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Hunter Biden, whose business dealings are at the core of the move to impeach President Donald Trump and whether his father, Joe Biden, should receive the Democratic nomination for president, today issued a statement on his future. Bloomberg News reported Biden said in a statement he would step down from his current…

President Donald Trump is battling to give his side of the story on what he calls “The Perfect Phone Call” with Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky. He brought the much-maligned phoner up again today during a press conference with Finland’s President Sauli Niinistö. As you would expect, Stephen Colbert had a…

As Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky makes headlines in the U.S. for his part in a Washington political storm, back home he’s making the news for hosting a movie star. Zelensky, a former actor and comedian, welcomed Tom Cruise to a meeting in his Kiev office on Monday. Video released by the Ukrainian leader’s staff…

From Trevor Noah’s vantage point, President Donald Trump appears to be melting down over the House impeachment saga. For proof, The Daily Show host turned to the president’s Twitter feed. “What started as a scandal about a call to Ukraine is now snowballing bigly,” Noah quipped Monday night. “I don’t know how Trump is…

The uproar over President Trump’s conversation with Ukraine leader Volodymyr Zelensky was red meat for Late Show host Stephen Colbert. His monologue tonight focused on the notes from the phone call. Colbert said Trump reminded Zelensky how much Ukraine owed the US, despite his struggles with the word “reciprocal.” …

When President Donald Trump started his press conference on Wednesday by lashing out at coverage the whistleblower scandal, he quickly pivoted to making unproven allegations against Joe Biden, his potential political rival in 2020. He also claimed that it was a group of Senate Democrats who threatened Ukraine, not…

President Donald Trump asked the president of Ukraine to investigate former Vice President Joe Biden and his son in a phone call in July, according to a transcript released by the White House on Wednesday. “There’s a lot talk about Biden’s son, that Biden stopped the prosecution and a lot of people want to find out…

The Saturday focus for President Donald Trump’s Tweetstorm was Ukraine – as in, you have to crane to see any wrongdoing, according to the Commander-in-Tweet. Reports that President Trump pressured Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to investigate Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden’s son, Hunter, were…

America has been worried, except POTUS,a bout the whole Russian hacking of the last election “thing,” Stephen Colbert says at top of Late Show. “But National Intelligence Director Dan Coats says we should be more concerned about the upcoming midterms, because our digital infrastructure is literally under attack!” he…

China is the latest country to secure a local version of Rising Star. Keshet International said Thursday that it has sold the singing competition format to Enlight Media China in a two-season deal for 30 episodes. The program will air on state-run China Central Television’s CCTV-3 channel. "We are excited about this…

UPDATE, AUG 19 AM: British media regulator Ofcom has decided to investigate a Sky News dispatch from last month that showed one of its on-air reporters rummaging through luggage of one of the victims of the Malaysian Airlines Flight MH17 crash. Ofcom received over 200 complaints following the broadcast. Having…

Led by chairwoman Agnieszka Holland, the European Film Academy is urging Russian officials to immediately release arrested Ukrainian director Oleg Sentsov. The Gaamer helmer has been involved in supporting the Euro Maidan protests in Kiev, and opposes the annexation of Crimea by Russia. On May 11, he is understood to…