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Expressing concern for the health and safety of tennis star Peng Shuai, the Women’s Tennis Association announced Wednesday that it is suspending all of its tournaments in China. Peng has been seen only sporadically in public since she leveled an accusation of sexual assault against a senior party official. The WTA has…

Joe Biden’s nominee to fill a vacancy on the FCC, Gigi Sohn, faced a string of questions — from past tweets about Fox News to her role in the streaming service Locast — as she faced a Senate confirmation hearing on Wednesday. While most nominees to the FCC get through with relatively little turbulence, Sohn’s longtime…

Republicans and Democrats talked over each other at the latest Congressional hearing over whether and how to yank legal immunity from social media tech giants, all of them mad but unlikely to agree on specific legislation. The Subcommittee on Communications and Technology (of the Committee on Energy and Commerce)…

Stacey Abrams is waging another run for governor of Georgia. She posted her announcement on Twitter, in which she said, “My job has been to put my head down and keep working toward one Georgia.” I'm running for Governor because opportunity in our state shouldn't be determined by zip code, background or access to…

NBC Nightly News with Lester Holt beat World News Tonight with David Muir in total viewers and a key demo during Thanksgiving week, an unusual ratings win for the Peacock. The network said that it was its first ratings win in total viewers in three years. World News Tonight still won the month of November in total…

UPDATED: Dr. Anthony Fauci confirmed today that the first case of the Omicron variant of Covid-19 had been identified in the U.S. The presidential advisor said the case was identified in California and the patient had recently arrived via airplane from South Africa. Fauci said that the person had been vaccinated and…

The morning after CNN suspended Chris Cuomo, the primetime host addressed the situation on his SiriusXM Satellite Radio show, saying in part, “The last thing I ever wanted to do was compromise any of my colleagues.” "Quick note about the obvious — I’ve been suspended from CNN,” a gloomy-sounding Cuomo said today at…

UPDATE, with Joe Biden and Anthony Fauci comments: Donald Trump tested positive for Covid-19 three days before the first presidential debate with Joe Biden last year, Trump’s former chief of staff Mark Meadows reveals in a new book obtained by The Guardian. The Commission on Presidential Debates required that…

UPDATED: Dr. Oz announced his candidacy for a Pennsylvania Senate seat in an Op Ed today published by the right-leaning Washington Examiner. “We have not managed our crises as effectively as past generations,” Oz wrote. “During the pandemic, I learned that when you mix politics and medicine, you get politics instead…

A number of Jewish groups condemned Fox Nation host Lara Logan for comments she made comparing Dr. Anthony Fauci to Dr. Josef Mengele, the Nazi doctor who performed cruel medical experiments on Jewish prisoners. “This is what people say to me, that he doesn’t represent science to them,” Logan said during an appearance…

Ingrid Ciprian-Matthews, who has been CBS News Washington bureau chief since July, 2020, will now have oversight over all network newsgathering worldwide. Ciprian-Matthews will oversee all domestic and international bureaus in the post. Neeraj Khemlani, president and co-head of CBS News and Stations, said in a…

Joshua Johnson’s new show for NBC News Now will launch at 8PM ET on Monday. With the title Now Tonight with Joshua Johnson, the show “will take a step back to offer viewers context into the why and the how behind the biggest stories of the day,” according to the network. The show will feature audience participation…