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Movie Academy Foundation Board Re-Elects Kim Taylor-Coleman As President; Other Officers & Members Set
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has re-elected casting director Kim Taylor-Coleman as president of its Academy Foundation Board for the 2026-27 term. The Foundation oversees AMPAS’s educational, preservation and cultural work, including talent development programmes, the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures, the Margaret Herrick Library, the Academy Film Archive and the Academy…
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How a stuffed blue bunny got caught in the Max Miller feud
Rep. Max Miller (R-Ohio) is fending off mounting calls for his resignation over allegations of domestic violence against his ex-wife and daughter. Emily Moreno, the daughter of Sen. Bernie Moreno (R-Ohio), has made accusations that Miller held a gun to her head and broke their two-year-old daughter’s collarbone, among other abuses that the congressman has…
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Alsobrooks introducing legislation to exempt school supplies from Trump tariffs
Democratic Sen. Angela Alsobrooks (Md.) on Thursday will introduce legislation to exempt school supplies from President Trump’s tariffs, as families nationwide prepare for the start of a new academic year. The bill, titled the Back-to-School Supplies Affordability Act, proposes shielding school supplies from tariffs Trump has imposed since returning to office. Qualifying supplies include backpacks,…
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Rubio targets Cuban military procurement with new sanctions
Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Thursday sanctioned five Cuban entities and eight individuals with ties to Havana’s military procurement as the Trump administration ramps up efforts to rearrange the country’s communist government system. “The Cuban Communist regime is a state sponsor of terrorism that spies on America, arms violent left-wing radicals, spreads poisonous Marxist…
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Judge Pauses Order For Trump To Hand Over Financial Records To BBC
A US federal judge has temporarily blocked an order requiring Donald Trump’s trust to hand over financial records to the BBC, as part of Trump’s $10 billion defamation lawsuit against the broadcaster. The pause comes after Trump’s legal team signalled it no longer intends to pursue damages tied to alleged harm to his businesses and…
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Democrat’s fundraiser at kinky club known for ‘F***** Me Friday’ sparks outrage as neck-and-neck race takes lewd turn: See the NSFW menu
A fundraising event for a Democratic candidate held at a club known for a sexually explicit themed night, reportedly branded “F***** Me Friday,” has caused controversy after details of the venue and its lewd menu emerged publicly. The story has gained traction because it comes amid a tightly contested election race, with critics arguing the…
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Trump allies push to arm president with new tariff weapon to punish countries ‘ripping off’ America
A group of Trump-aligned senators, led by Florida Republican Rick Scott, is pushing legislation to give President Trump explicit congressional authority to impose tariffs on countries with long-standing trade deficits with the United States. The move comes after the Supreme Court struck down Trump’s broader, universal tariffs, prompting his administration to refund billions of dollars…
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Reporter’s Notebook: Summer ends, but the Senate’s fall crunch begins
The article, a Fox News reporter’s notebook, describes a hectic autumn workload facing the US Senate as its summer recess ends, with bipartisan lawmakers racing to avoid a government shutdown. The stakes are significant because the federal fiscal year begins on 1 October, and failure to act would risk a repeat of the prolonged 43-day…
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Republicans vote down farm bill amendment enabling lawsuits against pesticide companies, a blow to MAHA
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…