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Updated, with additional comments: Elon Musk again attacked the centerpiece of Donald Trump’s legislative agenda, the Big Beautiful Bill Act, this time calling the tax and spending package a “disgusting abomination.”

Musk posted against the legislation late into the night on Tuesday, as GOP leaders on the Hill played defense.

Musk wrote on X on Tuesday, “I’m sorry, but I just can’t stand it anymore. This massive, outrageous, pork-filled Congressional spending bill is a disgusting abomination. Shame on those who voted for it: you know you did wrong. You know it.”

“It will massively increase the already gigantic budget deficit to $2.5 trillion (!!!) and burden America citizens with crushingly unsustainable debt.”

Later, he wrote, “In November next year, we fire all politicians who betrayed the American people.”

Musk has poured hundreds of millions into supporting Trump, and the GOP had been expecting him to play a major role in the midterms next year.

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem testified before the House of Representatives on Wednesday. The leader of the Trump administration’s deportation push had a lot to answer for.

In a hearing before the House Homeland Security Committee, Democrats grilled Noem about the arrest of Newark, New Jersey, Mayor Ras Baraka; the deportation of citizen children along with their immigrant parents; and the Trump administration’s continued noncompliance with court orders mandating due process for migrants.

In one contentious moment, Noem defended the deportation of Kilmar Abrego Garcia, a Maryland man...

Sean Penn fears the worst regarding President Donald Trump’s legacy on America.

The Mystic River star appeared on The Jim Acosta Show to discuss the current political climate and promote the movie Words of War.

Penn has made his political views and activism no secret. He and his charity Core provided aid to Ukrainian refugees, and he has since continued to maintain close relations with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.

This is not the first time Penn has criticized Trump. Back in 2021, he slammed the President’s response to Covid-19, comparing it to a “machine gun” against vulnerable communities.

Penn, host Jim Acosta and Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-California) discussed El Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele and the deportation of American citizens to the supermax prison in El Salvador.

“Donald Trump, despite his fantasies, is not gonna be in office forever,” Acosta said. “He’s not Vladimir Putin. He’s not gonna stick around for 25 years.

Sean Penn believes there’s a possibility President Donald Trump “might try to destroy the world before he ages out of life.”

While promoting his new film Words of War during a recent appearance on The Jim Acosta Show on Substack, the actor and filmmaker was asked if he thought Trump would attempt to stay in the White House past his term limit, as the president has already teased a 2028 presidential run.

Penn told host Jim Acosta that “we should consider worst-case scenarios” given the current tense political climate, suggesting that Trump “might try to destroy the world before he ages out of life.”

“I do think it’s a reasonable theory that Donald Trump is not unlike the spouse of someone who leaves him, perhaps for another, who then murders their former partner because if they can’t have her, nobody can,” the two-time Oscar winner added. “I think...

Sean Penn, the Hollywood star and two-time Academy Award winner, has always tilted towards a progressive political standpoint and has even shown himself beside controversial left-wing figures. It shouldn't be a secret that he doesn’t see eye to eye with President Donald Trump's views, and at some point, he even compared voting for Trump to "masturbating our way into hell." His latest statement is no different, as the actor has said that Trump "might try to destroy the world before he ages out of life," and that "we should consider worst-case scenarios" if he decides to run for a third term.

Per the report by Variety, Penn appeared on Jim Acosta's podcast to talk about his latest project as producer, Words of War. "We are tasting in our country what the Russians have gone through," the actor said when comparing Russia and the U.S. and how politicians treat the people.

Sean Penn is not holding back when it comes to his opinion of Donald Trump’s second term as president. Speaking on Jim Acosta‘s Substack podcast, the actor said he is concerned about whether Trump will attempt to remain in office.

“We should consider worst case scenarios,” Penn said, after speaking about El Salvador’s president Nayib Bukele. “I do think it’s a reasonable theory that Donald Trump is not unlike the spouse of someone who leaves him, perhaps for another, who then murders their former partner because...

Sean Penn appeared on Jim Acosta’s Substack podcast recently to talk about the new film “Words of War,” and the discussion ranged across several topics in world politics. The always-outspoken actor and activist didn’t hold back his thoughts about the danger of President Trump and the direction the country is heading in.

While talking about El Salvador’s president Nayib Bukele and whether Trump will try to stay in the White House past his term limit, Penn said that “we should consider worst cast scenarios” and that Trump “might try to destroy the world before he ages out of life.”

“I do think it’s a reasonable theory that Donald Trump is not unlike the spouse of someone who leaves him, perhaps for another, who then murders their former partner because if they can’t have her, nobody can,” Penn said. “I think Donald Trump and his solipsism...

2025 will welcome plenty of good guys to theaters, from Tom Cruise's death-defying Ethan Hunt in Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning to David Corenswet's Clark Kent in James Gunn's Superman. Amid all the fictional heroes, however, will be the story of one very real one who braved warzones, poisoning, countless threats, and attempts at intimidation to speak truth to power until her assassination in 2006. That hero is Russian-American journalist and human rights activist Anna Politkovskaya, the subject of the biographical political thriller Words of War hitting theaters in the U.S. on May 2. Ahead of its arrival next month, we're excited to include the timely feature as part of Collider's Exclusive Preview event for summer movies and share an exclusive sneak peek, images, and our conversations with the team behind the film to introduce readers to Politkovskaya as played by Maxine Peake and her daring work...

“Words of War,” the upcoming political thriller based on the life of murdered Russian journalist Anna Politkovskaya and a film that boasts Senn Penn among its exec producers, has been acquired for a number of international territories.

The film — starring a trio of BAFTA nominees in Maxine Peake, Ciarán Hinds and Jason Isaacs — has been bought for the U.K. and Ireland by Signature Entertainment, with plans a theatrical release. Meanwhile, it’s been picked up by Eagle Pictures for Italy, Divisa Films for Spain, Dimeo Films for Poland, and Front Row Entertainment for the Middle East. The film is being released theatrically in the U.S. by Rolling Pictures.

Directed by James Strong (“Broadchurch”) from a script by Eric Poppen (“Cyberjack”), “Words of War” is based on a true story and follows world-renowned journalist and human rights activist Politkovskaya on her brave crusade, fighting to be an independent voice...

“Many of us sacrificed our careers trying to take these people on and Newsom’s trying to make a career with them.”

That was former Republican U.S. Rep. Adam Kinzinger reacting to California’s Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom having the Trump White House’s onetime chief strategist Steve Bannon on his podcast today. Though a Republican, Kinzinger served on the the House Committee on the Jan. 6 Attack and has been vocal in his opposition to Trump’s claims of voter fraud and attempts to overturn the results.

Newsom has used his new podcast to engage with far Right figures, having unusually friendly conversations with his first two guests, Michael Savage and Charlie Kirk, as well as with Bannon this week. In a world that could use more bipartisanship, that kind of amity is arguably a good thing. But many, like Kinzinger, saw the Bannon interview as a betrayal.

“Bannon...

Writer, producer and director Rohit Karn Batra’s The Film Compartment is partnering with Sean Penn’s Projected Picture Works for his upcoming drama “The Gun on Second Street.” Guy J. Louthan of Ransom Films will produce with Batra. Rikin Shah, U.S. Congressman Eric Swalwell and Projected Picture Works partners Penn, John Ira Palmer and John Wildermuth will executive produce. Production on the film is set to begin in early June.

“The Gun on Second Street” is an allegory of the gun crisis in the United States, as it follows two Pittsburgh police partners and best friends who are called to an uneventful domestic violence dispute on Second Street. When Officer Tj Meadows III accidentally kills his partner, Kevin Cooper, he is left traumatized. Years later and no longer a cop, he returns to Pittsburgh and falls for Kevin’s widow, Kacie, as they both confront their painful past.

“Words of War,” the political thriller executive produced by Sean Penn, will be released in theaters on May 2.

Rolling Pictures and Decal announced the release date along with an official poster. Directed by James Strong, the film is also executive produced by Representative Eric Swalwell (CA-14).

“Words of War” is based on a true story and follows world-renowned journalist and human rights activist Anna Politkovskaya on her brave crusade, fighting to be an independent voice of truth for the Russian people, putting her own life in jeopardy despite numerous acts of intimidation and violence. While Politkovskaya was ultimately silenced, her legacy lives on and her story serves as a reminder of the dangers that journalists face and the importance of protecting their right to report the news, without fear of death or reprisal.

Said Penn, “’Words of War’ is a tribute to Anna Politkovskaya and journalists around the world, whose...

It was only a matter of time before this was going to happen. There’s a new report that says protests against the new President Elect Donald Trump have begun in the city of Chicago on Wednesday night. Keep reading below for everything you need to know.

Protests Against President Elect Donald Trump Begin In Chicago

According to the latest reports, a massive anti-Trump protest has started in Chicago Illinois outside the Trump hotel after President Elect Trump won his election last night.

If that weren’t enough, it’s also been noted that NYU students are forming a protest in New York near Cadman Plaza Park after President Elect Donald Trump won last night. Chanting, “NYU your hands are red, over a hundred thousand dead!” and “Hey hey, ho ho, Donald Trump has got to go.”

It’s being reported that their numbers are fairly small right now but...

Hollywood figures are making a final push in the 2024 presidential election campaign, while Kamala Harris and Donald Trump plan to fill their final rallies this evening with some celebrity guests.

A massive phone bank, being billed as the “largest phone bank ever,” is being organized for Harris on Tuesday by Jamie Patricof and Rep. Eric Swalwell. Among those participating are Kerry Washington, Ben Stiller, Jessica Alba, John Legend, Kelly Rowland, Joel McHale, Mark Cuban, Bradley Whitford, Tony Goldwyn, Mark Ruffalo, Uzo Aduba, Bellamy Young, Ken Jeong, Sophia Bush, Mark Feuerstein, Jesse Tyler Ferguson, Chris Messina, Doc Rivers, Max Greenfield and Billy Ray.

Some celebrities are making late-in-the-campaign endorsement videos, including Richard Gere, who posted a Harris endorsement aimed at voters in Pennsylvania. Gere noted that he was born in Philadelphia, and his parents were born and raised in Brooklyn, Pa. He said of Harris and her running mate Tim Walz,...

Exclusive: Political drama-thriller Words of War, about the life and murder of Russian-American investigative journalist Anna Politkovskaya has been sold domestically to Decal Releasing out of the TIFF market.

BAFTA-nominee Maxine Peake, Oscar-nominee Ciarán Hinds and BAFTA-nominee Jason Isaacs star in the film, which is being lined up for a theatrical release in Q1, 2025.

Concourse Media struck the deal with Decal and will manage the P&a campaign after raising funds with the producers.

Pic is based on the real-life story of Politkovskaya’s pioneering crusade for an independent voice in Russia in the late 1990s and early 2000s. For years, she exposed the atrocities of Second Chechen War despite numerous acts of intimidation and violence. She gained widespread international renown for her criticisms of Russian leaders and stands as a pillar of press freedom. In 2006 on Vladimir Putin’s birthday, Politkovskaya was assassinated in her apartment elevator, an act that...

Donald Trump’s running mate doubled down on the disproven, racist lie that Haitians are eating cats and other animals in Springfield, Ohio, on Tuesday, acknowledging on X, formerly Twitter, that the conspiracy theory is a “rumor” while encouraging followers to keep spreading it, anyway.

Springfield police have said they have not received any reports of such events, and city engagement manager Karen Graves said “there have been no credible reports or specific claims of pets being harmed, injured or abused by individuals within the immigrant community.”

J.D. Vance posted about the fabrication on Monday.

Jimmy Kimmel welcomes actor Kumail Nanjiani, US Representative Eric Swalwell, and musical guest Rex Orange County to the show. Nanjiani will be talking about his role in the fourth season comedy-mystery series “Only Murders in the Building,” which has just premiered on Hulu. Plus Jimmy chats to Californian Representative Eric Swalwell. Rounding off the show […]

Jimmy Kimmel Live: Kumail Nanjiani, Rep. Eric Swalwell, Rex Orange Country...

The final scoring session was done in under 30 minutes. The only question to be sorted out: Should the first ominous note hit just before or after the reveal of Trump?

On Aug. 5, writer-producer David Grae, editor Michael Lim and composer W.G. Snuffy Walden gathered via Zoom with Rep. Eric Swalwell, D-Calif., to study a cut of a pointed political ad created as part of a larger campaign to keep former President Donald Trump from retaking the White House.

The Hollywood production veterans realized that the timing of a key moment in Walden’s score for the 30-second spot needed adjusting. Swalwell acknowledged that Walden, an Emmy winner for his work on “The West Wing,” had a tough assignment.

“You’re being asked to go from ‘Here Comes the Sun’ to ‘Jaws,’” he observed with a laugh. The video being dissected features a Trump impersonator at the wheel of a school bus.

Sporting mutton chops and a guitar slung over his shoulder, actor and comedian Nick Offerman delivered his own original song to Monday night’s Comics for Kamala fundraiser. The event raised funds to support Kamala Harris‘ presidential campaign, and it was organized by Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-ca), Dani Zoldan (owner of Stand Up New York), producer Jamie Patricof, and David Rosenberg.

Introduced by host Paul Mecurio, Offerman began by saying he was “grateful to vote for a presidential candidate in Kamala Harris, who didn’t just prosecute rapists, but also is not one herself.

A group of comedians are signing on for the latest Zoom call to benefit Kamala Harris’ presidential campaign, with Ben Stiller, Jason Bateman, Cecily Strong and D.L. Hughley among those signed up to participate.

The Monday evening event, to start at 8 p.m. Et, was inspired by a series of virtual calls that have raised huge sums for the Harris campaign since it was launched on July 21. A White Dudes for Harris call on Monday raised more than $4 million, and featured celebrities including Jeff Bridges and Joseph Gordon Levitt, and political figures including Gov. Tim Walz (D-mn) and Gov. Roy Cooper (D-nc).

Also on that call was Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-ca), who said that he was inspired to reach out to friends and contacts in the comedy world for a standup-oriented virtual event. He said that he reached out to Dani Zoldan, owner of Stand Up New York, and producer...

Republicans voted on Wednesday to hold Attorney General Merrick Garland in contempt of Congress over the Justice Department’s refusal to turn over audio recordings of interviews President Joe Biden gave to Special Counsel Robert Hur. The 216-207 vote came down largely on party lines.

In January of last year, Garland appointed Hur, a Donald Trump appointee, to lead the DOJ’s investigation into classified documents found at Biden’s home and office. The investigation took place amid a parallel probe into Trump’s own retention of classified documents that...

Attorney General Merrick Garland slammed Republican attacks against the Justice Department in a tense House Judiciary Committee hearing on Tuesday.

“I will not be intimidated,” Garland said in his opening statements. “The Justice Department will not be intimidated. We will continue to do our jobs free from political influence. And we will not back down from defending our democracy.”

In May, Republicans initiated proceedings to hold Garland in contempt of Congress after the Justice Department refused to provide lawmakers with audio recordings of a deposition President Joe Biden gave to...

News Corp. and OpenAI have reached an multi-year agreement to provide content for use in artificial intelligence.

The deal is the latest that OpenAI has reached with news publishers, even as it defends itself from lawsuits filed by other content creators over the use of their work in training models.

According to a joint announcement, OpenAI will receive access to content from The Wall Street Journal, Barron’s, MarketWatch, Investor’s Business Daily, Fn, New York Post, The Times, The Sunday Times, The Sun, The Australian, news.com.au, The Daily Telegraph, The Courier Mail, The Advertiser and Herald Sun.

The Journal reported that the deal could be worth $250 million over five years, with compensation in the form of cash and credits for the use of AI technology.

Other publishers also have reached agreements with OpenAI, including the Associated Press and Axel Springer, offering up vast libraries of content that can...

PodcastOne (Nasdaq: Podc), a leading podcast platform and a subsidiary of LiveOne (Nasdaq: Lvo), announced today that it has acquired the exclusive sales and distribution rights to top society and culture podcast, Dumb Gay Podcast hosted by Bravo stars and comedians Julie Goldman and Brandy Howard. Dumb Gay Podcast launches on PodcastOne on May 7, 2024.

If you know who NeNe Leakes is but not Nancy Pelosi, then this is the podcast for you! Join Bravo stars and comedians Julie Goldman (the gay) and Brandy Howard (the dumb) as they talk about politics & current events, like they are talking about reality TV. Dumb Gay Podcast is a weekly comedy podcast with lots of feelings, lots of facts, and zero f*cks. Hosts Goldman and Howard rose to popularity as cast members of Bravo's hit show, The People's Couch.

“Julie and Brandy are the comedic voices of a generation and we’re excited...

Harry Dunn stands in the living room of a waterfront home in Annapolis, Maryland, in a black campaign T-shirt and a silver chain. His forehead glistens with sweat as he paces the bright space, all eyes in the room on him.

The image people have seared into their minds of Dunn is him in a crisp, dark Capitol Police uniform, gold badge over his heart, giving an emotional testimony in front of the Jan. 6 congressional committee. He recalled the blood that covered his fist after he fought rioters hoping to keep Donald Trump in office,...

A frequent target of harsh Republican attacks, Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-ca) is putting up the digital barricades for his reelection campaign.

On the ballot in November like every member of the House of Representatives, the six-term California Congressman has teamed up with the technology services of Wolfsbane.ai to protect himself against AI deepfakes and other manipulations.

“Ensuring the integrity of our democratic process is of paramount importance,” Rep. Swalwell said Tuesday of the realities of running for office in the 21st century. “Embracing cutting-edge tools such as Wolfsbane.ai to prevent deepfakes is not just an option; it’s a necessity in safeguarding elections against fraud and misinformation,” the ranking member of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Protection Congressional Subcommittee stated.

Long an advocate on the power of technology in the contemporary political arena, Swalwell is the first elected official to partner with Wolfsbane.ai, but he likely won’t be the last.

March Madness is certainly in full swing.

On Friday, the fifth-seeded Gonzaga Bulldogs take on the top-ranked Purdue Boilermakers in the Sweet 16 round of the men’s NCAA basketball tournament in Detroit. It should be an epic showdown for a dominant pair of teams, but Michigan state Rep. Matt Maddock apparently had issues more pressing than college sports in mind when he posted an alarming tweet on Wednesday night.

“Happening right now,” Maddock wrote. “Three busses [sic] just loaded up with illegal invaders at Detroit Metro. Anyone have any idea where...

When the National Press Club hosted a post-screening panel on the upcoming movie Anna, about Russian journalist and Vladimir Putin critic Anna Politkovskaya, the conversation — to not much of a surprise — led to Donald Trump and what his potential return to the White House would mean for democracy.

Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-ca) and former CIA director John Brennan joined journalist Bob Woodward for the post-screening event Wednesday evening, and each chimed in on the potential impact of another Trump presidency.

Woodward, who released 20 audio interviews with Trump as part of The Trump Tapes in 2022, said, “I think an important question about Trump is, ‘Who is he?'”

“In the course of these interviews I asked him, ‘What’s the job of the president?’ And he said, ‘To protect the people.’ Now that’s a good answer. He did not protect the people [in the Covid crisis]. And if you get into this — I think...

Former Special Counsel Robert Hur’s highly anticipated testimony before the House Judiciary Committee began with a compilation of Donald Trump’s many gaffes and errors — undercutting the Maga Republicans who presumably want to use the hearing to impugn President Joe Biden’s mental fitness.

The supercut, prepared by Ranking Member Jerry Nadler (D-n.Y.) featured clips of Trump erroneously identifying international and American leaders, struggling to remember when he was married to his ex-wife, and other instances of the former president stumbling over his words and short-circuiting on camera.

Republicans are trying to spin the Biden impeachment inquiry forward after an hours-long deposition with his son Hunter Biden on Wednesday. It’s proving difficult, as the closed-door hearing doesn’t seem to have yielded many revelatory details.

Some Republicans are even conceding that Biden performed well under questioning. “I think when the transcript comes out, it’s gonna read well for him, because they did a great job prepping,” Rep. Andy Biggs (R-Ariz.) told Fox News host Harris Faulkner Thursday.

GOP Rep. Andy Biggs on Fox News admits that...

Former President Donald Trump is in D.C. on Tuesday sitting in on an appeals court hearing regarding his claim of “absolute immunity” from criminal prosecution for acts he may or may not have committed as president. The arguments are already getting absurd.

Judge Florence Y. Pan, a member of the three-appellate judge panel that will rule on the question, asked Trump’s attorney, John Sauer, if — hypothetically — a president could order S.E.A.L. Team Six to assassinate their political rival and be immune from criminal prosecution.

Sauer...

Rep. Eric Swalwell took Rep. Jim Jordan to task over his past tolerance of antisemitic statements during a Wednesday hearing of the House Judiciary Committee. Jordan, the committee’s chairman, convened the hearing to debate free speech on college campuses and discuss recent collegiate protests related to Israel’s ongoing war against Hamas militants in the Gaza Strip.

After Jordan (R-Ohio) referenced antisemitism on campuses, Swalwell (D-Calif.) brought up a tweet from the House Judiciary GOP’s X (formerly Twitter) account, which is controlled by Jordan. On Oct. 6 of last year,...

On Friday, former President Donald Trump mocked House Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi (D-California) and her husband in the wake of a brutal attack in the family’s home last October.

Nancy’s husband Paul Pelosi’s skull was fractured in the attack where an assailant had beat him with a hammer.

Trump had previously responded publicly to the attack with trademark far-right conspiracies and called the attack a “sad situation.”

At a state party convention of California Republicans, Trump said, “We’ll stand up to crazy Nancy Pelosi, who ruined San Francisco — how’s her husband doing, anybody know? And she’s against building a wall at our border, even though she has a wall around her house — which obviously didn’t do a very good job.”

Republicans cheered Trump as he rattled off attacks on several of California state’s most prominent progressive Democrats.

Notably absent from Trump’s...

Sean Penn urged the White House to take a more aggressive approach toward arming Ukraine, telling a crowd at a screening of his film Superpower that those who are influencing U.S. policy “need to get out of the pure caution business.”

“I don’t mind being foolish in saying that I deeply believe, whether Democrat or Republican, if this was an issue that one of the parties chose to commit to, in arming Ukraine, that not only would it be a principal win, but it would be a political win. I think we are hungering for that kind of decisiveness,” Penn told CBS News’ Major Garrett.

“Caution has been very important, humanly and politically … But many times in emergencies, restraint is the enemy of action,” Penn added. “I think that there are influential people, perhaps influential with our president, who they themselves need to be encouraged to get out...

The House is back in session, and Speaker Kevin McCarthy’s first order of business was to announce that he will direct a House committee to open “a formal impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden.” Notably, the decision allows McCarthy and Republicans to skirt a full vote in the House on weather or not to proceed with an impeachment investigation.

In a televised statement delivered Tuesday at the Capitol, McCarthy cited allegations of “abuse of power, obstruction, and corruption,” against Biden that warranted “further investigation by the House of Representatives.

The 2024 presidential race already has its first candidate to drop out: Miami Mayor Francis Suarez.

The GOP contender announced on Tuesday that he was suspending his campaign, which failed to gain traction amid a large field of alternatives to front runner Donald Trump. Suarez failed to qualify for the first presidential debate last week, something that also may prove to be a reckoning for other candidates absent from the stage.

“While I have decided to suspend my campaign for President, my commitment to making this a better nation for every American remains,” Suarez said in a statement posted on X, formerly known as Twitter.

“I will continue to amplify the voices of the Hispanic community – the fastest-growing voting group in our country. The Left has taken Hispanics for granted for far too long, and it is no surprise that so many are finding a home in America’s conservative movement.

A Fox News production crew dug deep Friday for left-leaning media reaction to the news that Hunter Biden’s plea deal with prosecutors was put on hold.

What it found was no surprise, unless ESPN’s Stephen A. Smith is on your list of experts on the workings of American government.

Smith, as to not disappoint as he was featured among a group of political reporters, anchors and pundits in a segment “The Five” rolled out, served up a signature dish of Stephen A. spice, falling in line near the front of the pack after only U.S. Rep Eric Swalwell and his comments to CNN, which were highlighted by the California congressman saying Hunter Biden is “trying to take responsibility.”

“The Republicans in the House want to be in an uproar,” Smith said as the “The Five” montage cuts= to the “First Take” host, who for this clip was...

Republicans hauled FBI Director Christopher Wray in front of the House Judiciary Committee on Tuesday as part of their effort to tear down federal law enforcement for investigating Donald Trump. The hearing was a circus, with Republicans pressing Wray about various conspiracy theories and generally doing whatever they could do to portray the FBI as a corrupt extension of the Biden administration.

Democrats spent their time highlighting the absurdity of the idea, considering Wray is a registered Republican appointed by Trump. Rep. Ted Lieu (D-Calif.) poked several additional holes in...

The National Association of Theatre Owners has named Amanda Matin as their first chief of staff. Martin will report directly to president and CEO Michael O’Leary while working across all NATO organizations, including the Cinema Foundation and CinemaCon, in this newly created position.

“Amanda brings operational expertise, good judgment and a collaborative spirit to NATO,” O’Leary said. “She will work with me and the entire team to enhance our collective work serving our members all across the nation.”

Martin joins NATO from the Entertainment Software Association, a trade association that represents the video game industry. During that tenure, which lasted for three years, she held a series of increasingly senior positions at the prior company, including most recently being associate director for government affairs. Martin had previously worked, from November 2017 to June 2020, in the district office of Congressman Eric Swalwell.

O’Leary further stated that “Having worked with Amanda for three years,...

A man who lost his son in the 2018 mass shooting in Parkland, Florida, was arrested outside of a House hearing on the Second Amendment on Thursday. Manuel Oliver, as well as his wife Patricia Oliver, were ejected from the hearing after exchanging words with lawmakers prior to the arrest.

Freshman Rep. Maxwell Frost (D-Fla.) posted a video of the arrest on social media. “Manny Is A Hero,” Frost wrote. “He didn’t deserve this. The Republican Chair of this committee just called him a narcissist. Disgraceful.”

Here is @manueloliver00 being...

Matt Gaetz has been one of the most vocal Republicans in Congress when it comes to cracking down on China. It had to be more than a little embarrassing on Tuesday, then, when the Florida congressman got called out in a House Armed Services Committee hearing for citing Chinese propaganda while trying to make a point about cutting off U.S. aid to Ukraine.

“Is the Azov Battalion getting access to U.S. weapons?” Gaetz asked Colin Kahl, the U.S. defense undersecretary for policy. The Azov Battalion is a controversial,...

Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) stood behind a lectern in the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday morning and vowed she and her fellow Democrats “will always stand up to” Republicans’ efforts to “denigrate the integrity of the House.” At the moment, those efforts had amounted to a campaign to deny her a seat on the House Foreign Affairs Committee, where she had served since she entered the House in 2019. Standing on either side of her were a pair of congressmen who had suffered a similar fate: Reps. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) and Eric Swalwell (D-Calif.

House Speaker Kevin McCarthy exiled Reps. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) and Eric Swalwell (D-Calif.) from the House Intelligence Committee on Tuesday. The move intensifies an ongoing game of tit-for-tat over committee assignments, and makes good on McCarthy’s vow for revenge after Democrats and a handful of Republicans voted to oust Reps. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) and Paul Gosar (R-Ariz.) from their committees in 2021.

The decision is McCarthy’s first major act of partisan retribution since taking the majority earlier this month. In a formal letter detailing his decision to...

After Donald Trump called for the “termination” of the Constitution, falsely claiming there was “Massive & Widespread Fraud & Deception” in the 2020 election, Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-Calif.) trolled Republican Leader Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.). “Sounds like the Constitution doesn’t matter much to your boss,” he wrote in a tweet that quoted McCarthy saying Republicans will “read every single word of the Constitution aloud” on the House floor when they regain their majority next year.

But Swalwell wasn’t alone. A number of Democrats spoke out over the weekend against the former...

Despite her public estrangement from her sister for the past year, Britney Spears shared a tribute to Jamie Lynn Spears on her Instagram account on Friday. The photos – one of Jamie Lynn playing the guitar and one of her sitting in a kitchen – were posted on Britney’s 41st birthday.

“Verified It’s my b-day but you’re my heart so I’m thinking about you … congratulations on being so brave, inspiring, and showing guts and glory in your show,” the caption read. “You ain’t alone … if anybody knows...

If he is elected speaker of the House next year when Republicans take control, current Minority Leader Rep. Kevin McCarthy has promised to strip certain Democrats — Reps. Adam Schiff, Ilhan Omar, and Eric Swalwell — of their committee assignments. When asked about the possibility of losing his place on the Intelligence Committee, Schiff said that McCarthy will be forced to bend to the will of the extremists in his party.

“I suspect [McCarthy] will do whatever Marjorie Taylor Greene wants him to do,” Schiff said Sunday during an appearance on ABC’s This Week.

A prominent Indiana lawyer stated that the 10-year-old Ohio girl who traveled to his state to seek an abortion should have been forced to give birth to the child. Jim Bopp, general counsel for the National Right to Life, told Politico that if it were up to him “she would have had the baby, and as many women who have had babies as a result of rape, we would hope that she would understand the reason and ultimately the benefit of having the child.”

Bopp, who authored model legislation in...

The House Judiciary Committee on Thursday debated recently introduced legislation called the Protecting Our Kids Act, which would prohibit people under 21 years old from buying semiautomatic guns and put restrictions on high capacity magazines, among other things.

Rep. Greg Steube (R-Fla.), who attended the hearing from his home by videoconference, used the opportunity to complain that at least three guns that he owns would be “banned” under the proposed law because lower capacity magazines don’t fit them. He decided to brandish them, too.

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President Joe Biden was heckled during his State of the Union speech by Republican Reps. Lauren Boebert of Colorado and Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia tonight.

NBC’s Garrett Haake told viewers that Boebert “and Marjorie Taylor Greene…kept up something of a running commentary throughout much of the speech, interjecting.”

Boebert, who wore a wrap with the words “drill baby drill” on the back, appeared to be the night’s interjector-in-chief.

Biden, as he did throughout the speech, sought to find common cause with Republicans as he spoke of caring for U.S. servicemen and women who may have been exposed to toxic substances while Afghanistan and Iraq.

“When they came home, many of the world’s fittest and best-trained warriors were never the same,” he said. “Headaches. Numbness. Dizziness.”

He added, “A cancer that would put them in a flag-draped coffin, I know.”

Those last two words were...

Get ready to hear Britney Spears’ unabridged side of the story. The pop star has inked a deal with publishing house Simon & Schuster for the pop star’s inevitable memoir, according to Variety.

The book will reveal “Spears’ accounts of and commentary on her rise to fame, her music career, and her relationship with her family.” An individual familiar with Spears told Variety the book deal is “record-breaking” in nature, while Page Six reports that the agreement is worth as much as $15 million. Simon & Schuster reportedly emerged victorious following a...