Though I once checked email in a room where others watched Elf (2003), I have otherwise not seen a Will Ferrell performance since his 2000 turn as George W. Bush (“Strategery!”) on Saturday Night Live. Those wishing to relitigate the merits of Anchorman (2004) or Step Brothers (2008) will need to look elsewhere. What I […]
The Trump administration has installed a former White House official and author of the Project 2025 Republican policy playbook at what is supposed to be an independent internal watchdog at the Interior Department, a House Democrat says. Rep. Jared Huffman (Calif.), the ranking member on the House Natural Resources Committee, released a statement this week saying Dennis...
WK Kellogg Co. said Thursday that it is moving to end the use of artificial dyes in its products by the end of this year for its cereals. In a Thursday press release, the company said it had unveiled “an accelerated timeline to eliminate all artificial colors and the preservative BHT” in all of its...
President Trump on Thursday used Michigan Democratic Senate nominee Abdul El-Sayed’s calls to abolish the filibuster to pressure Senate Republicans to nix the legislative procedure themselves. “For our Great Republican Senators, friends of mine 'all,' please be advised that the Communist Dumocrat Senate Candidate from Michigan, Abdulrahman Mohamed El-Sayed, is touting, as perhaps his single...
Voting concludes Thursday in Tennessee to select the Republican and Democratic candidates who will face off in November's gubernatorial election. In the reliably red Volunteer State, Sen. Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) and Rep. John Rose (R-Tenn.) are facing off for the Republican nomination. Blackburn has been favored to get the GOP nod for most of the...
Tennessee primary voting ends Thursday in the election to select the Republican and Democratic candidates for November's Senate election. One-term incumbent Sen. Bill Hagerty (R-Tenn.), who previously served as the U.S. ambassador to Japan during President Trump's first term after a successful business career, is running unopposed for the GOP nod. Marquita Bradshaw, who was...
Tennessee voting will finish Thursday in the primary to set key races after the state’s congressional lines were dramatically reshaped by GOP-friendly redistricting that squeezed out the state’s lone Democratic House lawmaker. In the solidly red 5th Congressional District, President Trump has endorsed incumbent Rep. Andy Ogles (R-Tenn.), while Gov. Bill Lee has backed his former state Agriculture...
A U.S. military investigation found that there was no white phosphorus leak at an American military base in South Korea late last month, an episode that prompted local authorities to briefly order civilians to evacuate the immediate area. Officials in Pyeongtaek, just south of Seoul, on July 28 said residents close to Osan Air Base should move...
Washington, D.C., voters will decide in November whether to ban the sale of foie gras, setting up a fight between animal welfare advocates and the city’s fine-dining industry over the controversial delicacy. The D.C. Board of Elections on Wednesday certified Initiative 86, also known as the Prohibiting the Force-Feeding of Birds Act, officially placing the...
Senate Republicans on Thursday voted down an amendment that sought to open up Americans’ ability to sue pesticide companies over the health impacts of their products. The amendment to the Senate farm bill failed in a party-line vote. While the measure was backed by all of the Senate Agriculture Committee’s Democrats and none of its...
Long-shot Democratic congressional candidate Kirill Basin was arrested last weekend following an altercation at a Maui beach ahead of the Democratic primary in Hawaii’s 2nd Congressional District on Aug. 8, where he's seeking to unseat two-term Rep. Jill Tokuda (D-Hawaii). According to the Maui Police Department, the incident began after a 61-year-old man asked Basin...
Vice President Vance met with Senate Republicans at the Capitol on Thursday to discuss how to move the Republican agenda, which has stalled in part because of a fierce intraparty fight over delaying a ban on hemp-derived, intoxicating products, such as delta-8 THC. Sen. Bernie Moreno (R-Ohio) invited Vance to speak to GOP colleagues at...
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) on Thursday voted to eliminate a long-standing rule capping the number of households a single broadcaster can reach nationwide, a move the commission said is necessary to better help television networks compete with the rapid growth of tech companies in the media sector. The now-scrapped rule, which had been in...
Conservative commentator Scott Jennings says it "might be time" for President Trump to weigh in on Rep. Max Miller (R-Ohio), an embattled lawmaker facing allegations of domestic violence. CNN's John Berman asked Jennings why Sen. Katie Britt (R-Ala.) has been one of the few Republican lawmakers to call for Miller to resign, saying GOP members...
