After days of public humiliation, and a chaotic 14th loss, Republican Kevin McCarthy has finally been elected Speaker of the House of Representatives on the 15th vote. Just past Friday midnight, the Bakersfield, California, congressman at last secured the votes necessary to take hold of the gavel, following a grueling …

In the 14th vote for Speaker of the House, chaos reigned. House GOP leader Kevin McCarthy had predicted that a vote Friday night would be the one that — at last — put him over the top to secure the speaker’s gavel, allowing the business of the 118th Congress to …

This post contains spoilers for the premiere episode of RuPaul’s Drag Race. Viral TikToks, silly twins and an Ariana Grande-judged talent show packed the two-hour premiere of RuPaul’s Drag Race’s fifteenth season on MTV Friday. With a $200,000 prize and a coveted crown in play, RuPaul introduced the franchise’s largest …

Trevor Bauer will no longer play for the Dodgers. On Friday, the Los Angeles Dodgers announced that the organization is cutting ties with the pitcher after an investigation into sexual and physical assault allegations made by three different women. “We have decided that he will no longer be part of …

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Kevin McCarthy was well aware he was going to lose his bid to become Speaker of the House of Representatives on the first ballot, three people with knowledge of the situation told Rolling Stone. What he was not privately predicting was that the beatings would continue for an entire week. …

Matt Shultz, the lead singer of Cage The Elephant, was detained by New York Police Thursday morning for possessing two loaded firearms at the Bowery Hotel in Lower Manhattan, NYPD confirmed to Rolling Stone. The musician was charged with criminal possession of firearms after police found Shultz’s guns — a …

On “Kill Bill,” SZA sings about wanting to kill her ex, not Taylor Swift. Get it right, stans! SZA clarified that she and the Midnights singer aren’t fighting after stans conflated the two artists promoting their music with the two women fighting. After thanking her fans for “copping” digital versions …

Matt Schlapp, the chairman of the American Conservative Union and organizer of the influential Conservative Political Action Conference, has been accused of groping a male Herschel Walker campaign staffer in Georgia. The Daily Beast was the first to report the allegation on Thursday night, with NBC News corroborating it on …

M aybe it was the excitement of post-lockdown celebrations or the simple triumph of getting through the worst of the pandemic, but the energy felt different at the 22nd annual Latin Grammys back in November of 2021. Thousands of people, dressed in shimmering gowns and slick suits, had gathered at …