Barely a day goes by without another story about how board members and insiders want him gone because the company and its stock have done so terribly since the old America Online and Time Warner combined last year. Case’s comeuppance is especially sweet for many old-media types. That’s because Case and his minions, the quintessential Internet-bubble golden boys, talked about how they would shape up Time Warner, the quintessential old-media company....
Part of what’s right about opera today is Hampson, one of the best of a bumper crop of smart young singing actors, including Sweden’s Anne Sofie von Otter and Americans Renee Fleming and Dolora Zajick. He has a beautiful, lyric baritone voice, smooth and supple. It’s not a huge, dark instrument suitable for the meaty Verdi and Wagner roles, but he manipulates it, reduces or expands its size, with remarkable expressiveness....
Sex is one of the three best things there are, and I don’t know what the other two are. Sex keeps you connected to the human race, prevents you from being a prim, stuffy, puffy, correct, respected, respectable, finished old person! It makes you a functioning female instead of a sexless old crone. After we pass 50 or 60, we’ve already lost many validations of our femaleness: we don’t menstruate, don’t have babies and nobody’s after us, trying to get us into the broom closet at a party....
Since the Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna vaccines were approved for emergency use by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration in December, over 19 million people have received their first dose of the vaccine, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Most are healthcare workers, first responders, older adults, or residents of long-term care facilities such as nursing homes. But a few are people who just happened to be in the right place at the right time—like a pharmacy shortly before the end of the workday....
It’s the revenge of the White House press corps. One day last week there were 169 questions about Travelgate-far more than there were about the prospects for the president’s $246 billion tax bill up on Capitol Hill. Relations are rarely warm between the press and the White House staff. Carter press secretary Jody Powell, who used to refer to reporters as “vultures,” remarked that by the time he arrived at work at 7 a....
It is strange that U.N. officials argue that we must quickly move, in Kofi Annan’s phrase, from “the logic of occupation” to that of Iraqi sovereignty. The United Nations has blessed and assisted in the occupation of Bosnia, where it took seven years to transfer power to the locals. It boasts of “the logic of occupation” in Kosovo, which has gone smoothly for the past four years, with no prospect of ending any time soon....
The 30-year-old agreed a new deal in July but the La Liga leaders are still to announce the signing of the document. Messi hat-trick v Leganes - 11/2 The delay in the process has led to increased speculation over Messi’s future, with the Argentina star available to hold talks with clubs in January over a possible free transfer next year, assuming the contract remains unsigned. However, Valverde has offered some advice to any supporters who are concerned about the prospect of Messi leaving Camp Nou....
Pictures showed the ex-president, wearing a tuxedo, the former first lady, as well as allies and family members. Florida Representative Matt Gaetz, a Republican, who faces an investigation over allegations he denies of sex trafficking and sex with a minor, was pictured at the event with his financee, Ginger Luckey. Also pictured at the gala were the former president’s son Eric, along with his wife, Lara, and their children....
McCarthy spoke for more than eight hours, stalling the passage of President Joe Biden’s sweeping domestic policy bill while decrying the state of the nation and his Democratic political opponents. Though McCarthy’s address sparked ridicule from some, others lauded the effort. Trump said in a statement issued Friday that McCarthy had done a “great job” in “setting a record by going over eight hours of speaking on the House Floor in order to properly oppose Communism....
In an interview with Fox News that aired on Monday night, the 51-year-old musician confirmed he still plays golf with Trump and admitted it was a “little different” after the election but now Trump “seems great” and “sharp.” During a wide-ranging interview with Tucker Carlson, Rock recalled the moments Trump asked for his advice, he recalled how Sarah Palin introduced the pair and called himself “uncancellable.” The Tucker Carlson Tonight Kid Rock interview covered many topics but Rock’s friendship with the former president featured prominently....
On Monday, the Supreme Court denied Trump’s request to block a lower court ruling requiring his accounting firm to comply with a subpoena and turn materials over to a grand jury. The documents are part of Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance’s criminal investigation into Trump. “The Supreme Court never should have let this ‘fishing expedition’ happen, but they did,” Trump said in a statement. “The new phenomenon of ‘headhunting’ prosecutors and AGs—who try to take down their political opponents using the law as a weapon—is a threat to the very foundation of our liberty....
The ex-president made the comments about Griner, who is detained in Russia on drug charges, during an appearance on The Clay Travis & Buck Sexton Show podcast. Trump faulted Griner for her arrest, saying she traveled to Russia “loaded up with drugs.” Griner, a center for the Phoenix Mercury, was arrested at a Moscow airport in February during the lead-up to Russian President Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine. In early July, she pleaded guilty to bringing vape cartridges containing cannabis oil into the country....
Iran’s missile strike against Iraqi bases housing U.S. and allied military personnel Tuesday was only the latest shot fired in a series of escalations between Washington and Tehran since the White House left the nuclear deal in 2018 and began imposing strict sanctions on the Islamic Republic. The deal, officially known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), is on the verge of collapse as Europe struggled to circumvent U....
Aside from a few interviews following the death of conservative commentator Rush Limbaugh, CPAC will mark Trump’s first public appearance since leaving the White House. It comes against the backdrop of his provocation of GOP infighting with a threat to endorse primary challengers to Republican incumbents who don’t fall in line with his America First agenda. Trump is expected to deliver his remarks sometime around 4:55 pm ET Sunday to close out the four-day conference (it was earlier scheduled at 3:40 pm)....
A new poll from Morning Consult found that a little more than half of GOP voters (52 percent) backed Biden’s move to pull American forces out of Afghanistan two decades after they first invaded the country. Thirty-three percent of Republicans said they were opposed to Biden’s decision, while a further 16 percent said they were undecided or had no opinion on the matter. The overall view of Biden’s proposal was even more positive....
Trump has been considering two questions: how to contest the forthcoming Senate trial and how to maintain his political relevance over the next four years. He’s getting differing opinions from family members, friends and advisers. Trump’s personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani, former chief White House political strategist Steve Bannon, and a handful of others are pushing him not just to defend against the charge that he incited the January 6th Capitol insurrection, but to use the Senate trial as an opportunity to re-litigate his claims of election fraud in key swing states....
As the former president apparently became obsessed with pardons towards the tail end of his term in office, according to journalist Michael Wolff’s latest book Landslide: The Final Days of the Trump Presidency, he took a “sudden interest” in Epstein’s former partner Ghislaine Maxwell. Ghislaine Maxwell was charged with trafficking underage girls to be abused by financier Epstein between 1994 and 2004 and perjury. She has pleaded not guilty on all counts and is in custody at the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn, where she is awaiting a trial scheduled for the fall....
Earlier this week, Zucker announced his resignation after nine years at the media giant, due to his failure to disclose a relationship with a colleague during the investigation into former anchor Chris Cuomo. “The stench of Jeff Zucker is finally leaving CNN. The air over there, the Radical Left will be happy to hear, is being made more ’environmentally friendly,’” the former president said in a Friday statement. Trump and Zucker have been in embroiled in an ongoing feud....
Richard Painter, who was the chief ethics lawyer for former President George W. Bush from 2005 to 2007, tweeted a video of House Judiciary Chairman Jerry Nadler on Thursday morning, writing that the current president would be impeached. “It’s happening,@realDonaldTrump is getting impeached. Anyone who doesn’t support@JerryNadler and the work of his committee has no respect for the Constitution,” Painter wrote. Despite Painter’s prediction, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has not expressed support for impeachment....
The eldest son of former President Donald Trump made the remarks on Twitter Wednesday, referring to New York Mayor Eric Adams’ admission that cameras were not working when a shooter opened fire on commuters on Tuesday. Trump Jr.’s comments are the latest in a string of tweets accusing law enforcement of bending to politics as they responded to the shooting. Following the shooting, reports emerged that security cameras at Sunset Park’s 36th Street station, the scene of the attack, were not working and did not capture the incident....
