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Graydon Carter once set the pace for media parties. Could he do it again?
Graydon Carter hosted the era’s most fabulous parties during 25 years at Vanity Fair. At Cannes, he once again exercised his dormant hosting muscles.
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Spotify cuts 200 jobs, gutting Gimlet Media as podcast boom sputters
The Spotify layoffs will cut the company’s workforce by 2 percent. Gimlet and Parcast will be absorbed into another operation.
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A Reporter Investigated Sexual Misconduct. Then the Attacks Began.
After publishing an exposé, journalists in New Hampshire faced broken windows, vulgar graffiti and a legal brawl, with important First Amendment implications.
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Actors Authorize Potential Strike With Hollywood Writers Still Picketing
The vote does not guarantee a walkout. The actors and studios will begin negotiations on Wednesday.
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McCarthy rebuffs Senate plan to boost Ukraine aid, other military spending
The House speaker said his chamber has no plans to take up legislation that would boost military aid to Ukraine above the levels allowed in a bill signed into law last week by President Biden.
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Chris Christie launching 2024 run as brawler eager to take on Trump
More than seven years after he ended his first campaign for president and swiftly endorsed Trump, Christie returns as a long-shot candidate in a growing Republican field.
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Haley falsely links rise in girls’ suicidal thoughts to trans athletes
Transgender girls are more likely to contemplate committing sucide than cisgender girls, according to the CDC reported cited by Haley.
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For Christie, Winning Would Be Great. Beating Trump Would Be a Close Second.
The former New Jersey governor’s presidential bid is a long shot. But if he takes out Donald J. Trump along the way, Chris Christie may consider it a victory.
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Robert Kennedy Jr., With Musk, Pushes Right-Wing Ideas and Misinformation
Mr. Kennedy, a long-shot Democratic presidential candidate with surprisingly high polling numbers, said he wanted to close the Mexican border and attributed the rise of mass shootings to pharmaceutical drugs.
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Supreme Court FCA Scienter Ruling Revives Fraud Lawsuits Against Safeway and SuperValu
Supreme Court FCA Scienter Ruling Revives Fraud Lawsuits Against Safeway and SuperValu On Thursday, the US Supreme Court issued its highly anticipated ruling regarding the threshold of liability under the False Claims Act (FCA). More specifically, the Court considered whether the FCA requires that defendants subjectively believed their claims were false, or whether defendants need…