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UPDATE: Donald Trump called Kaitlan Collins “a nasty person” as she pressed him on his withholding of classified material despite requests by the National Archives to return them. The crowd cheered. Collins did not react to the comment, and continued to ask him about the documents. A number…

Fox News is facing another defamation lawsuit, this time from the former executive director of a Department of Homeland Security division tasked with monitoring the threat of disinformation. Nina Jankowicz sued the network and parent Fox Corp. in Delaware Superior Court. That’s the same venue where…

"Does the state want us to invest more, employ more and pay more taxes or not?" Disney CEO Bob Iger rhetorically asked today of the on-going attacks on the Mouse House by Florida Governor Ron DeSantis. "There’s .. a false narrative that we’ve been fighting to protect tax breaks as part of this,' the…

Sen. Bernie Sanders and California Congressman Adam Schiff tweeted out their support for the Directors Guild of America as it begins negotiations today for a new film and TV contract. "The 19,000-strong Directors Guild begins contract negotiations with the major studios today," Sanders tweeted…

UPDATED: Rep. George Santos (R-NY) called the 13-count indictment against him a “witch hunt” and told reporters that “this is the beginning of the ability for me to address and defend myself.” “The reality is, it’s a witch hunt, because it makes sense that in four months, four months, five months…

Mick Mulvaney, the former Trump administration official, has signed with NewsNation as a political and economic contributor. Mulvaney appeared on NewsNation’s political panel show The Hill on Tuesday, and also will offer commentary on special election and political coverage. Mulvaney served as…

(Updated with more details) A federal jury in Manhattan just found Donald Turmp liable today in the civil battery and defamation case brought by E. Jean Carroll. The writer claimed that that the one-time real estate mogul raped her in a department store dressing room in the mid-1990s. While not…

UPDATED: President Joe Biden weighed in on the Writers Guild of America strike, telling a gathering at the White House that he believes that writers should be given “a fair deal they deserve as soon as possible.” “I sincerely hope the writers’ strike in Hollywood gets resolved, and the writers are…

The staff of Los Angeles Times won a Pulitzer Prize on Monday for its stories that uncovered recordings in which City Council members made racist remarks. The recordings last year set off a furor at City Hall, leading to the resignation of City Council President Nury Martinez and other civic official…

Oklahoma Governor Kevin Stitt vetoed funding last month for the state’s public television network, a decision he says was triggered in part by content he has deemed “indoctrination” of children. Calling the Oklahoma Educational Television Authority an “outdated system,” Stitt said in an interview…

The Walt Disney Co. filed an amended lawsuit against Florida governor Ron DeSantis after he moved to void a 30-year theme park development agreement. In the latest round of a escalating battle between the company and the prospective presidential candidate, Disney cited some of DeSantis’ recent…

Newton N. Minow, who shocked the nation in 1961 by calling American television "a vast wasteland," died on Saturday at his home in Chicago . He was 97 and died from a heart attack, according to his daughter. Minow made his memorable remarks at a luncheon in Washington before broadcast executives…