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How A Tray Of Bloody Oysters Helped ‘The Diplomat’ Find “A Real Spine” For Season 4 – The Backstory
The creative team behind Netflix’s political thriller *The Diplomat* has revealed that a dinner scene featuring bloodied oysters, filmed for season three, became the blueprint for season four’s central theme: how two political couples cope with the same crises in strikingly different ways. Showrunner Debora Cahn told Deadline that the scene, in which the Penns…
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Treasury yields tick up
Welcome to The Hill’s Business & Economy newsletter {beacon} Business & Economy Business & Economy The Big Story Treasury yields tick up The yield on the U.S. 30-year Treasury bond surpassed 5.3 percent on Tuesday before a slight downtick, foreshadowing an increase in borrowing costs across the country. © Julia Demaree Nikhinson, The Associated…
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Why a Reunion Between the Two Rival TV Academies Is Long Overdue
Last month’s news that Los Angeles’ Television Academy and New York’s National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences are exploring a reunion is a significant, if complicated, development, according to Variety columnist Michael Schneider. The two organisations split acrimoniously 50 years ago after years of internal tension, and reuniting them would require untangling decades of…
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Ossoff battle with Trump, White House gets nasty
The White House and Sen. Jon Ossoff are engaged in an increasingly nasty fight that intensified after the Georgia Democrat, a rising star in his party, invoked President Trump’s longtime aide Natalie Harp in his insults of the commander-in-chief. Ossoff ramped up the feud on Tuesday during a campaign event with Sen. Mark Kelly (D-Ariz.),…
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Labour’s net zero dogma is costing cash-strapped families £540 a year, bombshell analysis that was scrapped by Ed Miliband shows
An investigation reported by the Daily Mail claims that Labour’s net zero policies are costing cash-strapped British households an extra £540 a year, based on analysis that was reportedly shelved by Energy Secretary Ed Miliband before publication. The report suggests the government sat on findings that could have proved politically damaging, feeding into a wider…
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Key results from Florida primaries, so far
Voters in Florida are picking their party’s candidates for governor, Senate and a number of U.S. House seats after redistricting.
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Live results: Candidates jockey to succeed DeSantis in Florida primary
Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis is leaving the Florida governor’s mansion in January, teeing up a fiery battle to succeed the term-limited state executive. Rep. Byron Donalds (R) leads the crowded GOP field and has notched President Trump’s coveted endorsement. Democrat David Jolly, meanwhile, dominates the polls on the other side of the aisle. Polls close…
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Live results: Democrats eye flip in Alaska Senate race with primary underway
Voting ends Tuesday in Alaska as voters choose who will duke it out in one of the most closely watched Senate races this cycle. Sen. Dan Sullivan (R) is on defense as Democrats look to former Rep. Mary Peltola (D) to flip the seat. To further complicate matters, another Alaska Republican named Dan Sullivan will…
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Live results: Alaskans vote on next governor in open primary
Alaskans on Tuesday will conclude voting on a suite of candidates to replace term-limited Gov. Mike Dunleavy (R). More than a dozen candidates, including former state Senate Minority Leader Tom Begich (D) and business owner Bernadette Wilson (R), have led recent polls. Other contenders include Democrat Jonathan Kreiss-Tomkins, a former state lawmaker, as well as…
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Live results: Wyoming picks candidates for open governor’s race
Voting ends Tuesday in the Wyoming primaries for Republican and Democratic candidates for governor, an open seat with incumbent Gov. Mark Gordon (R) ineligible for another term. Wyoming Superintendent of Public Instruction Megan Degenfelder is running with President Trump’s endorsement, which has had a mixed track record this primary season but is still much-coveted among…