Month: May 2023

A key member of CNN’s political team has defected to ABC News. Brooke Browerwho was the editor-in-chief of CNN Politics, has been named the new executive producer of This Week with George Stephanopoulos. President of ABC News Kim Godwin announced the news Wednesday morning in a memo to staff. Brower will direct all aspects of this week and report directly to Godwin. He fills the hole left by the sudden death of the former executive producer Dax Tejerawho died of a heart attack last December, just weeks short of his 38th birthday. While at CNN for nearly seven years, Brower…

ABC News has tapped Brooke Brower as executive producer of This Week with George Stephanopoulos. Brooke Brower ABC News/Danny Weiss Brower has served as editor-in-chief of CNN Politics and, before that, spent more than a decade at MSNBC. This week’s strip has been without a permanent EP since the sudden death in December of Dax Tejera. Brower will report to ABC News President Kim Godwin. Kendall Heath, who served as interim executive producer this week, will serve as executive producer of politics and report to executive editor and senior vice president Stacia Deshishku and work very closely with political director…

If Congress approves the budget deal signed by President Joe Biden and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, it should bring only a brief sigh of relief from the American public. Returning the nation to fiscal sanity rather than exhaustion will require removing the arcane and archaic debt ceiling. After months of haggling over the debt ceiling, Biden and McCarthy reached an apparent agreement last weekend. If it did not, the United States would not be able to pay its obligations to investors, the military and employees. At worst, it would trigger a global depression; at best, it would brand the US…

WARSAW, Poland (AP) – The Auschwitz-Birkenau memorial museum has denounced a political spot by Poland’s ruling party that uses the theme of the German Nazi death camp to discourage participation in an upcoming anti-government march. The state museum attacked the “instrumentalisation of the tragedy” of the 1.1 million people who were killed at the site during the Second World War, arguing it is an insult to their memory. “It is a sad, painful and unacceptable manifestation of the moral and intellectual corruption of public debate,” the state museum said. The 14-second video released by the Law and Justice party on…

CNN — Former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie plans to announce his candidacy for the 2024 race on Tuesday, according to three sources familiar with his plans. Christie, who also ran in 2016 and has been outspoken against Republican front-runner Donald Trump, will make the announcement at a town hall at Saint Anselm College. axes was the first to report Christie’s announcement date. News of Christie’s announcement comes after his allies recently formed a super PAC to support his expected GOP presidential bid. The group, Tell It Like It Is, also launched a website to boost the former New Jersey…

8:01 AM ET: Christie to enter 2024 race – CNN Breaking News Alerts – Podcast on CNN Audio 6 AM ET: Debt vote today, North Korea defaults, Biden accuser flaws and more 5 things listen toCNN 5 things Wednesday, May 31 On PC On Mobile Smart Speakers Global US Political Business podcast Hear the news as it breaks, right in your podcast app. From the team behind CNN 5 Things. 8:01 AM ET: Christie will enter the 2024 race Breaking news alerts from CNN May 31, 2023 8:06 AM EDT Chris Christie will announce his 2024 presidential bid next Tuesday…

As state Department of Education officials work to update school district guidance related to LGBTQ+ issues, state lawmakers are weighing taking the matter to the Legislature. With just days left in the legislative session, lawmakers are considering updating the state education curriculum to mandate the teaching of LGBTQ+ history and awareness in all New York public school districts and charter schools. Two proposed bills in the state legislature would change the state curriculum to mandate teaching politics and social impact that LGBTQ people have had throughout history. Both are part of their respective education committees. One of the proposals, which…

[1/2] May 30, 2023; Paris, France; Daniil Medvedev returns a shot during a match against Thiago Seyboth Wild (BRA) on day three at Stade Roland-Garros. Mandatory Credit: Susan Mullane-USA TODAY Sports Swiatek and Rybakina get off to a flying start Russian teen Andreeva breaks new ground Ruud dazzles before Rune passes initial test PARIS, May 30 (Reuters) – Daniil Medvedev became the highest-ranked player to exit the French Open after losing a marathon head-to-head against Brazilian qualifier Thiago Seyboth Wild on a windy Tuesday, while Novak Djokovic find themselves at the center of a political storm. Iga Swiatek gave herself…