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3+ min ago (303+ words) Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) is now offering new details of conversations she had with President Donald Trump pertaining to deceased child predator Jeffrey Epstein. CBS' 60 Minutes teased its interview of Greene in a post to X on Friday. In the clip, reporter Lesley Stahl is seen asking the Georgia Republican about behind-the-scenes conversations she had with the president about her push to compel the Department of Justice (DOJ) to release all remaining evidence on Epstein from his two federal criminal investigations. "We did talk about the Epstein files, and he was extremely angry at me that I had signed the discharge petition to release the files," Greene said. "I fully believe that those women deserve everything they're asking, they're asking for all of it to come out. And they deserve it. And he was furious with me." "What did…...

5+ min ago (61+ words) US officials have arrested a man suspected of planting pipe bombs the night before the January 6 Capitol insurrection. Authorities arrest man suspected of planting pipe bombs in Washington, DC US officials have arrested a man suspected of planting pipe bombs at the headquarters of the Republican and Democratic parties in Washington, DC, the night before the January 6 Capitol insurrection....

14+ min ago (268+ words) The inaugural award was presented by FIFA President Gianni Infantino A hot mic picked up in-studio laughter while CNN's Dana Bash covered President Donald Trump's acceptance of the inaugural FIFA Peace Prize " an award made just for him. On Friday, CNN's "Inside Politics" cut into Trump's acceptance speech at The John F. Kennedy Memorial Center for the Performing Arts for the newly created award. Bash was trying to explain both the speech and award as the studio's mics picked up an unidentified individual off-camera laughing. Trump made it clear earlier this year he thought he deserved the Nobel Peace Prize. When it did not happen, he attacked those who distribute the award, and now he's getting his own. "In an increasingly unsettled and divided world, it's fundamental to recognize the outstanding contribution of those who work hard to end conflicts and…...

17+ min ago (326+ words) Individual award amounts will not exceed 150% of each recipient's base salary Warner Bros. Discovery's board of directors have adopted a transaction bonus program designed to retain key executives through the closing of Netflix's $82.7 billion acquisition of its streaming and studio assets and the company's separation of its linear networks business into Discovery Global. Per a Friday filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, the bonus program will "recognize and incentivize the contributions of selected key employees" to the success of the merger. It is also designed to "secure and encourage the continued employment of such employees through the consummation of the Separation and the Distribution and/or the Merger." Under the program, designated employees may receive a cash bonus from a pool of $38.7 million. The compensation committee will determine individual award amounts. For employees who will support the SpinCo business…...

20+ min ago (654+ words) FedEx workers: speak out against the mass layoffs by filling out the form below. All submissions will be kept anonymous. FedEx is laying off all 856 employees at its FedEx Supply Chain Logistics & Electronics center in Coppell, Texas, 20 minutes northwest of Dallas. The layoffs are beginning in "phases" starting in January, with the facility fully closing in April. This comes amid an ongoing job slaughter, with 32,000 jobs being cut in November and 30 percent of US corporations planning holiday season layoffs. The explanation given by the company is that "this action is necessitated solely by our customer's decision [an undisclosed business] to transition its business to a new location that will be managed by a new third-party logistics provider." A similar explanation was given in the announcement of the layoff of 611 workers at a Memphis Fed Ex Supply Chain center. The layoffs…...

21+ min ago (481+ words) On its 50th anniversary (and with a new 4K disc out now), we spoke to the producer about the making of the classic "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest" is rightfully considered a modern classic. And producer Michael Douglas always knew that it was bound for greatness. "We thought it was pretty special," Douglas said. We're speaking because the movie, celebrating its 50th anniversary, has just been reissued as a deluxe 4K Blu-ray by Warner Bros. Home Entertainment, with new special features (including some wonderful conversations-over-Zoom emceed by Douglas). Douglas does note that it was not always smooth sailing. After Nicholson saw what Forman was doing, Douglas said, he "calmed down." Finally, they struck a deal with United Artists. "It came down to having to go with the worst possible choice. And they got the best possible situation," Douglas said. Originally, Douglas said, the…...

25+ min ago (210+ words) New York City has laws meant to shield immigrant communities from racial profiling, illegal information-sharing, and abusive transfers to ICE. But NYPD and DOC have repeatedly violated these protections " and right now, there is no way for New Yorkers to hold these agencies accountable. Rights without remedies are not rights at all. The NYC Trust Act (Intro 214) fixes this by creating a private right of action so people can defend themselves when their rights are violated. We need more co-sponsors this week. Two Council Members have not yet signed on: CM Linda Lee " District Office: 718-468-0137 CM Sandra Ung " District Office: 718-888-8747 Call their offices and urge them to co-sponsor Intro 214 and stand with immigrant New Yorkers. Sample Script:I'm calling about the urgent need to support immigrants' rights by passing Intro 214. Intro 214 is a straightforward bill that allows New Yorkers to…...

26+ min ago (276+ words) Do I feel overwhelmed and pained by the suffering and the tragedy of what happened? Yes. But do I feel responsible? No," the actor says Alec Baldwin reflected on his Rust" manslaughter trial in an interview on The Adam Friedland Show" Wednesday, saying in part that the prosecution decided to leapfrog" over inconvenient facts while building a case against him in the on-set death of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins in October 2021. Host Adam Friedland suggested that the tragedy of the accidental shooting and ensuing trial would be a burden that the 30 Rock" actor carries for the rest of his life. One, two, three, four, five days, no one came up to me and said, "Hey, let's do it this way," he continued. It was only after the fact that they said, "Oh, we were supposed to do it this way." In…...

30+ min ago (958+ words) FIFA President Gianni Infantino heaps praise on Donald Trump as critics ridicule a newly established peace award as "vulgar. Washington, DC " Players often face fines and bans from FIFA for displaying political messages, as the football governing body has long proclaimed a policy of political neutrality. But on Friday, the associations chief Gianni Infantino handed United States President Donald Trump the inaugural FIFA Peace Prize, further cementing his embrace of the Republican leader. Critics pointed out that the award came'less than 24 hours after the Trump administration carried out another deadly air strike in the Caribbean. Craig Mokhiber, a former United Nations official who has campaigned to suspend Israel from world football over its genocidal war in Gaza, called the award to Trump a "truly shameful development. Infantino has refused to take action against Israel, arguing that football "cannot solve geopolitical…...

33+ min ago (160+ words) A number of MAGA figures are pleading with President Donald Trump Friday to intervene after the streaming giant Netflix announced it had reached an agreement to purchase Warner Bros. Discovery for $72 billion, warning that the acquisition would produce an endless "woke nightmare" for films and television. "TRUMP MUST STOP THIS!" wrote Matt Gaetz, the former Republican congressman from Florida who left amid scandal, including allegations that he paid for sex with a 17-year-old. "The [Justice Department] and Pam Bondi will surely see this as an anti-trust violation and deeply harmful to the marketplace. The most massive content distributor lashing to a massive content producer / catalog will create a homogenized, woke nightmare for the media landscape." As to the Netflix acquisition, many seemingly pro-Trump critics weren't happy with the news, and frequently cited fears of "wokeness" exploding under the new partnership....