In a whirlwind of negotiations over three days, Democrats asked for multiple billions in government funds to be released in exchange for a vote on a batch of nominees President Trump wanted confirmed before lawmakers left for their August break, sources told CBS News. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer was negotiating with GOP leadership for $5 billion for the National …
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Huge news out of the world of TTRPG liveplay: for the first time in its decade-long history, Critical Role is bringing a new GM onto its next core campaign, the fourth since 2015. Don’t worry, though: the person taking over for stalwart GM Matthew Mercer is no stranger to popular streaming actual play – in fact, he has hosted one …
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Image: The Pokémon Company Nintendo’s quarterly financial report is here, and as usual, the company wraps things up by highlighting a bunch of titles we can look forward to seeing on Switch 2 (and Switch 1) in the coming months. Now, the last one of these that we saw looked super stacked thanks to a bunch of Switch 2 launch …
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Paramount+ has set the premiere date for “Tulsa King” Season 3. The third season of the gangster drama will debut on Sept. 21. As with past seasons, new episodes will drop weekly. Paramount has also released several first-look images from the new season, which can be seen below. The official description for “Tulsa King” Season 3 states, “As Dwight’s (Sylvester …
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MIAMI (AP) The New York Yankees released veteran right-hander Marcus Stroman on Friday, a day after making a flurry of moves at baseball’s trade deadline. The Yankees acquired All-Star relievers David Bednar and Camilo Doval, as well as utilityman José Caballero in separate trades Thursday. New York also optioned right-handers Ian Hamilton and Yerry de los Santos to Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre …
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The Yankees were a busy ballclub at the MLB Trade Deadline, taking several steps to improve their lineup, bench, and bullpen from the group that had them in a playoff position through the end of July but had glaring holes. On the pitching front in particular, the additions of David Bednar, Camilo Doval, and Jake Bird should give fans more …
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Disney has dated the 50th anniversary rerelease of Star Wars for April 30, 2027. No other news was made available as to whether it will reverse engineer George Lucas’ 1997 edits and additions (the Han Solo vs. Greedo who shoots first blah blah) or keep that 20th anniversary print intact. Recently, the British Film Institute screened the original 1977 print …
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John Krasinski is officially returning to the franchise that catapulted him to A-list director status. Krasinski will write and direct A Quiet Place Part III, with Paramount setting a summer release date of July 9, 2027. No cast is set, but the first two installments were led by Emily Blunt, Krasinski’s-real life wife, with their children played by Millicent Simmonds …
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The New York Yankees had a roster crunch after the flurry of moves they made at the MLB trade deadline, which saw them bring in three new relievers. After optioning two relievers on Thursday, the Yankees cut ties with veteran right-hander Marcus Stroman on Friday. The Yankees sent Ian Hamilton and Yerry de los Santos to Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre after Thursday’s …
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The Yankees announced Friday that they’ve released veteran right-hander Marcus Stroman. New York also formally added deadline acquisitions Camilo Doval, David Bednar, Jake Bird and Jose Caballero to the active roster. Stroman, 34, is midway through the second season of a two-year, $37MM contract. By releasing him, the Yankees are committing to eating the remaining $5.61MM in what’s now dead …
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