News

Senators could vote on a bill as soon as today to allow members of Congress and their staff to demand that websites take down information about their houses and details about their travel.

Watchdogs and media advocates have objected to the member security legislation and similar measures in the past, arguing the provisions would block reporters from doing their jobs and prevent necessary accountability.

The legislation was introduced by Sens. Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) and Ted Cruz (R-Texas). Republican and Democratic congressional leaders are fast-tracking the bill, according to an internal Senate communication transmitted Wednesday.

In the post-mortem on former Vice President Kamala Harris’ loss to Donald Trump in the 2024 presidential election, many errors with the Democratic strategy have been identified. The love for fracking. The warmongering. The cozying up to the billionaire class. An emphasis on celebrity endorsements at the expense of clearly communicated policy plans to improve the lives of working people. A campaign mottled by the likely-senile Joe Biden. The bucket of screw-ups runs deep.

But something that the Pod Save America fellas missed in their hindsight assessment of the Democratic Party’s commitment to failure was an interview with Harris that never actually made it to the internet. In an interview that’s now gone viral on TikTok with Steven Bertoni for Forbes, Kareem Rahma — the creator and host of the popular social media show SubwayTakes — revealed that there’s an unaired episode featuring Harris. It was so bad and so...

Sarah Jessica Parker is defending her decision to not often talk about politics on social media by pointing out that other major elections took place before apps like Instagram existed.

While appearing on the Monday episode of Nicolle Wallace’s The Best People podcast, Parker explained that she tries to avoid political conversations on social media and argued that there’s a better way to express her thoughts on important topics.

“I often don’t talk on social media because I don’t think it’s a place that’s deserving of any real complicated conversation. I’m not interested in quick little snippets when it’s dealing with conflict or even elections sometimes,” Parker said. “I really was so thoughtful about how I wanted to talk about the election because I think it turns into a distraction from a campaign. It turns into fodder. It’s misunderstood. You have no control over it.

Sarah Jessica Parker thinks politics would be better served offline. The And Just Like That star recently sat down with Nicolle Wallace on MSNBC’s The Best People podcast and opened up about why she tries to avoid social media when it comes to talking about politics and how she decides when to share her take on things.

“I often don’t talk on social media because I don’t think it’s a place that’s deserving of any real complicated conversation. I’m not interested in quick little...

The long, strange saga of viral memes distorting the appearance of J.D. Vance continues — and this time, it’s literally taking off.

That’s because New York-based tech innovator James Steinberg, whose many fanciful projects include a detective agency for mundane mysteries and a crowdsourced New York City map of “public cats” available for petting, has designed an app that allows you to change the background your digital airplane boarding pass to display a now-infamous image of the vice president as a bald, bearded baby-man. And if you’re wondering: yes,...

Tech billionaire Mark Cuban has revealed that he had the opportunity to be considered for Kamala Harris’ vice presidential position in the 2024 presidential campaign but chose not to accept.

Cuban had publicly endorsed Harris ahead of the 2024 election. In a new interview with Tim Miller, host of the Bulwark podcast, Cuban shared that he had been invited to submit himself as a candidate for Harris’ running mate.

Miller prompted Cuban, “There was some green-room gossip at MSNBC. Somebody I kind of trust said that they asked you to send in VP vetting papers, and you said, ‘No, the list would be too long.’ Is that true?”

Cuban confirmed the rumor. “The second part of my response was, ‘I’m not very good as a number-two person,'” he said. “The last thing we need is me telling Kamala, the president, ‘No, that’s a bad idea.’ I’m not really...

Mark Cuban is revealing why he turned down an offer to submit himself for consideration to become Kamala Harris’ running mate in her 2024 presidential campaign.

The Shark Tank star made a recent appearance on The Bulwark podcast, where host Tim Miller told him, “Somebody I kind of trust said that they asked you to send in VP vetting papers and you said, ‘No, the list would be too long.’ Is that true?”

Cuban confirmed the rumors but admitted there’s another reason he opted out of submitting himself to be Harris’ vice president.

“The second part of that, my response was I’m not very good as the number two person,” the billionaire and outspoken supporter of the Harris campaign said. “And so if the last thing we need is me telling Kamala, you know, the president that, ‘No, that’s a dumb idea.’ Right? And I’m not real...

In an alternate timeline, billionaire and investor Mark Cuban could have been Kamala Harris’ vice presidential pick.

However, the Shark Tank star said he turned down an offer from the Democratic presidential candidate’s campaign for vetting papers, adding that he wouldn’t be a great collaborator as the second-in-command.

“I’m not very good as the No. 2 person. And so, the last thing we need is me telling Kamala, you know, the president, that, ‘No, that’s a dumb idea,’ right? And I’m not real good at the shaking hands and kissing babies,” he told The Bulwark host Tim Miller.

When theorizing how that may or may not have changed the outcome of the 2024 presidential election, Cuban responded that it “obviously” would have given the Democratic ticket a different vibe, given the contrast he strikes with Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz.

“My personality is completely different than Tim’s.

During a recent appearance on “The Bulwark” podcast, Mark Cuban revealed he was invited to submit himself for consideration to become former Vice President Kamala Harris’ running mate in the 2024 presidential election. However, the “Shark Tank” star, an outward supporter of the Harris campaign, turned the offer down.

Interviewer Tim Miller opened the segment by prefacing that he had heard rumors at MSNBC that Cuban was tapped to join Harris on the campaign trail.

“There was some green room gossip at MSNBC,” Miller said. “I wouldn’t tell you this if it wasn’t pretty good. Somebody I kind of trust said that they asked you to send in VP vetting papers and you said, ‘No, the list would be too long.’ Is that true?”

Cuban confirmed the rumors to be true and elaborated on his decision to bow out of the race.

“The second part of that, my response...

Mark Cuban was almost Kamala Harris‘ running mate!

While appearing on The Bulwark podcast, the 66-year-old former Shark Tank star confirmed rumors that the 60-year-old former Vice President considered him being her VP when she ran for President last year.

Keep reading to find out more…Mark said that Harris‘ team reached out to ask him to submit vetting material, but he felt a review of his extensive background would be a waste of time.

“My response was I’m not very good as the number two person,” Mark admitted. “And so if the last thing we need is me telling Kamala, you know, the president that, no, that’s a dumb idea. And I’m not real good at the shaking hands and kissing babies.”

Host Tim Miller then said that Mark may have been a bigger and “meaningfully different” asset to Harris‘ campaign than Minnesota Governor Tim Walz,...

When Last Week Tonight With John Oliver switched Emmy categories from Variety Talk Series to Scripted Variety Series, it put an end to Saturday Night Live's six-year winning streak. Last Week Tonight, which has claimed nine consecutive program trophies, is now hoping to take home No. 10 this year. But SNL's milestone 50th season should prove to be a worthy competitor.

First things first: there are six submissions this year for Best Scripted Variety Series, which means there will only be two nominees. Television Academy members who vote on this category are instructed to watch an episode of each contender (a requirement that is not present in the other program races), and then vote "yes" or "no" for whether they think each one is worthy of a nomination. The two entries that receive the highest amount of support will receive bids, as long as they are both over 70 percent approval,...

Even though Dana Carvey was never part of the same Saturday Night Live cast as Tracy Morgan, anytime the 30 Rock star would bump into the Wayne’s World star, he’d refer to him as “alum”.

It’s a feeling that only 165 other people know.

And Carvey, who was a cast member between 1986 and 1993, is responsible for some of SNL’s most iconic characters including Church Lady, Gareth Algar and Hans.

“We understand the glue and the wig, and the cards as well as the adrenaline rush of it and really being under prepared most of the time,” Carvey told Deadline.

But it wasn’t until the launch of his Fly on the Wall podcast, the SNL oral history show that he hosts with David Spade, that he really realized what being a part of this institution meant.

“It gave us more empathy. Even really successful cast members are a...

Jon Stewart was more serious than usual during his latest opening monologue for “The Daily Show.” In the wake of the assassination of Minnesota state representative Melissa Hortman and her husband Mark Hortman, the Comedy Central host used his opening monologue to address the “jarring cognitive dissonance” among Republicans. And the target of his ire was Republican senator from Utah Mike Lee.

Throughout his monologue, Stewart contrasted Republican politicians and Fox News’ responses to protests in L.A. to their response to the murders of Hortman and her husband. His overwhelming point was that the right is happy to take action when it comes to responding to violence in a way that fits their agenda, such as bringing in the National Guard to stifle protests against Ice in California. But when it comes to addressing violence that doesn’t fit their agenda, like the rise of mass shootings, there’s...

Among the weighty roles and responsibilities placed on the American president’s shoulders, the least controversial is the practice of calling other politicians, in the face of personal or public tragedy, to make sure that they have everything they need. If a president wants to go above and beyond that lowest of bars, they offer condolences, and act like a human instead of a partisan hack.

This week, after a spree shooter killed former Minnesota House Speaker Melissa Hortman, her husband, and severely injured state Senator John Hoffman and his wife,...

The Daily Show host Jon Stewart called out a number of glaring inconsistencies in the political response to the death of Democratic Rep. Melissa Hortman and her husband Mark. The pair were shot and killed in their home in what Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz said “appears to be a politically motivated assassination.” Sen. John Hoffman and his wife, Yvette, were also shot multiple times. News pundits have since zeroed in on questioning who the shooter, Vance Boelter, 57, aligned himself with and what his overarching motive was. Stewart is concerned about...

Only two senators voted against the bill that secured permanent support for the Victims Compensation Fund that benefits 9/11 first responders, one of whom was Utah’s Mike Lee, who committed his own terrorist attack on wordplay this past weekend.

Outside of his work on The Daily Show, Jon Stewart is perhaps best known for being the public face and enraged voice of the movement to secure adequate medical treatment for the first responders who sprung into action on September 11, 2001 when our country came under attack. Despite how the Republican Party paraded around the brave men and women who made unthinkable sacrifices to save lives whenever they needed to drum up enthusiasm for another foreign war, those same conservatives bristled when faced with the bill for the medical care that firefighters, paramedics and police officers who entered Ground Zero would need for the rest of their lives.

In 2019, after 18 years and multiple public reamings from Stewart,...

On this week’s episode of “The Daily Show,” Jon Stewart took an uncharacteristically furious tone as he attacked conservatives for their response to the Saturday morning murders of Minnesota lawmakers Rep. Melissa Hortman and her husband Mark Hortman.

“The only positive is that the person who perpetrated these acts has finally been caught. Finally,” Stewart said of the tragedy. “But what I was really struck by is what seemed to be on everybody’s mind in the midst of this horror.”

Stewart then played a series of news clips featuring several anchors across different networks deliberating over the assailant’s “motive.” They were quick to point out that he was “a Trump supporter” while also being an “appointee” of Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, the ex-running mate of former Vice President Kamala Harris.

“I mean no disrespect,” Stewart said, heating up with anger. “I don’t give a fuck why this person did it.

For their first “Hot Topic” of the day on Monday’s (June 16) live episode of The View, the cohosts weighed in on the shocking murder of a Minnesota state representative and her husband and the attempted murder of a state senator and his wife by an apparently partisan actor who has since been detained. The cohosts were united in their disdain for the alleged political motivations of the attacker against the victims, who were prominent Democrats in the state, and in their disgust for the reactions by certain other politicians — chiefly, Utah Senator Mike Lee, who posted photos of the alleged shooter and captioned it, “Nightmare on Waltz Street”. “People keep saying this is going to be a wake-up call, but when you start thinking about Paul Pelosi, you start thinking about all of the people… who have been in the midst of this, what is happening is it’s...

A man has been arrested in the shooting deaths of Democratic Minnesota lawmaker Melissa Hortman and her husband Mark.

Vance Boelter has been arrested, according to the Associated Press.

The 57-year-old suspect, who also allegedly shot Democratic Sen. John Hoffman and his wife Yvette, both of whom survived, was arrested Sunday night (June 15) after a nearly two-day search, Governor Tim Walz and law enforcement officials confirmed in a press conference.

He allegedly impersonated a law enforcement officer during the shootings and went to their homes in an act that has been characterized as political violence by the governor.

Keep reading to find out more…

“One man’s unthinkable actions have altered the state of Minnesota,” Waltz said in the press conference. “This cannot be the norm. This cannot be the way that we deal with our political differences.”

Drew Evans, the superintendent of the Bureau of Criminal Apprehension, shared that...

Vance Boelter, the man suspected of assassinating a Minnesota Democratic representative and her husband, was taken into custody Sunday after a two-day search.

As The New York Times reports, Boelter surrendered to police officers after he was found in the woods near his home outside of Green Isle, Minnesota. Boelter was reportedly armed when police confronted him, but no force was used during the arrest. As of Monday morning, June 16, Boelter was being held at the Hennepin County Jail in downtown Minneapolis.

Boelter was charged with two counts of second-degree...

Updated: Los Angeles Police officers tried to clear downtown protest crowds in the late afternoon on Saturday, as tensions escalated after a day of No Kings protests.

The LAPD said, “A Dispersal Order has been issued at Alameda South of Aliso North of Temple. A Dispersal Order has been issued on Los Angeles St between Aliso and Temple. People in the crowd are throwing rocks, bricks, bottles and other objects. Less lethal has been approved. Less lethal may cause discomfort and pain. It is advised that all persons leave the area.”

Authorities threw flash bangs and tear gas as they tried to disperse the crowd, according to ABC7. The crowds were being pushed away from the federal building.

Previously: Demonstrators filled streets and parks across the country on Saturday, taking part in a nationwide day of protests to counter the actions of the Trump administration and the president’s plans...

As Washington, D.C. prepares for Donald Trump’s military birthday parade, ostensibly in honor of the U.S. Army’s 250th anniversary, people in 2,000 locations across the country gathered for “No Kings Day” countering the president’s celebration.

The protests come after Trump, who turned 79 on Saturday, deployed the National Guard and the Marines this past week during protests in Los Angeles opposing aggressive raids by Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

Law enforcement have used non-lethal weapons on protesters and journalists covering the protests against Ice. That did not stop the “No Kings” protests on Saturday,...

A suspect posing as a police officer shot two Minnesota lawmakers, killing one and wounding the other.

Governor Tim Walz confirmed during a press conference on Saturday (June 14) that State Rep. Melissa Hortman, the former Democratic Speaker of the House, and her husband, Mark, were killed in the early morning hours.

Senator John Hoffman, 60, also a Democrat, and his wife Yvette both survived the shooting and are now receiving medical care at the hospital.

Governor Walz said the the killing of Rep. Hortman appeared to be a “politically motivated assassination.”

Keep reading to find out more…“We’re here today because an unspeakable tragedy has unfolded today in Minnesota,” Walz said. “My good friend and colleague, Speaker Melissa Hortman, and her husband Mark, were shot and killed earlier this morning in what appears to be a politically motivated assassination.”

Authorities said that the suspect impersonated law enforcement and wore a...

Minnesota Democratic Rep. Melissa Hortman and her husband Mark were shot and killed in their home in “what appears to be a politically motivated assassination,” Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz said at a press conference Saturday.

“Our state lost a great leader and I lost the dearest of friends… She is irreplaceable and will be missed by so many,” Walz said.

Walz announces that Rep. Melissa Hortman is dead as a result of a "politically motivated assassination" pic.twitter.com/BBTAhTmseV

— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) June 14, 2025

Walz said that the same person shot Minnesota state Sen.

With Emmy nominations voting officially underway, the Television Academy’s ballots are offering insight into which performances could break through when nominations are unveiled on July 15. While submission totals in several key categories are down — reflecting the industry’s ongoing post-strike recovery — the races remain competitive and dynamic, with marquee names and fresh talent jockeying for recognition.

The lead actor and actress categories in drama are notably tighter this year. Only 77 actors and 75 actresses were submitted — down slightly from 2024 (81 and 67) and a sharp decline from 2022’s highs (134 and 114). As a result, each category will have only five nominees unless ties boost the field to six.

The drama actor race includes a trio of Latino contenders making waves: Diego Luna for “Andor,” Pedro Pascal for “The Last of Us,” and Ramón Rodríguez for “Will Trent.” They’ll face off against a rising generation, and established career performers such as Matthew Goode (“Dept.

It was a late Thursday morning in 30 Rock and “Saturday Night Live” head writers Kent Sublette, Streeter Seidell and Alison Gates were running on caffeine and willpower. As per “SNL” tradition, they stayed up all night Tuesday writing potential sketches for the week’s show. Then, on Wednesday night, they picked the sketches that would move forward for the penultimate episode of the season with host Walton Goggins.

This was on top of a star-studded 50th-season special in February with icons like Eddie Murphy, Steve Martin, Tina Fey, Amy Poehler and Will Ferrell gracing the 8H stage once again. Oh, yeah, it was an election year, too.

“It was just kind of a swirl,” Seidell said of the season, which also saw cameos from the likes of Adam Sandler and Dana Carvey each week as the show celebrated its cultural legacy. He added, “Your brain just has to file it away as regular work,...

Elon Musk’s insults toward Donald Trump left the president “dejected” and “rattled,” The Washington Post reported today. Now it’s apparently Trump’s turn to trash his former ally, saying he will not make amends.

Musk’s departure from the Trump administration was announced last week after Trump pulled his nomination for Musk’s ally, Jared Isaacman, to lead NASA. Musk then made the feud public when he began dumping on Trump’s tax bill, calling it a “disgusting abomination.” A Trump administration official said they are “taking away Elon’s friends,...

Saturday Night Live had many standouts during its landmark 50th season, including James Austin Johnson's portrayal of President Donald Trump, who discusses the pressure of the role. He brought tremendous hilarity and satire during several of the cold opens of the NBC sketch comedy series this past year. Johnson joined SNL back in season 47, playing various roles. However, arguably his most well-known bit in the show thus far is his impression of the current United States President.

In an interview with Deadline, Johnson discusses how "crazy" it was to do the cold opens for SNL50 because they included several comedy legends that he grew up idolizing. The bit included Mike Myers as Elon Musk, Dana Carvey as President Joe Biden, Jim Gaffigan as Tim Walz, and Maya Rudolph as Kamala Harris. Understandably, working with his idols on the same stage made Johnson want to raise his comedic level in...

While Saturday Night Live celebrated its 50th anniversary this season – with a star-studded special that featured many of the 167 iconic cast members that have appeared on the show – there was another change that helped it “get back to its roots”.

Since Season 45, the season interrupted by the Covid-19 pandemic, cast, writers and crew have performed the read-through in studio 8H on the show floor, but this season they were able to get back to the 17th floor where it has historically always taken place.

Bowen Yang, who joined the show as a writer in Season 44 before being promoted to a cast member for Season 45, said returning to the 17th floor was a “huge deal”.

“From the first season to the 45th, read through is on the 17th floor, and then, because of Covid, because we just had to work with spatial limitations, and wanted a bigger space so we used...

When Dennis Prager enters the small conference room at his radio station in Los Angeles, he seems to fill up the entire space.

He’s 6-foot-4 and has a deep, commanding voice that has gained him millions of listeners, even as it retains a slight, old-world Brooklyn accent. It’s early fall, and he’s wearing a blue striped shirt, a blue tie and dark slacks. He chooses to sit at the head of the table, in front of a glass display case containing awards. This would end up being one of his last interviews before an injury would leave him hospitalized for months, just as his media empire has become more influential than ever and ready to shape the minds of a new generation of potential Republican voters.

Prager, 76, has just finished taping an episode of the nationally syndicated Dennis Prager Show, which reportedly has more than 2 million listeners.

Behind locker room doors and boardroom debates, there’s a heated question that has been taking the center stage for a couple of years now about who exactly gets to compete in women’s sports. From top podcasters like Joe Rogan to Olympic legends and athletes, people from all walks of life are weighing in on this controversial issue.

The debate isn’t one-sided at all, and it’s evolving fast. So, let’s dive into the growing concern rippling through sports communities across the globe, which is raising fundamental questions about competition, inclusion, and what fairness really means in 2025.

Joe Rogan, Aaron Rodgers, and Caitlyn Jenner on trans women in sports Caitlyn Jenner | Credits: This Morning

When Joe Rogan and Aaron Rodgers sat down for a conversation on the former’s podcast, they made many bold statements about trans athletes. For a short segment of The Joe Rogan Experience,...

In his delusional mind, President Donald Trump seemed to believe that Taylor Swift might have endorsed his presidency, claiming during his 2024 campaign that he’s “made her so much money” and thinking that because she once made country music, she’d have to vote Republican.

But no, since 2018, the Eras Tour pop star has been adamant in supporting Democratic causes. And she endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris and Gov. Tim Walz in their run for president and VP in the 2024 election following Trump’s failed debate against Harris.

“I’m...

With the exception of the Home Improvement game, in which Tim Allen murders dinosaurs with power tools and dynamite, very few live action sitcoms have spawned video games. And while we never got an officially-licensed Frasier game in the ‘90s, that hasn’t stopped people from pretending that we did. Fans have frequently mocked up artwork for fictional games starring Dr. Frasier Crane, which Nintendo foolishly never put into production.

More recently, a Frasier fan on Reddit shared a fake print ad for a vintage Game Boy game about Frasier being tasked with saving his brother Niles from “wine thieves.”

Reddit

Again, this was just a joke. But while the meme is driving some people nuts, it did prompt one user to point out that there actually is a Frasier-themed game for the Nintendo Game Boy. But it was A) made by a fan, and B) kind of insane.

Running influencer Kate Mackz has faced intense backlash for her new video with Trump‘s press secretary Karoline Leavitt and now Tim Walz‘s daughter Hope Walz is slamming her too.

Kate is known for her videos where she interviews famous people while jogging, with recent videos including Patrick Schwarzenegger and Julianne Hough. Back in October, she released a video with Vice Presidential candidate Tim Walz just weeks before the election.

This week, Kate dropped a video that she filmed at the White House with Karoline and there’s no running involved in the video at all.

Kate‘s fans have been disappointed at her for giving a platform to the Trump administration to normalize the way they’re running the country. All the while, Kate has still kept her Tim Walz video as her top-pinned video.

Hope slammed her for this.

Keep reading to find out more…

“Running as an act is political,...

The National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences has announced its nominations for the 2025 News and Documentary Emmy Awards.

The game-changing CNN Presidential Debate between then-President Joe Biden and then-former President Donald Trump is up for a bid in Outstanding Technical Excellence – News. It was Biden's poor showing in that debate that led many in his party to urge him to step down from seeking reelection, which he eventually did.

Another important milestone from the 2024 election cycle that received a nom this morning is 60 Minutes' segment with the Democratic ticket (Kamala Harris and Tim Walz) in the category of Outstanding Edited Interview. Trump is currently suing CBS News for another segment in that same episode, in which Bill Whitaker interviewed Harris solo, alleging it was deceptively edited.

These 46th annual kudos honor the best programming content from more than 2,200 submissions that aired in the calendar year 2024. There are more than 980 peer...

Sen. Bernie Sanders has faith that the American people understand what “oligarchy” means, defending his use of the term from fellow Democrats Sen. Elise Slotkin and Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, who have argued that it doesn’t resonate with voters.

“I think the American people are not quite as dumb as Ms. Slotkin thinks they are,” Sanders said on NBC’s Meet the Press. “I think they understand very well, when the top one percent owns more wealth than the bottom 90 percent, when big money interests are able to control both political parties,...

Bowen Yang hopes his days of playing Jd Vance on “Saturday Night Live” can soon end.

During a recent appearance on “The Daily Show,” Yang, who first portrayed the vice president in an October 2024 episode, said that he has begged “SNL” creator Lorne Michaels to have somebody else play the role of Vance on the prolific late-night sketch show.

“Lorne asked me [to play Jd Vance] and, I said, ‘Please, please, please don’t make me do this,’” Yang told “Daily Show” pundit Desi Lydic. “I really do my best with him, but every time I have to play him, I go to Lorne and I say, ‘You can do a buyback, You don’t have to stick with me.’”

The “Wicked” actor continued, “Please reach out to Zach Galifianakis. Please reach out to Taran Killam. But no, that’s my charge.”

Part of the reason why it is so “challenging” to play Vance,...

Although Bowen Yang doesn’t want to play Jd Vance, he gives the impersonation his all.

The Saturday Night Live star recalled asking Lorne Michaels “please, please, please don’t make me do this” after he was cast in the “challenging” role the vice president on the long-running NBC sketch comedy show.

“First of all — God’s honest truth, I really do my best with him, but every time I have to play him, I go to Lorne and I say, ‘You can do a buyback. You don’t have to stick with me. Please reach out to Zach Galifianakis. Please reach out to Taran Killam,'” he admitted on The Daily Show. “But, no, that’s my charge.”

Yang added, “I worked with — you guys are going to roll your f—ing eyes. I worked with an accent coach. We had to find the middle between Appalachian but Ohio.

Bowen Yang is tired of impersonating J.D. Vance on Saturday Night Live.

The Wicked actor first played the vice president of the United States in September 2024 — a mere two months before Donald Trump won the 2024 presidential election. On Thursday, Yang appeared on The Daily Show and said that despite playing the character for less than a year, he would be more than happy if Lorne Michaels recast the role of the Republican politician on SNL.

“Loren asked me [to play Vance] and, I said, ‘Please, please, please don’t make me do this,’” Yang explained to host Desi Lydic. “I really do my best with him, but every time I have to play him, I go to Lorne and I say, ‘You can do a buyback, You don’t have to stick with me.’”

The actor and comedian offered the SNL creator a few options for his replacement: “Please reach out to Zach Galifianakis.

Cameron Allen is close to the Democratic Party’s ideal voter. A millennial lawyer from Kentucky, Allen was part of the wave of energized younger Democrats who sent Andy Beshear to the governor’s office in 2018 and mobilized behind Joe Biden’s 2020 campaign. Allen detests Donald Trump and opposes the Republican Party’s slide into the gutter of authoritarianism. But ask Allen about the Democratic Party and the room temperature drops.

“Being a Democrat is the most depressing thing in the world,” Allen laments in a phone call. “You wake...

Kareem Rahma has a funny saying right now.

Unlike the average commuter, Rahma steps onto the subway with at least two camera people when he films his hit interview series Subway Takes. So people are usually surprised to see Rahma capturing footage on the side, sometimes of a guest, the setup, or the mundane bits in between.

“People ask me what I’m doing. I’ll go, ‘Oh, that’s for the documentary,’” he tells me on a recent gusty Wednesday in Brooklyn. The documentary in question? It doesn’t exist,...

Updated with Pete Hegseth comments: Many journalists have stories of how they’ve been inadvertently sent sensitive emails, texts and files, but The Atlantic editor in chief Jeffrey Goldberg’s revelation likely tops them all: He apparently was added accidentally to a text chain of the highest-ranking Trump administration national security officials as they outlined military strikes on the Houthi rebels in Yemen.

In a piece posted Monday in The Atlantic, Goldberg wrote that he received a connection request from a Signal user identifying himself as Michael Waltz, the national security adviser. Signal is an encrypted messaging app where texts can be made to disappear within a certain time frame. Goldberg said that he accepted the Signal request, “hoping that this was the actual national security adviser, and that he wanted to chat about Ukraine, or Iran, or some other important matter.”

Two days later, he received an invite to...

In a recent exchange that has quickly gained attention, Caitlyn Jenner delivered a sharp response to Minnesota Governor Tim Walz after his recent remarks about his masculinity. Jenner, an Olympic gold medalist and media personality, is known for her outspoken views and did not hold back in countering Walz’s statement.

A still from Jenner’s social media | Credit: @caitlynjenner via Instagram

Jenner is known to have a complex relationship with the Republican Party, having previously expressed support for Donald Trump. However, she has faced criticism for backing Trump despite his policies perceived as anti-trans, most recently after congratulating him on his 2024 presidential election victory.

Caitlyn Jenner claps back at Minnesota Governor Tim Walz following his recent remarks

Caitlyn Jenner recently took to social media platform X (Twitter) to call out Minnesota Governor Tim Walz, after he boasted about his masculinity during an appearance on the This is Gavin Newsom podcast.

Minnesota state Senator Justin Eichorn resigned from jail on Thursday, after being arrested earlier this week on charges of arranging to solicit a minor for prostitution.

The Maga Republican was arrested on Monday after being caught in a sting operation orchestrated by Bloomington Police. According to law enforcement in the Minneapolis suburb, Eichorn attempted to orchestrate a meeting with what he thought was a 17-year-old girl, but what really a detective, and was arrested “without incident” when he arrived at the proposed location.

Coverage of Eichorn’s arrest took on...

In 2017, Kellyanne Conway, then a senior counselor to President Donald Trump, was reprimanded by her own party when she told Fox News viewers to go out and “buy Ivanka’s stuff.” The comment, a response to Nordstrom dropping Ivanka Trump’s products from their stores, was treated as a gross ethics violation by a White House official. Fast forward to Trump’s second term, and the first family is profiting off of the presidency in increasingly novel and flagrant ways, while the administration is doing all it can to boost...

For someone who told his viewers, “Real men don’t talk about masculinity,” Fox News anchor Jesse Watters sure does like bringing up the topic, and on Wednesday (March 19), he added a new rule to what he believes defines a “real man.” On Wednesday’s episode of The Five, Watters told his fellow panelists, “I have a new rule… men don’t wave simultaneously with two hands. We wave with one hand, not both hands at the same time.” Co-host Greg Gutfeld quipped, “Men don’t wave at all, Jesse.” “We salute,” Watters fired back. The topic came up as the group discussed Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz (D) drinking a milkshake with a straw, which led to Watters sharing his list of “rules for men.” Watters: I have a new rule. Men don’t wave simultaneously with both hands. We wave with one hand pic.twitter.com/jxwwU9SRCx — Acyn...

Minnesota Governor Tim Walz didn’t mince words during his latest appearance on MSNBC, telling Chris Hayes that his and Kamala Harris’ loss is to blame for the current state of America.

“Look, I own this. We wouldn’t be in this mess if we won the election, and we didn’t,” Walz told Hayes on Wednesday. “We have to make sure Americans know that it’s not just that Donald Trump is bad, but we’re offering them something better. And I think that’s what we need to work on.”

During his interview, Walz focused on the harm the Trump-led tariff war with Canada has done to his own state. The politician noted that 90% of pot ash used in Minnesota — a common fertilization tool — comes from Canada. He went on to say that these tariffs have made the U.S. an “untrustworthy” trading partner and worried that the...

Gov. Tim Walz (D-Minnesota) declared that Democrats should have taken more risks in the 2024 presidential election. “We shouldn’t have been playing this thing so safe,” Walz said during an interview with Politico.

He also told the outlet that he and Harris, who lost to Donald Trump in last year’s election, were impeded by the brief length of their 107-day campaign.

>Read: Coach Walz Rallies Democrats At DNC Speech

“These are things you might have been able to get your sea legs, if you will, 18 months out, where the stakes were a lot lower,” the Minnesota governor asserted. “[But] after you lose, you have to go back and assess where everything was at, and I think that is one area, that is one area we should think about.”

“I think we probably should have just rolled the dice and done the town halls, where [voters] may say, ‘You’re full of...

By his own admission, Bob Mould is not a Zoom kind of guy, at least not in terms of the video aspect. During the early months of the Covid lockdown, he passed on doing any of those briefly in-vogue virtual concerts. “People were saying, ‘Oh, come on, you could do Zoom concerts,’” he says. “And I’m like, ‘No, you don’t understand. That’s not what performing music is. Performing music is when people get together in a room and create a community.’ The idea of doing Zoom from my work room was frightening.

Republicans may be publicly celebrating President Donald Trump and Elon Musk’s slicing and dicing of the federal government, but their constituents are growing increasingly angry — and they know it. The GOP’s response has been to turn and run.

According to sources who spoke to Politico, Republican National Campaign Committee Chair Rep. Richard Hudson (R-N.C.) outright told lawmakers to stop holding town halls with voters during a closed-door meeting on Tuesday.

Republicans returned to their districts last month only to be met with legions of angry constituents demanding...