The chants and shouts of pro-Palestinian demonstrators disrupted the entry to the Washington Hilton for this year’s White House Correspondents’ Association dinner, but once inside, attendees were greeted with what has become the usual scene: Celebrities on the red carpet, a crush for the security line and glitterati packed into a cavernous ballroom.
“I want to thank my wife for enduring lots of jokes and for agreeing to individually meet everyone in this room right after the ceremony,” the evening’s featured entertainer, Colin Jost, quipped about Scarlett Johansson, who posed for photos with a non-stop stream of attendees. She continued to do so later in the evening, at the Comcast-nbcu after party at the French ambassador’s residence.
Joe Biden laughs at Colin Jost as he entertains at the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner.
The protests outside — now ubiquitous at any public event, much less one that mixes politics,...
“I want to thank my wife for enduring lots of jokes and for agreeing to individually meet everyone in this room right after the ceremony,” the evening’s featured entertainer, Colin Jost, quipped about Scarlett Johansson, who posed for photos with a non-stop stream of attendees. She continued to do so later in the evening, at the Comcast-nbcu after party at the French ambassador’s residence.
Joe Biden laughs at Colin Jost as he entertains at the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner.
The protests outside — now ubiquitous at any public event, much less one that mixes politics,...
- 4/28/2024
- by Ted Johnson
- Deadline Film + TV
The Senate rejected impeachment charges against Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, quickly dispatching the case after trial proceedings that lasted just a few hours.
The move was not unexpected, with Senators voting along party lines. Mayorkas was impeached in the House more than two months ago by just one vote, as Republicans sought to punish him over the way that he handled the southern border.
Cable news networks dipped in and out of the proceedings through the afternoon.
Senate Democrats were successful in their move to dismiss the case, voting that the two impeachment charges were unconstitutional because they did not rise to the level of high crimes and misdemeanors. Mayorkas was charged with “willfully” refusing to comply with immigration laws and with making false statements to Congress.
Ian Sams, a White House spokesman, said in a statement, “Once and for all, the Senate has rightly voted down this baseless...
The move was not unexpected, with Senators voting along party lines. Mayorkas was impeached in the House more than two months ago by just one vote, as Republicans sought to punish him over the way that he handled the southern border.
Cable news networks dipped in and out of the proceedings through the afternoon.
Senate Democrats were successful in their move to dismiss the case, voting that the two impeachment charges were unconstitutional because they did not rise to the level of high crimes and misdemeanors. Mayorkas was charged with “willfully” refusing to comply with immigration laws and with making false statements to Congress.
Ian Sams, a White House spokesman, said in a statement, “Once and for all, the Senate has rightly voted down this baseless...
- 4/17/2024
- by Ted Johnson
- Deadline Film + TV
The Senate has voted to dismiss the primary articles of impeachment leveled against Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas.
Senators voted to dismiss the charges against Mayorkas after just a few hours of contentious procedural discussion on the Senate floor, rebuking GOP efforts to make an immigration scapegoat of the secretary despite their own repeated obstruction of legislation aimed at quelling undocumented immigration at the southern border.
In a historic vote, the Senate voted 51-49 to dismiss the first article against Mayrokas, accusing him of “willful and systemic refusal to comply with the law.
Senators voted to dismiss the charges against Mayorkas after just a few hours of contentious procedural discussion on the Senate floor, rebuking GOP efforts to make an immigration scapegoat of the secretary despite their own repeated obstruction of legislation aimed at quelling undocumented immigration at the southern border.
In a historic vote, the Senate voted 51-49 to dismiss the first article against Mayrokas, accusing him of “willful and systemic refusal to comply with the law.
- 4/17/2024
- by Nikki McCann Ramirez
- Rollingstone.com
GOP Left With Tiny One-Seat House Majority As Chaos Grows In Party After Rep. Mike Gallagher Resigns
Rep. Mike Gallagher (R-Wisconsin) plans to leave the House of Representatives as early as next month. With Gallagher’s departure planned for April 19, House Speaker Mike Johnson will be left with just a one-vote majority.
Gallagher’s exit date will mean there is no special election before November, so Wisconsin law states the seat must remain empty. Earlier in the year, Gallagher stated he would not seek reelection. Part of his decision is due to the backlash he received for not voting to impeach Homeland Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas.
A shift in the House’s balance may pose a risk for Johnson. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Georgia) filed a motion to oust Johnson, citing that Johnson “betrayed [their] conference” by breaking their rules of order and working with Democrats. It is unclear when the motion will come to a vote. No Republicans have publicly supported Greene’s notion as of yet.
Johnson...
Gallagher’s exit date will mean there is no special election before November, so Wisconsin law states the seat must remain empty. Earlier in the year, Gallagher stated he would not seek reelection. Part of his decision is due to the backlash he received for not voting to impeach Homeland Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas.
A shift in the House’s balance may pose a risk for Johnson. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Georgia) filed a motion to oust Johnson, citing that Johnson “betrayed [their] conference” by breaking their rules of order and working with Democrats. It is unclear when the motion will come to a vote. No Republicans have publicly supported Greene’s notion as of yet.
Johnson...
- 3/24/2024
- by Ann Hoang
- Uinterview
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Georgia) said in an X post, “Judge Engeron should be disrobed and thrown out, he’s a disgrace!!!”
The now-deleted post came after Judge Arthur Engoron ordered Donald Trump to pay $355 million in damages in a civil fraud case. In her post, Greene also mentioned Mar-a-Lago, Trump’s Florida home which he had inflated the cost of.
After Greene’s post went live, users on X were confused by her use of the word “disrobe.” Disrobe is “to take off one’s clothes,” according to the Oxford Dictionary. Other users realized Greene most likely meant to say “disbarred,” which means to ban a lawyer from practicing.
Disrobed? pic.twitter.com/WfCdpdeegP
— Ron Filipkowski (@RonFilipkowski) February 22, 2024
Some users have speculated that Greene’s misuse of the word was done intentionally to gain media traction. In the past, Greene has also had some wording mixups, which some believe is a publicity ploy.
The now-deleted post came after Judge Arthur Engoron ordered Donald Trump to pay $355 million in damages in a civil fraud case. In her post, Greene also mentioned Mar-a-Lago, Trump’s Florida home which he had inflated the cost of.
After Greene’s post went live, users on X were confused by her use of the word “disrobe.” Disrobe is “to take off one’s clothes,” according to the Oxford Dictionary. Other users realized Greene most likely meant to say “disbarred,” which means to ban a lawyer from practicing.
Disrobed? pic.twitter.com/WfCdpdeegP
— Ron Filipkowski (@RonFilipkowski) February 22, 2024
Some users have speculated that Greene’s misuse of the word was done intentionally to gain media traction. In the past, Greene has also had some wording mixups, which some believe is a publicity ploy.
- 2/27/2024
- by Ann Hoang
- Uinterview
On Tuesday, the Supreme Court dismissed an appeal filed by Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Georgia) and Reps. Thomas Massie (R-Kentucky) and Ralph Norman (R-South Carolina). The appeal sought to overturn fines imposed on the three for their consistent refusal to wear face masks on the House floor at the height of the Covid-19 pandemic.
The justices chose not to provide any additional comments along with their decision to decline the appeal.
This ruling upholds the decision of a lower court, which dismissed the constitutional challenge brought forth by the congresspeople and ruled that the courts do not have jurisdiction to review the mask policy.
Lawyers who represented House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-Lousiana) supported the lower court ruling and urged the Supreme Court to reject the appeal. Notably, the Republican leadership as a whole opposed the mask mandate.
Greene accumulated fines that exceeded $100,000 due to her repeated violations of the mask requirement.
The justices chose not to provide any additional comments along with their decision to decline the appeal.
This ruling upholds the decision of a lower court, which dismissed the constitutional challenge brought forth by the congresspeople and ruled that the courts do not have jurisdiction to review the mask policy.
Lawyers who represented House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-Lousiana) supported the lower court ruling and urged the Supreme Court to reject the appeal. Notably, the Republican leadership as a whole opposed the mask mandate.
Greene accumulated fines that exceeded $100,000 due to her repeated violations of the mask requirement.
- 2/23/2024
- by Baila Eve Zisman
- Uinterview
Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas was impeached by one vote in the House this evening, making him the first sitting cabinet member to face such a process of removal.
The vote was 214-213. House Republicans failed in their efforts last week to Mayorkas, largely over the way that he has handled the crisis at the southern border.
House Speaker Mike Johnson said that Mayorkas “has willfully and consistently refused to comply with federal immigration laws, fueling the worst border catastrophe in American history.”
Mayorkas now faces a Senate trial, where he expected to survive given Democratic control.
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-ny) said in a statement, “This sham impeachment effort is another embarrassment for House Republicans. The one and only reason for this impeachment is for Speaker Johnson to further appease Donald Trump.”
Rep. Ken Buck (R-Co) told CNN that the impeachment “sets a terrible precedent,” as he...
The vote was 214-213. House Republicans failed in their efforts last week to Mayorkas, largely over the way that he has handled the crisis at the southern border.
House Speaker Mike Johnson said that Mayorkas “has willfully and consistently refused to comply with federal immigration laws, fueling the worst border catastrophe in American history.”
Mayorkas now faces a Senate trial, where he expected to survive given Democratic control.
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-ny) said in a statement, “This sham impeachment effort is another embarrassment for House Republicans. The one and only reason for this impeachment is for Speaker Johnson to further appease Donald Trump.”
Rep. Ken Buck (R-Co) told CNN that the impeachment “sets a terrible precedent,” as he...
- 2/14/2024
- by Ted Johnson
- Deadline Film + TV
House Republicans have voted to impeach Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, after botching their first attempt last week. The vote was 214-213.
Despite Republicans in the lower chamber finally delivering on their long-standing promise to impeach Mayorkas, there is little chance the Dhs secretary will actually be convicted by the Democrat-controlled Senate.
On Jan. 31, Republicans in the Homeland Security Committee approved articles of impeachment accusing Mayorkas of presiding “over a reckless abandonment of border security and immigration enforcement, at the expense of the Constitution and the security of the United States.
Despite Republicans in the lower chamber finally delivering on their long-standing promise to impeach Mayorkas, there is little chance the Dhs secretary will actually be convicted by the Democrat-controlled Senate.
On Jan. 31, Republicans in the Homeland Security Committee approved articles of impeachment accusing Mayorkas of presiding “over a reckless abandonment of border security and immigration enforcement, at the expense of the Constitution and the security of the United States.
- 2/14/2024
- by Nikki McCann Ramirez
- Rollingstone.com
Jonathan Powell has been hired as the MPA’s senior vice president for strategic communications.
Powell will shape “the organization’s messaging to local, national, and regional stakeholders around the world,” the MPA said. In the newly created position, he will report to Charles Rivkin, MPA chairman and CEO, and the executive vice president of media relations and communications. Emily Lenzner, who has been in the latter role since 2019, is departing and the MPA has posted her position.
Powell previously worked at the State Department, where he served under then-Secretary of State John Kerry and most recently as a senior advisor to deputy secretaries Wendy Sherman, Richard Verma and Victoria Nuland. He previously was an adviser to other public officials including Nancy Pelosi, as well as Alejandro Mayorkas, Penny Pritzker, Eric Garcetti and Antonio Villaraigosa.
Rivkin said in a statement that Powell’s “global policy expertise and his gift for...
Powell will shape “the organization’s messaging to local, national, and regional stakeholders around the world,” the MPA said. In the newly created position, he will report to Charles Rivkin, MPA chairman and CEO, and the executive vice president of media relations and communications. Emily Lenzner, who has been in the latter role since 2019, is departing and the MPA has posted her position.
Powell previously worked at the State Department, where he served under then-Secretary of State John Kerry and most recently as a senior advisor to deputy secretaries Wendy Sherman, Richard Verma and Victoria Nuland. He previously was an adviser to other public officials including Nancy Pelosi, as well as Alejandro Mayorkas, Penny Pritzker, Eric Garcetti and Antonio Villaraigosa.
Rivkin said in a statement that Powell’s “global policy expertise and his gift for...
- 2/13/2024
- by Ted Johnson
- Deadline Film + TV
House Republicans opposing sweeping reforms to the nation’s immigration law tried — and failed — to impeach Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas on Tuesday over his handling of border security.
Republicans, who hold a razor-slim majority over Democrats, could only afford to lose two votes on the resolution accusing Mayorkas of presiding “over a reckless abandonment of border security and immigration enforcement, at the expense of the Constitution and the security of the United States.” The vote was 214-216.
House Speaker Mike Johnson insisted on going forward with the vote despite...
Republicans, who hold a razor-slim majority over Democrats, could only afford to lose two votes on the resolution accusing Mayorkas of presiding “over a reckless abandonment of border security and immigration enforcement, at the expense of the Constitution and the security of the United States.” The vote was 214-216.
House Speaker Mike Johnson insisted on going forward with the vote despite...
- 2/6/2024
- by Nikki McCann Ramirez
- Rollingstone.com
Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas survived a House Republican effort to impeach him Tuesday.
A motion to impeach Mayorkas, something long sought by GOPers, failed 214-216, with four Republicans joining all Democrats against the motion.
Republicans leaders had sought to impeach Mayorkas over the crisis at the southern U.S. border. But Republicans including Rep. Mike Gallagher (R-Wi), Rep. Tom McClintock (R-ca) and Rep. Ken Buck (R-co) opposed the measure, arguing it would set a precedent for Democrats to try to remove Cabinet members in a Republican administration.
Mayorkas would have been the first Cabinet secretary to be impeached. In 1876, William Belknap, the Secretary of War, resigned before a House vote.
U.S. Capitol
Even before Republicans took control of the House, Mayorkas was a target of GOP ire, as he was blamed for the increase in border crossings.
The vote took place just hours after Senate Republican leadership...
A motion to impeach Mayorkas, something long sought by GOPers, failed 214-216, with four Republicans joining all Democrats against the motion.
Republicans leaders had sought to impeach Mayorkas over the crisis at the southern U.S. border. But Republicans including Rep. Mike Gallagher (R-Wi), Rep. Tom McClintock (R-ca) and Rep. Ken Buck (R-co) opposed the measure, arguing it would set a precedent for Democrats to try to remove Cabinet members in a Republican administration.
Mayorkas would have been the first Cabinet secretary to be impeached. In 1876, William Belknap, the Secretary of War, resigned before a House vote.
U.S. Capitol
Even before Republicans took control of the House, Mayorkas was a target of GOP ire, as he was blamed for the increase in border crossings.
The vote took place just hours after Senate Republican leadership...
- 2/6/2024
- by Ted Johnson
- Deadline Film + TV
It’s an election year, which means it’s once again time for Republicans to care about the border. The GOP has done all it can to raise hell over the issue — from holding government funding hostage over their extreme demands, to trying to impeach Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, to backing Texas Governor Greg Abbott’s legally dubious crusade against the federal government’s dominion over the border — while blocking efforts to bring about real change. Republicans in the House, for example, are refusing to back a bipartisan immigration deal.
- 1/31/2024
- by Nikki McCann Ramirez
- Rollingstone.com
House Republicans released articles of impeachment against Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas on Sunday, prompting the federal government to respond in a scathing memo calling the impeachment effort “unconstitutional [and] evidence free.” In addition to accusing Mayorkas of not following immigration laws, the GOP’s articles claim Mayorkas “terminated contracts” to build Donald Trump’s wall on the U.S.-Mexico border.
Republican House Homeland Security Chairman Mark Green said in a statement on Sunday, “These articles lay out a clear, compelling, and irrefutable case for Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas’ impeachment.”
“Republicans...
Republican House Homeland Security Chairman Mark Green said in a statement on Sunday, “These articles lay out a clear, compelling, and irrefutable case for Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas’ impeachment.”
“Republicans...
- 1/28/2024
- by Peter Wade
- Rollingstone.com
House Speaker Mike Johnson has thrown his support behind Greg Abbott as the Texas governor continues to defy the Biden administration following a Supreme Court ruling granting the federal government authority to remove swaths of razor wire installed at the southern border by the state.
On Monday, the conservative-controlled court determined in a 5-4 ruling that the Biden administration can remove concertina wire Texas installed at various points of their border with Mexico. The coils of wire have been linked to slews of injuries of undocumented migrants.
In response to the ruling,...
On Monday, the conservative-controlled court determined in a 5-4 ruling that the Biden administration can remove concertina wire Texas installed at various points of their border with Mexico. The coils of wire have been linked to slews of injuries of undocumented migrants.
In response to the ruling,...
- 1/25/2024
- by Nikki McCann Ramirez
- Rollingstone.com
Republicans have been hammering the Biden administration’s immigration policy since the moment he took office. Now, with the clamor for a deal to curb the flow of migrants through the southern border at a fever pitch, a bipartisan Senate deal may be dead on arrival in the House — and on Wednesday Rep. Troy Nehls made clear that the reason is purely political.
“Let me tell you, I’m not willing to do too damn much right now to help a Democrat and to help Joe Biden’s approval rating,...
“Let me tell you, I’m not willing to do too damn much right now to help a Democrat and to help Joe Biden’s approval rating,...
- 1/4/2024
- by Nikki McCann Ramirez
- Rollingstone.com
House Republicans will kick off 2024 by initiating impeachment proceedings against Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas. According to Punchbowl News, the House Committee on Homeland Security plans to hold its first impeachment hearing against the secretary next week.
In November, the House voted to refer an impeachment resolution against Mayorkas to the Homeland Security committee over the objections of hardline Republicans, and with eight GOP representatives voting alongside Democrats. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) withdrew a second attempt to impeach the secretary later that month, citing guarantees by Republican leadership...
In November, the House voted to refer an impeachment resolution against Mayorkas to the Homeland Security committee over the objections of hardline Republicans, and with eight GOP representatives voting alongside Democrats. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) withdrew a second attempt to impeach the secretary later that month, citing guarantees by Republican leadership...
- 1/3/2024
- by Nikki McCann Ramirez
- Rollingstone.com
The Biden administration announced on Wednesday that it is waiving 26 laws to expedite the construction of about 20 miles of a border wall in Starr County, Texas.
In an announcement posted by the Department of Homeland Security on the Federal Registry, Dhs Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas wrote that “there is presently an acute and immediate need to construct physical barriers and roads in the vicinity of the border of the United States in order to prevent unlawful entries into the United States” in areas of “high illegal entry.”
The notice outlines a...
In an announcement posted by the Department of Homeland Security on the Federal Registry, Dhs Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas wrote that “there is presently an acute and immediate need to construct physical barriers and roads in the vicinity of the border of the United States in order to prevent unlawful entries into the United States” in areas of “high illegal entry.”
The notice outlines a...
- 10/5/2023
- by Nikki McCann Ramirez
- Rollingstone.com
Conspiracy theorist Stew Peters made a startling demand for public executions at the latest stop on the ReAwaken America tour — calling for the death of Joe Biden’s son Hunter as well as Dr. Anthony Fauci, whom Peters insisted should “hang from a length of thick rope until he is dead.”
Peters speaks in the argot of the tin-foil-hat set. To hear him tell it, Fauci deserves the gallows because the federal physician-scientist supposedly backed a Wuhan “bioweapons lab” — and that this “illegal research” cost “millions of lives.” The younger...
Peters speaks in the argot of the tin-foil-hat set. To hear him tell it, Fauci deserves the gallows because the federal physician-scientist supposedly backed a Wuhan “bioweapons lab” — and that this “illegal research” cost “millions of lives.” The younger...
- 9/1/2023
- by Tim Dickinson
- Rollingstone.com
Republicans are flip-flopping on who they want to investigate Hunter Biden.
Last September, Sen. Ted Cruz along with several other Republicans authored a letter to Attorney General Merrick Garland requesting that U.S. Attorney David Weiss be given “special counsel protections and authorities to conduct the Hunter Biden investigation.” But now that Garland has appointed Weiss as special counsel in the investigation, Cruz is claiming that Weiss is a “wildly inappropriate” choice.
Cruz alleged that Weiss “was a U.S. Attorney hand-picked to lead this investigation who spent the last...
Last September, Sen. Ted Cruz along with several other Republicans authored a letter to Attorney General Merrick Garland requesting that U.S. Attorney David Weiss be given “special counsel protections and authorities to conduct the Hunter Biden investigation.” But now that Garland has appointed Weiss as special counsel in the investigation, Cruz is claiming that Weiss is a “wildly inappropriate” choice.
Cruz alleged that Weiss “was a U.S. Attorney hand-picked to lead this investigation who spent the last...
- 8/13/2023
- by Peter Wade
- Rollingstone.com
San Francisco, July 5 (Ians) In a far-reaching ruling that has implications for other countries too, a judge in the US has barred key officials at the Joe Biden administration from contacting social media platforms about moderating posts and censoring conservative viewpoints protected by the First Amendment.
The ruling by judge Terry A. Doughty at US District Court for the Western District of Louisiana bars Department of Homeland Security (Dhs) Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (Cisa) leader Jen Easterly, and FBI Foreign Influence Task Force leader Laura Dehmlow, as well as employees of those agencies “from contacting, working with, or asking social media companies about posts protected by the First Amendment”.
The judge wrote that plaintiffs are likely to prove that federal government officials are targeting and suppressing “millions of protected free speech postings by American citizens”, reports The Verge.
“The explosion of social media platforms has resulted...
The ruling by judge Terry A. Doughty at US District Court for the Western District of Louisiana bars Department of Homeland Security (Dhs) Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (Cisa) leader Jen Easterly, and FBI Foreign Influence Task Force leader Laura Dehmlow, as well as employees of those agencies “from contacting, working with, or asking social media companies about posts protected by the First Amendment”.
The judge wrote that plaintiffs are likely to prove that federal government officials are targeting and suppressing “millions of protected free speech postings by American citizens”, reports The Verge.
“The explosion of social media platforms has resulted...
- 7/5/2023
- by Agency News Desk
- GlamSham
Marjorie Taylor Greene reminds Americans every day that she doesn’t have much concern for things like decency, democracy, or reality when going about her business in Congress. She instead plays the role of a conspiracy theorizing carnival barker, pushing hate and spewing lies to distract from how badly her party’s approach to governing — or lack thereof — is failing the United States.
She reminded Americans of all of this again on Thursday, holding a stunt press conference to announce that she is introducing articles of impeachment against President Biden.
She reminded Americans of all of this again on Thursday, holding a stunt press conference to announce that she is introducing articles of impeachment against President Biden.
- 5/18/2023
- by Ryan Bort
- Rollingstone.com
Rep. Tony Gonzales (R-Texas) was openly critical of his own party’s leadership for portraying undocumented immigrants as the enemy. Appearing on Face the Nation, the congressman accused House Speaker Kevin McCarthy of “demonizing” those who enter the country without proper documentation.
“You’ve got… Kevin McCarthy on one side that is demonizing those that come over illegally,” Gonzales told host Margaret Brennan on Sunday. But he criticized Democrats as well, saying, “You’ve got Chuck Schumer on the other side in the Senate that makes it a morally good...
“You’ve got… Kevin McCarthy on one side that is demonizing those that come over illegally,” Gonzales told host Margaret Brennan on Sunday. But he criticized Democrats as well, saying, “You’ve got Chuck Schumer on the other side in the Senate that makes it a morally good...
- 5/14/2023
- by Peter Wade
- Rollingstone.com
Exclusive and Updated: Brittney Griner will attend tonight’s White House Correspondents’ Association Dinner, which draws a list of sports and entertainment celebrities, media figures and politicos.
The WNBA star and Olympic gold medalist, whose arrest and detention in Russia last year led to a high stakes State Department diplomatic effort to secure her release, will be a guest of CBS News, per the network. She will attend along with her wife, Cherelle.
In her speech, Tamara Keith, the president of the White House Correspondents’ Association, plans to speak about the current detention of another figure in Russia: The Wall Street Journal’s Evan Gershkovich, who has been held since last month. Members of his family are expected at the event. Griner spoke to reporters earlier this week about his arrest. “No one should be in those conditions, hands down,” she said, per The New York Times.
Others expected to attend the Whca: Benjamin Hall,...
The WNBA star and Olympic gold medalist, whose arrest and detention in Russia last year led to a high stakes State Department diplomatic effort to secure her release, will be a guest of CBS News, per the network. She will attend along with her wife, Cherelle.
In her speech, Tamara Keith, the president of the White House Correspondents’ Association, plans to speak about the current detention of another figure in Russia: The Wall Street Journal’s Evan Gershkovich, who has been held since last month. Members of his family are expected at the event. Griner spoke to reporters earlier this week about his arrest. “No one should be in those conditions, hands down,” she said, per The New York Times.
Others expected to attend the Whca: Benjamin Hall,...
- 4/29/2023
- by Ted Johnson
- Deadline Film + TV
During a discussion of Fox News’ recent $787.5 billion settlement with Dominion over the network’s false claims of voter fraud, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez said that certain Fox News hosts, including Tucker Carlson, used “incitement of violence” ahead of the Jan. 6 Capitol attack.
“We have very real issues with what is permissible on air,” the Democratic representative said during an interview on MSNBC’s Inside with Jen Psaki that aired Sunday. “We saw that with Jan. 6 and we saw that in the lead up to Jan. 6 and how we navigate questions...
“We have very real issues with what is permissible on air,” the Democratic representative said during an interview on MSNBC’s Inside with Jen Psaki that aired Sunday. “We saw that with Jan. 6 and we saw that in the lead up to Jan. 6 and how we navigate questions...
- 4/23/2023
- by Peter Wade
- Rollingstone.com
The Department of Homeland Security intelligence official in charge of tracking cross-border threats was escorted from his office on Monday by federal police and security after an afternoon search that left his office sealed with crime tape, according to four sources with direct knowledge of the events.
The official in question is Brian Sulc, executive director of the Transnational Organized Crime Mission Center at Dhs’s Office of Intelligence and Analysis in Washington. Sulc has been placed on administrative leave. He is under investigation for an alleged security violation, bringing...
The official in question is Brian Sulc, executive director of the Transnational Organized Crime Mission Center at Dhs’s Office of Intelligence and Analysis in Washington. Sulc has been placed on administrative leave. He is under investigation for an alleged security violation, bringing...
- 4/19/2023
- by Jana Winter
- Rollingstone.com
Georgia Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene claimed that Mexican drug cartels were “planting bombs” on the U.S. side of the border on Wednesday. Greene shared an image of the supposed explosive device on Twitter. There is, however, a major hole in her claim: Border Patrol officials say the object was nothing more than a wad of sand and duct tape.
During a Wednesday hearing with U.S. Border Patrol Chief Raul Ortiz, Greene questioned the chief regarding reports she had heard indicating that Border Patrol had recovered explosives in “no...
During a Wednesday hearing with U.S. Border Patrol Chief Raul Ortiz, Greene questioned the chief regarding reports she had heard indicating that Border Patrol had recovered explosives in “no...
- 3/16/2023
- by Nikki McCann Ramirez
- Rollingstone.com
Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto (D-nv) was projected to win reelection over Adam Laxalt in Nevada’s U.S. Senate race, assuring Democratic control of the Senate.
The latest vote tallies were enough for networks to call the race for Cortez Masto, who trailed until final mail-in ballots were counted in more populous counties like Clark and Washoe.
Coupled with the reelection of Sen. Mark Kelly (D-az) in the Arizona Senate race, Cortez Masto’s razor-thin victory gives Democrats a sense of relief, assuring that they will have at least 50 seats. Had they lost the race, it would have meant that the December 6 runoff in Georgia between Sen. Raphael Warnock (D-ga) and Republican Herschel Walker would have determined who controls the chamber. Now, if Democrats lose that seat, they will still have control of the 50-50 Senate, as Vice President Kamala Harris will break any tie vote.
Like Kelly’s race,...
The latest vote tallies were enough for networks to call the race for Cortez Masto, who trailed until final mail-in ballots were counted in more populous counties like Clark and Washoe.
Coupled with the reelection of Sen. Mark Kelly (D-az) in the Arizona Senate race, Cortez Masto’s razor-thin victory gives Democrats a sense of relief, assuring that they will have at least 50 seats. Had they lost the race, it would have meant that the December 6 runoff in Georgia between Sen. Raphael Warnock (D-ga) and Republican Herschel Walker would have determined who controls the chamber. Now, if Democrats lose that seat, they will still have control of the 50-50 Senate, as Vice President Kamala Harris will break any tie vote.
Like Kelly’s race,...
- 11/13/2022
- by Ted Johnson and Dominic Patten
- Deadline Film + TV
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The Supreme Court ruled on Thursday that the Biden administration properly ended a Trump-era policy forcing some U.S. asylum-seekers to wait in Mexico.
The justices’ 5-4 decision for the administration came in a case about the “Remain in Mexico” policy under President Donald Trump. Chief Justice John Roberts wrote the decision and was joined by fellow conservative Justice Brett Kavanaugh as well as the court’s three liberal justices — Stephen Breyer, Sonia Sotomayor and Elena Kagan.
President Joe Biden suspended the program on his first day in office in January 2021. But lower courts ordered it reinstated in response to a lawsuit from Republican-led Texas and Missouri. The current administration has sent far fewer people back to Mexico than did the Trump administration.
The heart of the legal fight was about whether immigration authorities, with far less detention capacity than needed, had to...
The Supreme Court ruled on Thursday that the Biden administration properly ended a Trump-era policy forcing some U.S. asylum-seekers to wait in Mexico.
The justices’ 5-4 decision for the administration came in a case about the “Remain in Mexico” policy under President Donald Trump. Chief Justice John Roberts wrote the decision and was joined by fellow conservative Justice Brett Kavanaugh as well as the court’s three liberal justices — Stephen Breyer, Sonia Sotomayor and Elena Kagan.
President Joe Biden suspended the program on his first day in office in January 2021. But lower courts ordered it reinstated in response to a lawsuit from Republican-led Texas and Missouri. The current administration has sent far fewer people back to Mexico than did the Trump administration.
The heart of the legal fight was about whether immigration authorities, with far less detention capacity than needed, had to...
- 6/30/2022
- by the Associated Press
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Joe Biden is moving forward with plans to attend at least a portion of Saturday night’s White House Correspondents’ Association dinner, returning to the tradition of presidential schtick for the 100-year-plus-old event.
Biden is expected to come on in the 9:00 Pm Et/6:00 Pt hour, and he’s planning to skip the dinner portion for the post-meal entertainment. That has included the president’s own material, as well as that of the featured entertainer this year, Trevor Noah.
As vice president, Biden appeared in comedy videos along with Julia Louis-Dreyfus, but he otherwise left attendance at the dinner to Barack Obama, whose material often was so well-received it overshadowed the featured comedian. Biden will be the first president to address the dinner since Barack Obama in 2016, as Donald Trump skipped the events during his term.
White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki said that Biden has consulted with comedians in crafting his material,...
Biden is expected to come on in the 9:00 Pm Et/6:00 Pt hour, and he’s planning to skip the dinner portion for the post-meal entertainment. That has included the president’s own material, as well as that of the featured entertainer this year, Trevor Noah.
As vice president, Biden appeared in comedy videos along with Julia Louis-Dreyfus, but he otherwise left attendance at the dinner to Barack Obama, whose material often was so well-received it overshadowed the featured comedian. Biden will be the first president to address the dinner since Barack Obama in 2016, as Donald Trump skipped the events during his term.
White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki said that Biden has consulted with comedians in crafting his material,...
- 4/30/2022
- by Ted Johnson
- Deadline Film + TV
President Joe Biden still plans to attend this weekend’s White House Correspondents’ Association dinner even after Vice President Kamala Harris has tested positive for Covid and health officials are warning that the most recent variant is especially contagious.
It’s a sign of the eagerness of the Beltway crowd to get on with the business of socializing.
And it is a business: Packed into the next five days are loads of parties and receptions, sponsored by talent agencies, networks, news divisions and media outlets, as well as corporate brands, as a showcase for D.C.’s boldfaced names.
One of the prized tickets has been UTA’s Friday night event at Fiola Mare restaurant, which in years past has gone into the wee hours, gathering many of the agency’s news media figure clients. CAA also is hosting a reception earlier in the evening. WME said that it was...
It’s a sign of the eagerness of the Beltway crowd to get on with the business of socializing.
And it is a business: Packed into the next five days are loads of parties and receptions, sponsored by talent agencies, networks, news divisions and media outlets, as well as corporate brands, as a showcase for D.C.’s boldfaced names.
One of the prized tickets has been UTA’s Friday night event at Fiola Mare restaurant, which in years past has gone into the wee hours, gathering many of the agency’s news media figure clients. CAA also is hosting a reception earlier in the evening. WME said that it was...
- 4/27/2022
- by Ted Johnson
- Deadline Film + TV
An aide who was in close contact with Vice President Kamala Harris has tested positive for Covid, according to a statement from the VP’s office late Wednesday.
The person “staffed the Vice President throughout the day Tuesday” received a positive test result on Wednesday. Harris has tested negative.
She and Second Gentleman Douglas Emhoff are headed to Los Angeles today, where they will remain through the New Year.
President Biden also tested negative on Wednesday, according to USA Today, after he was in contact with a White House aide last week who later received a positive result.
White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki tested positive for Covid in October. Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas announced that he had tested positive on October 19, forcing him to cancel a trip to Columbia. A White House official who traveled with President Biden to Glasgow, Scotland for the United Nations Climate Change Conference...
The person “staffed the Vice President throughout the day Tuesday” received a positive test result on Wednesday. Harris has tested negative.
She and Second Gentleman Douglas Emhoff are headed to Los Angeles today, where they will remain through the New Year.
President Biden also tested negative on Wednesday, according to USA Today, after he was in contact with a White House aide last week who later received a positive result.
White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki tested positive for Covid in October. Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas announced that he had tested positive on October 19, forcing him to cancel a trip to Columbia. A White House official who traveled with President Biden to Glasgow, Scotland for the United Nations Climate Change Conference...
- 12/22/2021
- by Tom Tapp
- Deadline Film + TV
A White House official who traveled with President Biden to Glasgow, Scotland, for the United Nations Climate Change Conference has tested positive for Covid-19, according to multiple reports.
“This individual did not have close contact with the President and is not exhibiting any symptoms,” a separate White House official told CNN. “The person has remained in Scotland to complete the quarantine period with the support of the administration.”
Multiple other quick tests taken by the quarantined official were inconclusive, according to the New York Times, and the aide is now awaiting results of a more accurate Pcr test. President Biden tested negative on Tuesday.
The president, who is 78, was vaccinated earlier this year and got a very public booster shot in late September.
The most recent positive result is one of a spate of recent infections connected to the administration. White House press secretary Jen Psaki had to drop out...
“This individual did not have close contact with the President and is not exhibiting any symptoms,” a separate White House official told CNN. “The person has remained in Scotland to complete the quarantine period with the support of the administration.”
Multiple other quick tests taken by the quarantined official were inconclusive, according to the New York Times, and the aide is now awaiting results of a more accurate Pcr test. President Biden tested negative on Tuesday.
The president, who is 78, was vaccinated earlier this year and got a very public booster shot in late September.
The most recent positive result is one of a spate of recent infections connected to the administration. White House press secretary Jen Psaki had to drop out...
- 11/5/2021
- by Tom Tapp
- Deadline Film + TV
Greg Abbott is “throwing” billions of his state’s taxpayer money at securing the U.S.-Mexico border, a job usually reserved for the federal Border Patrol and Homeland Security. Meanwhile, experts are warning that the state is not fully prepared for another winter freeze like the one this past February that left an estimated 702 people dead.
“Texas is investing $3 billion of taxpayer dollars doing the federal government’s job, and what we’re doing with that money is we have now more than 6,500 troopers and officers down on the...
“Texas is investing $3 billion of taxpayer dollars doing the federal government’s job, and what we’re doing with that money is we have now more than 6,500 troopers and officers down on the...
- 11/1/2021
- by Peter Wade
- Rollingstone.com
Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas told Fox News Sunday today that an estimated 12,000 Haitian migrants have been released into the US. The staggering number goes well beyond previous estimates tied to the Del Rio, Texas bridge encampment.
Mayorkas also said his 12,000 estimate could go up, as 5,000 other cases are still being processed. Those numbers indicate previous reports of 15,000 people at the encampment were incorrect.
“Approximately, I think it’s about 10,000 or so – 12,000 thousand,” Mayorkas told Fox News Sunday when questioned on the numbers. It could be even higher,” he added. “The number that are returned could be even higher. What we do is we follow the law as Congress has passed it.”
The Del Rio encampment has been cleared of migrants and the Del Rio border crossing has been reopened. But more migrants are on the way, as images on Sunday show caravans on the move from Central America.
Mayorkas...
Mayorkas also said his 12,000 estimate could go up, as 5,000 other cases are still being processed. Those numbers indicate previous reports of 15,000 people at the encampment were incorrect.
“Approximately, I think it’s about 10,000 or so – 12,000 thousand,” Mayorkas told Fox News Sunday when questioned on the numbers. It could be even higher,” he added. “The number that are returned could be even higher. What we do is we follow the law as Congress has passed it.”
The Del Rio encampment has been cleared of migrants and the Del Rio border crossing has been reopened. But more migrants are on the way, as images on Sunday show caravans on the move from Central America.
Mayorkas...
- 9/26/2021
- by Bruce Haring
- Deadline Film + TV
Three whistleblowers wrote a letter to Congress urging President Biden’s administration to increase its efforts to vaccinate migrants who are being held in detention in the United States.
The three doctors who authored the letter sent to Congress on Friday — Scott A. Allen, Pamela McPherson, and Josiah “Jody” Rich — work as medical and mental health subject matter experts for the Department of Homeland Security’s (Dhs) Office of Civil Rights and Civil Liberties. In the letter, they made four demands of the administration: create a comprehensive plan to vaccinate detainees,...
The three doctors who authored the letter sent to Congress on Friday — Scott A. Allen, Pamela McPherson, and Josiah “Jody” Rich — work as medical and mental health subject matter experts for the Department of Homeland Security’s (Dhs) Office of Civil Rights and Civil Liberties. In the letter, they made four demands of the administration: create a comprehensive plan to vaccinate detainees,...
- 6/26/2021
- by Peter Wade
- Rollingstone.com
Vice President Kamala Harris visited the southern border in El Paso, Texas, on Friday, after being pressed for weeks to visit the region as it deals with migration and the issue of unaccompanied minors seeking asylum in the United States.
“The work that we have to do is addressing the…root causes, otherwise we will continue to see the effect of what is happening at the border. It is going to require a comprehensive approach that acknowledges each piece of this,” Harris told reporters before leaving the region.
Harris, who has been tasked with the border issue by President Joe Biden, defended visiting other countries before her visit to El Paso, which included a visit to an El Paso central processing center and a US Customs and Border Protection Facility, as well as a meeting with five girls, ages nine to 16, from Central America. According to a pool report, they...
“The work that we have to do is addressing the…root causes, otherwise we will continue to see the effect of what is happening at the border. It is going to require a comprehensive approach that acknowledges each piece of this,” Harris told reporters before leaving the region.
Harris, who has been tasked with the border issue by President Joe Biden, defended visiting other countries before her visit to El Paso, which included a visit to an El Paso central processing center and a US Customs and Border Protection Facility, as well as a meeting with five girls, ages nine to 16, from Central America. According to a pool report, they...
- 6/25/2021
- by Ted Johnson
- Deadline Film + TV
The Biden administration announced a new plan that would speed up the hearings process for families who arrive at the U.S. border with Mexico seeking asylum, although advocates are saying this will deny immigrants of their rights.
As of Friday, both the Department of Justice and Department of Homeland Security said in a statement that they will use a new “dedicated docket” process for families who arrive at the border. The goal is to significantly decrease the amount of time it takes for migrants to have their cases adjudicated.
As of Friday, both the Department of Justice and Department of Homeland Security said in a statement that they will use a new “dedicated docket” process for families who arrive at the border. The goal is to significantly decrease the amount of time it takes for migrants to have their cases adjudicated.
- 5/29/2021
- by Peter Wade
- Rollingstone.com
Haitians who were displaced by the country’s 2010 earthquake and who now reside in the United States will be given Temporary Protected Status for the next 18 months, the Department of Homeland Security announced on Saturday.
The decision applies to any Haitian immigrant living in the country as of Friday and anyone who does not have a nationality but who last lived in Haiti. The designation will affect some 150,000 individuals. The Obama administration had granted Temporary Protected Status to Haitians who fled the country following the devastating earthquake that cost hundreds of thousands of lives.
The decision applies to any Haitian immigrant living in the country as of Friday and anyone who does not have a nationality but who last lived in Haiti. The designation will affect some 150,000 individuals. The Obama administration had granted Temporary Protected Status to Haitians who fled the country following the devastating earthquake that cost hundreds of thousands of lives.
- 5/23/2021
- by Peter Wade
- Rollingstone.com
This week the Biden administration will begin the process of reuniting migrant families who were separated by former president Trump’s “zero-tolerance” immigration policy, the Department of Homeland Security announced.
Dhs Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas said four families who were separated at the Mexico border are expected to be reunited this week.
“The Family Reunification Task Force has been working day and night, across the federal government and with counsel for the families and our foreign partners, to address the prior administration’s cruel separation of children from their parents,” Mayorkas said in a statement.
Dhs Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas said four families who were separated at the Mexico border are expected to be reunited this week.
“The Family Reunification Task Force has been working day and night, across the federal government and with counsel for the families and our foreign partners, to address the prior administration’s cruel separation of children from their parents,” Mayorkas said in a statement.
- 5/3/2021
- by Peter Wade
- Rollingstone.com
Joe Biden’s administration is preparing to allow for media access to border facilities and will release details in the coming days, White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki said on Monday, amid criticism over the ability of reporters and photographers to gain entry to facilities housing a surge in migrant children.
“First of all, we are working to finalize details, and I hope to have an update in the coming days,” Psaki told reporters at the White House press briefing. “We are working through with the Department of Health and Human Services, and also the Department of Homeland Security to ensure privacy and to ensure that we are following Covid protocols. We remain committed to transparency, and of course as I noted last week, we certainly want to make sure the media has access to this sites.”
The issue of media access has drawn attention from lawmakers on both sides of the aisle.
“First of all, we are working to finalize details, and I hope to have an update in the coming days,” Psaki told reporters at the White House press briefing. “We are working through with the Department of Health and Human Services, and also the Department of Homeland Security to ensure privacy and to ensure that we are following Covid protocols. We remain committed to transparency, and of course as I noted last week, we certainly want to make sure the media has access to this sites.”
The issue of media access has drawn attention from lawmakers on both sides of the aisle.
- 3/22/2021
- by Ted Johnson
- Deadline Film + TV
As the Biden administration copes with the rise in immigrants and unaccompanied minors crossing the U.S.-Mexico border, the Department of Homeland Security is planning to transform immigration facilities located in South Texas into “Ellis Island-style rapid-processing hubs,” according to the Washington Post’s description of Department of Homeland Security draft plans.
Biden said on the campaign trail that “children should be released from Ice detention with their parents immediately,” and many advocates agree. The goal of these hubs would be to speed up the process, aiming to screen...
Biden said on the campaign trail that “children should be released from Ice detention with their parents immediately,” and many advocates agree. The goal of these hubs would be to speed up the process, aiming to screen...
- 3/4/2021
- by Peter Wade
- Rollingstone.com
It was a tale of dueling presidencies Tuesday with Donald Trump and Joe Biden each setting the tone for their administrations and one pardoned turkey.
“Together, these public servants will restore America globally, its global leadership and its moral leadership,” President-elect Biden said today as he officially introduced his primary foreign policy team with Vice President-elect Kamala Harris by his side. “It’s a team that will keep our country and our people safe and secure. And it’s a team that reflects the fact that America is back.”
“I have always believed in the nobility of public service and these Americans embody it,” Harris said in a speech of her own. “I can say with confidence, that they are, to a person, the right women and men for these critical positions.”
As for Trump, besides a brief statement earlier in the day on the stock market shattering records in...
“Together, these public servants will restore America globally, its global leadership and its moral leadership,” President-elect Biden said today as he officially introduced his primary foreign policy team with Vice President-elect Kamala Harris by his side. “It’s a team that will keep our country and our people safe and secure. And it’s a team that reflects the fact that America is back.”
“I have always believed in the nobility of public service and these Americans embody it,” Harris said in a speech of her own. “I can say with confidence, that they are, to a person, the right women and men for these critical positions.”
As for Trump, besides a brief statement earlier in the day on the stock market shattering records in...
- 11/24/2020
- by Dominic Patten
- Deadline Film + TV
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