2020

Megyn Kelly Responds To ‘Bombshell,’ Reveals Roger Ailes Asked Her To ‘Twirl’

Entertainment /

Former Fox News host Megyn Kelly revealed Thursday that she watched “Bombshell” with several other former Fox News staffers depicted in the film, which chronicles allegations of sexual harassment, and the culture of secrecy surrounding them, involving the network’s founder Roger Ailes. In a YouTube clip, Kelly recounted that Ailes asked her to “twirl,” an […]

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Trump Claims Iranians Were Plotting to Blow Up American Embassy in Baghdad

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WASHINGTON — President Trump asserted without evidence on Thursday that a top Iranian commander killed in an American airstrike was plotting to blow up the American Embassy in Baghdad. The president’s unsubstantiated account comes as Democrats have been demanding details about the intelligence the Trump administration received that led to the killing of Maj. Gen. Qassim

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Facebook again refuses to ban political ads, even false ones

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SAN FRANCISCO — Despite escalating pressure ahead of the 2020 presidential election, Facebook reaffirmed its freewheeling policy on political ads Thursday, saying it won’t ban them, won’t fact-check them and won’t limit how they can be targeted to specific groups of people. Instead, Facebook said it will offer users slightly more control over how many

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Record number of female film leads, US study suggests

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Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Brie Larsson, Angelina Jolie and Renee Zellweger have all starred in box office successes Female characters had their biggest-ever representation in box office films last year, according to research. The Center for the Study of Women in Television and Film said a record 40% of 2019’s highest-grossing US movies

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Encarnación, White Sox complete $12 million, 1-year contract

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The Chicago White Sox finalized a $12 million, one-year contract with slugger Edwin Encarnación By ANDREW SELIGMAN AP Sports Writer January 9, 2020, 6:04 PM 3 min read CHICAGO — Edwin Encarnación and the White Sox finalized a $12 million, one-year contract on Thursday, putting him in position to become Chicago’s designated hitter and a

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Pelosi, Under Pressure to Send Impeachment to Senate, Declines Again

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WASHINGTON — Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Thursday once again rebuffed growing calls to send the House’s articles of impeachment against President Trump to the Senate for trial and refused to provide a timetable for doing so, saying only that after weeks of delay, she would probably move “soon.” Ms. Pelosi reiterated a call for Senator

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