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EXCLUSIVE: Joe Biden's reelection campaign has a problem with some of its top donors after last night’s debate fiasco, and they may have just made it worse. To mollify the agitation and quell a "cooling," as one insider put it, among some of the most generous entertainment industry donors on both…

"Mr. Biden is not the man he was four years ago," the New York Times said today in the understatement of the moment as it a called for the incumbent to bow out of this year's race against Donald Trump before it's too late. "The president appeared on Thursday night as the shadow of a great public…

UPDATED with Stone comment: After an outpouring of concern from Hollywood notables prompted by Joe Biden’s performance in the first 2024 presidential debate, Sharon Stone offered a counterpoint today in a video she posted to Instagram. “I’ve been thinking a lot about last night’s debate,” Stone says…

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…

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…

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…

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…

EXCLUSIVE: "I hope the folks at Sundance have the clarity of perspective to recognize that it would be in their best interest to bring the festival to Georgia," Sen. Raphael Warnock says of the Peach State's unique triple bids for the Robert Redford-founded film festival to move to Hollywood South…

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…

The Biden vs Trump debate took place in the small hours of the morning in many parts of the world but one only needed to watch a few clips and glance at headlines within minutes of waking up to get a feel for what had happened. Unsurprisingly, the majority of the global press focused on a very tough…

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…

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…