Variety reports: The Writers Guild of America has passed a strike authorization vote with 97.85% voting in favor, giving union leadership the power to call a strike once the contract expires on May 1. In an email to members, the guild said that 78.79% of eligible members had cast ballots. The vote was 9,020 in favor and 198 opposed. In …

NewsNation reports: It looks as though Fox News will be spared having its employees seen entering and exiting a courthouse in Delaware in its upcoming defamation trial. Fox News is reportedly seeking to settle the case before on-air personalities such as Tucker Carlson and Sean Hannity must testify. Fox Corp. Chair Rupert Murdoch is also on the witness list. On …

“The artificial intelligence changes everything. You can’t have anything related to a machine have anything to do whatsoever with a vote. It’s got to be a paper freaking ballot. I’ve been saying that for almost two years now or over two years, and with the artificial intelligence, you won’t even be able to catch them. “They’ll know what you’re gonna …

Roll Call reports: Sen. Thom Tillis of North Carolina and Rep. Daniel Crenshaw of Texas lead a group of more than a dozen GOP members of the House and Senate agitating for a congressional rule change to ban members from using the app in an official capacity as members of Congress, though they could still use it for personal or …

NBC News reports: A Jan. 6 defendant admitted on the stand Monday that he was armed with a gun when he charged toward a police line at the Capitol. Christopher Alberts, of Maryland, was arrested with a gun near the Capitol on the night of Jan. 6 and was one of just a handful of rioters to be taken into …

NBC News reports: Pennsylvania Sen. John Fetterman returned to work on Monday at the U.S. Senate. His vehicle pulled up to the Capitol at 2:30 p.m., and he got out wearing his familiar attire of a hoodie, gym shorts and sneakers. He didn’t take any questions from reporters, only saying, “It’s great to be back.” Fetterman has been away from …

“Open borders America and war all over the world. That’s Lindsey Graham and he’ll spend all your money to do it. And the other thing is, he never stands in the way of the radical Democrat agenda, the communist agenda for America — never stops it. “As a matter of fact, he stands there and smiles at you and tells …

The New York Times reports: Representative George Santos, the Republican from New York whose unexpected victory in November was quickly marred by revelations that he had lied or exaggerated about virtually his entire biography on the campaign trail, announced Monday that he was running for re-election. In a statement announcing his campaign, Mr. Santos did not directly address the controversy …

New York City’s ABC affiliate reports: Republicans upset with Donald Trump’s indictment are escalating their war on the prosecutor who charged him, trying to embarrass Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg on his home turf partly by falsely portraying New York City as a place overrun by crime. The House Judiciary Committee, led by Ohio Republican Jim Jordan, held a field …

The Hill reports: Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) says he will move a resolution this week to temporarily replace Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) on the Judiciary Committee to keep President Biden’s judicial nominees moving to the floor. Schumer said he hopes Republicans will support the resolution to fill Feinstein’s seat on the committee while the 89-year-old California senator recovers …

Mediaite reports: Fox News’s top-rated host, Tucker Carlson, accused the media and U.S. government of lying about the war in Ukraine, reportedly on the basis of altered versions of leaked military documents shared by a well-known pro-Russian propagandist. Over the weekend, The Wall Street Journal’s chief foreign-affairs correspondent Yaroslav Trofimov interviewed the woman behind the social media channel, from which …

The Oklahoman reports: In southeast Oklahoma, the sheriff of McCurtain County, one of his investigators and a county commissioner are accused by a newspaper of discussing killing a local reporter and lamenting that modern justice no longer includes hanging Black people. The explosive accusations were published this week in the McCurtain Gazette-News. According to the newspaper, Sheriff Kevin Clardy, investigator …

The New York Post reports: Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is set to announce plans by the state Legislature to void a controversial move by Disney that effectively stripped the governor’s newly installed oversight board of authority, sources said. Officials called Disney’s tactic an illegal “poison pill” intended to undercut state supervision of its special tax district — and argued that …

Axios reports: In a worldwide push called “Sunrise 2027,” the retail industry is transitioning from the standard 12-digit barcode — that square of vertical lines that’s printed on a package and makes it go “beep” at the checkout scanner — to a two-dimensional web-enabled version. The effort is being orchestrated by GS1 US, the nonprofit standards organization that oversees the …

From time-traveling Stop The Steal leader Ali Alexander: This is too gay. While my audience is familiar with me battling SSA, others aren’t as familiar. I apologize for any inappropriate messages sent over the years. Forgive me. While I have repented before God and confess at Church, I want my supporters and those involved to hear my apology today. When …

The Dallas Morning News reports: “I think it’s a political hit job,” Crow said. “I don’t think the media cares really much about Harlan Crow, and I think they’re right. They shouldn’t care much about Harlan Crow.” “But I think that the media, and this ProPublica group in particular, funded by leftists, has an agenda to destabilize the [Supreme] Court. …

The Independent reports: A federal judge in New York City has rejected former president Donald Trump’s 11th-hour attempt to once again postpone his long-delayed civil defamation and rape trial on the grounds that publicity surrounding his recent indictment necessitated a “cooling-off” period to ensure an impartial jury. Judge Lewis Kaplan on Monday ordered the trial, which stems from two civil …

Media Matters reports: Rep. Paul Gosar (R-AZ) used his House.gov newsletter to direct people to a story posted on a Holocaust-denier website that praised him for attacking “Jewish warmongers” for their support of Ukraine. Gosar was promoting Veterans Today, an antisemitic website that has called the Holocaust a “lie” and a “hoax” and praised Hitler as a “great man” and …

The New York Times reports: A Delaware judge on Monday said that he had delayed by a day the start of a highly anticipated defamation trial over the spread of misinformation in the 2020 presidential election. The postponement of the trial was the latest twist in the case. Late Sunday, Judge Eric M. Davis said the proceedings would continue on …

Milwaukee’s ABC affiliate reports: Waukesha County prosecutors have charged a former Hartland Lakeside school board member with election fraud. John Harter, 28, faces three misdemeanor charges. Investigators say Harter didn’t list his own address when running for office but used his father’s residence in the town of Delafield on his school board candidate forms. The address on the criminal complaint …