Gavin Newsom wants to fight “fire with fire” when it comes to Donald Trump and attacks on American democracy, but HBO and Bill Maher just want Laura Loomer to stop talking and posting. Good luck. “It has come to Defendants’ attention that after Plaintiff needlessly filed her deposition on the public docket as part of…
More than 2,300 members of the Writers Guild of America West and East, including no shortage of heavy hitters, have signed the union’s open letter decrying the Trump administration’s “recent threats to the free press.” “We are members of the Writers Guild of America who speak with one voice to decry the dangerous and escalating…
When Donald Trump signs the “Big, Beautiful Bill” on Friday, it will be a starting point for a big messaging battle with an eye on the 2026 midterms. Hollywood activists are likely to play a big part in that, particularly on the left, where the concern is not only on the major cuts to Medicaid…
UPDATED, with John Dickerson comments: The news that Paramount Global will settle Donald Trump‘s 60 Minutes lawsuit for $16 million certainly did not come as a shock to staffers at CBS News. For months, there has been a great deal of consternation and even resignation at the prospect of a settlement and the impact that…
In the aftermath of the company’s $16 million settlement of a lawsuit filed by President Donald Trump, Paramount Global CEO George Cheeks told shareholders that there was a reason to do so, even if CBS had long argued that the litigation was meritless. With its merger with Skydance near the finish line, the agreement “allows…
Two days after Donald Trump said he was going to give any decision on US involvement in Israel‘s war with Iran a couple more weeks, the president offered details on the bombing Saturday of three nuclear sites in the Islamic Republic and the potential of more to come. “Our objective was the destruction of Iran’s…