CNN founder Ted Turner, a media entrepreneur who launched the 24-hour cable news network in 1980, died Wednesday. He was 87. “Ted was an intensely involved and committed leader, intrepid, fearless and always willing to back a hunch and trust his own judgement,” Mark Thompson, Chairman and CEO of CNN Worldwide, said in a statement. […]
Federal agents executed search warrants Wednesday at the office of Virginia Senate President Pro Tempore Louise Lucas as part of a reported corruption investigation involving the longtime Democratic lawmaker. The FBI carried out multiple court-authorized searches at Lucas’s office in Portsmouth, Virginia, while agents also searched a nearby cannabis dispensary located next door to the senator’s […]
President Donald Trump responded to the death of CNN founder Ted Turner on Wednesday by calling him “one of the greats in Broadcast History.” Turner, 87, died after a battle with Lewy Body Dementia, a diagnosis he disclosed publicly in 2018. The media tycoon launched CNN in 1980 as the first 24-hour cable news channel. […]
President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump are attending a Wednesday event that honors mothers with children serving in the military. The presidential couple is set to speak at the gathering, which will be held at 12:30 p.m. in the East Room of the White House. TRUMP DEFENDS BIGGER AND BETTER BALLROOM Donald and […]
Welcome to Wednesday’s edition of Washington Secrets. We were in the briefing room on Tuesday to watch Marco Rubio fill in for Karoline Leavitt while she is on maternity leave. It was a masterclass of messaging, dressed up in wit and ’90s rap lyrics. And then President Donald Trump blew it all up with a […]
The Justice Department said it intends to intervene in President Donald Trump’s appeal of an $83.3 million defamation judgment against him in the lawsuit filed by E. Jean Carroll and bring the case to the Supreme Court, asking the justices to consider another petition related to Carroll’s defamation cases against the president. The DOJ shared […]
Apple agreed to pay $250 million to settle a class-action lawsuit accusing the company of falsely advertising artificial intelligence capabilities for its Siri voice assistant in late 2024, according to a filing Tuesday in California federal court. Under the proposed settlement, Apple would pay between $25 and $95 to U.S. customers who purchased an iPhone […]
Washington Examiner chief political correspondent Byron York spoke on the Hugh Hewitt Show Tuesday about Graham Platner’s campaign in Maine. “If you look at the polls right now, not just in Maine but in Michigan with Elsad, with other places that have really out there Democratic candidates,” York said. “You have the so-called centrist or moderate […]
Ohio’s primary elections formalized a long-expected gubernatorial matchup between Republican Vivek Ramaswamy and Democrat Amy Acton, shaping up as a test of whether shifting national dynamics can disrupt the GOP’s dominance in the state. Political analysts say the race is competitive but structurally tilted, with both candidates carrying distinct advantages and liabilities into the general […]
The anti-Trump protester who stayed on top of the Frederick Douglass Memorial Bridge in Washington for five days climbed down from the 170-foot arch Wednesday morning. Guido Reichstadter, an activist from Florida, scaled the structure on Friday to protest the Iran war, President Donald Trump, and artificial intelligence. He frequently documented his dayslong protest on […]
