Election: Last News

More than £130,000 of irrecoverable debt has been written off by Renfrewshire Council after the move was authorised by elected members.

Sir Keir Starmer has said he took “tough” and “decisive” action to withdraw support for Labour’s Rochdale by-election candidate, after a storm of criticism about remarks Azhar Ali made about Israel.

An SNP election candidate has described being left "heartbroken" after Lisa Cameron dramatically quit the party to join the Conservatives.

Labour’s handling of the row over its Rochdale by-election candidate’s comments about Israel has been “shambolic”, the lawyer who led a review into the party’s culture has said.

Bruce Springsteen has made a cameo appearance in a recent episode of Curb Your Enthusiasm.The Boss appeared in the second episode of the 12th and final season of the US sitcom, titled ​​‘The Lawn Jockey’. The episode follows the fictional fallout after Curb star Larry David hands out bottled water to queuing election voters, a violation of the 2021 Election Integrity Act in the state of Georgia.Playing a fictional version of himself, Springsteen can be seen responding to David’s manoeuvre as part of a fake news interview on MSNBC. “Larry David took a big risk,” Springsteen says.

Alison Herman TV Critic The parallels were impossible to ignore, so Jon Stewart decided not to ignore them. Both major American political parties have been unable to find new candidates to lead their presidential tickets, leading to a rematch in the 2024 election between Donald Trump and Joe Biden. And in a much lower-stakes effort to find a leader for a legacy institution, Comedy Central has yet to decide on a new course for “The Daily Show” following the departure of Trevor Noah, despite months of public tryouts from guest hosts including Sarah Silverman, Roy Wood Jr., Desus Nice and more.

The four leading candidates for California‘s open U.S. Senate seat met again this evening, this time in a one-hour San Francisco debate that produced fewer clashes than their first gathering last month.

“Welcome to The Daily Show, my name is Jon Stewart.”

Anna Tingley If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Variety may receive an affiliate commission. Comedy Central‘s “The Daily Show” returns for its 29th season on Monday, Feb. 12, marking Jon Stewart’s first episode as the show’s new Monday night host.

Donald Trump asked the Supreme Court for another pause in his January 6 election conspiracy case Monday, as his attorneys work on an appeal of a decision that soundly rejected his claims of presidential immunity.

Rochdale is at the centre of a political storm. Weeks before the town goes to the polls to choose its next MP, Labour's former by-election candidate Azhar Ali has apologised for 'deeply offensive' claims he made about Israel.

Jon Stewart is revealing why his Apple TV+ canceled his talk show series, The Problem With Jon Stewart, after two seasons.

Zack Sharf Digital News Director Ahead of his return as host of Comedy Central’s “The Daily Show,” Jon Stewart stopped by “CBS Mornings” to explain why it was finally time to return to his old job. Stewart hosted the network’s flagship news show from 1999 to 2015. He’ll now be hosting only Monday episodes throughout the 2024 election cycle.

Brian Steinberg Senior TV Editor Can Mondays do for the TV business what Thursdays and Sundays once did? Some of the medium’s best-known personalities are trying to figure this question out. When Jon Stewart re-emerges Monday night as a one-night-a-week host of Comedy Central’s “The Daily Show,” he will join MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow and Jen Psaki in making bespoke Monday appearances for their network, part of what has become a low-key scheduling experiment that actually has high stakes: In a medium best known for offering viewers the same hosts in the same time slots five nights a week, can TV networks that thrive on news-and-talk programs generate new attention and advertising dollars by doling them out less frequently ? “Monday is really appealing,” says Stephanie Morales, vice president of media intelligence at Magna, the Interpublic Group media-research firm.

Soon after Bill Bradley takes the stage in Rolling Along: An American Story, there’s a realization that this is not a traditional political documentary of talking heads, archival clips and fleeting reflections.

Ahead of his return to The Daily Show tonight, Jon Stewart has revealed why he’s getting back behind his old desk.

Joe Biden and Donald Trump in a speech at the Directors Guild of America (DGA) Awards.The director and writer, who is behind the likes of The 40-Year-Old Virgin and Knocked Up, was hosting the ceremony on Saturday night (February 10) when he took aim at the 2024 presidential race.“This year’s DGAs were voted for by you and your peers,” he began to the audience. “I swear to God if this is the only time you vote this year, you can all go fuck yourselves.“We need this industry to encourage people to vote.

Chris Willman Senior Music Writer and Chief Music Critic The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame announced the 15 nominees for its class of 2024 Saturday morning, with two-thirds of those nominated being up for election for the first time, ranging from pop superstars Mariah Carey and Cher to classic rockers Ozzy Osbourne and Peter Frampton to the late singer-songwriter Sinead O’Connor. Also getting first-time nominations are Foreigner, Kool & the Gang, Lenny Kravitz, Oasis and Sade. The other nominees are returning to the ballot after previously having been put up for the honor: Mary J.

A Scottish Lib Dem MP has predicted that his party could be in the Scottish Government after the next Holyrood election.

Jon Stewart is back. And so is the popcorn last seen in 2015.

Todd Spangler NY Digital Editor Is politics a major buzzkill? Instagram execs seem to think so. In a blog post Friday, Instagram, the popular photo and video app owned by Meta, said it will no longer “proactively recommend” political content from accounts that users do not already follow.