America I (I): Last News

Mia Love has sadly passed away.

wore an all-white Hervé Pierre skirt suit, complete with a wide-brimmed hat that will surely go down as one of her most memorable fashion moments as first lady. , as were the verdicts from fashion critics.

House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) received a key endorsement from President-elect Donald Trump in his effort to remain as leader of the lower chamber.

Donald Trump has appointed Andrew Ferguson to serve as the next chair of the Federal Trade Commission, which has a major say over mergers and acquisitions.

, who will Donald Trump pick to run the Justice Department as attorney general? On November 21 the president-elect nominated Pam Bondi. But who is she? For one, she is not the subject of a , unlike Trump’s previous pick, Gaetz, who withdrew his name from consideration after meeting with Republican Senators.Sexual misconduct allegations haven’t disqualified Trump from the presidency, and that privilege apparently extends to some of those he wants to surround him.“For too long, the partisan Department of Justice has been weaponized against me and other Republicans - Not anymore.

Just hours after the scandal-ridden ex-Florida Congressman Matt Gaetz took himself out of consideration to be Donald Trump‘s Attorney General, the former and future president has gone back to the Sunshine State for his second choice to be America’s top cop.

Gene Maddaus Senior Media Writer Republicans will keep control of the House of Representatives, the Associated Press has projected, giving President-elect Trump a majority in both houses of Congress. House Speaker Mike Johnson has said he will work aggressively to implement Trump’s agenda, including tax cuts, deportations, energy policy, and regulatory reform. “We’re going to raise an America First banner above this place,” Johnson said at a press conference shortly after the election.

Pete Hegseth, a Fox News host and Army combat veteran, has been nominated by Donald Trump to serve as his secretary of defense.

Gene Maddaus Senior Media Writer President-elect Donald Trump assigned Elon Musk on Tuesday to “dismantle” the U.S. bureaucracy, and named a longtime Fox News host, Pete Hegseth, to lead the Pentagon. Musk, the billionaire CEO of SpaceX and Tesla, had offered himself during the campaign as someone who could cut waste out of the federal budget.

Zack Sharf Digital News Director Julia Roberts is the latest Hollywood celebrity to champion Kamala Harris‘ presidential campaign. The Oscar winner is featured as the narrator in a new Harris-Walz campaign video created by the progressive evangelical group Vote Common Good (via The Daily Beast).

Ethan Shanfeld Bruce Springsteen has endorsed Kamala Harris for president. The “Born in the U.S.A.” singer, who was vocally supportive of Barack Obama and Joe Biden in their respective elections, made the announcement in a video posted to Instagram. “Perhaps not since the Civil War has this great country felt as politically, spiritually and emotionally divided as it does then at this moment,” Springsteen said in the video, shot inside of a diner.

Emily Longeretta No love loss. Cheryl Burke, who spent 26 seasons as a pro on “Dancing With the Stars,” is responding to Anna Delvey‘s statement that she took “nothing” away from her time on the ABC dance competition show. “I believe that the feeling is mutual from the fans of show,” Burke tells Variety.

Chris Willman Senior Music Writer and Chief Music Critic Country legend Merle Haggard has been brought into the national spotlight again, thanks to vice presidential candidate JD Vance repeatedly using one of the late singer’s anthems as his walk-up music during the Republican convention this week. It’s not one of Haggard’s better-known classic songs the VP pick has adopted, but a later composition that was released in 2005 and didn’t really get a lot of subsequent pickup until now: “America First.” The Haggard tune played on a loop several times as Vance made his way through the convention floor Monday night, then appeared again Wednesday as walk-up music as the Ohio senator took the stage to deliver his speech.

As one of the first big name speakers on the first night of the Republican National Convention, Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) delivered a speech that started off somberly in references to the assassination attempt on Donald Trump, but quickly went into some of the red meat rhetoric that is her specialty.

Gene Maddaus Senior Media Writer CBS filed a motion Thursday to throw out a lawsuit challenging its diversity hiring practices for writers on the show “SEAL Team,” arguing that it has a First Amendment right to hire who it wants. Brian Beneker, the longtime script coordinator on the show, sued in February, arguing that he had been repeatedly passed over for writing jobs because he is a straight, white man.

Nikki Haley said that it is up to Donald Trump to “earn the votes of those in our party and beyond it who did not support” his presidential bid.

Dwayne Johnson has hit out at “clickbait” reporting on his work to help the Maui earthquake relief efforts.The Hollywood star and former professional wrestler took to X, formerly Twitter, over what he deemed “toxic, false clickbait garbage” after an article framed a recent WWE press conference he appeared at in way that seemed to call out his work on the relief efforts in Maui.Last year, Johnson and Oprah Winfrey launched the People’s Fund of Maui to support the communities affected by wildfires.As per Variety, a video from the WWE event showed Johnson getting booed by the crowd. The article then linked this directly to the relief efforts, something Johnson says was incorrect.The article stated: “Dwayne Johnson promised TENS OF MILLIONS to the victims of the Maui fires, but many victims still have not seen a dime…It looks like the audience is fully AMERICA FIRST and is demanding The Rock and Oprah follow through with their commitment to take care of the people of Lahaina.

Dwayne Johnson is hitting back at a reporter.

Zack Sharf Digital News Director Dwayne Johnson railed against journalist Nick Sortor on X (formerly Twitter) over “toxic, false clickbait garbage” after the latter framed Johnson’s appearance at a recent WWE press conference in a way that called out the superstar’s relief efforts in Maui. A video from the WWE event showed Johnson getting booed by the crowd.

Fran Drescher has praised Disney for dropping Covid vaccine mandates on 12 shows - after previously calling for a review of the strict measures.The president of the SAG-AFTRA actors union, 65, posted a video on Wednesday captioned: 'Way to go Mickey! as she celebrated Disney's decision that shows including 9-1-1 and Grey's Anatomy - would no longer require cast and crew members to be vaccinated.In an impassioned video, the star - who is herself vaccinated - likened vaccine mandates to 'fascism' and lauded the entertainment company for becoming one of the first notable studios to lift the mandate. Joy: Fran Drescher has praised Disney for dropping Covid vaccine mandates on 12 shows - after previously calling for a review of the strict measuresShe said: 'To think that every human on the planet can take one vaccine is ludicrous.'And to make that one vaccine the criteria for who is allowed to work, travel, dine, go to theatre … is an infringement on the Disabilities Act, the Freedom of Religion Act, and body sovereignty.

Radio Times’ View From My Sofa podcast.Louis’ work has allowed viewers from all over the world to get an insight into diverse subjects over the years.For his latest series, Louis Theroux’s Forbidden America returned to the US to explore the impact of the internet on some of the most controversial corners of American society.Speaking to Express.co.uk and other press, Louis revisited one “sad” and “surreal” moment during filming.Louis’ first instalment is titled Extreme and Online where the documentary-maker meets the new influencers of the far-right.  In the episode, Louis tries to uncover why they have become so popular, as well as the extent of their influence on their followers.The broadcaster recalled one particular chaotic interview with a member of America First.Describing the man he spoke to, he said: “He's got a history on the far right if look at him you might think he was a hipster artist like he could be a ceramicist living in Hoxton, he's got a long beard.”“He described himself to me as an artist, but he makes his money out of gaming like a lot of these guys he met his far-right peer group on a gaming platform,” he continued.“They would get together and game together and now he's a self-described troll.“He also makes money from people who tune in to hear him doing his streams and to watch him game, which is a job on the internet, among millennials and teens.“I’m there to find out more – I’ve seen him doing what appears to be a Hitler salute not once but twice at the America First event and then I find another picture a screengrab of him doing his Nazi salute.”“I heard him say on a stream, ‘Louis Theroux is going to come and interview me I've got a little trick up my sleeve,” he continued.“‘I’ve got a little