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One by one the emails hit inboxes, on letterhead of the National Endowment for the Humanities: that grant we gave you to make your documentary? It's cancelled. Last week, the Trump administration summarily terminated funding for 85 percent of NEH grants, including awards for numerous documentary…

A Delaware judge ruled that Newsmax ran defamatory and false statements about Dominion Voting Systems in the aftermath of the 2020 presidential election, as personalities and guests amplified claims that the company was involved in rigging the results. Judge Eric M. Davis, however, wrote that a…

UPDATED, with White House request to stay judge’s order: The Trump administration filed a notice of appeal today on a judge’s decision that the White House could not restrict the Associated Press from the Oval Office and other events as punishment over the news organization’s content…

“BE COOL!” urged President Donald Trump early Wednesday amid widespread dismay at global tariffs that went into effect overnight. By mid-afternoon, facing massive blowback, he reversed course, announcing a 90-day suspension of most new import taxes, fueling a market buying frenzy after a dismal…

Donald Trump said Wednesday he was pausing tariffs on 75 countries for 90 days, a major shift in his signature economic policy initiative that has sent markets gyrating and economists and CEOs predicting recession. The reversal comes amid alarm overnight over the state of the U.S. bond…

Senate and House lawmakers Wednesday reintroduced legislation that will give individuals the right to control the use of their digital likeness, as part of an effort to limit the use of AI deepfakes and voice clones. The No Fakes Act was introduced last year but failed to advance in Congress…

The Library of Congress announced its 2025 selections for the National Recording Registry, an eclectic list that ranges from Elton John’s “Goodbye Yellow Brick Road” album, the cast recording of Hamilton, the Microsoft Windows reboot chime and “Minecraft: Volume Alpha.” Also on the list: Amy…

A federal judge has sided with the Associated Press in its lawsuit against the Trump administration, ruling Tuesday that the president and his team could not restrict the news organization from White House events as punishment for refusing the rename the Gulf of Mexico as the Gulf of…

Netflix has hired Clete Willems, who served as an economics and trade official in the Trump and Obama administrations, to lead its public policy in Washington, D.C. Willems will be chief global affairs officer and will report to co-CEO Ted Sarandos. He will start in his new position later this…

UPDATED, with White House comment: Elon Musk went off on Donald Trump’s top trade adviser Peter Navarro, as the latter figure dismissed the billionaire’s criticism of a chief architect of the administration’s tariff policy. On his X platform, Musk called Navarro “a moron,” “dumber than a sack of…

Madeleine Haeringer, most recently a top executive at Crooked Media, is joining MSNBC as senior vice president of digital, audio and longform. Haeringer will manage MSNBC.com, MSNBC social accounts and audio products and longform production. She will start on May 7 and report to MSNBC President…

Donald Trump and Paramount Global have reportedly picked a mediator to try to settle the president’s $20 billion lawsuit against CBS over the way that 60 Minutes edited an October interview with his 2024 rival Kamala Harris. Paramount Global is anxious to close its merger deal with Skydance…