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Trump Assails Colorado Governor as State Rejects His ‘Pardon’ of Tina Peters

Colorado leaders say a president cannot overturn a state conviction.

Jake Tapper Says Tougher Trump Health Coverage Reflects Lessons From Biden Lapse

FBI Dismisses Whistleblower Steve Friend After Podcast Remarks Deemed Threat to Director

Kathy Griffin Says She’s ‘Waiting for Trump to Die’ in New YouTube Monologue

Shawn Ryan Says Rep. Dan Crenshaw Sent Defamation Demand Letter

White House, CNN Clash Over Stephen Miller Booking as Network Denies Ban

Pakistan Presses Social Platforms to Open Local Offices, Threatens Brazil-Style Penalties

USC Annenberg Names 2025 Cronkite Honorees, Debuts Comedic News Award for Jon Stewart

Healey Signals Willingness to Scrap Ajax as Safety Probes Deepen

Joe Rogan Says Jesus Could Return as AI, Asking "What's More Virgin Than a Computer?"

Megyn Kelly Says She Wants Boat-Strike Survivors to 'Suffer' and 'Bleed Out'

Crockett Refuses Retraction of Epstein Donation Claim About EPA Chief Zeldin

X’s New Location Labels Expose Foreign-Run Accounts, Raise Accuracy and Safety Concerns

David Letterman Publicly Backs Seth Meyers After Trump Demands NBC Fire Him

Avi Loeb Accepts Michael Shermer’s $1,000 Long Bets Challenge on Alien Confirmation by 2030

Candace Owens Takes Show Off Air After Alleging $1.5 Million Macron Plot to Kill Her

Oversight Board Upholds Facebook Post of Manipulated Duterte Video, Calls for High-Risk Label

X’s New Account-Origin Labels Put Some High-Profile Pro‑Trump Accounts Outside the U.S.

Dave Portnoy Accepts Stephen A. Smith’s Conditional Apology in Drake Maye Dispute

Rand Paul Rebukes Trump’s “Traitors” and Death-Penalty Rhetoric on Face the Nation