Donald Trump's former communications director turned antagonist Anthony Scaramucci says his former boss is a meaner version of the 2016 version and "there is no defence" for supporting him now.  In an interview with The Sunday Times newspaper, he references Trump's running mate in the forthcoming…

In a highly-produced bit, John Oliver, who tackled issues of immigration on Last Week Tonight, proposed a new song to replace Lee Greenwood’s “God Bless the USA” being played at U.S. naturalization ceremonies — and it included a co-sign from Will Ferrell, who unexpectedly guest-starred as a crooning…

JD Vance will appear next week at a town hall hosted by NewsNation, with Chris Cuomo as moderator. The event will air at 8 p.m. ET on Oct. 24 on NewsNation and it will be livestreamed exclusively on X. Viewers also will be able to submit questions beforehand on X. Cuomo will moderate the event…

Saturday Night Live brought back almost all of the 2024 election principals for its cold open tonight, in a spoof of this week’s vice presidential debate between JD Vance (Bowen Yang) and Tim Walz (Jim Gaffigan). The riffs were on the most memorable moments from an otherwise inconsequential 90-minute…

UPDATED with Nielsen data: The CBS News vice presidential debate between Tim Walz and JD Vance drew 43.15 million viewers Tuesday, far short of the audience for the 2020 matchup between Kamala Harris and Mike Pence. The figures from Nielsen released today are across 15 networks. The debate…

UPDATED, writethru: Overall, the lone 2024 Vice Presidential debate Tuesday was a polite affair, as both candidates suggested that there was common ground. Gov. Tim Walz (D-MN), running mate of Dem candidate Kamala Harris, drove home the civility of the debate when, as the event neared its…

Megyn Kelly is calling out CBS moderators for cutting JD Vance’s mic during Tuesday night’s vice presidential debate. The network didn’t rule out fact-checking the candidates but encouraged Donald Trump’s and Kamala Harris’ running mates to fact-check each other. At the top of the debate, CBS…

The escalating crisis in the Middle East, with Iranian airstrikes on Israel, could be a topic for Sen. JD Vance (R-OH) and Gov. Tim Walz (D-MN) when they meet tonight in the CBS News vice presidential debate. The debate is going forward as scheduled, starting at 9 p.m. ET, with Norah O’Donnell and…

UPDATED: The next debate ahead of the 2024 presidential election will take place between Senator J.D. Vance and Governor Tim Walz. It isn’t looking like Democratic candidate Vice President Kamala Harris and Republican candidate former president Donald Trump will debate each other again after their first…

CBS News unveiled the rules for Tuesday’s vice presidential debate between Republican JD Vance and Democrat Tim Walz, indicating that the candidates’ mics will not be muted during the event. “CBS News reserves the right to turn off candidate microphones,” the rules state. Related…

Ugh! As if! In Sunday’s Last Week Tonight with John Oliver, the comic host delved into one of the main talking points having come out of this month’s presidential debate: that of the GOP ticket’s parroting of a baseless racist dog whistle regarding the Haitian immigrant community in Springfield…

EXCLUSIVE: It doesn’t happen often, but Ron Howard is here in Toronto today to unveil at the Toronto Film Festival his new film Eden. What’s unusual for the Oscar winner whose films have grossed billions, is that the film is up for grabs for distribution as an acquisition title. Eden might seem a close…