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“It really is time for a reckoning with this unfit leader,” Neil Young wrote of Donald Trump Sunday. This time, Young’s wrath wasn’t just brought on by the president’s continued unauthorized use of “Rockin’ in the Free World,” which the musician had railed against less than a week ago. Young has lost the Malibu home

WASHINGTON — When Gary Hart, beset with media coverage of his relationship to Donna Rice, dropped out of the 1987 presidential race, he said, “I tremble for my country when I think we may, in fact, get the kind of leaders we deserved.” Jason Reitman’s new movie “The Front Runner” is a fly-on-the-wall look at

Hours after blaming state forest mismanagement for the California wildfires and threatening to withhold federal funding if management does not improve, President Trump followed up his remarks with two additional tweets that took a conciliatory tone towards the first responders who widely condemned his original comments. “More than 4,000 are fighting the Camp and Woolsey

WASHINGTON — President Trump has selected Elvis Presley as one of seven recipients of the Presidential Medal of Freedom, to be awarded at a White House ceremony on Friday. The award is the nation’s highest civilian honor, awarded to “individuals who have made especially meritorious contributions to the security or national interests of the United

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump directly intervened to suppress stories about alleged affairs with women, despite denials of knowing about payments, according to the Wall Street Journal. The Journal also shed more light Friday on the cozy relationship between Trump and David Pecker, the CEO of American Media — the parent company of the National Enquirer.

The man accused of sending pipe bombs to CNN and prominent Democrats has been indicted in Manhattan federal court on 30 counts connected to the mailing of 16 explosive devices to 13 targets. Cesar Sayoc, 56, of South Florida was arrested on Oct. 26, five days after the first discovery of the improvised explosive devices

WASHINGTON — The White House cited CNN’s Jim Acosta “placing his hands on a young woman” as the reason for pulling his credentials, referring to an intern who was trying to take a microphone away from him as he persisted in trying to ask a question of President Donald Trump. Now Trump suggests that reporters will

November 9, 2018 7:02AM PT Harrison Ford didn’t mention any politicians by name during a speech about climate change, but there’s little doubt that he wasn’t referring to President Donald Trump. Ford’s remarks came while accepting a patron award for his career and work with Conservation International at the SAG-AFTRA Foundation’s Patron of the Artists Awards on

November 8, 2018 11:09AM PT Two top executives at 21st Century Fox’s Fox News Channel called for a more civil national discourse after leftist protesters visited the home of one of the cable-news network’s best-known hosts Wednesday night. According to press reports, members of an activist organization known as Smash Racism D.C. appeared outside Carlson’s home

November 8, 2018 10:35AM PT Sarah Huckabee Sanders told a whopper about CNN correspondent Jim Acosta on Wednesday, accusing him of “placing his hands on” a White House intern during a press conference. That didn’t happen. The video of the incident shows it was the intern who tried to grab the microphone from Acosta’s hands

November 8, 2018 6:48AM PT Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg was hospitalized after she fell in her office and fractured three ribs, the court said Thursday. The 85-year-old went home after falling, but was taken to George Washington University Hospital in Washington early Thursday after experiencing discomfort during the night. Tests showed she fractured

WASHINGTON — The White House has confirmed that it has suspended access to the White House by CNN’s Jim Acosta, its chief White House correspondent, after a confrontational exchange with President Trump at a press conference earlier on Wednesday. Acosta posted on Twitter that he had been denied entrance to the White House grounds and

Jeff Sessions has resigned as Attorney General following consistent criticism from President Donald Trump. Trump announced on Twitter that Matthew G. Whitaker, the Attorney General’s chief of staff, will take over as interim Attorney General until a permanent replacement is nominated. We are pleased to announce that Matthew G. Whitaker, Chief of Staff to Attorney

November 7, 2018 11:18AM PT Dennis Hof, the Nevada brothel owner and reality TV star who died in October, won the election for the state’s 36th Assembly District on Tuesday, the Nevada Secretary of State’s office said. Hof, a Republican, defeated Democratic challenger Lesia Romanov by more than 7,000 votes. He was favored to win

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump clashed with CNN’s Jim Acosta and other reporters at his first post-midterm press conference after his party lost control of the House. The exchanges went beyond Trump’s typical clashes with the press, as at times he appeared more angry and irrupted at the media. During a clash with Acosta, NBC

November 6, 2018 9:55PM PT Beto O’Rourke was too proud to hold back an f-bomb late Tuesday, even on national television. Following a narrow defeat to Senator Ted Cruz in Texas, O’Rourke, the celebrity-backed Democrat and former punk rocker, told his hometown supporters of El Paso he was “so f—ing proud” of them. “Tonight’s loss

Gavin Newsom cruised to an easy victory Tuesday night over John Cox in the race for California governor. Newsom, 50, channeled opposition to President Trump in the deep-blue state, winning a race that never seemed like a genuine contest. Newsom fulfilled an ambition that he had been pursuing for nearly a decade. In 2009, he

Jared Polis was declared the winner of the Colorado governor’s race on Tuesday, becoming the first openly gay governor in the nation, and leading a wave of “firsts” across the nation. Sharice Davids and Deb Haaland of New Mexico were elected the first Native American women in Congress. Davids, an attorney, is also the state’s

November 6, 2018 8:07PM PT WASHINGTON — Democrats are projected to win back control of the House of Representatives on Tuesday, with voters sending a message that they want a check on Donald Trump’s presidency. The dynamics in Washington will change considerably with the blue tide, as Democrats will have subpoena power. Rep. Adam Schiff

November 6, 2018 4:38PM PT Beyonce has endorsed Beto O’Rourke in a series of Instagram posts Tuesday afternoon, the day of the midterm elections. The Grammy winner and Houston, Texas, native donned a “Beto For Senate” hat in the photo and wrote a heartfelt caption to encourage her fans to vote. Democratic Rep. O’Rourke is

Oprah Winfrey has insisted once again that she is not planning on running for president. As the media mogul made her way onto the stage at Monday’s Ambassadors for Humanity Gala, a woman in the audience shouted, “Oprah for president.” Winfrey laughed, before responding, “Thank you, but no thank you.” The CEO of OWN appeared

The midterm elections could be historic, as Democrats seek to win back Congress in the first vote of the Trump era. Follow along for live updates. Ted Cruz’s Victory: A number of news networks called the Texas Senate race for Ted Cruz, dashing hopes that that Beto O’Rourke would score an upset. O’Rourke’s campaign captivated progressives,

November 6, 2018 7:29AM PT We’ve been flooded with celebrity get-out-the-vote spots this midterm season, to the point where Comedy Central even did a parody that still encourages people to get to the polls. HBO and Rock the Vote unveiled what may be the last of these spots on Tuesday morning, in which Sarah Jessica

Getting to the polling place can be a battle in and of itself, but finding out the results should be much easier. A number of news stations across television and radio will be streaming their midterm election coverage online, offering a variety of viewing options including digital apps and websites that will cover the entirety

If Democrats take one or both houses of Congress, many entertainment industry figures will be joyous over the new check on President Trump and the prospects for taking back the White House in 2020. For the business side of entertainment, Democratic control may be a mixed blessing. What can be expected are gridlock, investigations and

November 5, 2018 9:27PM PT Oprah Winfrey responded to reports that racist robocalls were being sent in her name just days after she campaigned for Georgia candidate Stacey Abrams, seeking to become the country’s first African-American female governor. “I heard people were making racist robocalls in my name against Stacey Abrams, who I am one

Sean Hannity took the stage at President Trump’s final midterm election rally in Missouri, and called the media covering the event “fake news.” “Promises made, promises kept,” Hannity told the crowd in Cape Girardeau, repeating one of the slogans Trump has used in the rallies he’s staged across the country in advance of Tuesday’s vote. On

WASHINGTON — Entertainment figures canvassed precincts, tweeted out last-minute endorsements, rallied millennials and, most of all, urged people to vote in a midterm election characterized by former President Barack Obama as perhaps “the most important of our lifetimes.” In a sharp contrast to 2016, few Democratic Hollywood figures were publicly predicting outcomes, even as pollsters see

With midterms less than 24 hours away, celebrities are ramping up their online, and real life, campaigning. Big names such as Oprah Winfrey, Kristen Bell, Tiffany Haddish, and even Barbra Streisand have lent their voices across the nation to support the candidates of their choosing. Here’s a list of who from Hollywood is using their

French Montana appears across four covers for the November issue of GQ Middle East. The covers, shot in United Arab Emirates, Lebanon, and the rapper’s native Morocco, celebrate his heritage, multiculturalism and immigrants. The covers aimed to promote peace in the Middle East, as well as Montana’s work supporting Dreamers as the face of the