When people talk about getting rid of “gatekeepers,” lying charlatans and their credulous simpletons replace them. They want to remove bureaucrats because they’re hard to control, not easy.
New, with @grynbaum: CNN’s chief executive, Mark Thompson, has told Paramount he will not share oversight of the news network.
This comes amid widespread anxiety at Hudson Yards over the prospect of Bari Weiss’s involvement with CNN.
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Column by Philip Kennicott: The one thing strangely absent at the Great American State Fair, a celebration on the National Mall of America’s 250th birthday organized by a group aligned with the Trump administration, is nostalgia. https://t.co/thmT740i9b
Bahrain said it was targeted in an Iranian drone attack Saturday, after Iran said it had carried out retaliatory strikes against U.S. targets in a flaring of hostilities that could test the ceasefire deal as both sides negotiate a broader peace. https://t.co/FZ1CrtSBhD
The US government has allowed Anthropic to release its powerful Mythos AI model to select companies and organizations, revising license requirements after ordering an export block earlier this month in the wake of national security fears. https://t.co/eFRutwLsxS
"At least 400,000 Russian soldiers have been killed in action in Ukraine—a British intelligence report released at the end of May suggests nearly 500,000—and another 600,000 to 800,000 have been seriously wounded. Despite these massive casualties, the size of the force has grown from approximately 850,000 active personnel before the war to 1.3 million now." https://t.co/LcUp6pWFv7
The United States plans to send another “nine-figure” aid package this week to Venezuela as the search for survivors of two massive earthquakes that hit the South American country continues, a senior Trump administration official said. https://t.co/yRxQGpDKWE
BREAKING: President Donald Trump says he is nominating former Oklahoma state trooper Lance Schroyer to be the next ICE director. https://t.co/mT2hR66Tuy
PlayStation is deleting over 500 purchased movies from its customers' accounts 🎞️
• Includes films like 'Terminator 2', 'Rambo', 'Apocalypse Now', 'Hot Fuzz', and 'Moonlight'
• Comes after a licensing deal ended
Breaking News: The death toll from the earthquakes that struck Venezuela this week surpassed 1,400 people. Follow live updates. https://t.co/iilFHuZuqm
On Saturday, Bahrain reported strikes by Iranian drones, which the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps claimed targeted a "U.S. terrorist army" in the Gulf state. https://t.co/8JsgeCBiU6
BREAKING: U.S. forces conducted strikes on Iran on Friday in response to the Iranian drone strike on a Singapore-flagged cargo ship in the Strait of Hormuz, according to U.S. Central Command. https://t.co/HOVouxsgU8