On Tuesday night, the Senate overwhelmingly approved the PACT Act with an 86-to-11 vote. The PACT Act is a bill to expand health care benefits for veterans who developed illnesses due to their exposure to burn pits during military service. The vote came after Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer announced Tuesday afternoon that he and …
Monthly Archives: August 2022
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi lands in Taiwan despite threat of Chinese retaliation
On Tuesday, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi landed in Taipei, showing support for Taiwan despite China’s threats of retaliation over the visit. Pelosi’s visit marks the first time that a House Speaker has visited Taiwan in 25 years. A Taiwanese official told CNN that Pelosi is expected to stay in Taipei overnight. Pelosi’s visit to Taiwan …
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Showtime cancels series ‘The First Lady’ after one season
Showtime has canceled the anthology series ‘The First Lady‘ after just one season. The First Lady explored the lives of former first ladies, including Michelle Obama (Viola Davis), Betty Ford (Michelle Pfeiffer) and Eleanor Roosevelt (Gillian Anderson). The series was created by Aaron Cooley and also featured Kiefer Sutherland, O-T Fagbenle, Aaron Eckhart and Dakota …
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David Harbour and Pedro Pascal to star in HBO’s limited series ‘My Dentist’s Murder Trial’
Pedro Pascal and David Harbour have signed on to star in the HBO limited series “My Dentist’s Murder Trial”. The series is inspired by the 2017 New Yorker article “My Dentist’s Murder Trial: Adultery, False Identities, and a Lethal Sedation,” written by James Lasdun. The article told the true story of how Dr. Gilberto Nunez …
Al-Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri killed in drone strike in Afghanistan
Ayman al-Zawahiri, the leader of al-Qaeda, was killed in an U.S. drone strike in Kabul, Afghanistan over the weekend. A senior White House official said that the U.S. conducted a successful counterterrorism operation against a “significant” al-Qaeda target in Afghanistan over the weekend, adding that there were no civilian casualties. The counterterrorism attack took place …
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First man convicted in Jan. 6 Capitol attack is sentenced to 7 years in prison
On Monday sentenced the first defendant to be put on trial for involvement in the Jan. 6 attack at the U.S. Capitol last year to seven years in prison. A jury in Washington had convicted 49-year-old Guy Wesley Reffitt from Wylie, Texas on five felony counts back in March, including obstruction of justice and entering …
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Take a look at the teaser trailer for Christopher Nolan’s upcoming film ‘Oppenheimer’
Universal Pictures shared a trailer for Christopher Nolan’s new biopic film, Oppenheimer, featuring Cillian Murphy as theoretical physicist J. Robert Oppenheimer. Oppenheimer is based on the biography American Prometheus by Kai Bird and Martin J. Sherwin. The film explores how Oppenheimer’s work on the Manhattan Project led to the creation of the atomic bomb. The …
Kate Winslet and HBO team up for the limited series ‘The Palace’
Oscar and Emmy winner Kate Winslet is teaming up with HBO to star in the limited series ‘The Palace,’ Winslet will also be an executive producer of the drama, which HBO has ordered to series. The Palace chronicles a year inside an authoritarian regime as it begins to unravel. HBO Programming executive vp Francesca Orsi …
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McKinney Fire continues to spread through Northern California affecting over 51,000 acres
According to Cal Fire, the McKinney Fire in the Klamath National Forest in Siskiyou County had burned through 51,468 acres as of Sunday morning, and remained 0% contained. The largest wildfire in California so far this year began on Friday afternoon in the Klamath National Forest near the California- Oregon border, leading Cal Fire officials …
Kentucky flooding death toll climbs to 28 as more heavy rain in predicted in the area
At least 28 people have died following severe flooding in Kentucky. In a series of tweets, Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear announced the new death toll, and said the state had received trailers to provide shelter to those impacted by the floods and was working to establish more shelter options. Beshear has said the number would …