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Fox News Chases Down Broadcast Networks in Ratings | Exclusive
The cable network leads CBS, ABC and NBC in Monday–Friday primetime viewership since the start of 2025
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Justine Bateman Says Trump and Musk Should Use $100 Million of DOGE Savings to Start American Film Fund
The filmmaker tells TheWrap that spending on original movies would show the world that “America’s back”
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MSNBC’s Lawrence O’Donnell ‘Exhausted’ by Trump, Takes a Week Off From His Show
The veteran cable host tells Rachel Maddow he did not make the same pledge to cover Trump’s first 100 days in office as she did
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‘Morning Joe’: Trump ‘Doesn’t Like the West,’ Chris Matthews Argues
The veteran MSNBC personality says President Trump “cuddles up” to Vladimir Putin rather than U.S. allies
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Michelle Obama’s New Podcast Is Off to a Slow Start on YouTube
The former first lady’s conversation with Issa Rae pulled in 15,000 views in its first 24 hours
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OpenAI Argues US Will Forfeit AI Lead to China if It Can’t Learn From Copyrighted Material
The ChatGPT maker shares its strategy with the White House on how American AI can stay ahead of its chief rival
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Is Trump Still ‘Ratings Viagra’ for Cable News? | Analysis
CNN and MSNBC are struggling to draw the same surge of viewers they saw in 2017
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Facebook, Instagram Roll Out X-Like Community Notes Feature
Meta says it expects its replacement for third-party fact checkers to be “less biased”
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Steve Bannon Mocks Gavin Newsom: ‘You Love All the Oligarchs, and Particularly Elon, Until They Flip’
The political strategist says Silicon Valley has become an “apartheid state” under the Democratic governor
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Axed WaPo Column Argued It Was ‘Unwise’ for Bezos to Revamp Opinion Section
Ruth Marcus criticized owner Jeff Bezos for adding “complexity” to the paper “in the midst of Trump’s assault on democracy”
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‘Pokémon Go’ Maker Niantic Acquired for $3.5 Billion by Saudi-Owned Scopely
The popular “Pokémon” mobile game still pulls in 20 million weekly active players years after it first launched in 2016
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Trump Administration Commends Washington Post for Overhauling Newsroom
Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt gave kudos to WaPo on Tuesday for changing its newsroom to be less dependent on political news
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InfoWars Reporter Jamie White ‘Brutally Murdered,’ Alex Jones Says
The writer was returning to his Austin apartment complex after work when he was killed, his InfoWars boss shares
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Trump to Buy New Tesla to Support Elon Musk, Fight ‘Radical Left Lunatics’
The president’s purchase would come as Tesla’s stock has dropped more than 40% since the start of the year amid DOGE protests
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WaPo Columnist Catherine Rampell Joins MSNBC as ‘The Weekend’ Co-Host
The economics and politics-focused writer joins as new president Rebecca Kutler continues to revamp the channel