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MAGA pillow magnate Mike Lindell alleges that Fox News “canceled” his MyPillow commercials because he recently hired former Fox Business star Lou Dobbs to host a show on his fringe-right media channel.

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Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker wrote a letter to Texas Gov. Greg Abbott on Friday asking him to stop sending migrants to his state as the Midwest experiences perilously low temperatures.

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Over the past 40 years, Carlota Santana has been lauded as “The Keeper of Flamenco,” was honored by the government of Spain for her “passion, excellence and dedication to the flamenco art,” and, at the age of 82, continues to bring flamenco dance to stages across the globe.

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When the musical remake of Mean Girls was first announced, the question on everyone’s mind was: Will any of the original cast be reprising their roles? Sure, Tim Meadows and Tina Fey would be involved again, but we’re talking about the OG Plastics in all their glory. Maybe Rachel McAdams could play our new Regina’s (Reneé Rapp) mom, and Lindsay Lohan could play…well, she could handle any role in this story with grace. Alas, after all was said and done and the final casting announcements had rolled out... Читать дальше...

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Donald Trump may be drowning in legal despair, but he eked out a victory on Friday when a federal judge tossed out a New York case accusing him of suckering investors into a multi-level marketing scheme.

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Billionaire Bill Ackman is starting a think tank to advance his views on antisemitism and DEI in higher education.

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Tisa Farrow, who starred in several movies before embarking on a decades-long career as a nurse, has died in her sleep, her sister Mia Farrow announced on Thursday. She was 72.

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The white supremacist who fatally shot 10 people at a Buffalo supermarket could be sentenced to death for the 2022 racially motivated shooting, federal prosecutors said Friday.

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CNN anchor Kate Bolduan was not shy about giving Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY) a piece of her mind on Friday morning after the conservative lawmaker openly mocked her and seemed to insult her intelligence.

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Death and Other Details is a long-form murder mystery with voiceover narration directly encouraging its audience to stay on its toes, keep on guard, be aware of the seemingly innocuous or practically invisible little clues that can eventually add up to a closed case. So it’s fitting, in a way, that the show generates so much suspicion. A little of that is directed as intended, toward the ensemble of potentially shady characters gathered on a private cruise where a murder occurs.

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A Tennessee school board member who advocated for “parent choice” and was backed by a member of the right-wing group Moms for Liberty has resigned after being accused of swiping goods from Target.

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On Thursday night’s episode of Watch What Happens Live!, blockbuster comic Kevin Hart came to the defense of comedian Jo Koy, whose hosting work at the Golden Globes ceremony last week was not well received—either by the celebrity audience he was performing to in the room or by commentators on social media, who found his digs at Barbie in particular unbecoming.

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For many Americans, hearing that the United States had engaged in a military action like Friday morning’s joint strikes with the British against the Iranian-backed Houthi rebels must trigger a degree of anxiety, call it “Post Forever Wars Stress Disorder (PFWSD).” Some part of our brains says, “We have seen this movie before and it does not end well. Sometimes, it seems like it does not end at all.”

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The New England Patriots are hiring Jerod Mayo as the franchise’s new head coach, reports said Friday, the day after Bill Belichick announced he was leaving after 24 seasons with the team.

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Kaley Cuoco cannot be confined. I don’t mean that in terms of the types of roles she plays—she’s always moving between three different, equally effective shades of plucky. Rather, Cuoco will not be chained to one streamer.

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A Pennsylvania woman researched how to kill children with household products before fatally poisoning her boyfriend’s 1-year-old daughter—who had previously been hospitalized for eating water beads, batteries, and a screw.

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Harvard University is being sued by a group of Jewish students alleging that the elite school has become a “bastion of rampant anti-Jewish hatred and harassment.”

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A Jewish cricketer will no longer be the captain of South Africa’s team at the Under-19 Men’s World Cup this month amid fears for his safety and the well-being of others following his comments in support of Israel in its war against Hamas.

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Several Democratic lawmakers have criticized President Joe Biden’s decision Thursday to order retaliatory airstrikes against Iran-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen without seeking congressional approval first, saying his actions were unconstitutional.

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North Korea is about to welcome a group of Russians who will become the first tourists to visit the country since Pyongyang ordered its borders closed in 2020 at the height of the COVID pandemic.

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One person is feared to have been killed while two others were rescued after the three men were hit by an avalanche in Idaho on Thursday, authorities said.

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Welcome to Trail Mix, your 2024 election sanity guide. See something interesting on the trail? Email me at jake.lahut@thedailybeast.com.

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As a sea of sordid allegations has roiled around Prince Andrew over the past seven days, the royals have responded by doing what they usually do at moments of crisis: nothing at all.

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Many liberals would claim that Donald Trump is the worst president in American history. In reality, in at least some important ways, he wasn’t even the worst president of their lifetimes.

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Ever since Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) agreed to even just the framework of a government spending deal with Democrats on Sunday, the House has been in chaos.