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Sean Spicer’s dancing days are over. The former White House press secretary was eliminated from ABC’s Dancing With the Stars Monday night, despite a series of supportive tweets from President Trump. After Spicer was sent home, Trump congratulated him for his nine-week dancing run, writing on Twitter tonight: “A great…

UPDATE: All of the major broadcast networks will pre-empt regular programming on Wednesday and Friday for coverage of the first public hearings of the impeachment inquiry. ABC and NBC announced their lineups for the hearings on Monday, joining CBS and PBS, which announced their plans last week. The hearings will start…

With the House calling witnesses for Donald Trump’s public impeachment hearings this week, John Oliver continued to dive deep into the events during Last Week Tonight in the ongoing “Stupid Watergate” saga. On Sunday night, he focused on a trio of players in the story: Lindsey Graham, Roger Stone and Randy Credico…

Secretary of State Rex Tillerson and White House Chief of Staff John Kelly attempted to recruit UN Ambassador Nikki Haley to undermine President Donald Trump, according to a report by the Washington Post. Kelly and Tillerson told Haley they were trying to “save the country,” according to The Washington Post, citing…

President Donald Trump has no planned public events this Sunday, which means there’s plenty of time to watch the political TV programs and tweet reactions. Fresh off his appearance at the LSU-Alabama football game, at which he was loudly cheered, the President turned his attention once again to his implacable foe, the…

The infamous “Baby Trump” balloon that has been seen worldwide at protests against President Donald Trump was slashed and deflated at an event held outside the Alabama-LSU football game in Tuscaloosa, Alabama on Saturday. Hoyt Deau Hutchinson, 32, of Tuscaloosa was accused of cutting an 8-foot-long gash into the…

UPDATE:  President Donald Trump has finally found a sporting event crowd that loves him. The cheers vastly outnumbered the boos at today’s Alabama-LSU showdown. See video for details. The White House press pool said Trump was standing, waving, and fist pumping from his box, and pointing to people in the crowd near…

President Donald Trump has often been accused of not being all that interested in reading. But today’s tweetstorm puts the lie to that notion, as there are two book reviews of new titles. Rich Lowry’s The Case For Nationalism and Donald Trump Jr.’s Triggered were both reviewed by the Commander-in-Tweet. Lowry has “a…

As the star of Judge Judy, Judy Sheindlin presides over the No. 1 show on all of daytime television (23 seasons, 10 million daily viewers, two Emmys) and historically she’s steered clear of political endorsements or partisan stances that might alienate any segment of her vast audience. That personal precedent went out…

Facebook said Friday that it will remove mentions that name the whistleblower who filed a complaint over President Donald Trump’s July 25 phone call with the president of Ukraine, triggering the current impeachment inquiry. “Any mention of the potential whistleblower's name violates our coordinating harm policy, which…

WarnerMedia has named Andrew Reinsdorf to lead government relations, where he’ll be responsible for the company’s federal and state lobbying. Reinsdorf served as senior vice president of video policy at AT&T. He dealt with video content issues, such as regulations for over-the-top services. He previously was senior…

UPDATE, 12:38 PM PT: Megyn Kelly posted her interview with Ashley Bianco, who was fired by CBS News this week after she was suspected of accessing an ABC News video of a hot mic moment of Amy Roba…