Scott Pelley, the longtime “60 Minutes” correspondent who was fired by the network last week after criticizing its new leadership, is sparking scorn from conservatives over a new interview with the New York Times. During the wide-ranging interview, Pelley fought back tears as he described being fired by top bosses at CBS News, accused its corporate leadership of altering coverage…
Jeffrey Epstein’s longtime executive assistant Lesley Groff is expected to testify before the House Oversight Committee on June 9 as part of its ongoing investigation into the disgraced financier.
“Bari Weiss is not a journalist. She is an asset of the Trump administration,” said progressive group Our Revolution.
Stephen Colbert's "Late Show" replacement — media mogul and standup comic Byron Allen — appeared to shake off a massive ratings drop after CBS replaced the longtime host, according to a Los Angeles Times interview.Viewership to the show dropped by 85 percent since Colbert left, The Daily Beast reported. Allen worked out a $15 million "time-buy model" deal with CBS and his company Allen Media Group, according to The Times. He pays CBS, and keeps advertising revenue.But the first viewership figures saw the floor drop out of viewership for the time spot."The final episode of The Late Show attracted 6.7 million viewers — its highest-ever weeknight viewership — and the next night at 11:35 pm, Allen’s Comics Unleashed garnered just 995,000 viewers. On June 1, the first day when rival late-night hosts aired new episodes following Colbert’s exit, Comics Unleashed dropped to only 628,000 viewers," The Daily Beast reported.Critics called it a "ratings disaster," according to The Times."But Allen, typically, was not fazed, saying his show bested the competition in key markets and was more comparable with the same time period last May before Colbert’s post-cancellation victory lap," The Times reported.He compared the viewership to the numbers Colbert landed this time last year, and said he wasn't worried. He argued the network had made a savings maneuver, estimating that the previous "programming was costing the network more than $200 million.""CBS has won big-time because they have zero production costs and now they are saving $55 million a year," Allen told The Times.
President Donald Trump is planning to attend Game 3 of the NBA Finals as his hometown team, the New York Knicks, host the San Antonio Spurs — one of the city’s hottest sports tickets in years.
U.S. District Judge Leo Sorokin ruled in favor of a group of 20 states that challenged President Trump's new $100,000 visa fee.
President Donald Trump has been hit by a new lawsuit over his UFC arena being built on the White House South Lawn — and the details left a former federal prosecutor incredulous.Joyce Vance detailed the most shocking parts in her Civil Discourse Substack.The idea for the fight raised red flags from the start, noted Vance."UFC President Dana White has reliably supported Trump through his three campaigns. This is quite a reward for his dedication," she wrote.And, although White denies this event is "transactional," he's pledging $60 million for construction and $700,000 for repairs to the White House lawn after the event — assuming those repairs even happen, since Trump has dropped hints he wants the arena to be permanent.The new lawsuit, Vance said, offers astounding insight into just what a scheme of "corruption and kleptocracy" is on display."The amount of corruption alleged in this lawsuit is jaw dropping, even for Trump," she wrote on BlueSky.For one thing, she noted, the plaintiffs point out that Trump “giving White and his company what none have enjoyed before: unfettered access to the White House and Lincoln Memorial to stage a private, for-profit sports event, with all the promotional and branding opportunities that accompany such access” — all while he purchased up to $50,000 in stock in the UFC's parent company, and the UFC itself promotes a cryptocurrency firm sponsoring the event and advertising itself with White House iconography.And as all this is going on, the plaintiffs — a Vietnam vet and a senior citizen activist — said, this whole project defaces the nation's capital. “The Claw, which is constructed primarily out of steel, is 92 feet tall, 154 feet wide, and weighs 600 tons ... The Claw thus dwarfs the adjacent White House. It is visible from the National Mall to the south," the lawsuit reads.To do this, the suit continued, the White House and UFC are violating National Park Service regulations, ignoring congressional approval, and environmental permitting.The complainants are asking a judge to stop the event from taking place."A ruling and perhaps an appeal or two could materialize quickly given the timing here," Vance concluded — but the real fireworks could start to fly if "an injunction is in place and Trump is forced to cancel or at least postpone his plans."This comes amid other reporting that Republicans were scrambling to get the limited tickets to the UFC event, and polling indicates the demographic groups Trump was hoping to win over with the spectacle have already soured on him.
Civil liberties groups say recording the police is core First Amendment activity. The Right to Record Act of 2026 would create a right to sue federal officers who violate it.
A report on Butler, Pennsylvania’s would-be presidential assassination found accusations flying between the FBI and Tom Fitton’s Judicial Watch. “This is a CLICK BAIT LIE As the […]