A federal judge on Tuesday declined to dismiss Donald Trump’s defamation claim against the BBC over edits made to a documentary about January 6th that aired in advance of the 2024 election. U.S. District Judge Jeffrey Kuntz rejected the BBC’s efforts to toss the case by contending that Trump lacked personal jurisdiction, as the Panorama […]
Filmmaker Pegah Ahangarani’s journey to make the award-winning documentary Rehearsals for a Revolution began with the discovery of a photograph. She was visiting her grandmother’s house in Iran when she came upon an image. In the photo, “I noticed a man who was standing next to my father, but his face had been scratched out. […]
Pete Hegseth, Donald Trump’s defense secretary and former Fox News host, appears to have survived an effort to impeach him. The House voted 211 to 204 to refer the impeachment resolution, essentially preventing it from coming to the floor. Absences impacted the ultimate outcome. Although Democrats overwhelmingly support Hegseth’s impeachment, the resolution was brought by […]
Ross Douthat was dynamite. The ratings — potentially less so. The new “60 Minutes” correspondent garnered many huzzahs for his interlocution of President Donald Trump on the show’s Sunday telecast, but viewership tied to the show fell notably from the previous week and from the year-earlier episode, both of which were boosted by NFL lead-ins. […]
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Late-night hosts discussed Trump’s interview with the ‘new, Maga-fied’ CBS program and Stephen Miller’s White House promotion Late-night hosts reacted to Donald Trump ’s strange interview with 60 Minutes and his unpopular promotion of Stephen Miller to White House chief of staff. Continue reading...
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Pete Hegseth held a rare press conference at the Pentagon on Tuesday to address a looming impeachment threat but also to lavish praise on the person whose support he needs the most, President Donald Trump. The press conference lasted just 30 minutes, and he primarily called on favored outlets on the right, including Real America’s […]
The late-night host also speculated on how Donald Trump will spend his final two years in office
The president told “60 Minutes” that he doesn’t want to go to hell. “America was like, ‘Then where have we been living the past three years?’” Jimmy Fallon said.
Following the 2026 midterm elections and the blue wave, Jon Stewart returned to The Daily Show. After gloating over all the Republican seats that flipped to Democrats, the Comedy Central host took time to react to Donald Trump’s 60 Minutes interview. On Sunday night, Trump sat down with Ross Douthat for an interview that left many […]
On Monday night’s episode of “The Daily Show,” Jon Stewart celebrated being back behind the desk for the first time since the Blue Wave swept across the U.S. during last week’s midterm elections, then promptly shifted his focus to Trump’s peculiar “60 Minutes” interview that aired Sunday. “Donald Trump headed over to the newly MAGA-fied […]
Donald Trump surprised reporters on Monday with an appearance in the White House briefing room along with UFC CEO Dana White, the source of much speculation after the president posted that he had offered him the job of press secretary. Once again, Trump said that he was “sort of kidding,” but just to make sure, […]
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President Donald Trump has said he was only kidding about appointing Ultimate Fighting Championship president and CEO Dana White as his next White House press secretary. Following the ousting of Katie Zacharia from the role, Trump wrote on Truth Social Saturday: “I am pleased to announce that the Great Dana White, a violent Fighter and […]
How did a Uruguayan medic who grew up under an anti-music dictatorship win a best song Academy award? As he looks set to scoop up more prizes at the Latin Grammys, we meet the extraordinary Jorge Drexler It makes sense that a Uruguayan doctor turned singer would write a song that begins: “Long live science! Long live poetry!” Guitar y Vos (Guitar and You) is also the first track that Jorge Drexler performs this afternoon at a music industry event in the basement of Madrid’s Movistar arena. The second is El Otro Lado del Rio (The Other Side of the River), which he composed for the Che Guevara road movie The Motorcycle Diaries. Drexler was still largely unknown when it won the best original song Oscar in 2005, so was not invited to perform at the ceremony. In a classy act of defiance, he delivered a short a cappella version in lieu of an acceptance speech. That’s how he sings it today too, solo under a spotlight on the stairs, before joining his band on stage. Backed by three drummers playing in the Afro-Uruguayan candombe style, Drexler turns a corporate lunchtime gig into a midnight block party. From his latest album Taracá – nominated for eight Latin Grammys at the forthcoming awards on 12 November – comes Ante la Duda, Baila (When in Doubt, Dance). While his lyrics list Spanish kings and colonial governments who have banned various forms of dancing over the centuries, the singer duly shakes his ass and moves us to do the same. Continue reading...
Donald Trump and Dana White are meeting Monday, but whether or not the UFC boss will become the next White House press secretary is not seriously on the agenda. A day after the former Apprentice host offered the “Great Dana White, a violent Fighter and Warrior” the still vacant mouthpiece position via social media, Trump […]
The president offers a few reasons why he believes the Democrats gave his party a crushing defeat last week.
In his first sit down interview since his midterm drubbing, Donald Trump insisted on 60 Minutes that candidates would have done better had he been on the ballot. He blamed voters’ dismal views of the economy on “bad messaging.” And he ran through a number of explanations for why he made $3 billion since the […]
President Trump told “60 Minutes” that he blames Republican candidates and the war in Iran for the party’s midterm defeat, and acknowledged that his mass deportation policy was “too tough.” Sitting down with correspondent Ross Douthat, Trump was also asked about corruption, UFOs, and his views of the afterlife. Douthat, a Catholic conservative, asked Trump […]
SNL booking comedian Druski post-midterms felt misbegotten in low-energy episode failing to capture historic ‘blue-nami’ Four days after the historic “blue-nami” midterms , Saturday Night Live opens at Democrats’ headquarters, where party leaders Hakeem Jeffries (Kenan Thompson) and Chuck Schumer (Sarah Sherman) celebrate, even as they vow to hold on to power in spite of the wishes of their energized base. Their toast is interrupted by the man responsible for Republicans’ shellacking, Donald Trump (James Austin Johnson). The president, who is “now lame duck”, accepts the results, “which is scarier in a way”. But he’s also resigned to focus on the ballroom , even as he laments having to work with millennial Democrats (this leads him down a long diatribe about the show New Girl). We get quick walk ons by a defeated JD Vance (Jeremy Culhane) and extra-aggro Pete Hegseth (Colin Jost), only for Trump to get a taste of his own medicine when James “Telefreako” Talarico interupts him. Texas’s new senator-elect speaks to one of the big issues of the day: “It’s clear people want something new, they want something different. I’m talking, of course, about SNL’s cold opens. How many of these Trump freezes are they gonna do?” Continue reading...
The episode marks the President's first official sit-down since Democrats flipped more than 40 House seats during the midterms
The Democratic senator-elect from Texas popped up to turn the tables on the show’s Trump impersonator, James Austin Johnson, in an episode hosted by the comedian Druski.
President Donald Trump is set to appear on Sunday’s edition of “60 Minutes” for his first in-depth interview since Republicans suffered sweeping losses in Tuesday’s midterm elections. The president is scheduled to sit down with CBS News correspondent Ross Douthat on Friday, with the interview slated to air Nov. 8. According to CNN, CBS News […]
Ten years after her landmark political documentary 13th, the film-maker delivers a follow-up on the 14th amendment – and the Trump administration’s attempts to dismantle birthright citizenship When I ask Ava DuVernay how she kept her focus while making her new film – or how anyone does, when the onslaught of news, fake news and disputed facts seems designed to overwhelm – she starts to answer, then stops. Her eyes have filled with tears. “I just got emotional, as you said that, because it was the film that saved me,” she says. “It’s been a very tough two years. I live in Los Angeles, and I’ve seen people in my neighbourhood pulled out of their cars. The lady who sells flowers next to my office was there one day, and the next day she wasn’t. People I know personally are literally hiding in their houses, like Anne Frank vibes … So when I would feel the rage and the fear, I put it into the film … And I just … I was doing something.” Continue reading...
"Going from Wiles to Miller is like trying to get through a dinner party by switching from wine to meth," Colin Jost jokes
The Texas senator-elect also took a shot at the show's reliance on James Austin Johnson's Donald Trump impression in his surprise appearance as he stood in front of the comic.
Following a busy cold open that saw Texas Senator-elect James Talarico overshadow Donald Trump and a monologue crashed by his future movie co-star Emma Stone, “SNL” host Druski — who made history as the first digital content creator to preside over the show (who had yet to achieve crossover success, a la Issa Rae and […]
The incoming Texas lawmaker embraces Trump's insulting nickname after his resounding win
Newly elected Texas Sen. James Talarico crashed this week’s “Saturday Night Live” cold open — in order to ask the question on everyone’s mind: How many more of these “Donald-Trump-freezes-the-action-to-ramble” cold opens is “SNL” going to do? Responded “Donald Trump” (James Austin Johnson): “Infinity!” Talarico popped up near the end of the cold open to […]
Out of a week that saw MAGA’s political fangs knocked out by a big blue sock to jaw in the midterms, Saturday Night Live tonight leaped into the ring and started swinging from the cold open get-go. In fact, they went Texas BBQ hot with newly elected James Talarico showing up. The Senator-designate mocked his […]
Donald Trump says he has offered the job of White House press secretary to UFC President and CEO Dana White, “a violent Fighter and Warrior,” in the president’s words. It was not immediately clear whether Trump was joking, trolling, both or neither. If White accepts the gig, he would fill the vacancy left when the […]
President Donald Trump has offered UFC President and CEO Dana White the White House press secretary role after Katie Zacharia was ousted in October. “I am pleased to announce that the Great Dana White, a violent Fighter and Warrior, has been offered the job of Press Secretary of the United States,” Trump wrote on Truth […]
James Talarico and Adam Hamilton ran on faith and won big. Democrats can thank the president
“Here’s something I could not have predicted, which was Trump’s reaction to the election. He said, ‘Congratulations to the Democrats, they did a good job,'" Maher said on Friday's 'Real Time' episode.
After Democrats celebrated a historic victory this week, Bill Maher is praising his favorite dinner companion for being a good sport. On Friday’s episode of Real Time, the comedian joked he “might get to go again” to dinner at the White House after he found Trump’s response to the blue wave “amazingly humble,” following his […]
While his HBO counterpart John Oliver issued an urgent warning about voting GOP during the midterms, Bill Maher spent the majority of his time in the lead-up to the critical election dining with the Trump at the White House (and then bickering with him publicly), conducting an embarrassingly softball interview with Trump’s former press secretary […]
CBS’s 60 Minutes landed the first sitdown interview with Donald Trump since Republicans midterm drubbing, and a natural question was whether he expected to fire anyone. “I do,” Trump told correspondent Ross Douthat. “I’ll be making a few changes. I don’t want to mention who,” Trump said, while he expressed confidence in someone Douthat spotted […]
John Whitmire signed an action ordering local law enforcement to stop helping agent executing Trump's immigration agenda
The president announced that his longtime adviser and immigration hawk will take over for Susie Wiles as White House Chief of Staff
Stephen Miller is replacing Susie Wiles as White House chief of staff, Donald Trump said on Friday, in the first major post-midterm shake up. Trump posted on Truth Social, “I am pleased to announce that Mr. Stephen Miller, the current Deputy Chief of Staff of the Trump Administration, and one of my most trusted advisors, […]
Amazon, it seems, cannot get enough “Melania.” And at this moment, they feel like the only entity for whom that’s true. The company has announced its plan to release a two-part documentary series about First Lady Melania Trump on Nov. 20; this follows on the stilettoed heels of their feature film documentary, “Melania,” released in […]
The president's latest vanity project is already on the ropes
Late-night hosts spoke about how the losing party is dealing with the midterms, which saw a round of wins for the Democrats Late-night hosts ridiculed the many Republicans who are now trying to distance themselves from Donald Trump after the Democrats scored a midterms victory this week. Continue reading...
Prime Video has set Friday, November 20 for the premiere of Melania, The Series, the two-episode follow-up to Brett Ratner’s Melania documentary. The streamer also released the trailer which you can see above. “Everybody wants to be close to power and sometimes could be very dangerous,” Melania Trump says at the opening of the trailer. […]
Prime Video's two-part series featuring footage not included in the film about the first lady released earlier this year.
