The Game of Thrones finale might have been highly controversial among fans, but the show’s leads are defending it as a fitting conclusion. Several cast members have begun to weigh in with post-finale interviews, including Emilia Clarke, who spoke with Entertainment Weekly and called Daenerys’ final scene “beautiful and touching.” While admitting she initially had […]
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President Trump is heading to rural Pennsylvania to galvanize his supporters and bolster his standing in a battleground state crucial to his reelection bid. The president is holding his fifth “Make America Great Again” rally of 2019 in the small town of Montoursville in central Pennsylvania Monday night at 7 p.m. ET. Before Mr. Trump’s […]
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Aaron Blake Senior political reporter, writing for The Fix May 20 at 4:33 PM Rep. Justin Amash’s (R-Mich.) statement that President Trump has met the threshold for impeachment was obviously a setback for Trump, given that there is now a congressional Republican saying Trump’s actions went too far. But it was also a stated rebuke […]
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The Game of Thrones finale might have been highly controversial among fans, but the show’s leads are defending it as a fitting conclusion. Several cast members have begun to weigh in with post-finale interviews, including Emilia Clarke, who spoke with Entertainment Weekly and called Daenerys’ final scene “beautiful and touching.” While admitting she initially had […]
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As America digests the worst collapse of a series since the Golden State Warriors blew a 3-1 lead against the Cleveland Cavaliers (never forget), we must remember that Game of Thrones was bigger than any single episode, the last season, or even the finale. The show was always an allegory for politics, competition and history. […]
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ADVERTISEMENT Sign Up for Our free email newsletters Really? Bran? Game of Thrones concluded on Sunday by naming the single least deserving character the king of (nearly) all of Westeros. Remember, Bran is the guy who basically napped under a tree for the entire sixth season, wasn’t even in the fifth season, and despite his […]
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President Trump’s series of tweets over the weekend about abortion were aimed at telling the conservative and anti-abortion movement to tone it down and unite around more mainstream positions, after the highly restrictive Alabama law and others like it have stoked the abortion debate, senior administration officials and White House advisers say. Senior administration officials see a […]
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The Game of Thrones finale might have been highly controversial among fans, but the show’s leads are defending it as a fitting conclusion. Several cast members have begun to weigh in with post-finale interviews, including Emilia Clarke, who spoke with Entertainment Weekly and called Daenerys’ final scene “beautiful and touching.” While admitting she initially had […]
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Photo: Hayne Palmour /AP Images Former NFL player Kellen Winslow Jr. began trial Monday amid charges of lewd conduct, indecent exposure, raping two women last year, as well as a 2003 rape of an unconscious 17-year-old girl. Winslow Jr., 35, has pleaded not guilty to all 12 counts brought against him by five women. His attorney, […]
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McGahn declined to say Trump didn’t obstruct justice The White House has directed former White House counsel Don McGahn not to appear before Congress, backed by a Justice Department legal opinion released Monday claiming Congress cannot compel the former White House lawyer to testify. The White House has informed the House Judiciary Committee that McGahn […]
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Rihanna arrives at Sephora Dubai Mall on September 29, 2018 in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.Photo: Francois Nel (Getty Images for Fenty Beauty) Whew, life Rihanna comes at you fast. It seems only a couple of months ago, we were speculating on whether or not Rihanna’s purported deal with luxury conglomerate LVMH was more than a […]
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The Game of Thrones finale might have been highly controversial among fans, but the show’s leads are defending it as a fitting conclusion. Several cast members have begun to weigh in with post-finale interviews, including Emilia Clarke, who spoke with Entertainment Weekly and called Daenerys’ final scene “beautiful and touching.” While admitting she initially had […]
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The Game of Thrones finale might have been highly controversial among fans, but the show’s leads are defending it as a fitting conclusion. Several cast members have begun to weigh in with post-finale interviews, including Emilia Clarke, who spoke with Entertainment Weekly and called Daenerys’ final scene “beautiful and touching.” While admitting she initially had […]
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A worker arrives for his shift at the U.S. Steel Clairton Coke Works in Clairton, Pa., on May 2. (Gene J. Puskar/AP) Philip Bump National correspondent focused largely on the numbers behind politics May 20 at 3:40 PM There’s a genre of news article that became infamous in the wake of the 2016 presidential election. […]
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The Trump administration indicated Monday it wants to block former White House counsel Don McGahn from testifying before the House Judiciary Committee. President Donald Trump intends to have McGahn defy a congressional subpoena and skip a Tuesday morning hearing, the latest move in an ongoing battle between the administration and House Democrats. In a letter to […]
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Democratic presidential candidate and South Bend, Indiana Mayor Pete Buttigieg speaks to an overflow crowd during a luncheon hosted by the City Club of Chicago on May 16, 2019 in Chicago, Illinois.Photo: Scott Olson (Getty Images) President Trump is in bed with Fox News, so he’s jealous and showing it because Fox News keeps pretending […]
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The Game of Thrones finale might have been highly controversial among fans, but the show’s leads are defending it as a fitting conclusion. Several cast members have begun to weigh in with post-finale interviews, including Emilia Clarke, who spoke with Entertainment Weekly and called Daenerys’ final scene “beautiful and touching.” While admitting she initially had […]
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White House Counsel and Assistant to the President for U.S. President Donald Trump, Donald McGahn, as Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh testifies before the US Senate Judiciary Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, September 27, 2018. Saul Loeb | Getty Images President Donald Trump is planning to instruct former White House counsel Don McGahn, […]
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White House Counsel and Assistant to the President for U.S. President Donald Trump, Donald McGahn, as Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh testifies before the US Senate Judiciary Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, September 27, 2018. Saul Loeb | Getty Images President Donald Trump on Monday directed former White House counsel Don McGahn not […]
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May 20 at 3:01 PM The White House intends to block former counsel Donald McGahn from testifying to Congress, the latest act of defiance in the ongoing war between House Democrats and President Trump. McGahn, who Democrats hoped would become a star witness in their investigation into whether Trump obstructed justice, was subpoenaed to testify […]
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