Adnan Syed, who was sentenced to life in prison for the 1999 murder of his ex-girlfriend Hae Min Lee, is set to be freed after a judge overturned his conviction on Monday. Prosecutors in Baltimore last week asked the judge to vacate the sentence of Syed, who was the subject of the first season of […]
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“If someone comes to me and talks about what they believe is the leftward tilt of CNN, I say the same thing: Have you ever watched my show?”
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CNN just announced a major change to its programming: New Day, its flagship morning show for the last nine years, will be scrapped for a new program to be hosted by stars Don Lemon, Kaitlan Collins, and Poppy Harlow. “This is not an incremental change,” CNN boss Chris Licht wrote in a note to staff […]
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Prosecutors moved to vacate the conviction of Adnan Syed, who is serving a life sentence for the 1999 murder of his ex-girlfriend Hae Min Lee. The case was the subject of the hit podcast “Serial” which debuted in 2014 and brought new evidence to the decades-old murder in which Syed has always maintained his innocence. […]
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The Washington Post’s Sarah Ellison is out with a fascinating profile of Mathias Döpfner, the CEO of Axel Springer, the German media company which last year bought Politico for more than $1 billion. Döpfner, whose portfolio of publications includes right-leaning German papers Bild and Die Welt, has said he wants to position Politico as a […]
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Jennifer Rodgers said the inventory of documents seized from Donald Trump demonstrates “the egregiousness” of the former president’s conduct.
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A far-right comedian accused Proud Boys founder Gavin McInnes of faking his arrest on a livestream of his show last week. McInnes, who went from co-founding Vice magazine in the 1990s to earning infamy in the Trump era as an alt-right troll, appeared to have the livestream of his online show interrupted by law enforcement […]
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For some Republicans running for political office this year, the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade and kick abortion to the states has been a problem. Notably: Blake Masters, the Trump-endorsed and Thiel-backed GOP Senate nominee in Arizona remains down to his general election opponent in the polls. Masters is seeking to unseat […]
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Fox & Friends host Steve Doocy questioned Jared Kushner on the raid of his father-in-law’s Mar-a-Lago residence to recover classified documents taken from the White House. Kushner, who served in President Donald Trump’s administration and is now out with a new book on his time in the White House, appeared on the Fox News morning […]
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Brian Stelter is leaving CNN as the network cancels his Sunday media program Reliable Sources, Mediaite has learned. “CNN will end its Reliable Sources program on Sunday, August 21st. As a result Brian Stelter will leave the company. We appreciate his contributions to the network and wish him well as he embarks on new endeavors,” […]
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