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When Chad Wolf defended the Department of Homeland Security’s crackdown in Portland, Oregon this summer, his former colleagues were perplexed. To them, the man decrying the “violent anarchists” threatening “to burn down” a federal courthouse was almost unrecognizable. It wasn’t just the partisan nature of his comments, made before the Senate in August, but the
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On Wednesday the Justice Department announced the settlement of federal criminal charges with Purdue Pharma, the Sackler-family-owned maker of the prescription painkiller OxyContin, the overprescription of which is widely seen as one of the early causes of the country’s ongoing opioid crisis. The company will plead guilty to three criminal charges related to its marketing
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Actor Joseph Gordon-Levitt has put together a brilliant song inspired by the final presidential debate, with both Donald Trump and Joe Biden trading ‘lyrics’ from their intense exchanges. Actor Joseph Gordon-Levitt just created one of the most interesting “opinion” pieces of the 2020 presidential race. The Dark Knight Rises star put together a video with
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Hulk, Thor and more: the Avengers have assembled on Balmoral Street on Montreal’s south shore. The iconic gallery of DC and Marvel superheroes have come to life on the front lawn of a Saint-Hubert Halloween decorated house. The Avengers have assembled alongside other iconic characters on Balmoral St in Saint-Hubert.#Halloween #dc #Marvel pic.twitter.com/GkIGfjqaNA — BraydenJaggerHaines
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This week Vanity Fair special correspondent Gabriel Sherman, who has covered Donald Trump since 2015, joins cohost Joe Hagan for an in-depth discussion of the final days of the 2020 election and—possibly—the Trump era. Sherman and Hagan look past the polls to discern the narrative logic of Trump’s reality-TV presidency: As he runs out of ideas, the
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H2One CEO and co-founder, Alfred Zaccagnino, will join longtime New York Yankees Community Advisor Ray Negron on Friday October 23 at P.S. 055, in the Bronx, to share the gift of health and wellness with pupils, on behalf of two outstanding Yankees players. Shortstop Gleyber Torres and third baseman Geo Ursula came up with the
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The U.S. presidential election is in less than two weeks, and with so much at stake, this “home stretch” can feel particularly excruciating on an existential level. Whether it’s intense political engagement you’re looking for or an opportunity to step back and see the bigger picture, we’ve rounded up political podcasts that approach election coverage
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After Rudy Giuliani swore he did nothing wrong during the ‘Borat’ sequel, Sacha Baron Cohen wondered what ELSE he’s done ‘with other female journalists in hotel rooms.’ “I would say that if the president’s lawyer found what he did there ‘appropriate behavior,’ then heaven knows what he’s done with other female journalists in hotel rooms,”
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Senate Republicans are reportedly unimpressed and frustrated by Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin‘s negotiations with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi for a new coronavirus stimulus deal. According to The Washington Post, “Mnuchin continues to negotiate and make concessions, giving rise to the new round of complaints.” One Senator GOP aide told the Post that, “He [Mnuchin] negotiates
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Kelly Ripa is no stranger to showing off photos of sexy husband Mark Consuelos. She shared a throwback Halloween costume snapshot where fans were gushing over Mark’s large ‘heat’ in his tight pants. Kelly Ripa has a hot husband and she knows it! The 50-year-old daytime talk show goddess shared a series of Instagram photos
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The third and final presidential debate gave Donald Trump and Joe Biden the opportunity to make their final pitch to the American people before the 2020 election. For the Democratic nominee, that meant driving home the point that he believes in science, that he’ll take the COVID-19 pandemic seriously, that climate change is real, and
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The Rock wins at Instagram throwback photos once again. This time he shared a photo as a child dressed in his dad’s wrestling boots, trunks and championship belt, dreaming of future superstardom. What a precious little future wrestling champ! There’s a good reason why Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson is the most followed American man on
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Tonight marks the final presidential debate before the election and after bombing the first and skipping the second, Donald Trump desperately needs it go well. Unfortunately for the president’s handlers and those hoping he can pull off a second term, as of Wednesday, Trump had reportedly done little debate prep and famously listens to no
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In a hastily arranged news conference Wednesday night, Director of National Intelligence John Ratcliffe and FBI Director Christopher Wray came out in tandem to announce that Iran—and not far-right group the Proud Boys—was behind threatening emails sent to Democrats. “We have confirmed that some voter-registration information has been obtained by Iran and separately by Russia,”
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Transcripts released Thursday show convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein’s ex-girlfriend was combative and defensive under tough questioning four years ago about her now-deceased ex-boyfriend’s interactions with underage girls. In the transcripts, Ghislaine Maxwell repeatedly denied hiring anyone under the age of 18 for the financier. “I never saw any inappropriate underage activities with Jeffrey ever,”
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