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The online prediction markets Kalshi and Polymarket will prohibit paid content creators and affiliates from denying election results or questioning election integrity, the companies said, in moves aimed at curbing misinformation that has…
3 MIN READNetflix released a video Monday introducing the real-life dog playing Scooby in the upcoming live-action series "Scooby-Doo: Origins."
3 MIN READPresident Donald Trump abruptly ended an interview with NBC's "Meet the Press" on Friday after host Kristen Welker repeatedly pressed him for evidence to support his unsubstantiated claims that the 2020 presidential election and…
4 MIN READFired 60 Minutes anchor Scott Pelley accused CBS News editor-in-chief Bari Weiss of interfering with a planned segment on the killing of Minneapolis protester Renee Good, saying Weiss demanded changes that would align the report with…
3 MIN READA Guardian columnist said former first lady Jill Biden's new memoir 'rewrites history' and avoids accountability for President Joe Biden's 2024 election loss, drawing criticism from CNN anchor Jake Tapper and a response from her son Hunter…
3 MIN READAttorneys general from as many as 10 states are preparing to file an antitrust lawsuit in the coming weeks to block the proposed $111 billion merger of Paramount Skydance and Warner Bros. Discovery, according to reports from the Los…
3 MIN READParamount+ will premiere the third season of its spy thriller Lioness on Aug. 2, the streaming service announced Friday. The series, from Yellowstone creator Taylor Sheridan, stars Zoe Saldaña and Nicole Kidman.
3 MIN READA New Jersey police sergeant was charged Thursday with stealing $10,000 worth of cameras and equipment from an Associated Press photojournalist who had been injured covering protests outside a Newark immigration detention center,…
3 MIN READTed Turner, the media mogul who created CNN and built a broadcasting empire, and Jason Collins, the first openly gay NBA player, both died in May 2026, according to the Associated Press.
3 MIN READPresident Trump is personally intervening in regulatory decisions that once were the purview of independent agencies, according to a Wall Street Journal investigation, prompting a 70% surge in White House lobbying disclosures in 2025 as…
3 MIN READCBS fired veteran 60 Minutes correspondent Scott Pelley on Tuesday night after he challenged new leadership at the program, accusing editor-in-chief Bari Weiss and executive producer Nick Bilton of attempting to inject political bias into…
3 MIN READNew Jersey state police and Newark police blocked journalists from covering demonstrations near the Delaney Hall ICE detention facility last week, detaining at least three news workers and denying press credentials to independent…
3 MIN READThe White House on Wednesday launched aliens.gov, a website that repurposes the visual language of "The X-Files" to frame immigration enforcement as a campaign against extraterrestrial "invaders," using the term "aliens" — a legal…
4 MIN READThe White House Correspondents’ Association has rescheduled its annual dinner for July 24, 2026, nearly seven weeks after a shooting during the April 25 gala forced its cancellation, WHCA President Weijia Jiang announced Tuesday. President…
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The Pentagon has redesignated its press office as a classified facility, barring credentialed journalists from entering the space where they have long worked alongside defense department officials. The decision, first reported by the…
4 MIN READUSMNT head coach Mauricio Pochettino used a mandatory mid-half water break during Sunday's 3-2 friendly win over Senegal to huddle players around a laptop for an impromptu video session, creating a viral moment that highlighted the…
3 MIN READThe UK Home Office revoked the visas of US political commentators Hasan Piker and Cenk Uygur, blocking them from entering the country to speak at the SXSW London festival and a university event. The two said they were banned for…
3 MIN READScott Pelley, a longtime "60 Minutes" correspondent, openly criticized new Executive Producer Nick Bilton and CBS News Editor in Chief Bari Weiss during Bilton's first staff meeting with the show's producers and on-air talent Monday,…
3 MIN READSky UK is ending its joint venture with United Arab Emirates-backed IMI over the Sky News Arabia channel, transitioning to a brand licensing arrangement that relinquishes operational control amid growing internal concerns over the…
3 MIN READABC-owned television stations across eight U.S. markets filed coordinated objections on Thursday with the Federal Communications Commission, calling the agency's demand for early license renewal applications arbitrary and unconstitutional.
3 MIN READDonald E. Newhouse, who led Advance Publications’ 35 newspapers for nearly half a century and served as chairman of the board of The Associated Press, died Tuesday at his home in New Jersey at the age of 96, his family said. Anna Wintour,…
4 MIN READAttorneys for journalist Don Lemon argued Wednesday that a wave of recent findings of prosecutorial misconduct in grand jury proceedings warrants the unsealing of the secret transcripts that led to his indictment on federal civil rights…
3 MIN READNPR science correspondent Nate Rott says his beat—“the natural world and humanity’s relationship to it”—pushes him beyond climate into questions about biodiversity, monitoring ecosystems and the boundaries of what people should try to…
3 MIN READThe Associated Press on Saturday republished a 1996 report describing how Cuban fighter jets shot down two small planes flown by members of the Cuban exile group Brothers to the Rescue from Miami in international waters off Havana. The…
3 MIN READMedia scion James Murdoch has struck a deal with Vox Media to acquire New York magazine, the Vox Media Podcast Network and the Vox editorial brand, according to a report by the Associated Press. The transaction, expected to close within…
3 MIN READMedia scion James Murdoch has agreed to acquire New York magazine and Vox Media’s podcast network and editorial brands, with a deal expected to close within weeks, according to The Associated Press. Under the arrangement, Lupa…
3 MIN READMore than three weeks after a gunman opened fire at the Washington Hilton during the White House Correspondents' Association dinner, the event has not been rescheduled, and the association is considering a pared-down gathering at a smaller…
3 MIN READA panel of officials and media figures are debating whether the White House Correspondents’ Association should reschedule its annual dinner, more than three weeks after a man opened fire at the event and prosecutors said he was trying to…
3 MIN READThe New York Times filed its second lawsuit in five months against the Defense Department on Monday, arguing that a policy requiring journalists to be escorted while on Pentagon grounds violates the First Amendment. The Times called the…
3 MIN READThe White House Correspondents’ Association says it is still weighing options to reschedule this year’s dinner after a gunman opened fire at the Washington Hilton in an attack prosecutors said was meant to kill President Donald Trump. More…
3 MIN READThe New York Times sued the Pentagon on Monday for the second time in five months, arguing that a requirement that journalists be escorted while on Pentagon grounds violates the First Amendment. The paper filed the new case in federal…
3 MIN READIn late January, Pentagon contractor Aurelio Luis Perez-Lugones was indicted on charges he illegally removed and shared classified national defense information with a journalist. The indictment centers on documents he passed to a…
3 MIN READThe Washington Post filed a federal court petition on January 21 to recover electronic devices the FBI seized from reporter Hannah Natanson's Virginia home, arguing the search violated her free speech rights and journalistic protections. A…
4 MIN READUSA Today Co., owner of the Detroit Free Press, announced on January 26, 2026, that it plans to acquire The Detroit News, consolidating two major Detroit newspapers under a single owner. The deal ends an almost 40-year joint operating…
3 MIN READMore than three weeks after a man stormed the Washington Hilton lobby and fired shots during the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner, the association has not set a date for a rescheduled event. WHCA president Weijia Jiang said…
3 MIN READThe French national anti-terrorism prosecutor’s office said a French investigating judge will examine a complaint accusing Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman of involvement in the 2018 killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi. The office…
3 MIN READThe Associated Press laid off 20 U.S.-based journalists on Friday, completing a restructuring announced last month that shifts the news organization’s focus away from print journalism and toward visual journalism and technology clients,…
3 MIN READIn an AP feature on “One Extraordinary Photo,” photographer Alessandra Tarantino described how she shot a low-angle, fast-lens image of Jannik Sinner at the Italian Open in Rome. Tarantino said she positioned herself under a court window…
3 MIN READThe Associated Press laid off 20 U.S.-based journalists on Friday, according to the News Media Guild, as part of a restructuring announced last month that shifts the news organization away from print journalism and toward visual journalism…
3 MIN READAssociated Press photojournalist Jacquelyn Martin captured an evocative silhouette of President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump from a rarely permitted behind-them angle in the White House’s diplomatic room as they awaited the…
3 MIN READJacquelyn Martin, an Associated Press staff photojournalist, described how she was granted a rare vantage point in the White House “diplomatic room” as President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump awaited King Charles III and Queen…
3 MIN READA federal judge dismissed Raymond Epps’ defamation lawsuit against Fox News, ruling that Epps did not show enough evidence that the network knew its statements were false. U.S. District Judge Jennifer L. Hall granted Fox’s motion to…
3 MIN READTwo sergeants with the Miami-Dade Sheriff’s Office have filed a defamation lawsuit against Artists Equity, the production company of Ben Affleck and Matt Damon, claiming the Netflix thriller “The Rip” used too many real-life details from a…
3 MIN READNiger’s media regulator suspended nine French news organizations late Friday, accusing them of threatening public order and undermining military morale, a move that drew swift condemnation from an international press-freedom group.
3 MIN READA federal judge in Delaware has dismissed a defamation lawsuit brought by Raymond Epps against Fox News, ruling that the former Trump supporter failed to provide sufficient evidence that the network knew its Jan. 6 conspiracy theories were…
3 MIN READABC has filed a strongly worded legal brief accusing the Trump administration's Federal Communications Commission of attempting to chill constitutionally protected free speech by revisiting whether the network's long-running talk show "The…
4 MIN READABC filed with the FCC this week saying the Trump administration’s actions could chill constitutionally protected speech tied to the daytime talk show “The View” and hinder open political debate. The network’s filing, made public Friday,…
3 MIN READNiger suspended nine French media outlets, prompting Reporters Without Borders to call the move fabricated and part of a coordinated strategy to repress press freedom, according to the group. The National Observatory of Communication,…
3 MIN READTed Turner, the brash media mogul who transformed global journalism by launching CNN and pioneering the 24-hour cable news cycle, died Wednesday at age 87. Turner was surrounded by his family at the time of his death, according to Turner…
3 MIN READTed Turner, the television pioneer who launched CNN and helped usher in the 24-hour cable news cycle, has died. He was 87. Turner died Wednesday while surrounded by his family, according to Turner Enterprises, which oversees his businesses…
3 MIN READIn the wake of Ted Turner’s death on Wednesday, media analysts and former colleagues recalled how his push for a global, continuous news channel helped reshape television and the public’s expectations for breaking coverage. From CNN’s…
3 MIN READThe United States revoked the visas of several board members of the Costa Rican newspaper La Nación, the outlet reported Sunday, in a move press freedom groups and opposition figures called political retaliation. The State Department…
3 MIN READThe United States revoked the U.S. visas of several board executives at La Nación, one of Costa Rica’s leading newspapers, the outlet disclosed Sunday, triggering sharp condemnation from press freedom advocates and opposition figures who…
3 MIN READWKRP is no longer just a TV punchline. The call letters of the fictional radio station from the 1978–1982 CBS sitcom "WKRP in Cincinnati" went live on the air Monday as a real adult-hits station, delighting fans and flooding the phone…
3 MIN READThe Associated Press won the Pulitzer Prize for international reporting on Monday for a global investigation that revealed how U.S. technology companies helped build China’s mass surveillance apparatus and how American agencies secretly…
3 MIN READArgentine President Javier Milei restored journalists' access to the Casa Rosada on Monday, the Associated Press reported, more than a week after blocking credentialed reporters and drawing condemnation from press freedom groups,…
3 MIN READWKRP fans in Cincinnati can tune in Monday to a real radio station that uses the call letters from the CBS sitcom “WKRP in Cincinnati.” The station is simulcast across three outlets in Cincinnati, northern Kentucky and Dayton, Ohio, and…
3 MIN READArgentina’s President Javier Milei restored credentialed journalists’ access to his government headquarters, the Casa Rosada, on Monday after more than a week of restrictions that included blocking some TV reporters and limiting how…
4 MIN READThe Associated Press on Monday won a Pulitzer Prize for international reporting for an investigation into the expansion of government surveillance efforts in China and the role U.S. tech companies played in building the system. The…
3 MIN READCosta Rica’s leading newspaper La Nación said the United States has revoked visas for several board executives, prompting calls in Costa Rica for explanations and warning that immigration restrictions are being used to punish critics. The…
3 MIN READThe Washington Post won the Pulitzer Prize for Public Service on Monday for scrutinizing the Trump administration’s overhaul of federal agencies. The Associated Press won the prize for international reporting about surveillance. The…
3 MIN READArgentine President Javier Milei last week expelled the entire accredited press corps from the Casa Rosada presidential palace, blocking roughly 60 reporters from the government headquarters in an escalation of a two-year campaign against…
5 MIN READArgentina’s President Javier Milei blocked accredited reporters from entering the government’s headquarters at the Casa Rosada, drawing condemnation from press-freedom groups and lawmakers. Milei said on social media that journalists are…
3 MIN READTeenagers are nearly twice as likely as adults to get news from social media platforms and influencers, according to a new national survey, even as they express deep skepticism about the reliability of those sources.
3 MIN READThe leaders of major media companies, including The Associated Press, on Thursday called on Israel to lift a ban keeping foreign journalists from independently reporting from Gaza, a barrier that has remained in place since the war began…
3 MIN READTeenagers are more likely than adults to get news at least once a day from social media and from search engines, according to a national poll. The Media Insight Project study found that 57% of teens ages 13 to 17 get news from social media…
3 MIN READMedia company leaders, including The Associated Press, on Thursday urged Israel to lift a ban that prevents foreign journalists from entering and reporting independently from Gaza. The executives said being on the ground is essential for…
3 MIN READThe Onion’s proposed deal to temporarily take control of Infowars, Alex Jones’ conspiracy media platform, remained in legal limbo Thursday after a Texas appeals court paused the transfer of Infowars assets, according to court proceedings…
4 MIN READWASHINGTON — A new survey finds many U.S. adults say they try to avoid news stories about former President Donald Trump, with Democrats especially likely to report cutting back on such coverage. The Media Insight Project poll, conducted…
3 MIN READThe Associated Press published a new quiz asking readers how well they know a set of famous Americans tied to the U.S. 250 anniversary. The questions include figures such as Ronald Reagan, Hank Aaron, Harvey Milk and Pope Leo XIV, and AP…
3 MIN READThe Onion is asking a Texas judge to approve its proposed takeover of Alex Jones’ Infowars platforms, a move Jones is trying to block through last-minute appeals in state and federal courts. The hearing comes as Jones faces legal fights…
3 MIN READA divided federal appeals court panel ruled Monday that the Defense Department can require journalists to be escorted on Pentagon grounds while the Trump administration appeals a lower-court decision blocking enforcement of a Pentagon…
3 MIN READOprah Winfrey’s podcast is moving deeper into Amazon, after Harpo Entertainment struck a multiyear deal giving Amazon-owned Wondery exclusive distributing and advertising rights to “The Oprah Podcast.” Under the agreement announced Monday,…
3 MIN READTMZ is expanding its celebrity-gossip brand into Washington with a new “TMZ DC” team that aims to capture candid images of lawmakers “paparazzi-style,” and has already produced viral moments. The effort comes as Congress faces heightened…
4 MIN READAs Donald Trump prepares to attend the White House Correspondents’ Dinner for the first time as president, the AP looks back at how the annual event has swung between laughs and sharp political tension—often through celebrity comedians’…
3 MIN READA Lebanese journalist wounded in an Israeli airstrike that killed her colleague described hours of agony as she waited for rescue to arrive, in an interview with The Associated Press. Zeinab Faraj said the strike hit a car in the village…
3 MIN READJack Thornell, the Pulitzer Prize-winning Associated Press photographer whose image of a wounded James Meredith after a shotgun attack became an enduring symbol of the civil rights movement, has died. Thornell died Thursday at a hospital…
3 MIN READThe White House Correspondents’ Association dinner this weekend is drawing fresh scrutiny after President Donald Trump is expected to attend, despite his past clashes with major news organizations. The event, long billed as a spring…
3 MIN READNEW YORK (AP) — The New York Times said the FBI investigated whether a reporter, Elizabeth Williamson, violated laws against stalking after she published a story about federal agents assigned to protect and transport FBI Director Kash…
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