Portraying the humour, passion and grit that took the actor from bit parts to Oscar glory, this making-of tale is even more mythic than the original movie For fun, excitement and the transcendental thrill of success, there’s nothing to touch this very enjoyable drama about the making of Sylvester Stallone’s Oscar-winning 1976 boxing movie, Rocky. It’s a movie of duplicates and surfaces and heartfelt imitations. Perhaps not very profound but, as Oscar Wilde’s Lord Henry Wotton says, it is only shallow people who do not judge by appearances. It is the story of the struggling young Italian-American unknown who’d had some minor acting jobs – including softcore pornography – but wrote a thumpingly good screenplay inspired by the underdog white boxer Chuck Wepner , who briefly knocked Ali down in 1975. With tremendous self-belief, Stallone insisted he play the lead role himself, holding out against vast cash offers to just take the writing credit and let an established star into the ring. Continue reading...
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We’re all about festive cheer, but Thanksgiving is getting squeezed out by spooky cobwebs and nativity scenes. It’s time to chuck the stale candy corn, untangle the tinsel, and finally give Thanksgiving leftovers the origin story they deserve. “I haven’t even finished eating all my Halloween candy,” groans Sally Brown in “A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving.” ...
Minnesota Senator-elect Peggy Flanagan called Wednesday for Senate Democrats to replace Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, renewing a campaign pledge a day after winning her race and helping Democrats secure control of both chambers of Congress. The post ‘Time for New Leadership’: Peggy Flanagan Calls for Democrats to Replace Chuck Schumer appeared first on Breitbart .
The Senate minority leader and his party’s progressives set aside their differences to win, but possible fights lie ahead.
The progressive group Indivisible called for Democratic lawmakers on Wednesday to replace Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) as majority leader after the party secured control of both chambers of Congress in Tuesday’s midterm elections. “Yesterday, voters made it very clear that they want a new generation of Democratic fighters,” the group wrote in a…
’54 seats and counting’
DEARBORN, Michigan — Sen.-elect Abdul el Sayed’s (D-MI) victory in Michigan will test whether Democrats can accommodate a progressive insurgent who has repeatedly challenged the party establishment or whether his combative style will make him a headache for current Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY). El Sayed’s election has given progressives a significant new voice […]
Key Senate progressive Chris Van Hollen said Wednesday that Democrats should demand a “bold agenda” targeting entrenched corporate interests in Washington before agreeing to back Chuck Schumer or any other aspiring Senate majority leader.
EXCLUSIVE — A blue wave in Iowa won’t force Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-IA) into an early retirement. A spokesperson for Grassley, 93, told the Washington Examiner on Wednesday that he plans to serve out the remainder of his term after state Auditor Rob Sand flipped the governor’s mansion to Democrats. “Sen. Grassley is not resigning,” […]
Chuck Schumer and Hakeem Jeffries are poised to become the first congressional leaders from the same state since the 1950s. But their big moment comes with big questions.
Data: Financial Modeling Prep ; Chart: Ben Geman/Axios Oil prices fell sharply Wednesday as traders weigh signs — including a widely circulated post by Vice President JD Vance — that the midterm election will add pressure on the White House to find an offramp from the Iran conflict. Why it matters: Elections have consequences. Wednesday's price drop — around $8 per barrel — deepened after Vance posted on X that "everyone knows" the war is why Republicans got pummeled and "any honest conversation about where we go from here must start there." Sen. Chuck Schumer (D), the likely Senate majority leader in the next Congress, vowed that Democrats will push to end the war. "This crude price drop is entirely about the U.S. election and the belief that Trump will de-escalate rather than escalate on Iran. JD Vance's statement amplified that sentiment," Ben Cahill, a nonresident senior fellow with the Atlantic Council, told Axios via email. What they're saying: Pavel Molchanov, an analyst with Raymond James, said in remarks circulated to reporters that Vance's post was a "key catalyst" for today's oil price plunge. "The market is saying that Congress and members of his own administration are likely to start acting as a constraint on President Trump's war in Iran," Seb Barker, a strategist with the hedge fund, Marshall Wace, tells the Financial Times. Catch up quick: Oil prices were already falling to start the week on signs of new U.S.-Iran diplomacy. What we're watching: "[I]t remains unclear whether Vance's comments signal a more dovish stance toward Iran," Molchanov said. "For oil prices to sustainably move lower, a durable off-ramp is needed," he added.
In remarks the day after his party flipped control of Congress, the Senate Minority Leader said voters had spoken clearly about their priorities, and said it's up to the Democratic party to deliver.
Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (N.Y.) said there will be Senate Republican support for ending the war with Iran as soon as possible and threatened that Democrats will use the “power of the purse” to starve the Defense Department of funding if necessary to bring a swift end to the conflict. “We are going to…
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer says he'll be re-elected as majority leader despite five newly elected Democratic senators opposing his bid.
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) said Wednesday that President Donald Trump had yet to call them, despite the president’s pledge to work with Democrats after their sweeping midterm victories. “No, not yet,” Schumer said when asked during a victory press conference whether he had heard from Trump […]
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Sen. Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., spoke about the Democrats’ sweeping midterm election win, saying, “What we have now seen is a generational remake of the Senate map that is going to change America.”
Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) says he will be reelected as Senate majority leader next month when Democrats hold leadership elections despite the dissent of a handful of newly elected senators who threatened not to support him serving another term as leader. “The issue is not me. I’ll be reelected as majority leader. But the issue…
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) posted a photo of himself grilling on social media, except it’s Republicans who seem to be getting cooked. “54 seats and counting,” Schumer wrote on X. “And I learned how to grill … these burgers and dogs are fully cooked.” The post shows the New York senator smiling as […]
Sen. Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., spoke after the Democrats took control of Congress, calling the midterm elections a “generational remake of the Senate map.” Schumer also detailed affordability concerns and called for an end to the Iran war.
Incoming Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer outlined an aggressive legislative posture toward President Trump following Democrats’ landslide midterm election victory — calling him “corrupt” and a “wannabe king” who risks “legislative razor wire.”
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) teased the left's plans to target Republicans in a social media post the morning after the midterm election. The post Chuck Schumer Teases Targeting Republicans: ‘These Burgers and Dogs Are Fully Cooked’ appeared first on Breitbart .
The US Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer talked to the press after the midterm election results. Democrats are riding their sweep of Congress into a new era, eager to meet voter demands for change with plans to tackle high costs of living and confront President Donald Trump's final years in the White House.
Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (N.Y.) is set to hold a press conference Wednesday morning after Democrats pulled off a stunning midterm comeback, winning control of both chambers of Congress. Democrats flipped GOP-held Senate seats in states including Texas, South Carolina, Kansas and Iowa, delivering a major blow to President Trump and the GOP. Decision…
Democrats' big night gives them a chance to turn voter anger over high energy prices into legislative action and congressional oversight, but divisions within the party could complicate their plans. Why it matters: This was an energy election . High gasoline prices, record diesel costs, and rising power bills fueled discontent with President Trump and his party. Voters' rebukes of data centers could slow the buildout of power-hungry AI infrastructure. The latest: Stunning Senate wins in red states and House wins nationwide propelled Democrats to control of both chambers, and flipped several governor's mansions. Energy costs were prominent in key races, such as Democrats hitting GOP rivals over farmers' bills in Iowa, Kansas and Ohio. Texas Governor-elect Gina Hinojosa (D) bashed Greg Abbott (R) over his prior embrace of data centers in the state where developers are planning big projects. The data center backlash also featured in Ohio and Pennsylvania, where Sherrod Brown defeated Sen. Jon Husted (R) and Paige Cognetti unseated Rep. Rob Bresnahan (R). Both Republicans faced criticism over their support for data centers. State of play: A detailed Democratic energy agenda hasn't emerged, but there are early clues. Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer tied Republicans to electricity costs in his first comments after returns came in. Likely Speaker-in-waiting Hakeem Jeffries has vowed to quickly push an affordability agenda, with energy as a key pillar. He tasked Reps. Nikki Budzinski (D-Ill.) and Mike Levin (D-Calif.) with leading a "Gas and Utilities Affordability Working Group" that crafted ideas, though they remain under wraps. Another potential source of ideas: Hundreds of proposals backed this year by the 100-plus member House Sustainable Energy and Environment Coalition. Some could gain bipartisan backing, like support for advanced nuclear power. But other areas would be largely symbolic, like restoring some IRA tax credits. Catch up quick: In the Senate, Schumer has
The longtime Democratic leader told reporters in Washington that "Americans voted for change" and that there had been a "generational remake of the Senate map."
Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.), who is now poised to become Senate majority leader, exulted Tuesday night over the blue wave that has flipped at least six Republican seats and put Democrats firmly in control of the Senate next year. “Oh man! Wow, wow, wow! Against all odds we Democrats have won the Senate,” Schumer declared…
Senate Republicans' worst nightmare came true Tuesday night, as they watched red state after red state fall to a historic Democratic wave . Why it matters: It's hard to remember now, but Republicans started off the 2026 cycle thinking they could expand their majority. They ended the night with what one source called a "huge f**king thumping" — losing or trailing in every toss-up on the map. At the start of the cycle, top operatives saw a red wall of incumbents in Trump-friendly states, an invincible Republican Sen. Susan Collins in Maine and a vulnerable Democratic Sen. Jon Ossoff in Georgia, who provided a path to expanding a majority. By 9pm Tuesday night, top GOP sources were quietly accepting the reality of the return of Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.). "Republicans are going to wake up in a different country tomorrow and we are going to have to start from square one to reinvent a party," one senior GOP Senate aide told Axios on Tuesday evening. Between the lines: For the first time since 1972, Republicans lost a Senate seat in the home state of the chair of the National Republican Senatorial Committee. The defeat of Sen. Darline Graham (R-S.C.) came despite Sen. Tim Scott (R-S.C.) leading the NRSC. Republicans also lost in the home state of the next expected NRSC chair, Bernie Moreno (R-Ohio). Zoom in: North Carolina and Georgia were expected to be the premiere races of the cycle not too long ago. Both were called for Democrats before 8:30pm EST. That was just the beginning of the nightmare. In Texas, Elon Musk's more than $150 million infusion wasn't enough to save Texas GOP Senate nominee Ken Paxton after Paxton defeated Sen. John Cornyn in a nasty primary. In Ohio, Sen. Jon Husted's (R-Ohio) campaign had a rocky start — and wasn't bailed out by President Trump's publicity campaign about his rear end. Alaska started looking shaky even before a second Dan Sullivan joined the ballot, and Iowa wasn't a given either. In Kansas, alarm bells started ringing
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., discusses how he believes the Democrats flipped Congress in the midterms by listening to American families, recruiting great candidates, and spotlighting the Republicans' embrace of President Trump.
Democrats reclaimed the Senate Tuesday by toppling GOP candidates across Trump country, with Chuck Schumer clinching five pickups in a midterm wave.
Wyoming Secretary of State Chuck Gray (R) is projected to win the race to represent the state’s at-large congressional district, according to Decision Desk HQ. The state election official defeated Democrat Lisa Kinney, the former state Senate minority leader, in a seat considered safe for Republicans. He will succeed Republican Rep. Harriet Hageman, who is…
"his war was a disaster. People need to be clear-eyed about it,” a Republican strategist involved in the midterm campaigns groused to The Post.
In September, the House censured GOP Rep. Chuck Edwards over "inappropriate conduct" toward aides.
Democrat Jamie Ager defeated Republican Jennifer Balkcom on Tuesday, flipping outgoing Rep. Chuck Edwards’s (R-NC) seat in North Carolina‘s 11th Congressional District. The Associated Press called the 11th District for Ager at 8:53 p.m. He garnered 60.3% against Balkcom’s 38.4%, with 83% of the vote counted. The Tar Heel State’s 11th District was one of […]
Democrat Jamie Ager is projected to flip North Carolina’s 11th Congressional District seat, according to Decision Desk HQ (DDHQ). The seat became open when Rep. Chuck Edwards (R-N.C.) decided not to run for reelection amid his censure in the House over misconduct allegations. Ager, a fourth-generation farmer, is projected to defeat his opponents, North Carolina…
North Carolinians are voting Tuesday in a suite of elections, including an open House seat. Republican Rep. Chuck Edwards dropped out of the race after the House Ethics Committee called for his censure amid a sexual harassment investigation. Now, Democrat Jamie Ager and Republican Jennifer Balkcom are facing off to represent North Carolina’s 11th District. …
Wyoming’s sole House seat is up for grabs Tuesday, with Republican Rep. Harriet Hageman running for Senate. Wyoming Secretary of State Chuck Gray, a Republican, is the favorite to win in the red state. He faces Democrat Lisa F. Kinney. Polls close at 9 p.m. EST. Follow Decision Desk HQ’s live results below.
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer voted in the 2026 midterm election and spoke to reporters, saying, “We don't want to count our chickens before they hatch.” NBC News' Julie Tsirkin breaks down what Sen. Schumer said after casting his vote.
Chuck Schumer thinks his party has expanded the map.
The Democratic Party’s reactions to Rep. Haley Stevens’ sudden decision to walk back her endorsement of US Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed and back Republican Mike Rogers have been scathing, to put it mildly. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY), who had endorsed Stevens in her primary race against El-Sayed before she was narrowly defeated in […]
Washington Democrats didn’t just put a second “Dan Sullivan” in the Alaska Senate race — they also boosted Republican Gerald Heikes, a perennial candidate for office, with the help of Chuck Schumer and a longtime Alaska Democrat consultant named Jim Lottsfeldt in a year-long effort to boost Democrat Mary Peltola in Tuesday’s general election. The post Democrats’ Alaska Ballot Operation Went Beyond ‘Decoy Dan’ Candidate appeared first on Breitbart .
Welcome to Monday’s Washington Secrets. Today we catch up with Roger Marshall, who is fighting for his political life in Kansas. He believes he can win and, like many Republicans, he says his private polling looks very different than the public numbers. So we also dive into some of the surveys, and some of the […]
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Chuck Schumer, Hakeem Jeffries, and top Democrats unleashed fury at Haley Stevens after her endorsement of Republican Mike Rogers before Tuesday.
Sen. Susan Collins on Sunday blasted Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer and the Democratic Party over what she described as a wave of false attack ads targeting her and other Republican candidates, saying she has never seen a campaign with "so many outright lies."
Collins said Democrats are using a national political strategy to distract voters from local issues, while the latest Fox News poll shows her Maine Senate race tied at 49%.
National and state Democratic leaders are ripping Rep. Haley Stevens (R-MI) for endorsing Mike Rogers, the Republican candidate for Senate in Michigan, and reversing her initial support for Democrat Abdul el Sayed on Sunday. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) called her cross-party endorsement and abandonment of her support for el Sayed’s campaign a “despicable […]
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) ripped Rep. Haley Stevens (D-Mich.) over her eleventh hour endorsement of Republican Mike Rogers in the competitive Michigan Senate contest. “This is a despicable betrayal from Rep. Stevens,” Schumer wrote Sunday on the social platform X, reiterating his support for Democrat Abdul El-Sayed in the race. Schumer’s remarks are…
It only weighs about a pound when you first pick it up, and yet Chuck Klosterman’s book Rock* was hard to lift when I went back to it. It grew heavier and heavier. It became a brick, then an anvil. Klosterman is one of my favorite nonfiction writers — our leading Gen X pop-culture critic. […]