CNN — Imagine the scene, at noon on January 20, on the west front of the US Capitol. As Donald Trump swears to preserve, protect and defend the Constitution on the same spot where his supporters rioted four years ago, an extraordinary VIP guest looks on, overshadowing ex-presidents, military brass and members of Congress. Bundled…
CNN — Years before he was Donald Trump’s pick to lead the FBI, Kash Patel was a midlevel Justice Department lawyer who once drew the ire of a Texas judge who described Patel as being precisely the kind of federal bureaucrat he has vowed to weed out in his crusade against the so-called deep state….
While most of Washington is obsessed with either the reality show that is President-elect Donald Trump’s transition or the hand-wringing and blame-gaming over Democrats’ election loss, a potentially critical political storyline is brewing in Michigan. Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan shocked the Michigan political world by announcing he would run for governor in 2026 — but…
Selena Gomez and Benny Blanco have said yes to spending “forever” together. On Wednesday night, Gomez, 32, shared an Instagram post of a large engagement ring on that finger and captioned the post, “Forever begins now..” The “Only Murders in the Building” star also shared photos of herself admiring the new accessory on her left…
CNN — Nearly three dozen of President-elect Donald Trump’s picks to serve in his incoming administration donated to his campaign or to the deep-pocketed outside groups that worked to elect him, a CNN analysis of federal campaign records shows. They range from tech multibillionaire Elon Musk – who has emerged as the single largest, disclosed…
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There’s been a spicy development in the world of media buyouts, with investor George Soros leading a consortium that has paid $82.5 million (approximately £65 million) for chicken-wing YouTube interview series Hot Ones. It’s a saucy twist in the extraordinary saga of an internet phenomenon that has grown from modest origins to become an essential…
The public naming of Jay-Z as the mysterious celebrity accused in an anonymous civil lawsuit of raping a 13-year-old girl with Sean “Diddy” Combs came after weeks of behind-the-scenes battling between the star’s lawyer and the Texas attorney representing the woman. Since Combs was charged by federal prosecutors in a salacious sex trafficking probe, numerous…
Four separate air strikes by Israeli forces, which killed at least 49 civilians and decimated entire families in Lebanon, must be investigated as war crimes, Amnesty International said today. Under international law, direct attacks on civilians or civilian objects, indiscriminate attacks that kill or injure civilians, and disproportionate attacks that cause excessive incidental civilian loss…
BEIRUT — Insurgents’ stunning march across Syria accelerated Saturday with news that they had reached the gates of the capital and that government forces had abandoned the central city of Homs. The government was forced to deny rumors that President Bashar Assad had fled the country. The loss of Homs was a potentially crippling blow…