LOCARNO, Switzerland — Unspooling in sweltering humidity, Switzerland’s Locarno Film Festival, Europe’s biggest mid-Summer movie event, sometimes dazzled, led by an ebullient Emma Thompson. More than anything else, in industry terms, it underscored how major …
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‘SNL’: Every Cast Member Leaving Ahead of Season 51
There’s a shakeup at Studio 8H, as a handful of “Saturday Night Live” cast members have left the show ahead of its 51st season. The exodus began on Aug. 25 with the departure of Devon Walker, who wrote on Instagram that sometimes his time on “SNL” was “really…
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Nicole Scherzinger Is Ready for Her Close-Up: The Tony Winner on Movie Offers After ‘Sunset Boulevard,’ Turning Down ‘Evita’ and Why Christianity Gets a ‘Bad Rap’
Jamie Lloyd had tried once before to lure Nicole Scherzinger to the stage. Several years ago, the renegade British theater director pursued the former Pussycat Dolls frontwoman to star in “Evita,” but the collaboration didn’t work out for scheduling reasons. …
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Donald Trump Says He Has an ‘Obligation’ to Sue the BBC for $1 Billion: ‘They Defrauded the Public and They’ve Admitted It’
Donald Trump has said he plans to go ahead with his lawsuit against the BBC after it emerged they doctored footage of his Jan. 6 Capitol speech. Asked by Fox News’ Laura Ingraham on “The Ingraham Angle” whether he planned to sue, Trump responded: “Well, I gue…
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Donald Trump Rages Against New York Times Over ‘Hit Piece’ That Said ‘I Am Perhaps Losing My Energy,’ Calls Female Reporter ‘Ugly Both Inside and Out’
As Americans get ready to celebrate Thanksgiving, President Donald Trump took to social media Wednesday morning to dispute an article published by the New York Times that said Trump is showing “signs of fatigue” as the 79-year-old “faces realities of aging in…
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Trump Mocks George and Amal Clooney For Becoming French Citizens: ‘Two of the Worst Political Prognosticators of All Time’
Donald Trump took to Truth Social on Wednesday afternoon to poke fun at George Clooney and his family for becoming French citizens. He also made sure to loop in some of his favorite political targets: Joe Biden, Kamala Harris and Gavin Newsom. “Good News! Geo…
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French Government Defends George and Amal Clooney Citizenship: ‘They Contribute’ to ‘International Influence and Cultural Outreach’
Not everyone is happy about George Clooney and his family becoming French citizens. At the start of the year, news of Clooney’s French citizenship sparked criticism from Marie-Pierre Vedrenne, a junior deputy to the interior minister, who argued in a radio in…
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Japan’s Takaichi Scores Historic Landslide in Snap Election Gamble
Japanese Prime Minister Takaichi Sanae’s wager on a snap election paid off spectacularly Sunday, with her Liberal Democratic Party securing an unprecedented single-handed two-thirds majority in the 465-seat lower house – a feat the party has never previously …
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‘Yellow Letters’ Director İlker Çatak on Political Repression of Artists: ‘You Have It in the U.S. Too. Look at What Happened to Jimmy Kimmel!’
İlker Çatak, who was born in Berlin to Turkish parents, is back at the Berlinale with “Yellow Letters,” which unlike his last film — the Oscar-nominated Germany-set “The Teachers’ Lounge” — takes place entirely amid political repression in Turkey, even though…
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60 Minutes, CBS Sports, Inside Edition to Leave Longtime New York Offices in Real Estate Shuffle
The correspondents and producers who work at CBS News’ “60 Minutes” will soon leave the newsmagazine’s longtime New York offices as part of a consolidation of real estate occupied by some of Paramount Skydance’s best-known properties. “60 Minutes,” CBS Sports…
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Warner Bros. Discovery Declares New Paramount Bid a ‘Superior Proposal’; Netflix Has Four Business Days to Match
The board of Warner Bros. Discovery said Thursday it has determined that the latest offer from Paramount Skydance is a “superior proposal” to its existing pact with Netflix. The move sets off a four-day clock for Netflix to make a counteroffer to the nearly $…
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NBC Expects Savannah Guthrie’s ‘Today’ Return, But Timeline Remains Uncertain
The new normal at NBC’s “Today” is anything but. Anchors at the long-running A.M. franchise have grappled with many challenges over the years, ranging from personal health issues to talent transitions, but this past month has presented a set of circumstances …
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Why the Rehabilitation of Kanye West Says So Much About America
It’s hard not to imagine that, for around 140,000 people over two nights at Los Angeles’ SoFi Stadium last week, a sort of collective willful amnesia took place — as if the man onstage had never declared “Death Con 3 on Jewish people,” had never said “I love …
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Donald Trump Claims Apple CEO Tim Cook Once Called the President to ‘Kiss My Ass’
President Donald Trump praised Tim Cook, who’s stepping down as Apple’s CEO later this year, as “an incredible guy!!!” who had “an AMAZING career.” Trump also said the tech exec once called him during his first term in office to ask for help on an unspecified…
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Trump Media, Parent of Truth Social, Reports Q1 Sales of $871,000 and $405.9 Million Net Loss
Trump Media and Technology Group, operator of the social media platform Truth Social, reported a massive net loss for the first three months of 2026 and less than $1 million in total sales. For the first quarter, TMTG generated net sales of $871,200, up 6% ye…
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News Emmys: ABC, Nat Geo Top 2026 Wins, Thanks to ‘World News Tonight’ and ‘Trafficked With Mariana van Zeller’
ABC News led the 47th annual News Emmys with eight wins, including the top prize for outstanding live news program — repeating last year’s victory for “ABC World News Tonight With David Muir.” But coming on strong was a Disney sibling: Nat Geo, which won seve…
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Jon Stewart Slams Donald Trump as an ‘Incredibly Fragile Man-Baby’ For Storming Out of ‘Meet the Press’ Interview
On Monday night’s episode of “The Daily Show,” Jon Stewart slammed President Donald Trump for walking out of his recent “Meet the Press” interview in the face of relentless fact-checking from interviewer Kristen Welker. “Now, you could view this as the hissy-…
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Live Nation Discloses That CEO Spoke With Trump Before Surprise Antitrust Trial Settlement
Live Nation has confirmed that the company had several meetings with the Department of Justice and the Office of the White House Counsel before a surprise antitrust trial settlement, while its president and CEO, Michael Rapino, held a conversation with Presid…
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