Margaret Cho and Tilda Swinton 'Fight' Over Whitewashing of Dr. Strange (Video)
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Journalists Peter Alexander (left), Scott Pelley, and Rachel Maddow at the 2025 Walter Cronkite Awards in Washington, D.C.
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On Friday afternoon at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C., the 2025 Walter Cronkite Awards for Excellence in Political Journalism unfolded less like a media victory lap than a reckoning. The journalists honored — Rachel Maddow, Jon Stewart, Scott Pelley, Peter Alexander, John Dickerson, Julio Vaqueiro, and a range of local and investigative reporters — gathered amid an unspoken understanding: The work being celebrated is also the work now under the greatest strain. Keep Reading →
Pete Buttigieg mocks the Trump administration for some of its theatrical stunts.
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Pete Buttigieg has always balanced levity with seriousness — a rhythm he brought again to Jimmy Kimmel Live! on Wednesday night, where a conversation about holiday travel, aviation safety, and rising health care premiums unfolded against the backdrop of the Trump administration’s increasingly theatrical approach to transportation policy. Keep Reading →
Rachel Maddow will be awarded the 2025 Walter Cronkite Award for excellence in journalism at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C.
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Some of the most influential figures in American journalism, including out anchor Rachel Maddow, Scott Pelley, Peter Alexander, and Jon Stewart, will be honored Friday with the 2025 Walter Cronkite Awards for Excellence in Political Journalism, organizers announced Wednesday morning. The ceremony will center on this year’s theme, “How a Free Press Defends Democracy.” Keep Reading →
RaeShanda Lias explains her social media philosophy at the 2025 LGBTQ+ Victory Institute International Leaders Conference in Washington, D.C., on December 6, 2025.
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By the time the final applause faded inside the Grand Ballroom at the JW Marriott in Washington, D.C., on Saturday afternoon, one truth had settled over the room with unmistakable clarity: In the second Trump era, silence is no longer a political posture. It is a liability. Keep Reading →
Erika Kirk is expected to participate in a televised town hall with CBS News editor-in-chief Bari Weiss.
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CBS News is putting its newly appointed lesbian editor in chief, Bari Weiss, at the center of its editorial reinvention with a televised town hall featuring Erika Kirk, the widow of recently assassinated conservative activist Charlie Kirk, scheduled to air on December 13. The event, first reported by The Guardian, will be recorded in New York and framed as a conversation about “grief, faith, politics, and more.” Keep Reading →
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