Trump Orders Have Stripped Nearly Half a Million Federal Workers of Union Rights The New York Times Could Trump’s latest moves be the beginning of the end for American unions? CNN How Trump is decimating federal employee unions one step at a time NPR ‘He’s brazenly anti-worker’: US marks the first Labor Day under Trump 2.0 The Guardian From Teddy Roosevelt to Reagan to …
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HBO Wins ‘Fort Bragg Cartel’ Book Rights, Plans Series
A story of drug dealing and murder at the home base of special forces operatives sounds like a tailor-made logline for a series. Which it will be, after HBO won a bidding war over multiple other outlets for rights to a recently published nonfiction book. The premium outlet has landed rights to author Seth Harp’s book The Fort Bragg Cartel: …
Read More »Trump’s D.C. death penalty threat is a dangerous assault on civil rights
President Trump declared Tuesday that federal prosecutors in Washington, D.C., should seek the death penalty for murders committed in the capital, claiming without explanation that “we have no choice.” “That’s a very strong preventative,” he said of his decision. “I don’t know if we’re ready for it in this country, but we have it.” Trump’s pronouncement is about much more …
Read More »Sony sold Netflix the rights to ‘KPop Demon Hunters’ in a pandemic-era safety play—and now it’s Netflix’s biggest movie ever
Netflix has a monster hit on its hands, and it’s not what anyone expected. KPop Demon Hunters, an animated film about a K-pop girl group who are also demon hunters, has officially become Netflix’s most-watched movie ever with 236 million views, dethroning the previous record-holder Red Notice and its 230.9 million views. The milestone comes just 67 days after the …
Read More »Toronto Argonauts claim CFL negotiating rights to Shilo Sanders
Shilo and Shedeur Sanders could be teammates again. In theory. It would happen north of the border. The Toronto Argonauts, which acquired the CFL’s negotiating rights to Shedeur months ago, also have the negotiating rights to Shilo. The Argos made the move on Sunday, via 3downnation.com. It works on a first-come, first-served basis for the CFL’s franchises. Each team can …
Read More »MLB closes in on new media rights deals with ESPN, NBC and Netflix
Overall view of Truist Park in the fifth inning during game two of a double header between the Atlanta Braves and the Miami Marlins on August 9, 2025 in Atlanta, Georgia. Matthew Grimes Jr. | Atlanta Braves | Getty Images Major League Baseball is nearing a finalized agreement with Disney‘s ESPN, Comcast‘s NBC Sports and Netflix on a new three-year …
Read More »US Seeks Intel Stake Without Governance Rights, Lutnick Says – Bloomberg.com
US Seeks Intel Stake Without Governance Rights, Lutnick Says Bloomberg.com Lutnick says Intel has to give government equity in return for CHIPS Act funds CNBC Trump admin pours cold water on its hot Intel deal Axios Trump Administration Discusses Taking 10% Stake in Intel The New York Times Opinion | The Nationalization of Intel? The Wall Street Journal Source link
Read More »Can ICE pull you over? Legal expert explains your rights during traffic stop
LOS ANGELES (KABC) — Human rights groups and immigration advocates are continuing to raise concerns over tactics used by federal agents during raids in Southern California. Federal immigration officers have targeted people in vehicles, such as over the weekend during two separate immigration operations in Anaheim and San Bernardino. Orange County Supervisor Vicente Sarmiento said it appeared federal immigration officers …
Read More »‘Liberate Cow’: Animal rights group Peta urges Nintendo to remove Cow’s nose ring in Mario Kart World
Animal rights organisation has urged Nintendo to redesign the popular Cow character in Mario Kart World. Ever since it first became known that the latest Mario Kart entry would feature a cow from Moo Moo Meadows as a playable racers, she’s become one of the most popular characters in the game. Now Peta, which is no stranger to campaigning against …
Read More »Takeaways from the first NBA schedule of the new rights deal
The NBA unveiled the schedule for the 2025-26 regular season on Thursday, featuring two new broadcast partners and several changes to a two-decade status quo. Here is a detailed breakdown. Broadcast television tonnage The most consequential change in the new media rights deal is a dramatic increase in games on broadcast television. This season, 80 regular season games will be …
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