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As panic continues to surround the unidentified drones flying over New Jersey, one of the state’s politicians asked for permission this week to start downing unidentified flying objects at will. So, at this point, Stephen Colbert is pretty worried for Santa Claus.

During his monologue on Monday night, Colbert had a laugh at the panic from politicians in particular. Governor Larry Hogan posted a video on X, still popularly referred to as Twitter, about “dozens of large drones in the sky above my residence,” only for users to add a community note explaining that was he was seeing was very clearly a constellation.

“Fair enough, but that was not Hogan’s only sighting,” Colbert joked. “He later posted: ‘Oh my God, there’s a giant ladle coming for me! And a smaller ladle too, like pouring into the bigger one!'”

The late night host was even more tickled...

December is a month of twinkling lights and heavy air traffic, which seem to have collided in the most curious phenomenon of this holiday season: a sudden, unfounded panic that remotely controlled drones are patrolling the night skies up and down the eastern coast of the U.S.

A month ago, law enforcement officials in northern New Jersey revealed that they were investigating reports of drones flying overhead at night, stressing in a statement that there was “no known threat to public safety.” They also cautioned against believing or spreading...

Donald Trump refused a request for federal disaster relief funds from Washington Gov. Jay Inslee in 2020 after wildfires tore through the eastern portion of the states, Politico’s E&e News reports.

The dispute between the former president and Democratic governor adds yet another entry to Trump’s record of injecting partisan politics into disaster response efforts — all while he attempts to accuse President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris of intentionally withholding aid from Republican areas affected by hurricanes in the southeastern United States.

According to E&e News,...

Jon Stewart and the rest of The Daily Show stars plan to cover the Republican and Democratic National Conventions with their special Indecision 2024.

Comedy Central’s late-night political talk show will hit the road this summer, continuing its coverage of the presidential election, which dates back to the 2000 election.

The Daily Show will air a full week of shows from the RNC in Milwaukee (July 15-18) and the DNC in Chicago (August 19-22), respectively, airing weeknights at 11 p.m. Et/Pt.

Notable presidential candidates and influential political figures who have joined the show over the years include Barack Obama, Joe Biden, Kamala Harris, Hillary Clinton, Bill Clinton, Bernie Sanders, Pete Buttigieg, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Gretchen Witmer, John McCain, Nikki Haley, Rand Paul, John Kasich, Chris Christie, Tim Scott, Larry Hogan and Lindsey Graham among others.

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Comedy Central’s “The Daily Show,” which welcomed back Jon Stewart as one of its hosts this year, will continue its election year tradition of taking the show on the road to the national political conventions this summer, Variety can confirm.

The extent of Stewart’s involvement at the two conventions has not yet been determined, but Comedy Central has made it official that “The Daily Show” will take its “Indecision 2024” coverage to Milwaukee, Wisc., from July 15 to July 18 for a full week of shows during the Republican National Convention. The following month, “The Daily Show” will set up shop in Chicago for the Democratic National Convention from August 19 to August 22.

This continues an “Indecision” tradition that dates back to 2000, when “The Daily Show” first began covering the conventions, originating shows from battleground states including Georgia, Florida, Ohio and Illinois, as well as from Washington, D.C. As of now,...

This story was produced in partnership with The Garrison Project, an independent, nonpartisan organization addressing the crisis of mass incarceration and policing.

Maryland’s former Republican Gov. Larry Hogan is running for U.S. Senate in a state that’s not just reliably blue, but in a deep blue moment. Baltimore Mayor Brandon Scott and Gov. Wes Moore are both Black Democrats who have garnered national media attention and support from President Joe Biden following the collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge, an event that prompted a wave of...

The centrist group No Labels is scrapping its plan to offer a third-party choice in the 2024 election after failing to recruit a credible presidential candidate to lead the ticket.

“Americans remain more open to an independent presidential run, and hungrier for unifying national leadership, than ever before,” the organization said in a statement. “But No Labels has always said we would only offer our ballot line to a ticket if we could identify candidates with a credible path to winning the White House. No such candidates emerged, so the responsible...

As Rfk Jr. ponders which celebrity to tap as his VP, another third-party presidential ticket seems to be running out of steam.

No Labels, the self-proclaimed centrist organization with dark money funding, had one of its national leaders abruptly resign Wednesday.

Former North Carolina Gov. Pat McCrory (R), who served as one of the group’s national co-chairs, informed the organization he was quitting to spend more time with his family, according to the Wall Street Journal. The departure arrives a day before No Labels was set to debut a...

The Global Situation Room, Inc. (Gsr) is significantly scaling its production of news podcasts with the creation of a new division of the firm called Situation Room Studios. Led by former Bloomberg Executive Producer Christine Baratta, the Studios will build on Gsr’s past success in creating award-winning, top-ranked policy shows with the backing of companies, foundations, and organizations that care deeply about engaging on the most important stories of our time.

“In our experience, the podcasts that often make the most news and reach the largest audiences are not being made by news outlets,” said Gsr Founder and President Brett Bruen. “Instead, it’s those that tell the most authentic stories and uplift trusted voices that unearth new insights while truly beginning to drive conversations forward.”

According to a recent Pew Research report just one-in-five listeners say they listen to a podcast that’s connected to a news organization.

Barack Obama will appear as a guest on the Nov. 17 episode of “The Daily Show With Trevor Noah,” Variety has learned exclusively. The episode airs on Comedy Central at 11 p.m.

In conversation with Noah, the former president will discuss the Obama Foundation Democracy Forum and critical issues facing America and the world today. The interview will be Obama’s third with Noah, and his first in-studio. He previously appeared in a 2020 virtually taped episode, and did one of his final interviews as president with Noah at the White House.

The interview comes the week after the midterm elections that won the Republican party control of the House of Representatives — ending two years headed by the Democrats — and just days after Obama’s successor, the twice impeached Donald Trump, announced his bid to return to the White House in 2024.

The Obama interview will also mark a highlight for the end...

Governor Larry Hogan posthumously pardoned 34 victims of racial lynching in Maryland between the years 1854 and 1933.

The governor made the announcement on Saturday at a signing event honoring Howard Cooper, a 15-year-old boy who was dragged from Baltimore County Jail and hanged from a sycamore tree by a mob of white men in 1885.

Hogan released a statement explaining how the Maryland Lynching Memorial Project petitioning him to pardon Cooper led to the decision to pardon others.

“Earlier this year, the Maryland Lynching Memorial Project sent me a petition, which originated with...

President Donald Trump admitted that soon he will not be president, ending a months-long effort to overturn the results of a free and fair election. Trump’s admission, however, only comes after a riotous mob of his supporters — egged on by him — stormed into the Capitol to stage an insurrection, threatening the safety of everyone inside and leaving four people dead.

“Congress has certified the results, and a new administration will be inaugurated on January 20th,” Trump said in a video posted to Twitter on Thursday night. “My focus now turns to ensuring a smooth,...

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi called for Vice President Mike Pence and the Cabinet to invoke the 25th Amendment to remove Donald Trump from office.

If they don’t, she told reporters on Thursday: “Congress may be prepared to move forward with impeachment. That is the overwhelming sentiment of my caucus and the American people.”

She added: “While it is only 13 days left, any day can be a horror show.”

Joe Biden takes office on Jan. 20, but Pelosi did not give a timeline for Pence to respond. “I don’t think it will take long to get an answer from the Vice President,” she said.

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Earlier on Thursday, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer called for Trump to be removed immediately joining with others in the party who have urged such an action. Some Republicans have as well, including Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan, who told reporters...

As the mad king raged at Savannah Guthrie for having the gall to question him about his conspiracy mongering, mask trutherism, and failure to even pretend to manage the coronavirus pandemic that is ravaging the country, the wishcasting texts and tweets began anew.

When this is over, can we get our Grand Ol’ Party party back?

As an O.G. Never Trumper, this is a question that I get a lot — from miserable GOP consultants, fellow ostracized Republicans, bewildered members of the political media, and liberals craving an opposition they can at least understand.

Update, 11 Am: The CW has launched its own initiative ahead of the 2020 election. The network announced its CW Vote Actually campaign, an initiative focused on encouraging everyone in the CW community – from loyal audience members to social media followers – to exercise their right to vote come Nov. 3.

Kicking off Sept. 15, CW Vote Actually will feature a special video of The CW talent encouraging fans to vote and learn more about the upcoming presidential election.

In addition to videos from CW stars, the CW Vote Actually campaign will also make the Election Day a paid company holiday for CW employees. This makes CW one of the latest Hollywood company to make Nov. 3 a company holiday.

Previous, Sept. 2 Am: Michelle Obama and her When We All Vote organization will collaborate with Attn: to bring some comedy to the lead up to the 2020 election. ABC announced Wednesday that Obama and Attn: will team...

Kevin Hart wants you to rock the vote this fall. The comedian is set to host Vomo: Vote or Miss Out, a “nonpartisan comedy special” that will encourage participation in the November 2020 election, ABC has announced.

Airing Monday, Sept. 14 at 10/9c, the special will “provide information on voting, highlighting potential procedural changes caused by the pandemic, so that every voter has the knowledge and incentive to participate in the election this fall,” according to the official release. And in terms of entertainment, the Alphabet network promises “comedy bits, stand-up acts and a larger-than-life musical performance.”

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ABC wants to get out the vote ahead of the 2020 presidential election.

The network will air hourlong special “Vomo: Vote or Miss Out,” created by online media outlet Attn:, on Monday, Sept. 14. Billed as a nonpartisan comedy event, comedian Kevin Hart is set to emcee the special featuring comedic bits, stand-up acts and a musical performance, as well as information on voting and procedural changes due to the pandemic.

Special guests include 2 Chainz and Lil Baby, Cristela Alonzo, Tim Allen, Whitney Cummings, Will Ferrell, Kaia Gerber, Charlamagne Tha God, Tiffany Haddish, Jon Hamm, Scarlett Johansson, Liza Koshy, Jay Leno, Jaden Smith and Willow Smith.

Among the political guests slated to appear are Michelle Obama, former California governor Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, Maryland Governor Larry Hogan, Ann Romney and Cindy McCain.

“Voter participation is in Attn:’s DNA, and we hope that we can create an event that will speak to all generations,...

Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan announced on Tuesday that movie theaters will be allowed to reopen in the state on Friday, in time for the release of “Tenet.”

Maryland follows New Jersey, which announced on Monday that its theaters could also reopen on Friday.

Theaters and other indoor entertainment venues in Maryland will be limited to 50% capacity, or 100 people, whichever is less. Outdoor entertainment venues are allowed to have up to 250 people, or 50% capacity, whichever is less. The new order takes effect at 5 p.m. on Friday.

“The entertainment industry… put together very safe reopening plans,” Hogan said at a press conference. “All the states around us have done this already. We believe we’re able to move safely forward. We’re just slowly entering Phase 3. We’re going to see how that goes before we lift all the capacity restrictions.”

Hogan warned that the most common venues for transmission are family gatherings,...

Larry Hogan, the Republican governor of Maryland, was on his own. It was early April and Covid-19 infections were spiking. Hogan needed a dramatic increase in testing capacity if his state had any hope of tracking and slowing the spread of the novel coronavirus before it swamped the hospitals and led to thousands of unnecessary deaths.

Hogan knew that the federal government could marshal the nation’s manufacturing power to speed up the production of test kits, swabs, reagents, and other diagnostic materials. Instead, the Trump administration had downplayed the coronavirus outbreak,...

Maryland’s Republican governor said that he has deployed both the state’s National Guard and the state police to protect the 500,000 coronavirus tests he secured from seizure by the federal government and “whoever might interfere with us getting that to our folks who needed it.”

On Thursday, Governor Larry Hogan told the Washington Post, “it was a little bit of a concern” that federal officials might confiscate the tests which arrived in his state from South Korea on Monday. Hogan went on to say that reports of other incidents...

Nearly 24 hours after President Donald Trump suggested injecting humans with disinfectant as a possible treatment for coronavirus, his comments continued to cause great concern among health professionals.

Trump earlier on Friday that he was being sarcastic when, at Thursday’s briefing, he listened to research on how disinfectants can kill the virus on surfaces and then suggesting testing to see if it would work on humans. He asked it there was “a way we can do something like that, by injection inside or almost a cleaning.”

The Centers for Disease Control sent out a warning about using household cleaners and disinfectants.

“Household cleaners and...

As President Donald Trump again griped that the news media has been too fixated on the negative in covering his administration’s response to the coronavirus, ABC News’ chief White House correspondent had enough of it.

After the president, at his Wednesday briefing, started to grouse that there was a lot of “bad reporting out there,” Karl interjected, “That’s not true. That’s not true.”

Trump’s attacks on the media are a regular feature of his nightly briefings, but what is less common is when a reporter calls him out so blatantly.

The exchange occurred just as Trump was telling those in the briefing room, “You people aren’t satisfied.

President Donald Trump’s attacks on the media were relatively tame at the latest coronavirus press briefing. He even gave some praise to PBS NewsHour‘s Yamiche Alcindor, someone he has previously attacked for asking “nasty” questions.

But on Monday Alcindor pressed the president about someone she recently interviewed who said his family got sick and did not take precautions “mainly because the president wasn’t taking it seriously.”

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“Are you concerned that downplaying the virus maybe got some people sick?” she asked.

Trump replied, “And a lot of people love Trump. A lot of people love me. You see them all the time. I guess I am here for a reason, and for the...

Facebook said on Monday that it has removed posts that are organizing anti-quarantine events in Nebraska, California and New Jersey, citing guidance from their state governments that the protests violate stay-at-home orders.

“Unless government prohibits the event during this time, we allow it to be organized on Facebook,” said a company spokesperson. “For this same reason, events that defy government’s guidance on social distancing aren’t allowed on Facebook.”

The organizers of the events have depended on Facebook as a platform for driving turnout to the protests, which have drawn in the hundreds in some cases.

The 93rd Scripps National Spelling Bee has been suspended as the coronavirus continues to spread, and organizers are looking at their options for the event whose finals air on ESPN every year.

“The suspension includes all in-person events and the live national broadcast the week of May 24,” organizers said in a statement (read it in full below). “If possible, we will work with our local sponsors, spellers, convention partners and ESPN to reschedule the 93rd Scripps National Spelling Bee for later this year.”

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ESPN has televised portions of the event for more than 25 years and since 2006 has aired earlier rounds during the day and the finals at night.

Dave Chappelle says his backing of Maryland gubernatorial candidate Ben Jealous is Not a political Hollywood ploy ... 'cause he's just doing what he thinks is right. We got the comedian out Sunday in Forestville, MD, where he was making calls on behalf of Jealous, who's running for Governor against Republican incumbent Larry Hogan. Even Dave Chappelle is hitting the phones to turn out voters today! Come out and us! t.co/TszbRv9S6I... pic.

President Donald Trump is expected this morning to order flags to be lowered in honor of Capital Gazette staffers murdered last week. The decision would come one day after the mayor of Annapolis, Maryland, announced that Trump’s White House nixed his ask to so honor the five members of the newspaper killed last week.

On Monday, the Gazette interviewed Annapolis Mayor Gavin Buckley who said he was upset that Trump denied the request, wondering “is there a cutoff for tragedy?”

“This was an attack on the press. It was an attack on freedom of speech,” Buckley observed, answering his own question as to why the Trump turn-down.

“It’s just as important as any other tragedy.”

This morning, White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders pitched a different storyline, saying the reversal comes after Trump learned of the mayor’s request.

Flags at the White House, and other public...

Authorities said Thursday that a shooting at the offices of Annapolis, Maryland’s Capital Gazette newspaper led to at least five fatalities.

Maryland governor Larry Hogan told reporters during a press conference that there were “several fatalities” stemming from the incident. During the conference, Bill Krampf, acting chief of the Anne Arundel County Police Department, said, “We do have fatalities and we do have serious injuries.”

A suspect in the shooting has been taken into custody.

CBS News correspondent Weijia Jiang reported that the suspect has no identification on him, and refuses to identify himself to police. Jiang reported that the suspect is a white man in his 20s.

Latest on #CapitalGazette shooter from @CBSNews team: Suspect has no ID on him and is refusing to identify himself to police. He’s a white man in his 20s.

- Weijia Jiang (@weijia) June 28, 2018

Citing law enforcement sources, CNN reported that...

A 28-year-old first-time progressive candidate, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, defeated Rep. Joseph Crowley (D-n.Y.) on Tuesday, scoring one of the year’s biggest political upsets.

Crowley, who was a member of the Democratic leadership and was considered a possible successor to Nancy Pelosi, has been in the House since 1999, and has represented the 14th district since 2013. He was the chair of the House Democratic Caucus since 2017.

Ocasio-Cortez‘s victory was quickly compared to 2014 primary upset in which Dave Brat ousted Eric Cantor, then the No. 2 Republican in the House, from his Virginia district seat.

NY1 captured Ocasio-Cortez’s reaction as she realized she was winning the race.

“We meet a machine with a movement. That is what we have done today.” @Ocasio2018 looks up at @NY1 screen and realizes how big her lead is. #NY14 pic.twitter.com/SFSLQPqTXP

— Pat Kiernan (@patkiernan) June 27, 2018

Ocasio-Cortez ran a campaign that emphasized her working...