Treasury Department terminates union contracts for IRS and Bureau of the Fiscal Service workers
Los Angeles school superintendent placed on paid leave during federal probe
Retail customers file lawsuits over tariffs against FedEx and Ray-Bans maker
Federal judge extends order protecting refugees in Minnesota from being arrested and deported
Wisconsin man gets 16½ years in prison for forging threats against Trump in a deportation scheme
Judge delays decision on restraining order preventing Chris Gabehart from joining Spire Motorsports
All eyes focused on Heisman winner Fernando Mendoza as QBs take center stage at NFL scouting combine
Oristanio's late goal cancels stunning Folorunsho strike as Parma draw with Cagliari
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Netflix declines to raise offer for Warner Bros. after new bid from Paramount
CNN's Brian Stelter joins The Lead.
February 27, 2026Journalism
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CNN chief prescribes calm after staff anxiety over Paramount's expected purchase of parent company
Shortly after it became known that Paramount was the apparent victor in the competition to buy CNN's parent company, network president Mark Thompson was compelled to send his staff a note to calm down, in effect
February 28, 2026
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What does the Paramount-WBD merger mean for CNN?
What does the Paramount-WBD merger mean for CNN?
February 27, 2026
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Citizen journalists, citizen sleuths helping to unravel the tangle of Epstein documents
Professional journalists sifting through the trove of documents released in the Epstein files have some help — a cadre of citizen journalists or sleuths who have become obsessed with the material
February 23, 2026
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Anderson Cooper says he's exiting from '60 Minutes,' but staying with CNN
Anderson Cooper says he will leave CBS' “60 Minutes," where he has reported for two decades in a unique job-share agreement with CNN, where he hosts a weeknight news program
February 17, 2026
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As Jeff Bezos dismantles The Washington Post, 5 regional papers chart a course for survival
Other billionaires who own newspapers are doing a better job, a journalism professor explains.
February 10, 2026
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Journalism may be too slow to remain credible once events are filtered through social media
Responsible journalists verify and fact-check information. That can create a lag, leading the audience to believe they’re not just slow but wrong.
February 09, 2026
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The Washington Post's sports section was a gold standard, all the way to the end
The Washington Post has eliminated its sports section while laying off a third of its staff
February 04, 2026
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Washington Post cuts a third of its staff in a blow to a legendary news brand
The Washington Post has laid off one-third of its staff, eliminating its sports section, several foreign bureaus and its books coverage
February 04, 2026
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Jeff Bezos-owned Washington Post conducts widespread layoffs, gutting a third of its staff
Jeff Bezos-owned Washington Post conducts widespread layoffs, gutting a third of its staff
February 04, 2026
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Watch Don Lemon speak following his court hearing
Independent journalist and former CNN anchor Don Lemon speaks outside of a Los Angeles courthouse after he was criminally charged in connection with a protest at a church in St. Paul, Minnesota.
January 30, 2026
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California Post brings brash New York-style tabloid news to the West Coast
Aiming to shake up the Golden State’s media landscape, the California Post has launched a new tabloid newspaper and news site that brings a brash, cheeky and conservative-friendly fixture of the Big Apple to the West Coast
January 26, 2026
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Lawyers for alleged Charlie Kirk assassin try to get prosecutors thrown off case
CNN's Nick Watt reports on The Lead.
January 16, 2026
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Beirut's Commodore Hotel, a haven for journalists during Lebanon's civil war, shuts down
Beirut’s Commodore Hotel, once a hub for foreign journalists during Lebanon’s civil war, has closed amid the country’s economic crisis
January 14, 2026
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Why are Venezuela's oil reserves so important to the US?
CNN's Brian Todd reports for The Lead.
January 09, 2026
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Lee Enterprises stabilizes finances with $50M investment led by billionaire David Hoffmann
Lee Enterprises has announced a compromise with the billionaire investor who tried to take over the nation's third-largest newspaper chain this year
December 30, 2025
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Pulitzer Prize-winning correspondent Peter Arnett, who reported on Vietnam and Gulf wars, has died
Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Peter Arnett, who traveled the world covering wars from Vietnam to Iraq, has died
December 18, 2025
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Norman Podhoretz, contentious and influential neo-conservative, has died
Norman Podhoretz, a leading neo-conservative and the former editor of Commentary magazine, has died
December 17, 2025
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CBS appoints Tony Dokoupil as anchor of its flagship 'CBS Evening News' broadcast
CBS says Tony Dokoupil will take over at the beginning of next year as anchor of its flagship “CBS Evening News” broadcast
December 10, 2025
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USA Today editor in chief out after a year in job
USA Today's editor in chief, Caren Bohan, is out of the job she's held for a little more than a year
December 10, 2025
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Grand jury declines to indict NY AG Letitia James again
CNN's Katelyn Polantz joins The Lead
December 04, 2025
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Nvidia smashes earnings expectations as fears of an A.I. bubble grow
CNN's Phil Mattingly joins The Lead.
November 19, 2025
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Trump attacks ABC reporter after question about killing of Saudi journalist Khashoggi
President Donald Trump denounced ABC News chief White House correspondent Mary Bruce as a “terrible reporter” and threatened the network's license to broadcast after she asked three sharp questions in the Oval Office on Tuesday
November 18, 2025
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Trump calls for ABC broadcast licenses to be revoked after reporter's question
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November 18, 2025