Godzilla Minus Zero, director Takashi Yamazaki’s hotly anticipated sequel, will make its world premiere next month at the New York Film Festival. The followup to the Oscar-winning Godzilla Minus One, which grossed $116 million worldwide and charmed audiences with its modestly budgeted special effects, will be a Spotlight Gala selection at Alice Tully Hall on […]
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Due Sept. 18 from her Baroque Folk label, “The List” — Hoffs’ first set of original material in more than a decade — collects a dozen touching and witty songs based on tales from her life as an artist, wife, businessperson and mother.
The bodies – belonging to members of two extended families – have only recently been recovered from under rubble in Gaza City.
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Tony Award-winning producer Jordan Roth talks about starring in the “The Shards” and describes what it was like to go from behind the scenes on Broadway to making his major on-screen acting debut.
Joshua Bonehill-Paine was jailed in 2015 after posting antisemitic remarks ahead of a protest.
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The gun-wielding bystander who shot at the Idaho In-N-Out mass shooter says the killer “crumbled” emotionally and fled the scene after bullets started whizzing past him. Jordan Salinas sat for an interview Monday with an ABC News reporter and…
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Media executive David Ellison is defending Paramount’s bid to purchase Warner Brothers Discovery and defending himself against accusations of implementing political bias at his media properties. In an op-ed published by the New York Times on Tuesday, Ellison said he “shouldn’t put a finger on the scale, especially on matters involving his own company.” When…
More than 130,000 Scottish students have found out how they did in their exams.
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More than 148,000 learners across the country received their results as details of this year’s pass rates were published.
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More than 148,000 learners across the country received their results as details of this year’s pass rates were published.
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A few months ago, when I put together a tally of the number of Fox News veterans who have joined Donald Trump’s team during the president’s second term, I counted 25 people — enough to field a full football team, offense and defense, with a few additional folks on the bench. But at the time, I only included Fox employees who had appeared on air.
If we include Fox News veterans who worked as producers at the network, the list grows to include folks like Jennifer Rauchet Hegseth, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s third wife, whose portfolio at the Pentagon appears to be growing. The Hill reported:
President Trump signed an executive order on Monday to form a new commission focused on improving the lives of military spouses and families and addressing the challenges they encounter.
The new commission, called the President’s Military Spouse Commission, will be chaired by Jennifer Rauchet, the wife of the Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth.
There’s certainly nothing wrong with keeping a president informed about the interests and needs of military families, and if all goes well, the commission may very well serve a worthwhile purpose.
But what’s surprising is the scope of Jennifer Hegseth’s role within the administration generally and the Defense Department specifically.
Just two months into Pete Hegseth’s tenure, for example, The Wall Street Journal reported that the defense secretary brought his wife “to two meetings with foreign military counterparts where sensitive information was discussed.” The article added that a secretary “can invite anyone to meetings with visiting counterparts, but attendee lists are usually carefully limited to those who need to be there and attendees are typically expected to possess security clearances given the delicate nature of the discussions.”
A month later, we learned that Pete Hegseth used his personal phone to send highly specific details about an imminent U.S. military strike to a 13-person Signal group chat, which also included his wife.
A week later, The Washington Post reported:
Jennifer Hegseth on multiple occasions has informed her husband’s staff of media interviews he planned to do, underscoring a belief among some officials that she wields outsize influence over certain Pentagon operations. Typically, such responsibilities fall to dedicated media-engagement professionals employed by the Defense Department, not the secretary’s wife.
She met with potential political appointees as the Trump administration scrutinized people for positions at the Pentagon, two people familiar with the issue said. The role effectively had her conducting job interviews, they said.
What’s more, she also serves as a senior adviser to the America First Policy Institute, a Trump-oriented think tank created five years ago.
If there’s ever been a defense secretary’s spouse with a portfolio like this one, I’m not aware of it.
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