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Ted joined Deadline in 2020 and is based in Washington, D.C., where he covers politics, media and entertainment. He's reported on the intersection of politics and showbiz since 2006, as an editor and correspondent for Variety, as well as a contributor to publications such as Politico and as an on-air host for SiriusXM. He previously was a staff writer for the Los Angeles Times and TV Guide, and an editor at V Life. He is a graduate of Northwestern University and was born and raised in Minneapolis, a city that will always be home.
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Donald Trump Blasts Joe Biden For Not “Knowing What The Hell He Was Doing” At Debate; Former POTUS Says CNN Moderators “Treated Me Very Fairly”
Former President Donald Trump, in his first rally since the presidential debate on Thursday, continued to go after Joe Biden as a bit of a master political manipulator even as much of the post-event focus has been on the president’s feeble performance.
“Despite the fact that crooked Joe Biden has…
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Steve Bannon Must Report To Prison After Supreme Court Rejects Last-Minute Appeal
Steve Bannon, the podcast host and former top adviser to Donald Trump, must report to prison on Monday after the Supreme Court rejected his effort to sideline a four-month prison sentence.
“The application for release pending appeal presented to The Chief Justice and by him referred to the Court…
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Barack Obama Reacts To Concern Over Joe Biden After Dismal Performance Vs. Trump: “Bad Debate Nights Happen”
Former President Barack Obama weighed in Friday on President Joe Biden’s dismal debate performance the night before, offering a bit of perspective on the anxieties following his own listless showing in 2012.
Obama wrote on X/Twitter, “Bad debate nights happen. Trust me, I know. But this election is…
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Joe Biden Tells Rally “I Don’t Debate As Well As I Used To” But “I Know How To Tell The Truth”; Elton John Joins POTUS At Stonewall Event
UPDATE: Elton John joined President Joe Biden in New York later today at the opening of the Stonewall National Monument Visitor Center.
The Pride month celebration was part of a series of post-debate stops Biden has planned today and over the weekend.
John decried the “misinformation” and…
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Supreme Court Limits Federal Agencies’ Regulatory Power By Reversing 40-Year-Old Chevron Precedent
The Supreme Court overturned a 40-year-old precedent that gave deference to federal agencies in interpreting ambiguous statutes as they create and enforce regulations.
The court’s six conservative justices all voted to overturn what has been known as the “Chevron doctrine,” rooted in a 1984 case and…
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CNN Presidential Debate Drew 51.3 Million, A Big Dropoff From 2020, Nielsen Says
UPDATED, 1:48 PM: Final figures showed that the CNN presidential debate drew an estimated 51.3 million viewers across 16 networks, according to Nielsen.
That is a drop of almost 30% from the 73.1 million who watched the first presidential debate between Joe Biden and Donald Trump in 2020.
The…
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Kamala Harris Says Joe Biden Had A “Slow Start” But A “Strong Finish” In Debate, VP Tells Anderson Cooper Race Can’t Be Judged On “Style Points”
During an interview with CNN’s Anderson Cooper, Vice President Kamala Harris ackowledged that President Joe Biden had a “slow start” during Thursday night’s debate but insisted that it was a “strong finish.”
Cooper repeatedly pressed Harris on Democratic concerns over Biden’s performance, in which…
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POTUS Debate TV Review: Biden Shows His Age While Trump Tosses Out One Whopper After Another With No Fact-Checking From CNN Moderators
If there was any winner in Thursday night’s first presidential debate, it was CNN. If there was a loser, it was absolutely Joe Biden.
Throwing the already tight race into a tailspin for the faltering incumbent almost from the very beginning, the most memorable line maybe Biden's inability to finish…
POTUS Debate: “A Game Changing Debate” That Sends Democrats Into Panic And Shock Over Joe Biden’s Performance
UPDATED, 7:53 PM: “It was a game-changing debate in the sense that right now, as we speak, there is a deep, a wide and a very aggressive panic in the Democratic Party,” CNN’s John King said immediately after the the first debate of the 2024 presidential election season between Joe Biden and Donald Trump…
Debate Night In L.A.: Joe Biden Supporters Gather With Governors For Watch Party
Supporters of Joe Biden and Donald Trump planned to hold watch parties across the country for CNN’s presidential debate, seizing on the event to energize their bases.
In Los Angeles, three Democratic governors — Gretchen Whitmer of Michigan, Andy Beshear of Kentucky and JB Pritzker of Illinois — were…
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Joe Biden And Donald Trump Arrive In Atlanta For CNN Presidential Debate
President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump have each arrived in Atlanta for this evening’s CNN debate, an event that many predicted would unravel when it was first announced last month.
Biden arrived at about 3:15 p.m. ET, and greeted an entourage that included former UN ambassador Andrew…
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White House Correspondents’ Association Protests After CNN Limits In-Studio Print Pool Access During Duration Of Biden-Trump Debate
UPDATED, with CNN comment: The White House Correspondents’ Association is urging CNN to allow at least one print pool reporter inside the studio for the duration of tonight’s presidential debate, after the network rejected previous requests.
When President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump…
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