July 17, 2025 Media, Television
Deadline Hollywood reports: In a shocking move, The Late Show with Stephen Colbert is ending in May 2026. “The Late Show With Stephen Colbert will end its historic run in May 2026 at the end of the broadcast season. We consider Stephen Colbert irreplaceable and will retire The Late Show franchise at that time. We are proud that Stephen called …
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July 17, 2025 Trump Corruption, Trump Lies
Newsweek reports: President Donald Trump responded to a Wall Street Journal story published Thursday that revealed an alleged birthday letter sent by Trump to Jeffrey Epstein for his 50th birthday. The letter bearing Donald Trump’s name, reviewed by the Journal, reportedly features several lines of typewritten text surrounded by the outline of a naked woman, sketched in marker. The illustration …
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July 17, 2025 Trump Administration, Trump Lies
Politico reports: The new head of the United States Postal Service told employees he wants to “preserve” the agency’s independence during his first week in office, amid musings from President Donald Trump to privatize the nation’s mail service. “I am convinced that a strength of the Postal Service resides in our structure as a self-financing independent entity of the executive branch, …
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July 17, 2025 Democrats, Healthcare
The Associated Press reports: More than 20 Democratic-led states filed a lawsuit Thursday challenging a new federal health insurance rule that tightens restrictions for enrolling in marketplace plans through the Affordable Care Act and bans coverage requirements for gender-affirming care. The lawsuit led by New Jersey, California, and Massachusetts, also involves 18 other states. They argue that the new rule …
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July 17, 2025 Trump Corruption, Trump Lies
The Guardian reports: Initially, the drinks giant responded with a neutral statement of appreciation for “President Trump’s enthusiasm” for Coke, and a vague message about “new innovative offerings within our Coca-Cola product range” to come. On Thursday, however, the soft drinks company released an additional statement making positive claims about high-fructose corn syrup, a product that some blame for soaring …
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July 17, 2025 Idiocracy, Trump Administration
Reuters reports: Among the scores of offices the U.S. State Department eliminated last week in its dramatic revamp, the shuttering of one little-known office has raised particular alarm among U.S. diplomats. The small team at the Department’s Office of Casualty Assistance, which supports U.S. diplomats and their families abroad in the event of death or serious injury, received termination notices …
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July 17, 2025 Christianists, Trump Administration
“They have seemed so solid, so wholesome for so long and then this.This really is a satanic Trojan horse where the enemy has commandeered Magnolia as a Trojan horse. “That’s what this is. Lull to sleep, lull to sleep, wholesome, get it in every single corner of your house, consume it all day long, trust them completely, and then have …
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July 17, 2025 Trump Administration, Trump Corruption
The Washington Post reports: The Interior Department said Thursday that it would add additional layers of review for wind and solar energy projects, following President Donald Trump’s executive order aimed at ending any “preferential treatment” for renewable energy. The new requirement threatens to trip up the approval process as wind and solar projects race to begin construction by a deadline …
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July 17, 2025 Trump Administration, Trump Lies
Los Angeles’s NBC affiliate reports: Beloved pets are being left behind as more families are being deported due to federal immigration enforcement across Southern California. “They’re very nice, lovable, adoptable pets,” said Sgt. Julie Villegas of the Carson Animal Care Center. “We’re here to offer them the support and care they need.” There are a variety of reasons why their …
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July 17, 2025 China, United States
NBC News reports: An elite Chinese cyberspy group hacked at least one state’s National Guard network for nearly a year, the Department of Defense has found. The hackers, already responsible for one of the most expansive cyberespionage campaigns against the U.S. to date, are alleged to have burrowed even further than previously known and may have obtained sensitive military or …
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