House tees up votes on Ukraine and Israel aid as Speaker Mike Johnson defies his right flank

nbcnews.com WASHINGTON — The House voted 316-94 to tee up votes on four separate bills that include aid to Ukraine and Israel, a good sign for the prospects of Congress approving U.S.…

‘The Daily Show’ Slams CNN for Not Protecting Anonymity of Trump Jurors: ‘The Call Is Coming From Inside the Newsroom’

thewrap.com Dulcé Sloan has no tolerance for the media’s hypocrisy during Donald Trump’s Manhattan trial. The comedian and “Daily Show” correspondent took over the Comedy Central desk…

Donald Trump already showing "contempt" for his jurors: Mary Trump

newsweek.com Former President Donald Trump is showing "contempt" for his jurors just days after his New York criminal trial began, according to his estranged niece Mary Trump. The former…

Raskin LOSES IT on Comer in Hearing: ‘You Have Not Identified a Single Crime!’

mediaite.com Screenshot Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-MD) found himself at wits’ end on Wednesday during a meeting of the House Oversight Committee about the Chinese Communist Party. Raskin, the…

Voting machine company Smartmatic and OANN settle defamation suit

aol.com Voting machine company Smartmatic has settled its defamation suit against One America News Network out of court, according to a court filing Tuesday. The details of the…

Voting equipment company Smartmatic settles defamation lawsuit with far-right network

theguardian.com The voting equipment company Smartmatic has agreed to settle a defamation lawsuit with the far-right One America News Network (OAN) over lies broadcast on the network about…

VIDEO: Trump Gives Frosty Response on Speaker Mike Johnson

mediaite.com Just days after giving him a full-throated vote of confidence, former President Donald Trump seemed to pull back a little when asked about the fate of House Speaker Mike…

Q&A: Mandy Hofmockel on the story of the journalism jobs market

cjr.org Mandy Hofmockel remembers looking for a job early in her journalism career. She applied to over a hundred openings at organizations across the country; after months of…

Voting tech company Smartmatic, targeted by bogus 2020 election fraud claims, settles defamation suit against One America News Network

fortune.com A voting technology company targeted by bogus fraud claims related to the 2020 presidential election settled a defamation lawsuit Tuesday against a conservative news outlet.…

Pro-Trump network OANN and Smartmatic settle 2020 election defamation case

axios.com Smartmatic reached a settlement with One America News Network Tuesday in its lawsuit that accused the conservative broadcaster of peddling disinformation about the voting…

One America News and Smartmatic settle defamation lawsuit

msnbc.com Happy Tuesday! Here's your Tuesday tech drop, the week's top stories at the intersection of tech and politics. Ultraconservative news outlet One America News and voting…

Smartmatic settles defamation case against OAN over 2020 election conspiracy theories

aol.com The voting tech company Smartmatic has entered into a settlement with the right-wing news outlet One America News to resolve its lawsuit against the network for peddling…

Smartmatic, One America News settle election defamation lawsuit

aol.com Smartmatic has settled a lawsuit accusing right-wing television network One America News of defamation by falsely claiming that the voting technology company rigged the 2020…

OAN settles election defamation case with Smartmatic

siliconvalley.com By Marshall Cohen and Oliver Darcy | CNN Voting technology company Smartmatic and the far-right network One America News said Tuesday that they had settled a defamation…

Smartmatic and OAN Settle Defamation Suit

nytimes.com The voting technology company Smartmatic reached a settlement on Tuesday in its defamation lawsuit against One America News Network, a far-right broadcaster, over the…

OAN and Smartmatic settle election defamation case

aol.com Voting technology company Smartmatic and the far-right network One America News said Tuesday that they had settled a defamation lawsuit stemming from the outlet’s lies about…

Smartmatic And OAN Reach Settlement In Election Rigging Defamation Case

deadline.com Smartmatic has reached a settlement with One America News Network over claims that the news outlet amplified false claims that the voting systems company rigged the results…

NEW: Smartmatic and OANN Reach Settlement in Election Defamation Suit

mediaite.com Kimberly Guilfoyle gives an interview to One America News Network at the Conservative Political Action Conference. Francis Chung/POLITICO via AP Images. Smartmatic settled…

Trump Wants ‘As Much Media Coverage as Possible’ for Hush Money Trial: CNN Report

mediaite.com (AP Photo/Paul Sancya, File) Donald Trump wants as much media coverage as he can get with his hush money trial in Manhattan, according to a campaign talking points memo…

GOP rep makes curious ‘plea’ to prospective jurors in Trump case

msnbc.com While criminal trials often have dramatic moments, the process of selecting a jury isn’t exactly riveting. An NBC News report on the first day of Donald Trump’s criminal…

Trump Press Secretary Tells Newsmax She’s ‘Lost Faith in the United States’ Over ‘Communist’ Hush Money Trial

mediaite.com Donald Trump’s national press secretary declared on Newsmax that she’s “lost faith in the United States” thanks to the former president’s hush money trial in Manhattan.…

Fox News, Newsmax, Steven Crowder, Tim Pool Sued by Man Claiming They Falsely Identified Him as Neo-Nazi Mass Shooter

mediaite.com L to R: Steven Crowder, Simon Ateba, Tim Pool. Images via screenshots. A 36-year-old Dallas man had the bad luck to share the same name, Mauricio Garcia, as the mass shooter…

Republicans troll DNC for paying Joe Biden's legal bills

newsweek.com President Joe Biden is being mocked by the GOP following a report that millions in legal bills for the commander-in-chief were paid by the Democratic National Committee…

‘This Congress is an Embarrassment!’ Dan Abrams Absolutely Nukes House and Senate With Bonkers Stats on Their Historic Futility

mediaite.com NewsNation’s Dan Abrams ripped into the 118th Congress, accusing both major parties of being “dominated by members who want to score cheap political points and hone their…

‘Biden Didn’t Know Africa Was a Country’: Newsmax Host Faceplants While Trying to Recall President’s Gaffes

mediaite.com A Newsmax host recalling President Joe Biden’s gaffes and memory lapses had a momentary lapse himself on Thursday. Rob Finnerty was interviewing Rep. James Comer (R-KY)…

The O.J. Simpson Trial Was a Prelude to Media’s Opinionated Present

hollywoodreporter.com On an otherwise uneventful Friday evening, about 95 million people watched a white Ford Bronco slowly driving down the 5 freeway. The driver of the car, of course, was O.J.…

How MAGA Took Back Murdochland

hollywoodreporter.com Just minutes before the White House Correspondents’ Dinner was set to get underway in April 2023, New York Post editor-in-chief Keith Poole and star columnist Miranda Devine…

Lara Trump Declares Her Father-in-Law More Victimized Than ‘Anyone in History’

mediaite.com Republican National Committee co-chair Lara Trump suggested on Wednesday that her father-in-law, former President Donald Trump, has been more victimized than “anyone in…

The Vatican’s new statement on trans rights undercuts its attempts at inclusion

vox.com Pope Francis greets bishops during the weekly general audience at St. Peter’s Square in Vatican City on April 10, 2024. | Massimo Valicchia/NurPhoto via Getty Images As one…

Tommy Tuberville’s line on Ukraine, Russia goes from bad to worse

msnbc.com House Foreign Affairs Committee Chair Michael McCaul was surprisingly candid last week about one of his party’s most serious problems. “I think Russian propaganda has made…

Fox News Managed to Link the Solar Eclipse to Illegal Border Crossings

vanityfair.com On Monday, as millions of Americans prepared to behold the cosmic majesty of the solar eclipse, Fox News was covering the event the only way it knew how: by linking the…

Trump's prospective hush money jurors will not be asked if they like him. They will be asked if they read the NY Times

aol.com None Trump's hush money judge on Monday set parameters for how he'll conduct jury selection next week. • None Judge Juan Merchan said he will not ask prospective jurors if…

Kamala Harris Warns Trump's Dictator Dog Whistle Is Now a Bark

thewrap.com Vice President Kamala Harris said in a podcast interview that former President Donald Trump is no longer dog whistling his aspirations to be a dictator: “It is a gigantic…

Talk TV warned by Ofcom over potentially-offensive comments

thedesk.net The logo of NewsCorp’s general affairs and political news channel Talk TV. (Still frame via broadcast) British telecommunications regulator Ofcom has sent a formal warning…