#Speaker Mike Johnson Suggests “Conditions” Needed on Federal Aid for L.A. Wildfires

#Speaker Mike Johnson Suggests “Conditions” Needed on Federal Aid for L.A. Wildfires

Republican House Speaker Mike Johnson suggested that “there should probably be conditions” on additional federal aid to help Los Angeles deal with the devastating wildfires. “That’s my personal view. We’ll see what the consensus is,” Johnson told reporters this week, ABC News reported. “I haven’t had a chance to socialize that with any of the members…

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#‘SNL’ Mocks Trump and Biden’s Oval Office Meeting, With Cameo From Alec Baldwin as RFK Jr.

#‘SNL’ Mocks Trump and Biden’s Oval Office Meeting, With Cameo From Alec Baldwin as RFK Jr.

Saturday Night Live didn’t waste any time on the latest episode, spoofing Donald Trump and Joe Biden‘s historic Oval Office meeting at the White House earlier this week. “Hello everybody. Thank you to the press for joining us to document this very important presidential transition meeting. I’m being serious right now. Even though we disagree,…

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#Critic’s Notebook: Election Night 2024 TV Coverage Was Only for the Masochistic or the Truly Obsessed

#Critic’s Notebook: Election Night 2024 TV Coverage Was Only for the Masochistic or the Truly Obsessed

If there is one lesson to be learned in these incredibly politically polarized times, it’s this: The only people who should be tuning into primetime television coverage on Election Day evening are political junkies, math nerds and the hopelessly masochistic. Early in the evening, CNN’s Jake Tapper, reciting numerous early results, constantly repeated the warning,…

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