PASADENA, Calif. (AP) — A week before the inauguration, CNN is at war with an incoming president, not necessarily for what it reported but for what its reporting unleashed. For all the noise — accusations of “fake news,” the confrontation between Donald Trump and CNN’s Jim Acosta at a news …
Composer Stephen Sondheim is 83. Actor William Shatner is 82. Actor M. Emmet Walsh is 78. Singer Jeremy Clyde of Chad and Jeremy is 72. Singer-guitarist George Benson is 70. News anchor Wolf Blitzer is 65. Composer Andrew Lloyd Webber is 65. Actress Fanny Ardant is 64. Sportscaster Bob Costas …
The top quotes in politics … “After 45 years, I’m tired.” — Rep. Barney Frank, discussing his retirement. “Can I talk to your husband?” — A little boy chatting with first lady Michelle Obama on Christmas Eve. “If it’s crazy to call for armed officers in our schools to protect …
Reince Priebus, the chairman of the Republican National Committee, has such a dirty job that it’s a wonder the Discovery Channel’s Mike Rowe isn’t following him around with a camera crew. Priebus, after all, has to serve as the apologist for Rep. Allen West of Florida, a “tea party” favorite …
CNN’s ratings tanked to a 21-year low in the second quarter of 2012, with weekday numbers down 35 percent in total viewers and 45 percent in the crucial 25-54 demo. The same time period last year was spiced up by Osama bin Laden’s death and the Royal Wedding, massive events …
The top quotes in politics … “I did an awful, awful lot that was wrong.” — Former Sen. John Edwards speaking after a mistrial was declared in his federal campaign finance trial. “He’s slightly wacked.” — Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich zinging MSNBC’s Chris Matthews. “Donald, you’re beginning to sound …
Wolf Blitzer: Donald, you’re beginning to sound a little ridiculous, I have to tell you. Donald Trump: You are, Wolf. Let me tell you something, I think you sound ridiculous, and if you’d ask me a question and let me answer it. Exchange of the Day.
Former Secretary of State Colin Powell supports same-sex marriage — and he doesn’t necessarily believe the issue should be left up to states. “I have no problems with it,” Powell, who served under George W. Bush, says in an interview with CNN’s Wolf Blitzer that airs in full at 5 …
Arizona congressional candidate Paul Babeu charged Monday that his ex-lover “Jose,” a 34-year-old Mexican national, “wanted to harm me,” suggesting just days after he revealed to the public he is gay that the recent allegations brought against him are politically motivated. “Now this is national news, that I’ve had one …
The week’s top quotes in politics … “I tasted a beer and tried a cigarette once, as a wayward teenager, and never did it again.” — Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney revealing past indiscretions to People mag. “I do fewer dumb things.” — GOP White House hopeful Newt Gingrich …
Wolf Blitzer put a terrific question to Rep. Ron Paul at last night’s CNN/Tea Party Express Republican debate in Tampa, Fla. What should happen, the moderator asked hypothetically, if a healthy 30-year-old man who can afford insurance chooses not to buy it—and then becomes catastrophically ill and needs intensive care …
How Anthony Weiner and John Edwards lost control of their private parts. In one of the routines from his heyday, Richard Pryor would enact the anguish experienced by a man who cannot get his male organ to rise. In this redefinition of the whole concept of standup, he ended by …