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Liz Cheney fires back at Trump after he calls Bidens victory the Big Lie 11:51 a.m. House GOP leadership reportedly isnt pleased with Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.) these days and her job as GOP conference chair may be on the line, but the congresswoman remains undeterred in her efforts to combat former President Donald Trumps false claims about the 2020 election. The Twitter-less Trump released one of his rare statements on Monday morning, a one-liner that reads: "The Fraudulent Presidential Electio...

11:00 a.m. Marvel is looking to draw audiences back to the movies with help from someone who just made Oscars history. On Monday, a surprisingly revealing sizzle reel called "Marvel Studios Celebrates the Movies" previewed the studios first feature film since 2019 — Julys Black Widow. In addition to promoting that movie and the upcoming Shang-Chi, Marvel also revealed the first look at Chloé Zhaos Eternals, which follows a race of immortal aliens with a cast that includes Angelina Jo...

Even after over a year of the pandemic, congressional Zoom snafus havent gone anywhere. The House Appropriations Committee held a virtual meeting on Monday on energy and water development, but for over 20 minutes, it wasnt easy to make out what anyone had to say on the subject. For a while, audio from at least different movies, including the 1999 comedy Galaxy Quest, could be heard loudly playing. Zoooooom. Appropriations subcommittee just was forced to take a break after Zoom went off the rai...

One of the worlds best restaurants is taking meat off the menu. Does it signal a looming battle? Eleven Madison Park, a three-Michelin-star New York City restaurant that in 2017 laid claim to the No. 1 spot on the Worlds 50 Best Restaurants list, announced Monday that when it reopens next month, meat and seafood will no longer be on the menu. "It was becoming clearer that the current food system is not sustainable, in so many ways," Daniel Humm, the chef and owner, said in a statement. Some peo...

Joe Raedle/Getty Images The Rev. Al Sharpton delivered a "passionate" eulogy at Andrew Brown Jr.s invitation-only funeral on Monday at Fountain of Life Church in Elizabeth City, North Carolina, Brown, a 42-year-old Black man, was killed by police who were executing search and arrest warrants on felony drug charges at his home in Elizabeth City last month. An investigation into Browns death is ongoing, but authorities have not yet released body camera footage of the incident to the public (it w...