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NEW: TMZ has decided to up their presence in the political space — they’ve even added a Hill team. “Our DC presence will be sometimes fun, sometimes intensely serious,” Harvey Levin told @NOTUSreports Comes as TMZ blasts lawmakers for leaving D.C. notus.org/congress/tmz-c…

Four-byline alert: 🚨 “.. A broker for Pete Hegseth, the US defence secretary, attempted to make a big investment in major defence companies in the weeks leading up to the US-Israeli attack on Iran, according to three people familiar ..” @FT ft.com/content/744ea8…

You don't do politics — but you came to the airport at 2AM for an 8AM flight. TSA is understaffed. ICE is at airports armed, not helping anyone. Lines in Atlanta, Houston, NYC, Denver, Chicago — all insane. Politics is doing you. Tap in. #ClockIt

🎧In the latest episode of "Clock It with Symone & Eugene" @SymoneDSanders and @EugeneDaniels2 speak with @HarryJSisson about creator culture, cynicism, faith in the American people and more. Listen now ⬇️ podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/clo…

In 2022 when gas prices spiked — billionaires got PAID. White households: 87% of profits. Black households: 3%. Hispanic households: 1%. A wealth transfer hiding in a gas price. If that's what happened then, think about what's happening now. #ClockIt

$16.5B spent on war by day 12. 3 days of that = eliminating severe malnutrition globally + saving 1.5M children's lives a year. But Congress couldn't extend healthcare subsidies. Eugene and I did the math on this week's episode of #ClockIt.

@grkcanadian @DefaultReece They are trying to keep me down! But still I rise!

@SymoneDSanders @DefaultReece Watching you on WWHL and loving it! Which reminded me that I never see your comments come through on X. So I came on to check it out. They’re obviously throttling your feed.

You've been in line at the airport for 4 hours, but you "don't do politics" 😭 (h/t @DefaultReece on the site formerly known as Twitter — very accurate!) #GovernmentShutdown #TSA #AirportDelays #HomelandSecurity #ClockIt

President Trump, who is in the midst of pressuring senators to curb the use of mail-in voting, voted by mail ballot in Tuesday’s special election in Palm Beach County, Florida. wapo.st/47fVUwf

In the 1990s, a remarkable wave of Black sitcoms and sketch comedy reshaped American television. Shows like "In Living Color" and "Living Single" reflected a wide range of Black life and helped broaden how millions of viewers understood Black experiences. That moment, and the long history that helped make it possible, are at the core of @GeoffRBennett's new book, "Black Out Loud."

Bruce Springsteen will sing Saturday at No Kings rally in St. Paul startribune.com/bruce-springst…

I hope no one needs an MRI this year. The world's largest producer of liquified helium is in Qatar and is shut off. We just got a notice that our supply for the year will be at least cut in half. No one could have predicted this (unless they thought about it).

Just in: Bruce Springsteen authorizes ACLU to use 'Born in the USA' in a new ad campaign that debuts as the organization figures in a Supreme Court case that could deny birthright citizenship to children born in the United States to parents without permanent legal status.

Read an excerpt of BLACK OUT LOUD in @TheAtlantic — "The In Living Color Effect: How a radical sketch-comedy show helped usher in the cultural boom of Black comedy in the 1990s" theatlantic.com/culture/2026/0…

Strange situation where we await a statement from Iran to check whether there's any truth to what US president is saying.

A source familiar with the details told @Jerusalem_Post that the deployment and arrival of U.S. forces are proceeding as planned. Currently planned: 2,500 Marines Approximately 2,000 sailors 3 amphibious ships 3,000 paratroopers

When Obama sent Iran $400m + $1.3bn in interest in 2016 Trump called it "insane" and he and others spent a decade mocking the idea of "pallets of cash" even though it was Iran's own money, American prisoners were released, courts were likely to require the U.S. payment, and Iran had just agreed to significant and verified reductions and restrictions on its nuclear program for 15+ years. Now Trump is giving Iran up to ten times that amount of revenue--one of the most significant measures of sanctions relief provided to the Islamic Republic since its founding--in exchange for marginal and temporary relief from the big increase in oil prices his actions have caused, without any concessions from Tehran, and even as Iran continues to target the United States, its allies, and world oil supplies. No way to read as anything other than desperate recognition of the situation Trump's own actions have created and the lack of available alternatives for dealing with it.

Just wrapped a 15 minute call with President Trump - we covered A LOT. - Iran / Israel - Cuba - Cornyn/Talorico - Ballroom - Dyslexia - Ukraine/Russia - NATO I’ll be joining @MSNOWNews shortly with all the details

NEW: In the latest episode of “Clock It with Symone & Eugene," @SymoneDSanders and @EugeneDaniels2 discuss the latest developments in the Iran War, rising gas prices, and more. Plus, @SamSanders joins to break down the Oscars wins and merger losses. 🎧Listen now 🔽: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/clo…

Congrats @AliVelshi for a well deserved move to weeknights