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President-elect Donald Trump speaks to reporters at Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach, Florida, on Monday, December 16.

Paula Abdul and former “American Idol” producer Nigel Lythgoe have agreed to settle a lawsuit in which she alleged he sexually assaulted her in the early 2000s when she was a judge on the show.

A woman who accused rappers Jay-Z and Sean “Diddy” Combs of sexually assaulting her when she was 13 at an awards show after-party has acknowledged certain inconsistencies in her story, while her lawyer said he will continue to vet her claims.

Thirty-four-year-old billionaire Taylor Swift ranked 23rd on Forbes’ list of The World’s Most Powerful Women.

The cold-blooded murder of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson has produced some ugly reactions. Liberal politicians and commentators seized upon Thompson’s murder as an excuse to complain about insurance companies. But their outrage should be directed at the federal government, says

Ed Martin explains how his new job as the Chief of Staff at the Office of Management and Budget will help advance Trump’s MAGA agenda.

IRVING, Texas — A rape allegation against rapper Jay-Z, whose company Roc Nation has produced some of the NFL’s entertainment presentations including the Super Bowl halftime show, won’t impact the league’s relationship with the music mogul.

Host Mike Slater provides his commentary and takes your calls about Daniel Penny’s acquittal in the New York City subway chokehold trial for the death of Jordan Neely.

NEW YORK — Nikki Giovanni, the poet, author, educator and public speaker who rose from borrowing money to release her first book to decades as a literary celebrity sharing her blunt and conversational takes on everything from racism and love to space travel and mortality, has died. She was 81.

Democrats on the Senate Judiciary Committee hold a hearing to object to mass deportations promised by President-elect Donald Trump.

Jacques Audiard’s audacious musical “Emilia Pérez,” about a Mexican drug lord who undergoes gender affirming surgery to become a woman, led nominations to the 82nd Golden Globes on Monday, scoring 10 nods to lead it over other contenders like the musical smash “Wicked,” the papal thriller “Conclave” and the post-war epic “The Brutalist.”

The president of Atlanta-based Tyler Perry Studios died Friday night when the small plane he was piloting crashed on Florida’s Gulf Coast.

Dr. Sebastian Gorka, who was recently picked by President-elect Donald Trump to be the Deputy Assistant to the President and Senior Director of Counterterrorism in the new Trump administration, joins host Mike Slater to discuss what this new role entails.

New York City Councilwoman Vickie Paladino, who represents District 19 of Northeast Queens, discusses the Daniel Penny trial and what she believes the verdict should be.

Joe Biden’s blanket pardon of his son, Hunter, was really a proxy pardon for the whole Biden family that hamstrings ongoing investigations into Biden family influence peddling schemes, according to Peter Schweizer.

The House Judiciary Committee holds an oversight hearing of the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services “failures to reduce and prevent fraud and abuse in the adjudication of immigration benefits applications and petitions” on Wednesday, December 4.

The Supreme Court hears arguments in United States v. Skrmetti, a case over a Tennessee law banning puberty blockers for minors.

MARRAKECH, Morocco — Sean Penn on Tuesday blasted the organizers of the Oscars for being cowards who, in effect, limit the kinds of films that can be funded and made.

AP — Debbie Nelson, the single mother of rapper Eminem whose rocky relationship with her son was known widely through his hit song lyrics, has died. She was 69. Eminem’s longtime representative Dennis Dennehy confirmed Nelson’s death in an email on

Paris, FRANCE — A French appeals court is to decide Wednesday whether French-Polish filmmaker Roman Polanski owes a British actor damages after he was acquitted of allegedly defaming her when she accused him of rape.

Breitbart’s Senior Legal Contributor Ken Klukowski discusses Hunter Biden’s pardon and the upcoming Supreme Court case involving transgender medical treatments for minors.

LONDON — Elton John says he struggled to watch his new musical because he has lost his eyesight after contracting an infection.

NEW YORK — Harvey Weinstein was hospitalized Monday following an “alarming blood test,” his attorney said, less than a week after the disgraced movie mogul filed a legal claim alleging substandard medical care at New York City’s notorious jail complex.

Host Mike Slater breaks down the details of Joe Biden’s pardon of his son, Hunter, and Trump’s nomination of Dr. Jay Bhattacharya to lead the National Institutes of Health.

NEW YORK — Christmas came early at the box office this year with ‘Moana 2’ leading the way to record-breaking festivities.

Former “Harry Potter” film actor Rupert Grint faces a 1.8 million-pound ($2.3 million) bill after he lost a legal battle with the tax authorities.

DENVER — Amid renewed interest in the killing of JonBenet Ramsey triggered in part by a new Netflix documentary, police in Boulder, Colorado, refuted assertions this week that there is viable evidence and leads about the 1996 killing of the 6-year-old girl that they are not pursuing.

NEW YORK — Former TV host Charlie Rose has resolved a sexual harassment lawsuit brought by three women in the wake of his #MeToo-era ouster from CBS News in 2017 and the cancellation of his long-running, eponymous PBS talk show.

NEW YORK — Sean “Diddy” Combs was denied bail on Wednesday as he awaits a May sex trafficking trial by a judge who cited evidence showing him to be a “serious risk” of witness tampering and proof he has tried to hide prohibited communications with third parties while incarcerated.

NEW YORK — Harvey Weinstein’s lawyers filed a legal claim Tuesday against New York City, alleging that he is receiving substandard medical treatment in unhygienic conditions while in custody at the notorious Rikers Island jail complex.

Drake alleged in a court filing Monday that Universal Music Group falsely pumped up the popularity on Spotify and other streaming services of Kendrick Lamar’s “Not Like Us,” a song that viciously attacked Drake — with lyrics like “Certified Lover Boy? Certified pedophiles” — amid a bitter feud between the two hip-hop superstars.

John Nolte joins Breitbart Editor-in-Chief Alex Marlow to discuss why he’s optimistic that Trump’s second term will go more smoothly than his first.

The musical, Wicked, is the No. 1 movie in North America, earning $114 million in receipts this weekend, BoxOfficeMojo.com announced Sunday.

WELLINGTON, New Zealand — Kim Dotcom, the internet entrepreneur fighting deportation from New Zealand to the United States on charges relating to his file-sharing website Megaupload, has suffered a “serious stroke”, a post on his X account said Monday.

NEW YORK (AP) — Sean “Diddy” Combs ‘ lawyers tried for a third time Friday to persuade a judge to let the hip-hop mogul out of jail while he awaits his sex trafficking trial, but a decision won’t come until

NEW YORK (AP) — Jonathan Majors ’ ex-girlfriend has dropped her assault and defamation lawsuit against the once-rising Hollywood star after reaching a settlement. Lawyers for Majors and Grace Jabbari agreed to dismiss the case with prejudice, according to a