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Susie Wiles, White House chief of staff, criticizes Bondi and opines on Trump in Vanity FairDec 16, 2025 2:41 pm - Susie Wiles, President Donald Trump’s understated but influential chief of staff, criticized Attorney General Pam Bondi’s handling of the Jeffrey Epstein case and offered an unvarnished take on her boss and those in his orbit in a series of observations that were published Tuesday in Vanity Fair. The magazine’s two-part profile of Wiles immediately sent shock waves through Washington while sending the West Wing into damage control.
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‘Sinners,’ ‘Wicked: For Good,’ ‘KPop Demon Hunters’ advance in Oscars shortlistsDec 16, 2025 2:38 pm - Ryan Coogler’s bluesy vampire thriller “Sinners,” the big screen musical “Wicked: For Good” and the Netflix phenomenon “KPop Demon Hunters” are all a step closer to an Oscar nomination.
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Texas songwriter Joe Ely dies at age 78Dec 16, 2025 2:19 pm - Joe Ely, the influential Texas-born singer-songwriter whose blend of honky-tonk, rock and roadhouse blues made him a favorite among other musicians and led to collaborations with Bruce Springsteen and the Clash, has died. He was 78.
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Doctor who helped sell ketamine to Matthew Perry gets 8 months of home confinementDec 16, 2025 2:13 pm - A doctor who pleaded guilty in a scheme to supply ketamine to actor Matthew Perry was sentenced Tuesday to 8 months of home confinement.
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Naughty and nice: Paul Feig’s ‘The Housemaid’ is a twisty horror-thrillerDec 16, 2025 1:19 pm - Santa left us a present this holiday season and it is exactly what we didn’t know we needed: “The Housemaid,” a twisty, psychological horror-thriller that’s all wrapped up in an empowerment message.
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Donna Summer posthumously inducted into Songwriters Hall of FameDec 16, 2025 12:22 pm - Donna Summer, the Queen of Disco, known for such timeless tunes as “Love to Love You Baby,” “I Feel Love,” “Bad Girls,” “Dim All the Lights,” “On the Radio” and “She Works Hard for the Money,” has been posthumously inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame.
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Wonder and war: New chapter opens on Pandora in ‘Avatar: Fire and Ash’Dec 16, 2025 10:39 am - “Avatar: Fire and Ash,” at well more than three hours, is our longest stay yet on Pandora, and the one most likely to make you ponder why you came here in the first place. You can feel James Cameron’s deep devotion to the dynamics of his central characters, even when his interest outstrips our own.
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The US gained 64,000 jobs in November but lost 105,000 in October; unemployment rate at 4.6%Dec 16, 2025 7:58 am - The United States gained a decent 64,000 jobs in November but lost 105,000 in October as federal workers departed after cutbacks by the Trump administration, the government said in delayed reports.
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Australian police say Bondi Beach mass shooting was inspired by Islamic State groupDec 16, 2025 7:36 am - A mass shooting in which 15 people were killed during a Hanukkah celebration at Sydney’s Bondi Beach was “a terrorist attack inspired by Islamic State,” Australia’s federal police commissioner Krissy Barrett said Tuesday.
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Search for the Brown University shooter continues as questions swirl about campus securityDec 16, 2025 7:31 am - Authorities knocked on doors in search of video and sifted through snow and dumpsters for other evidence that might lead them to the Brown University gunman, whose face was covered or not visible in footage captured before and after the weekend attack that killed two students and wounded nine others.