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The Department for Professional Employees, AFL-CIO, with which a dozen entertainment industry unions are affiliated, has set its policy agenda for the 118th Congress, centered on creating diverse talent pipelines, incentivizing diversity in hiring and strengthening creative professionals' workplace…

Ben Savage, the former Boy Meets World star who recently announced that he is running for Congress, landed national exposure with an interview on Thursday’s GMA3: What You Need To Know. In the interview, the show ran a clip from a 1995 Boy Meets World episode in which his character, Cory Matthews…

Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) was booted off the House Foreign Affairs Committee, in a move that Democrats see as payback but Republicans say was over past controversial comments. The House voted along party lines 218-211 to remove Omar from the committee. Omar said that the move to oust her was an…

DirecTV said that it was adding the conservative channel The First to its lineup, after it dropped Newsmax from its lineup in a dispute that stirred the ire of Republican lawmakers on Capitol Hill. The First, which features personalities including Bill O’Reilly and Dana Loesch, will be available on…

UPDATE: After five roll call votes and no speaker. the House is adjourning for the night. When they return, many members will be marking the second anniversary of the attack on the Capitol. PREVIOUSLY: As expected, Kevin McCarthy fell short on the 11th ballot for speaker of the House…

UPDATED with third vote: The House adjourned late Tuesday afternoon as Republicans grapple with what to do next, with Kevin McCarthy failing to secure enough votes for speaker after three ballots. Rep. Dan Crenshaw (R-TX) told reporters that he wasn’t sure what the next steps will be. He said that…

Congress cleared a massive, $1.7 trillion year-end spending bill on Friday that boosts funding for the arts and for public broadcasting. The 225-201 passage in the House, one day after the bill was approved by the Senate in a 68-29 bipartisan vote, also averts a government shutdown. President…

UPDATED: Days after the January 6 Committee recommended four staggering criminal charges against former president Donald Trump, the panel this evening released its final report. “Our country has come too far to allow a defeated president to turn himself into a successful tyrant by upending our…

The DGA and IATSE are praising Congress for passing the Respect for Marriage Act, which ensures federal recognition of same-sex and interracial unions. The legislation, which was introduced in the wake of the Supreme Court's repealing of Roe v. Wade, received bipartisan support. It was approved…

UPDATED with committee’s response: The House Select Committee Investigating January 6 took issue with former Vice President Mike Pence’s characterization of their work and motives. “From the time that January 6th was formed,” he told CBS News’ Margaret Brennan in an interview, “and every member was…

The January 6 Committee has officially thrown down the gauntlet, saying Friday that it has “issued a subpoena to former President Donald Trump for testimony and records relevant to the Select Committee's investigation into the January 6th attack on the United States Capitol and its causes.” The…

“They’re trying to kill me! They hate me! They just don’t like women,” a giggling Tucker Carlson said in a high-pitched tone on Fox & Friends this morning. He was mocking a recent GQ cover interview in which Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) said, among other things, “My experience here has given me a front-row…