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CBS to Cancel ‘Late Show With Stephen Colbert’ Citing ‘Financial Decision’

CBS said it planned to cancel Stephen Colbert's Late Show after next season, citing the weakening finances of late night

     variety.com  2025-07-17 23:21:53

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Current Status: Trump's approval rating on immigration and government spending has slipped, new AP-NORC poll finds Trump's approval rating on immigration and government spending has slipped, new AP-NORC poll finds – Just 1 in 4 U.S. adults say President Donald Trump’s policies have helped them. That's according to a new AP-NORC poll that finds underwhelming marks for the Republican president on key issues,…

   apnews.com 2025-07-17 11:00:36

Current Status: Trump diagnosed with chronic venous insufficiency following leg swelling | CNN Politics Trump diagnosed with chronic venous insufficiency following leg swelling | CNN Politics – President Donald Trump was examined for swelling in his legs and has been diagnosed with chronic venous insufficiency, the White House announced Thursday.

   cnn.com 2025-07-17 18:36:18

Current Status: Former Voice of America Employee Indicted for Threatening Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene Former Voice of America Employee Indicted for Threatening Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene – An indictment unsealed today in the District of Columbia charges a Maryland resident with influencing a federal official by threatening a family member, influencing a federal official by threat,…

   justice.gov 2025-07-17 17:45:43

Current Status: Trump administration hands over Medicaid recipients' personal data, including addresses, to ICE Trump administration hands over Medicaid recipients' personal data, including addresses, to ICE – U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials will gain access to personally identifiable information for all of the nation’s 79 million Medicaid enrollees.

   apnews.com 2025-07-17 16:19:47

Current Status: Former Intel Chief Banned From Dog’s Graduation Ceremony Former Intel Chief Banned From Dog’s Graduation Ceremony – The pettiness of the administration’s retribution campaign begins to bite.

     theatlantic.com 2025-07-17 14:45:00

Current Status: Interactive Election Map Interactive Election Map – A 2020 presidential election map based on the consensus of the most respected forecasts and polling. Click on the states to make your own forecast.

   electoralvotemap.com 2018-11-28 06:37:14

Current Status: Trump administration shuts down LGBTQ youth suicide hotline Trump administration shuts down LGBTQ youth suicide hotline – The 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline's LGBTQ youth service, which has provided queer youths with specialized services since 2022, was officially terminated Thursday.

  nbcnews.com 2025-07-17 20:08:42

Current Status: Trump's been on a win streak. The Epstein controversy could distract from it Trump's been on a win streak. The Epstein controversy could distract from it – President Trump would rather be talking about his "One Big Beautiful Bill" and other recent wins, but the controversy over the handling of the Jeffrey Epstein documents is proving to be a distraction.

  npr.org 2025-07-17 19:04:23

Current Status: House Democrats send letter to Fox News demanding answers on edits to Trump’s 2024 Epstein comments | CNN Business House Democrats send letter to Fox News demanding answers on edits to Trump’s 2024 Epstein comments | CNN Business – Top Democrats on the oversight committee say Fox presented Trump’s comments about the so-called Epstein files in a way that both misled the public and distorted his position.

  cnn.com 2025-07-17 18:13:19

Current Status: Fascism For First Time Founders Fascism For First Time Founders – Over the last year or so I’ve seen a disturbing tendency in tech/startup/VC worlds to buy into the neoreactionary view that for startups to be successful they need to get on board the Trump t…

  techdirt.com 2025-07-17 17:53:00

Current Status: Trump's Budget Chief Is About To Go Rogue On Massive Spending Cuts Trump's Budget Chief Is About To Go Rogue On Massive Spending Cuts – Russ Vought said to expect more massive spending cuts because Trump is "not cowing to a legislative branch’s understanding of its own authorities and powers."

  huffpost.com 2025-07-17 17:41:46

Current Status: Mexican National Charged in Federal Criminal Complaint with Staging Fake Immigration ‘Kidnapping’ Mexican National Charged in Federal Criminal Complaint with Staging Fake Immigration ‘Kidnapping’ – An illegal alien from Mexico has been charged in a federal criminal complaint with orchestrating a phony kidnapping – which she blamed on federal agents or people working with federal agents – to…

    justice.gov 2025-07-17 17:09:30

Current Status: The Trump regime is arresting protesters now. This was the plan all along. | Will Bunch The Trump regime is arresting protesters now. This was the plan all along. | Will Bunch – Federal felony charges against nine ICE protesters in Spokane, Wash., reveal how Trump's secret police are expanding their web.

  inquirer.com 2025-07-17 16:00:36

Current Status: New U.S. assessment finds American strikes destroyed only one of three Iranian nuclear sites New U.S. assessment finds American strikes destroyed only one of three Iranian nuclear sites – President Donald Trump rejected a military plan for more comprehensive strikes on Iran’s nuclear program that would have lasted weeks, NBC News has also learned.

  nbcnews.com 2025-07-17 13:30:42

Current Status: Exclusive | Trump discussing drone ‘mega deal’ with Ukraine — as US tech lags behind adversaries: ‘The people of America need this technology’ Exclusive | Trump discussing drone ‘mega deal’ with Ukraine — as US tech lags behind adversaries: ‘The people of America need this technology’ – “The people of America need this technology, and you need to have it in your arsenal,” Zelensky told The Post of Ukraine’s latest drones.

  nypost.com 2025-07-17 12:04:52