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Stephen A. Smith Says Courtside Confrontation With LeBron James Was NSFW | Video
The ESPN star says he “can not repeat the words” James told him “because they ain’t suited for FCC airwaves”
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Trump Weighs ‘Large Scale’ Sanctions, Tariffs on Russia After ‘Pounding’ Ukraine
“To Russia and Ukraine, get to the table right now, before it is too late,” the president says of a potential cease-fire
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Netflix Sees More Than $40 Billion in Market Cap Evaporate on Subscriber Concerns
Shares are down 11% over two days after a MoffettNathanson report warned sub growth could slow in the quarters ahead
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DOGE Blocks Access to New York Times and Other ‘General News’ Sites for Social Security Administration Employees
The Elon Musk-led department says workers can not go “internet browsing from government equipment”
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CBS Files Motions to Dismiss $20 Billion Trump Lawsuit
Paramount says President Trump’s lawsuit over a “60 Minutes” interview with Kamala Harris is “an affront to the First Amendment”
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Gavin Newsom Gives Props to Conservatives Like Charlie Kirk for ‘Flooding the Zone,’ Reveals Teen Son Is a Fan
The California governor says he disagrees with James Carville’s call for Democrats to sit back and wait for President Trump’s popularity to decline
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Rachel Maddow Says Trump May ‘Cook the Books’ to Make Economy Look Better | Video
The MSNBC host worries the president’s team may recalculate economic figures with “special Trump numbers”
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MSNBC Names Scott Matthews as SVP of Newsgathering
The longtime producer and news executive is aiming to hire 100 staffers as the cable channel continues its revamp under new president Rebecca Kutler
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Trump Congressional Address Draws 36.6 Million Viewers, Up 13% From Biden 2024 State of the Union
15 networks broadcast the joint address on Tuesday
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‘Extra’ Reporter Melvin Robert to Fill Sam Rubin Void on KTLA ‘Morning News’
The new entertainment reporter on channel 5 in L.A. starts on Monday
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Karoline Leavitt Blasts MSNBC’s Nicolle Wallace for ‘Disgustingly’ Tying Teen Cancer Survivor to Jan. 6
The White House press secretary says the press and Democrats allowed “Trump Derangement Syndrome to stop them from celebrating America”
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Elon Musk Defends DOGE Cuts, Says Bill Clinton Would Be Branded a ‘Far-Right Republican’ in 2025
The tech billionaire says his views on cutting government spending are “almost identical” to the former Democratic president
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‘Morning Joe’ Rips Trump Speech: ‘So Much Nonsense’ | Video
Joe Scarborough takes issue with President Trump favorably comparing his first month back in office to George Washington
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Wall Street Journal Cuts Tech Reporters and Editors in Media Reconfiguration of Coverage
Tech coverage will now be part of a wider Technology & Media group at the News Corp.-owned paper
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LA Times Pulls AI Tool One Day After Launch for Downplaying KKK
The new “Insights” feature shares a note that the hate group was not just an “explicitly hate-driven movement”