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Joe Biden, in his first reelection speech of 2024, sought to focus the coming year’s theme on the threat that Donald Trump poses to American democracy. Tied to Saturday’s third anniversary of the attack on the Capitol, the speech also was intended to be a reminder of what happened that day, amid…

Media-wise, the 2024 Presidential election crosses the official starting line with debate season, and this cycle the contenders on the Republican side, including a multiple-indicted former POTUS, are looking to beat Democrat Joe Biden and take over the White House. But first they have to take on each…

The U.S. economy added 216,000 jobs in December, slightly higher than expected, while the unemployment rate remained unchanged at 3.7%. The latest figures confirm a surprisingly robust job market despite predictions of a recession last year. Previous month figures, in November and October, were…

UIPDATED with statement from RFK Jr gala organizers: The arguably greatest fictional TV POTUS ever is not endorsing the White House bid of Robert Kennedy Jr., and Martin Sheen sure as hell isn’t showing up as a warm prop at any RFK Jr fundraiser anytime soon. About a week ago, invites went out for a…

In what is expected to be a series of releases over the next several weeks, the names of a couple of former presidents and dozens more were revealed Wednesday as associates of sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein. Among the more than 180 individuals named in 943 pages of unsealed court documents, which saw…

UPDATED with debate field set: CNN said Tuesday that former President Donald Trump, former UN ambassador Nikki Haley and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis have qualified for their January 10 debate in Iowa. But only Haley and DeSantis will be participating in the event, as Trump will be doing some…

They were testing the New Year's Eve ball Saturday in Times Square ahead of Sunday's celebrations, but the real spectacle was happening on the streets. In a self-declared "heightened threat environment" since Hamas' murderous assault on Israeli communities near the border with Gaza and the butchering…

One day after former President Barack Obama revealed his yearly Favorite Movies list, he released a counterpart “Favorite Music of 2023” roster. One notable inclusion here is "Road To Freedom" by Lenny Kravitz from the film Rustin, which Obama had on yesterday’s Favorite Movies list. Rustin was…

There was no bullying involved in the Donald Trump cameo in 1992’s Home Alone 2, says the former president, responding to claims by the film’s director, Chris Columbus, that he “bullied” his way into the picture. "Nothing could be further from the truth," Trump said on social media on Wednesday…

Pro-Palestine protests at Los Angeles and New York airports disrupted travel today on one of the busiest days of the year, leading to a combined total of more than 50 people arrested between both locations. In Los Angeles, authorities declared an unlawful assembly Wednesday morning when a group of…

U.S. Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) has got a lot of problems with you Congress people. And today, you’re gonna hear about them. Paul has posted his ninth annual online salute to government waste as part of today’s Festivus celebration. His “Festivus Report” airs his grievances about an alleged “whopping $900 billion…

Hanging on the wall next to a picturesque window view of the White House grounds in Doug Emhoff's sunlit corner office is a handmade rectangular wood carving with the words, in all caps, "SECOND GENTLEMAN." When the husband of Vice President Kamala Harris and veteran entertainment lawyer took this…