The ongoing battle between Netflix and Paramount in their quests to purchase Warner Bros. Discovery escalated this week when the streaming giant’s co-CEO Ted Sarandos visited the White House while nearly a dozen Republican state attorney generals warned against Netflix securing the studio.
Late-night host Stephen Colbert mocked House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) for his “silent defiance” of President Trump’s State of the Union Address, calling it “jack squat.”
Colbert issued his attack on Jeffries during a live episode on Tuesday following the president’s speech, responding to Jeffries urging “his members in the chamber to not make a scene.” Colbert described this as “silent defiance.”
President Donald Trump ripped actor Robert De Niro, labeling him as “low IQ” days after the actor accused him of “destroying America” and called for people to “resist.”
In a post on Truth Social, Trump also criticized Reps. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) and Rashida Tlaib (D-MI) for having “screamed uncontrollably” during his State of the Union address. Trump claimed they “had the bulging, bloodshot eyes of crazy people” and suggested that they should be sent “back from where they came.”
On Wednesday’s edition of NBC’s “Meet the Press NOW,” Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson said that President Donald Trump is focused on dividing people by “whether they are documented or undocumented” and Trump could pass legislation to ensure a pathway to citizenship if he wanted to.
Sen. John Fetterman (D-PA) dismissed criticism after he shook hands with President Donald Trump at the State of the Union address, stating that if people are angry, “that’s on them.”
During an interview on CNN’s The Arena with Kasie Hunt, Fetterman was asked why he thought it was “important to shake President Trump’s hand.” The senator pointed out that he is the president, adding that it is just “basic respect and courtesy.”
The man who struck NHL star Johnny Gaudreau and his brother, Matthew, in a fatal crash now wants the murder case thrown out after his lawyer presented evidence of his blood alcohol level being below the legal limit.
On Tuesday, the lawyer for Sean Higgins, age 45, claimed in court that an “expert determined Higgins’ blood alcohol content (BAC) was .075, which is below the legal limit of .08,” per the New York Post. Higgins has called for a dismissal of all charges against him and for prosecutors to a get a new grand jury indictment.
Major League Baseball (MLB) star Tommy Pham, formerly of the San Diego Padres before becoming a free agent, rebuked California Gov. Gavin Newsom trying to relate to black people by touting his low SAT score.
Speaking with Atlanta mayor Andre Dickens in front of a large crowd over the weekend, Newsom cited his 960 SAT score as somehow being evident he relates to black people.
Wednesday on MS NOW’s “The Weeknight,” Sen. Ed Markey (D-MA) predicted Republican lawmakers would not vote to continue President Donald Trump’s new tariffs.
Co-host Alicia Menendez said, “Senator, when those 150 days are up, and this does, in fact, come before the US Congress, what are your Republican colleagues going to do?”
National media coverage of Rep. Jasmine Crockett’s Texas Senate campaign has led to direct confrontations with journalists, including the removal of an Atlantic reporter from a rally and a call to Capitol Police over a CNN reporter’s visit to a campaign office.
Vice President JD Vance announced that the Trump administration was “temporarily” halting “certain amounts of Medicaid funding” to Minnesota, until the government learns “to be good stewards” of taxpayer money.
Vance made the revelation during a press conference on Wednesday regarding Medicare and Medicaid fraud, with Medicare & Medicaid Services Administrator Mehmet Oz. Vance spoke about how the Trump administration was going to “start very aggressively” cracking down on people and organizations “defrauding Americans.”
The New York Times praised Eileen Gu, an American-born Olympic skier who chose to compete for China, and criticized the U.S. men’s Olympic hockey team, claiming they “lost the room” for visiting President Donald Trump after their gold medal win.
Wednesday on CNN’s “The Situation Room,” Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) said heckling President Donald Trump during his State of the Union address was “unavoidable.”
Host Wolf Blitzer said, “CNN reported before that speech that the House Democratic leader, Hakeem Jeffries, advised your caucus and Democratic members to either skip the State of the Union address or sit there in silence. Should you have just boycotted the address? And do you think you violated the guidelines set out by your own leader?”
