The next season of Netflix’s award-winning “House of Cards” will be the last, a spokesman said Monday, as the series reeled over sexual misconduct allegations against its star Kevin Spacey. The 58-year-old double Oscar winner, who plays ruthless President Francis Underwood in the hit show, is facing claims from actor Anthony Rapp that he “made […]
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Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USANBC News has severed its relationship with veteran journalist Mark Halperin after he admitted to inappropriate sexual behavior toward female colleagues during his time at ABC News. NBC News did not issue a statement, but confirmed Monday that Mr. Halperin, senior political analyst, would not be returning to the company. “I am profoundly sorry for
SOUTH ORANGE — A fellow actor on Sunday accused Kevin Spacey of making sexual advances on him when he was a teenager, prompting the Academy Award winner to apologize and address long-standing rumors about his own sexuality. Anthony Rapp, who stars in the television series “Star Trek Discovery,” told BuzzFeed News that Spacey, a South
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Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USADonald and Ivana Trump President Donald Trump’s first wife, Ivana Trump, is claiming that she raised the couple’s children on her “own.” During an interview with John Catsimatidis, Trump said she made all the decisions when it came to the couple’s three children, Ivanka, Donald Jr., and Eric. “I told Donald, ‘There can only be
US special forces have captured a Libyan man accused of playing a role in a deadly attack on a US diplomatic compound in the city of Benghazi five years ago, according to the White House. Mustafa al-Imam, who was captured in Libya on Sunday, “will face justice in the United States”, US President Donald Trump
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USAA federal judge temporarily blocked President Donald Trump’s ban on transgender personnel from serving in the US military on Monday. US District Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly ordered the government to “revert to the status quo” that was in effect before Trump ordered the contentious ban. At the same time, however, she allowed to let stand a
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USANEWARK, N.J. — A federal judge on Monday declined to declare a mistrial in the corruption case of U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez and his co-defendant, Salomon Melgen. Before U.S. District Court Judge William H. Walls made his ruling, Menendez, D-N.J., was humming “Amazing Grace” while strolling the hallways of the federal courthouse in Newark, just
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USAMINNEAPOLIS — Dennis Banks, a longtime national American Indian activist who was acquitted in the famed 1970s Wounded Knee uprising trial, has died, his family said early Monday. Banks was 80 years old. “Our father Dennis J. Banks started his journey to the spirit world at 10:10 p.m. on October 29, 2017,” reads a post
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Obituaries & memorials, USAWASHINGTON — A company listed in the Monday indictment of former Trump campaign manager Paul Manafort and his associate Rick Gates received funds from the Republican National Committee for work done in coordination with Donald Trump’s election campaign. Bade LLC, listed in the indictment among 17 domestic entities that Manafort and Gates are alleged to
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International, USAPresident Trump’s son made an appeal Monday to his father’s base to hold steady in their support, as the White House was rocked by criminal indictments in the special counsel’s Russia probe. Eric Trump told supporters “I know you know the truth” in a fundraising email sent out by the president’s re-election campaign. “There’s new
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International, USAWASHINGTON — For decades before he was charged Monday with money laundering, tax evasion and fraud, President Donald Trump’s former campaign manager straddled a lucrative divide, shaping presidential politics while banking tens of millions of dollars as a lobbyist for dodgy foreign clients. Paul Manafort helped run no fewer than four successful presidential campaigns —
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International, USAPresident Donald Trump’s former campaign chairman Paul Manafort turned himself in to police in Washington D.C. early Monday after special counsel Robert Mueller filed the first charges in his Russia investigation last week. Manafort is one of the prime suspects in Mueller’s investigation, which is examining whether Trump’s campaign and its associates worked with Russia
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International, USAPresident Trump doubled down Monday on his contention that Democrats should be the focus of collusion probes after his former campaign chairman Paul Manafort was charged with conspiracy against the U.S. “Sorry, but this is years ago, before Paul Manafort was part of the Trump campaign. But why aren’t Crooked Hillary & the Dems the
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International, USAPaul Manafort, the former campaign manager to President Donald Trump, will appear in court on Monday to be indicted on 12 charges, including tax fraud and conspiracy against the United States. Here’s a comprehensive timeline of how Manafort found himself in this position, some 22 months after first signing onto the Trump campaign: March 28,
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