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With Donald Trump waging a war on the news media, one of D.C. media’s longest running dinner events ended the night by toasting the First Amendment, bypassing the traditional nod to the president of the United States.

The annual Gridiron Club dinner, which dates to the 1880s, also was notable for the lack of Trump administration officials, a contrast to previous years when the white-tie event has been populated by cabinet secretaries and top White House officials who listen to a mixture of musical skits and biting humor.

This year, the only cabinet official at the Grand Hyatt event was Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Scott Turner, who was joined by Secretary of the Army Dan Driscoll, Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche, NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman and Janette Nesheiwat, the nominee for surgeon general.

The speakers at the event — who delivered comedy schtick — were Gov. Wes Moore (D-md) and Rep.

Donald Trump’s win in November means not only that the former president will once again be living in the White House, but that dozens upon dozens of the most consequential positions in the federal government affecting every walk of life in America will be staffed by cronies of his choosing.

Trump has been on nomination tear since defeating Kamala Harris, tapping what seems like just about everyone in his orbit to join his administration — whether it be vaccine conspiracy theorist Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to lead the nation’s health services,...

As 47th US President-elect Donald Trump continues announcing appointments for his next term, he recently surprised some when he nominated Kimberly Guilfoyle as the US Ambassador to Greece this week.

Who is Kimberly Guilfoyle and why has she been appointed to this role? Learn more about her and her past accomplishments, below.

Who Is Kimberly Guilfoyle & Why Did Trump Appoint Her ?

At the age of 55, Guilfoyle is a former Fox host and also happens to be a part of Trump’s extended family. The one-time attorney is the fiancé to Trump’s oldest son, Donald Trump Jr., and has long worked on the President’s past presidential campaigns.

Interestingly enough, Guilfoyle was once married to California Governor Gavin Newsom, who is a member of the Democratic Party.

Donald Trump On Kimberly Guilfoyle’s Appointment

In his announcement appointing Guilfoyle as the US ambassador to Greece, Trump noted that Kimberly was...

An adviser and lawyer helping Health and Human Services nominee Robert F. Kennedy Jr. vet potential agency officials has filed over a dozen lawsuits challenging the availability of common vaccines — including the polio vaccine.

According to a Friday report from The New York Times, Aaron Siri, an attorney who represented Kennedy during his campaign, has spent much of his career filing legal challenges against vaccines on behalf of the Informed Consent Action Network, an anti-vaccine group founded by Del Bigtree, a notorious vaccine conspiracy theorist and close Kennedy ally.

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Twitter owner Elon Musk seized on reports that Lebron James Jr. suffered cardiac arrest during a basketball practice to spread conspiracy theories about the Covid-19 vaccine.

“We cannot ascribe everything to the vaccine, but, by the same token, we cannot ascribe nothing,” Musk wrote in response to a tweet about the incident. “Myocarditis is a known side-effect. The only question is whether it is rare or common.”

We cannot ascribe everything to the vaccine, but, by the same token, we cannot ascribe nothing.

Myocarditis is a known side-effect. The only...

CBS News announced Thursday that Dr. Tara Narula, a contributor known for work on “CBS This Morning,” is now the network’s senior medical correspondent.

Based in New York, she’ll continue to report for all CBS News broadcasts and platforms, according to a release. Those include “CBS This Morning,” “CBS Evening News with Norah O’Donnell,” “CBS Sunday Morning,” and Cbsn, the network’s 24/7 digital streaming news service.

When she’s not on television talking about wellness trends or threats to public health, Narula is still busy: She’s a board-certified cardiologist at Lenox Hill Hospital in New York City, an assistant professor of cardiovascular medicine at the Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell and the associate director of the Women’s Cardiovascular Disease Center at Lenox Hill Hospital. Her board certifications include nuclear cardiology, echocardiography and internal medicine.

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Some TV doctors seem to be ignoring the real-world Hippocratic oath.

In recent weeks, a trio of popular dispensers of lifestyle advice – Drew Pinsky, Mehmet Oz and Phil McGraw – have appeared on media outlets or via digital video downplaying the threat of the coronavirus pandemic, with remarks that undermine their credibility and urge people to take steps that could cause harm. Pinsky in sundry February and March appearances suggested to followers that the coronavirus would be “way less virulent than the flu.” Oz told viewers of Fox News Channel’s “Hannity” in a guest segment earlier this week that having children go back to school might be “appetizing” despite the fact it could potentially help spread the contagion.

Backlash to the appearances was so severe that Pinsky apologized, noting his comments were “incorrect.” Oz this week admitted that he “misspoke.”

McGraw appeared Thursday night on Fox News Channel’s “The Ingraham Angle,...

On Fox News Channel’s The Five on Monday, co-host Jesse Watters admitted he “didn’t take social distancing seriously” on Friday, Saturday and Sunday night, before waking up the next morning and realizing “that was not the right move.”

“I am no longer going out to dinner. I was trying to help my local restaurants,” he said.

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As President Donald Trump has retreated from downplaying the threat of the coronavirus to calling the situation “bad” and urging the public to take on a dramatic series of steps, so too have some of his biggest defenders on the news network.

The shift in tone has been apparent on shows like Hannity, in...