Eurovision Song Contest organizers will no longer meet online in November to vote on Israel’s participation in the competition, following Middle East “developments,” the European Broadcasting Union said Monday in an apparent reference to the Gaza ceasefire. Austria had appealed to countries not to boycott next year’s contest — due to be held in Vienna — over Israel’s participation and …
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Stephen Colbert’s CBS debut was shaky. When he officially took the reins of “The Late Show” from David Letterman in September 2015, Colbert blunted his comedy fangs to adopt a less partisan approach for the broadcast audience. It didn’t quite work. Nearly a decade spent cultivating a conservative-skewering persona on Comedy Central’s “The Colbert Report” led to expectations that he’d …
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President Donald Trump says he has finally found a way to achieve his goal of removing Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell, accusing him of mismanaging the U.S. central bank’s $2.5 billion renovation project. The push comes after a monthslong campaign by Trump to try to rid himself of the politically independent central banker, who has resisted the president’s calls to slash interest rates out of concerns …
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