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MSNBC has scheduled a Sunday evening version of The Mehdi Hasan Show, which debuted weeknights last year on the streaming service Peacock. The show will air on MSNBC from 8 p.m. to 9 p.m. ET.  It will fill the first hour of The Week with Joshua Johnson, which will continue at 9 p.m. Johnson also hosts from 8 p.m. to…

There was plenty of partisan sniping of double standards and whataboutism at today's House subcommittee hearing on disinformation. As Democrats fume over the role of right-wing media disinformation in the Capitol siege, Rep. Steve Scalise (R-LA) reminded of the 2017 attack on a Republican softball practice, in which…

60 Minutes+, a streaming version of the CBS News newsmagazine, was among the array of new offerings announced for ViacomCBS’ Paramount+. The network said that three new episodes will debut on March 4, the day of the launch of Paramount+. The program will feature longer segments and a new team of correspondents…

Swirling chaos surrounding New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo deepened Wednesday as a former aide accused him of inappropriate behavior, accusations the governor called "quite simply false." The former aide, Lindsey Boylan, who worked for the state’s economic development agency, led off a blog post on Wednesday alleging…

THIRD UPDATE, 11:38 AM PT: Two Democrats defended a letter they sent to a dozen cable, satellite and streaming companies, in which they asked whether they would continue to carry Fox News, One America News Network and Newsmax. “The First Amendment, my friends, start with four words: Congress shall make no laws,” Rep…

Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has teamed with novelist Louise Penny to write a thriller, State of Terror, coming out this fall. It's Clinton's rare foray into fiction, but not too far. The story follows a novice Secretary of State who joins the administration of her rival, "a president inaugurated after…

Los Angeles health officials confirmed that the county had recorded 20,057 Covid-related deaths on Tuesday. There were 157 new deaths and 2,091 new cases related to Covid-19 confirmed. In total, officials have identified 1,183,378 positive cases of Covid-19 in L.A. "As we mark this heartbreaking day and note with…

UPDATE: Chrissy Teigen rejoiced on Tuesday as President Joe Biden’s Twitter account, @POTUS, unfollowed her, after her request that he do so. “I have tweeted a handful of times since my treasured @POTUS following. In order for me to flourish as me, I must ask you to please lord unfollow me. I love you!!! It's not you…

The powerful Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors went on record Tuesday in support of Assembly Bill 420, which seeks to let theme parks reopen earlier than California Governor Gavin Newsom has allowed. Supervisor Kathryn Barger recommended that the board back the bipartisan bill by Assembly members Sharon…

As news broke that Tiger Woods was injured in a serious vehicle crash in Los Angeles, cable news networks quickly shifted to nonstop coverage, breaking away from what looked like a day devoted to D.C. politics. The networks scrambled to book sports reporters and commentators who could talk about the accident, his…

Mike Emanuel has been named chief Washington correspondent for Fox News, after having served as the channel’s chief congressional and senior political correspondent. The network also named Jacqui Heinrich to congressional correspondent, where she will work with congressional correspondent Chad Pergram. Heinrich, who…

Susan Fox will lead The Walt Disney’s Co.’s government relations efforts in Washington, D.C. Fox, who has been with the company for 20 years, succeeds Richard Bates, who died in December. She’ll be senior vice president of government relations and report to Alan Braverman, senior executive vice president, general…