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Tucker Carlson is among the celebrity names slated to speak at next week’s Republican National Convention, reportedly in a plum spot on Thursday night before Donald Trump himself accepts the party nomination. In addition to a long list of elected officials who are backing Trump, the speaker lineup…

After a week in which a chorus of industry voices, including George Clooney and Rob Reiner, called on Joe Biden to drop out of the presidential race, there is a counter series of voices speaking out in support of the president’s decision to stay in. Before Biden gave a feisty speech at a Michigan…

Bill Maher challenged former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy on Donald Trump’s election denialism, as the two sparred on Real Time on Friday over McCarthy’s trek to Mar-A-Lago shortly after the January 6th attack on the Capitol. “Did he win that election, Biden?” Maher asked McCarthy. “Yes,&#8221…

This year's Republican National Convention will take place in Milwaukee, WI ahead of the 2024 Democratic National Convention, which will be held in Chicago in August. The RNC summit has been overseen by Republican National Committee chairman Michael Whatley and Chairwoman of the Committee on Arrangements…

UPDATED: Nielsen said that an estimated 24.2 million watched President Joe Biden’s press conference on Thursday, a figure that is roughly half the audience for CNN’s presidential debate last month. Just over 19 million of those viewers were 55 and over; 3.58 million were 35-54; and 1 million were…

UPDATE: At his nearly hourlong press conference, Joe Biden countered perceptions of cognitive decline by delving into the details of complex national security situations. He insisted that he would “keep moving” in the presidential race, although he slightly opened the door to an exit if he sees that there…

Donald Trump chastised George Clooney as a “fake movie” actor and said that he should “get out of politics,” following Clooney’s bombshell op-ed in the New York Times urging Joe Biden to exit the presidential race. It may seem like a curious position for Trump to take, given Clooney’s questioning of…

UPDATED: Among those who were laid off from CNN today were Brian Lowry, its media critic, and senior tech writer Samantha Murphy Kelly. CNN Worldwide CEO Mark Thompson said that about 100 people would be impacted by the job cuts, or about 2.9% of its 3,500 employee workforce. Lowry has been a…

Joe Biden will sit down with NBC News’ Lester Holt for an interview on Monday, the president’s latest one-on-one with a network anchor amid calls for him to drop out of the race. NBC News has planned for a primetime special, to air at 9 p.m. ET, just as ABC News did last week when the president was in…

UPDATED, with additional details and react from other co-host: George Clooney, fresh off co-hosting a star-filled fundraiser for Joe Biden last month, is calling on Democrats to pick a new nominee and for the president to be a “hero” in stepping aside. Clooney cited concerns over Biden’s age, and…

Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, one of Joe Biden’s key allies, underscored the continued uncertainty over his presidential bid as she told Morning Joe that it was up to him to decide “if he’s going to run.” But in the aftermath of his dismal debate performance, which raised new questions about his…

Joe Biden, speaking to the NATO Summit in Washington, declared that “Russia will not prevail” in the war in Ukraine and that the alliance “is stronger than it has ever been in its history.” But the speech was framed on news networks as the latest test for the president amid calls coming from within…