The House reconciliation bill — officially known as the One Big Beautiful Bill Act — is extraordinary in how much it robs from the poor to boost the rich. Its tax cuts for the wealthy are financed by cuts to health care coverage (both in Medicaid and Obamacare) that will …
Read More »ABC News Suspends Journalist for Calling Stephen Miller and Trump 'World-Class Haters'
ABC News suspended senior national correspondent Terry Moran after he wrote a social media post criticizing Donald Trump and White House Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller, describing each man as a “world-class hater.” “Miller is a man who is richly endowed with the capacity for hatred. He’s a world-class …
Read More »Republicans Say They're Cool With Trump Deploying Troops Against Protesters
The U.S. secretary of defense has threatened to send active-duty Marines into the streets of Los Angeles to confront protesters opposing the administration’s detention and deportation of immigrants. At least three prominent Republicans don’t seem concerned about potential overreach. “The [Department of Defense] is mobilizing the National Guard IMMEDIATELY to …
Read More »Trump's Response to L.A. Protests: What We Know
President Donald Trump announced he is deploying 2,000 California National Guard troops to Los Angeles in response to protests against Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers arresting people the federal government alleges are undocumented immigrants. In his memo deploying the National Guard, Trump left the door open for the Pentagon to …
Read More »Watch Charli XCX Join Air for 'Cherry Blossom Girl' at Paris Fest
Saturday marked the one-year anniversary of Brat, but Charli XCX instead spent the day reflecting on a 2004 album as she joined French electronic duo Air for a performance of their “Cherry Blossom Girl” at Paris’ We Love Green festival. Charli XCX served as headliner at the Paris fest, but …
Read More »Sean Combs Trial: Second Mistrial Motion, 'Freak-Off' Audio and Peek Inside Mogul's Bank Accounts
Follow all our Sean Combs trial coverage The fourth week of Sean Combs’ criminal trial brought the second alleged sex-trafficking victim of Combs to the stand, a heartbroken woman who testified pseudonymously as “Jane.” Prosecutors have said they consider Jane a victim of sex trafficking by fraud, pointing to the …
Read More »Jared Leto Denies Allegations of Sexual Misconduct in New Report
Jared Leto has “expressly denied” the allegations of sexual misconduct toward women, including minors, in a new report. Nine women, including some who were then underage when they first encountered the actor and 30 Seconds to Mars singer, spoke to Air Mail about their experiences with Leto. One unnamed woman …
Read More »Jeff Hiller's Long Road to 'Minor Fame' Is Paved With Fabulous Stories
As the title of his new memoir — Actress of a Certain Age: My Twenty-Year Trail to Overnight Success — suggests, Jeff Hiller, 49, did not take the express bus to stardom. Best known as Joel, best friend to Bridget Everett’s Sam on the Peabody Award-winning HBO series Somebody Somewhere, …
Read More »Watch Olivia Rodrigo Burn Down the House With David Byrne at Gov Ball
Olivia Rodrigo welcomed David Byrne onstage during her headlining set Saturday at New York’s Governors Ball festival for a rendition of the Talking Heads classic “Burning Down the House.” Toward the end of her weather-delayed set, Rodrigo brought out the “legendary” Byrne, who immediately launched into the Speaking in Tongues …
Read More »Who Killed 24-7 Spyz Frontman Peter Forrest?
I t was the kind of tragedy that happens all too often in a city of more than 8 million: a body found, beaten and bloodied, in the back of an ambulette in a far-flung corner of the Bronx. Skeletal branches created a cathedral over the lonely vehicle where the …
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