The Senate Foreign Relations Committee voted along party lines to move forward with the nomination of filmmaker Michael Pack to lead the federal agency that oversees the Voice of America and other government-backed international broadcast outlets. The vote was 12-10 to advance the nomination after a contentious…

Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) said that he is introducing a bill to restrict federal government assistance for studios that alter their movies to get past China’s censors and gain entry into the country’s lucrative market. The legislation would prohibit the U.S. government from providing technical or other types of support…

Michael Cohen, President Donald Trump’s personal attorney, was released from federal prison after concerns over the spread of the coronavirus. Cohen, wearing a face mask, was captured by photographers arriving at his New York apartment, where he reportedly will be in home confinement. “I am so glad to be home and back…

The Atlantic, the public affairs and cultural magazine and publisher that dates to 1857, announced that it will lay off 68 employees as the coronavirus crisis has diminished their events business. In a memo to staff, chairman David Bradley wrote that even though they have had “exceptional growth” in print and digital…

Lori Loughlin and her husband, fashion designer Mossimo Giannulli, have agreed to plead guilty to conspiracy charges in connection with admissions scandal at USC, the U.S. attorney in Boston said on Thursday. Loughlin’s plea agreement calls for two months in prison, a $150,000 fine and two years of supervised release…

Sen. Kamala Harris (D-CA), viewed as a top tier contender as Joe Biden’s vice presidential running mate, will headline a virtual fundraiser with the former Vice President. California’s lieutenant governor, Eleni Kounalakis, also will be among the special guests at the June 9 event. Tickets start at $500 per person…

White House Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany accused CNN anchor Chris Cuomo of taking a “less safe” version of hydroxychloroquine even though he “mocked” President Donald Trump’s advocacy of the drug. Trump said this week that he has been taking hydroxychloroquine as a preventative treatment for the coronavirus. That…

Karine Jean-Pierre has joined Joe Biden’s presidential campaign as senior adviser after serving as chief public affairs officer for MoveOn.org and as an NBC and MSNBC political analyst. The networks said that Jean-Pierre no longer is a contributor following her new campaign post, where she will focus on engagement…

Morning Joe co-anchor Mika Brzezinski said that a call between her and Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey is being set up after she asked why President Donald Trump’s tweets continued to be allowed on the platform. Earlier on Wednesday, Brzezinski called Trump’s latest tweet about her husband and co-host, Joe Scarborough, “sick.&#8221…

Joe Biden will be a guest on The Late Show With Stephen Colbert Thursday, marking his fifth visit to the show and first since becoming the presumptive Democratic nominee. The visit will be virtual, of course, as Biden has been doing interviews from his Delaware home. But his guest appearance will have special…

Former Today co-host Matt Lauer published a lengthy op-ed in Mediaite on Tuesday that blasts Ronan Farrow’s reporting for his book Catch and Kill, in which he writes about a former Today producer’s claim that Lauer raped her. In his op-ed, Lauer cites specific instances in Catch and Kill where he contends that Farrow…

President Donald Trump had a lengthy Q&A with reporters at the White House on Tuesday, but he was irritated by one journalist, CBS News’ Paula Reid, for her query or the way it was asked. Reid asked: “Mr. President, why haven’t you announced a plan to get 36 million unemployed Americans back to work? You are…