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UPDATED: The rematch is on. Joe Biden and Donald Trump each clinched their party’s presidential nominations, after their amassed a majority of delegates in Tuesday’s primaries.  Biden crossed the 1,968 delegates needed for the Democratic nomination with his win of the Georgia primary, according…

UPDATED, with Clinton statement and details on arrangements: David Mixner, the activist and political strategist who lobbied — and protested — political figures in the movement for LGBTQ equality, died on Monday. He was 77. Mixner suffered from complications from long Covid, a friend, Steven Guy…

UPDATE: At one point at today’s marathon House Judiciary Committee hearing, Rep. Scott Fitzgerald (R-WI) asked Special Counsel Robert Hur, “Did you find that the president was senile?” “I did not. That conclusion does not appear in my report, Congressman,” Hur said. Hur, who investigated…

Even as the Oscar ceremony was running a little short, Jimmy Kimmel said that he was told not to read Donald Trump’s Truth Social post on the air. He did anyway. “They are like, you got a little bit of time. I’m like, ‘I’m reading the Trump tweet. They’re like, ‘No, no, don’t read that. I’m like…

Looks like fourth time is truly a charm for Jimmy Kimmel and the Academy Awards. Back hosting the Oscars for the second year in a row and the fourth time overall, the ABC Late Night front man took a show where most of the big winners were pretty predictable and gave it some much needed bite. "See…

With a minute or so to kill before the end of this year’s Oscars, Jimmy Kimmel read out a review of his performance as host of the Oscars. Related Stories News Oscars: ‘Oppenheimer' Win…

Joe Biden’s presidential campaign will be airing its recently introduced spot “For You” on ABC affiliates in battleground markets during tonight’s Oscarcast. The one-minute ad, unveiled on Saturday, features Biden looking directly into the camera and saying, “I’m not a young guy. That’s no secret…

When Sen. Katie Britt (R-AL) delivered her State of the Union response on Thursday, it was so dramatic and over the top that it was quickly compared to a Saturday Night Live skit. SNL took the bait tonight, this time with Scarlett Johansson making a surprise appearance as Britt. From the…

EXCLUSIVE: Planned protests to disrupt the 96th Academy Awards on Sunday could find themselves thwarted by Oscar organizers' contingency plans. "We are well aware of the protesters, we have a number of back-up scenarios we can activate quickly if needed," a senior security official working for the…

President Joe Biden, in his first sit down interview since his State of the Union address, addressed one moment of the speech when he was responding to Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA). MSNBC’s Jonathan Capehart asked Biden about his use of the term “illegal” when he was talking about the suspect…

Joe Biden said that he would sign a bill that would force ByteDance to divest TikTok or face a ban of the popular app. “If they pass it, I’ll sign it,” Biden said. On Thursday, the House Energy and Commerce Committee unanimously passed a bill that would compel ByteDance, the Chinese parent…

The U.S. economy continued its robust pace of job growth in February, adding 275,000 jobs while unemployment rose to 3.9%. Jobs in movies and sound recording rose again during the month to 443,200, a gain of 3,200. Jobs in broadcasting and other content providers fell by 1,800, to 341,400, according…