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Liz Cheney fires back at Trump after he calls Biden's victory 'the Big Lie' 11:51 a.m. House GOP leadership reportedly isn't 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 Trump's 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 Election of 2020 will be, from this day forth, known as THE BIG LIE!" The statement appears to be an a...

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 studio's first feature film since 2019 — July's Black Widow. In addition to promoting that movie and the upcoming Shang-Chi, Marvel also revealed the first look at Chloé Zhao's Eternals, which follows a race of immortal aliens with a cast that includes Angelina Jolie, Richard Madden, and Kumail Nanjiani. Zhao, who directed Eternals, is coming off a historic ...

Even after over a year of the pandemic, congressional Zoom snafus haven't gone anywhere. The House Appropriations Committee held a virtual meeting on Monday on energy and water development, but for over 20 minutes, it wasn't 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 rails, movie clips and disco playing over members' remarks. Happily, it was up long enough to make ou...

One of the world's 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 World's 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 people shrugged in response, viewing the move as a business decision from a high-end restaurant that ...