Colbert criticizes his employer for pressuring ’60 Minutes’ during a lawsuit.
Stephen Colbert, host of “The Late Show,” has addressed concerns regarding his employer, CBS’s parent company Paramount Global. Reports indicate that shareholder Shari Redstone might have pressured “60 Minutes” to sidestep coverage scandal involving President Donald Trump as he pursued legal action against media outlets. Colbert shared his thoughts with MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow, noting that […]
Trump Says Pressuring Russia To End Ukraine War, Claims Concessions
Washington: US President Donald Trump said Thursday that he is putting pressure on Russia to end the Ukrainian war, and argued that it was a “big concession” for Moscow to agree that he will not take over the entire country. Trump issued the unusual responsibilities of Russian leader Vladimir Putin after Moscow fired a barrage […]
Apple shareholders expected to reject proposal pressuring them to scrap DEI programs
Apple shareholders are expected to reject attempts to put pressure on technology trendsetters to scrap corporate programs designed to diversify their employees. suggestion Drafted by the National Center for Public Policy Research – Self-proclaimed conservative think tank – Apple is now urging President Trump's crosshair to follow a string of well-known companies that have withdrawn […]
Biden administration pressuring African country to adopt lax abortion laws in exchange for foreign aid: report
President Biden's administration is pressuring Sierra Leone's government to adopt more permissive abortion policies in exchange for foreign aid, according to a report Monday. The African country currently bans abortion in most circumstances, but a bill introduced in parliament would decriminalize abortion. The Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC), a funding agency run by the U.S. government, […]
Conservative group pressuring nine GOP senators to support Trump picks
Heritage Action, the advocacy arm of the conservative think tank Heritage Foundation, is pressuring Republican senators in nine states to support President-elect Trump's Cabinet picks. The group is launching a $150,000 digital advertising campaign starting Wednesday and running through Dec. 31. The ads will run in Alaska, Maine, Louisiana, Iowa, North Carolina, Kentucky, Indiana, Utah, […]
Musk-backed group runs ad pressuring senators to support Hegseth
An organization previously supported by tech billionaire Elon Musk is running an ad pressuring senators to support President-elect Trump's pick for secretary of defense, Pete Hegseth. The ad, by the conservative group Building America's Future, will air on national television and will focus specifically on Iowa through digital platforms. It was first reported that daily […]
Wife of Rams GM fires back at fan pressuring her to ‘tell him what to do’ with Davante Adams trade
cara henderson snead wife Los Angeles Rams General manager Les Snead is hitting back at fans who are pressuring him to influence his husband after reports of a possible trade offer for veteran NFL wideout Davante Adams. . Speculation about future with Adams las vegas raiders Things reached a boiling point this week after reports […]
Biden-Harris Admin Pressuring Only Israel Likely ‘Prolonging the Fighting’
Sen. Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas) said Sunday on CNN's “State of the Union” that the Biden-Harris administration “probably has been more effective in prolonging the fighting” by pressuring Israel rather than Hamas. “Over the last 11 months, a lot of attention has, rightly, been focused on Hamas in the south, but I think many Americans probably […]
Meta Was Wrong to Censor, Won’t Say White House Pressuring Them Was Wrong, There’s ‘Political Environment’
On Tuesday's broadcast of NewsNation's “The Hill,” Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison (D) said it was “a mistake” for Mehta to censor certain COVID-related posts, but denied that the Biden administration did anything wrong by pressuring him to do so, saying he was only being asked whether the White House did anything wrong “because of […]
Six States Claim China Pressuring to Not Attend Taiwan Meeting
BEIJING (AP) — Lawmakers from at least six countries are pressuring Chinese diplomats not to attend a China-focused conference in Taiwan, saying it is an attempt to isolate the island. Politicians in Bolivia, Colombia, Slovakia, North Macedonia, Bosnia and one Asian country who declined to be named said they had received text messages, phone calls […]