Election: Last News

William Earl administrator One day after Tony Hinchcliffe‘s controversial jokes at Donald Trump’s Madison Square Garden rally, Jon Stewart used his opening monologue on Monday’s “The Daily Show” to defend the comedian. After highlighting other speakers at the rally like Tucker Carlson and Rudy Giuliani, Stewart said, “But of course, for the media there was one moment in particular that raised the alarms,” then played a supercut of network anchors criticizing Hinchcliffe’s jokes, which included calling Puerto Rico a “floating island of garbage.” Stewart then defended Hinchcliffe by saying, “Obviously, in retrospect, having a roast comedian come to a political rally a week before election day and roasting a key demographic … probably not the best decision by the campaign politically, but to be fair, the guy’s just really doing what he does.” Stewart then played from jokes from Hinchcliffe’s “Roast of Tom Brady” set earlier this year, laughing at the segment and saying, “Yes, yes, of course, terrible, boo.

CNN pulled a panelist off of NewsNight with Abby Phillip this evening after he made a swipe at Mehdi Hasan, suggesting that he was aligned with terrorists.

Todd Spangler NY Digital Editor Jeff Bezos, the owner of the Washington Post, asserted that “no quid pro quo of any kind” was involved in his paper’s decision to stop endorsing U.S. presidential candidates. Rather, Bezos said, the decision was intended to bolster consumers’ trust in the Post, he wrote in an article published Monday by the Washington Post.

Jeff Bezos is explaining why the Washington Post will no longer be endorsing presidential candidates.

The Washington Post owner Jeff Bezos defended the decision of the publication not endorse in the 2024 presidential race, acknowledging that “inadequate planning” and not some “intentional strategy” was to blame for creating a backlash.

Todd Spangler NY Digital Editor Searches on YouTube for Joe Rogan‘s Oct. 25 interview of Donald Trump were not “prominently” displaying the original podcast episode — a situation that the Google-owned video giant said it has now rectified.

The District Attorney Of Philadelphia Larry Krasner has brought the first lawsuit against Elon Musk for million-dollar sweepstakes the avid supporter of Donald Trump is fronting through his America PAC.

Todd Spangler NY Digital Editor More than 200,000 people have canceled their subscriptions to the Washington Post — about 8% of its base — after Jeff Bezos, the paper’s owner and founder of Amazon, barred the editorial board from running a presidential endorsement, according to a report. NPR, citing anonymous sources, cited the figure in a report and said the number of cancelations “continued to grow” on Monday afternoon. The controversy threatens to put a major dent in the Washington Post’s circulation of 2.5 million subscribers.

Chris Willman Senior Music Writer and Chief Music Critic Music has played a role in political campaigns throughout history, but only recently did it result in headlines about cease-and-desists and “somnambulant bobbing.” Of course, America is in its third consecutive presidential election cycle in which there are nearly weekly stories about musicians objecting to Donald Trump’s unauthorized use of their songs at rallies. (“It’s a shame that some artists want to limit half of the country from enjoying their music,” an RNC spokesperson says of the complaints and legal orders.) But the nation still had never seen anything like the recent Pennsylvania rally in which he danced in place while his playlist rolled on for 39 minutes.

Amber Rose is addressing all of the recent backlash she’s been facing.

Todd Spangler NY Digital Editor Trump Media & Technology Group, which operates the Truth Social social-media network, has seen its stock soar in the weeks leading up to the Nov. 5 presidential election — and it is currently worth more than Elon Musk‘s X, the social-media company formerly known as Twitter. On Monday, shares of TMTG, which trade under the symbol “DJT,” finished the day up 21.6% to $47.36/share in regular trading.

Zack Sharf Digital News Director Whoopi Goldberg put Joe Rogan in his place during an episode of “The View” in which the EGOT winner corrected Rogan’s false claims about one of Trump’s appearances on the ABC daytime talk show. Trump recently guested on Rogan’s Spotify podcast “The Joe Rogan Experience,” where the two claimed that “The View” hosts once acted favorably to Trump. Goldberg said it was fake news.

Millions of people across the United States of America will head to polling stations to decide who will be their next president on November 5 - voting for either Kamala Harris or Donald Trump.

A number of tax changes are expected to be announced this week when Rachel Reeves delivers her first Autumn Budget as chancellor.

The votes are in for Nickelodeon‘s 2024 Kids Pick the President “Kid’s Vote” poll and the winner is…………Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris.

Jon Stewart is staying aboard at The Daily Show.

Ethan Shanfeld Jon Stewart won’t be leaving “The Daily Show” desk any time soon. After returning to the satirical news program in early 2024, Stewart has extended his deal and will host “The Daily Show” every monday through December 2025. Stewart will also remain an executive producer on the show.

Todd Spangler NY Digital Editor Trump Media & Technology Group, which operates the Truth Social social-media network, has seen its stock shoot up the weeks leading up to the Nov. 5 presidential election — and it is currently worth almost as much as Elon Musk‘s X, the social-media company formerly known as Twitter. On Monday, shares of TMTG, which trade under the symbol “DJT,” were up 17% to $45.58/share as of 11:15 a.m.

Rachel Reeves is set to unveil Labour's comprehensive plans for the UK economy in her inaugural Autumn Budget as the new chancellor later this month. Tasked with addressing a £22 billion deficit, Ms Reeves will face tough choices, promising "hard but fair" decisions, amidst whispers of potential tax hikes.

Actor Josh Gad, who is well known for voicing Olaf in the Frozen films, among other fan favorite titles, is explaining why, despite the fact that so many celebrities do not want to speak out about politics, they are this election cycle.

The Chancellor of the Exchequer will present her Autumn Budget 2024 in Parliament this week.