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Federal Trade Commission chairman Joseph Simmons on Tuesday said he would investigate video game loot boxes to ensure that children are being protected and parents are educated on the matter. Simmons testified Tuesday before the Senate Commerce Subcommittee on Consumer Protection, Product Safety, Insurance, and Data Security about the commission’s work. Following his testimony, a

WASHINGTON — CNN’s chief White House correspondent Jim Acosta posed pointed questions of press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders in the first official press briefing since the network went to court to restore his credentials, but the encounter was largely free of confrontation and contentiousness. After posing a first question about Paul Manafort, Acosta asked of

It’s undeniably great that CNN political ace Jim Acosta got his press pass fully restored after the Trump administration yanked his credentials, claiming the journalist had disrupted a Nov. 7 press conference by insisting on asking the president a follow-up question. But, the victory may be short-lived — and is somewhat overshadowed by the fact

November 26, 2018 4:42PM PT WASHINGTON — Paul Manafort, President Donald Trump’s former campaign chairman, lied to investigators “on a variety of subject matters” and has breached his plea agreement, special counsel Robert Mueller’s office said in a court filing on Monday. Mueller’s team indicated that they would go into more detail about the nature

November 26, 2018 1:26PM PT WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump suggested that the government would launch a network to rival CNN International, as a way “to show the world the way we really are, great!” Trump broached the idea in an afternoon tweet that again attacked CNN, this time its highly successful global network. “While

Just a little less than one year after he stepped down from the U.S. Senate due to harassment allegations, Al Franken posted a Thanksgiving message on Facebook saying he’s still listening and learning about the experience of women in this country. Franken wrote that he loves Thanksgiving not just for the food and family, but

WASHINGTON — The White House fully restored CNN chief White House correspondent Jim Acosta’s hard pass on Monday, and the news network in turn ended their litigation against the Trump administration. At the same time, White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders outlined a new set of rules for the media during press conferences. But those, too,

(I) A journalist called upon to ask a question will ask a single question and then will yield the floor to other journalists; (2) At the discretion of the President or other White House official taking questions, a follow-up question or questions may be permitted; and where a follow-up has been allowed and asked, the

A politically charged acceptance speech at the Golden Horse Awards has become a flashpoint for the escalating tensions between China and Taiwan, prompting even recently chastised megastar Fan Bingbing to chime in with her support for the Communist-ruled mainland. The controversy immediately raised questions over the future of Asia’s most prestigious awards show – the

November 19, 2018 7:36AM PT WASHINGTON — After fallout from the biting performance of comedian Michelle Wolf at the 2018 White House Correspondents’ Dinner, author and biographer Ron Chernow will be the featured speaker at the annual gathering of reporters and White House officials. Olivier Knox, the chief Washington correspondent for SiriusXM and president of

WASHINGTON — CNN’s legal team says that a new Trump administration effort to revoke Jim Acosta’s hard pass again violates his constitutional rights. The news network is asking for a hearing next week, but one could come sooner. A federal judge on Friday ordered that Acosta’s credentials be restored, after he granted CNN’s request for

Stacey Abrams lost her bid to become the next governor of Georgia, but does not want the entertainment industry to boycott the state over the election of its new governor, Brian Kemp. Bradley Whitford and Alyssa Milano are among the showbiz figures who have called for a boycott of the state, citing claims of voter

President Donald Trump on Saturday toured the wreckage of the Camp fire in Butte County, Calif. and said he’ll work with the state to recover from the catastrophe and help prevent future wildfires. The Los Angeles Times reported that Trump viewed the remains of the town of Paradise, population 27,000, which was completely destroyed in

Four Democratic U.S. senators called on Facebook to provide info about the social giant’s reported use of third-party firms to spread “intentionally inflammatory information” about critics. The lawmakers said Facebook’s alleged actions may have violated campaign finance laws or have other legal implications — and suggested government regulation may be needed to rein in the

WASHINGTON — A federal judge ruled that the Trump administration must at least temporarily reinstate CNN correspondent Jim Acosta’s hard pass, delivering a victory to the network and other news organizations. The judge, Trump appointee Timothy J. Kelly, granted CNN’s request for a temporary restraining order to restore Acosta’s access. “I will order defendants immediately

November 15, 2018 4:13PM PT WASHINGTON — Joan Graves, the longtime chair of the MPAA’s ratings board, the Classification and Rating Administration, will retire next year and will be succeeded by Kelly McMahon, who is currently the trade association’s vice president and corporate counsel. Graves will step down later next year. In the interim, McMahon

WASHINGTON — The White House Correspondents Association said the Trump administration is wrongly viewing the law when it claims that the president has wide discretion on which journalists get access to the White House. The WHCA filed an amicus brief on Thursday in CNN’s lawsuit against the administration after its chief White House correspondent, Jim

WASHINGTON — Chad Griffin, who has been president of the Human Rights Campaign for the past seven years, will leave the organization in 2019. He will stay with the Human Rights Campaign until they find a successor. That process could take several months, but the aim is to have a new leader in place before

Kanye West may have said he’s distancing himself from politics, but that doesn’t mean he’s no longer in contact with the White House. Kim Kardashian West tells Variety that her husband reached out to officials about Pres. Donald Trump’s controversial tweet blaming the California wildfires on forestry mismanagement. “When he doesn’t agree with something like

Kim Kardashian West is perfectly fine disagreeing politically with her husband, Kanye West. That being said, she doesn’t think his recent visit to the White House to converse with President Donald Trump was particularly political, at least for West. Rather, it was something that came from his heart. At Variety and Rolling Stone’s Criminal Justice

November 14, 2018 3:29PM PT Attorney Michael Avenatti, who became famous for representing Stormy Daniels in her lawsuit against President Donald Trump, was arrested for suspected domestic violence on Wednesday, according to the Los Angeles Police Department. TMZ first reported that Avenatti’s estranged wife filed a report with the LAPD after the alleged incident occurred on

November 14, 2018 3:20PM PT A federal judge will rule on Thursday on CNN’s motion that would at least temporarily restore Jim Acosta’s White House press credentials. U.S. District Judge Timothy Kelly heard from CNN’s legal team and the Justice Department during a hearing that lasted nearly two hours. CNN’s lead counsel Ted Boutrous argued

The Human Rights Campaign targeted dozens of races in the midterms, helping land some historic wins, but it’s not hard to guess what will be on the agenda for 2020: defeating Donald Trump. “There is a clear message,” says Chad Griffin, the president of the LGBTQ advocacy organization. “It’s not only attack us at your

WASHINGTON — The Trump administration says that it was well within its discretion in revoking CNN White House correspondent Jim Acosta’s hard pass, rejecting the network’s effort to obtain an order to have the credentials immediately restored. “The stated rationale for the revocation of Mr. Acosta’s pass — that he was disrupting press proceedings —

WASHINGTON — CNN’s lawsuit against the Trump administration will get its first major test on Wednesday, when a federal judge will hold a hearing on whether to grant a temporary restraining order to restore White House correspondent Jim Acosta’s hard pass. The hearing is scheduled in Washington before U.S. District Judge Timothy J. Kelly, a Trump

WASHINGTON — As it filed a lawsuit challenging the Trump administration’s revocation of Jim Acosta’s White House hard pass, CNN turned to a reporter who stood out in his era for the aggressive way in which he posed questions to those in power: ABC News veteran Sam Donaldson. He signed a sworn declaration in support

WASHINGTON — Six broadcast station groups have reached a settlement with the Justice Department over the sharing of competitively sensitive advertising rate information in violation of antitrust laws. The companies— Sinclair Broadcast Group Inc., Raycom Media Inc., Tribune Media Company, Meredith Corp., Griffin Communications, and Dreamcatcher Broadcasting — will be prohibited from direct or indirect sharing

With about a dozen or so races yet to be called, CNN on Tuesday night will return to the midterms, once again bringing in its top anchors, analysts, and John King at the Magic Wall to go over the results. It’s indicative of how the initial Election Night assessment — that Democrats won the House

WASHINGTON — CNN has filed suit against the Trump administration to demand that the White House reinstate Jim Acosta’s credentials, which were revoked last week following a contentious post-midterm press conference. The lawsuit sets up a potential legal showdown between the administration and CNN, which Trump has long disparaged, as well as the news media

WASHINGTON — The American Cable Association, which represents small cable and broadband operators, is asking the Justice Department to investigate Comcast-NBCUniversal for antitrust violations, specifically citing whether Hulu was being used as a “new weapon against its rivals.” In a Nov. 6 letter to DOJ’s antitrust chief Makan Delrahim, ACA’s Matthew Polka wrote that “Comcast-NBCU’s incentive