Bolton critique of Trump could define tell-all book battles

Amanda N'Duka pmc-editorial-managerEXCLUSIVE: Provenance Films, a subsidiary of Provenance Ventures, has optioned the 2017 book Never Caught: The Washingtons’ Relentless Pursuit of Their Runaway Slave, Ona Judge form author Erica Armstrong Dunbar for a feature.

Bruce Haring pmc-editorial-managerThe governors of Florida and Texas have decided that recently reopened bars are the cause of record levels of new coronavirus cases in their states. On Friday, they closed down the bars there, shuttering businesses just getting back to work.Seven states are reporting new highs for coronavirus hospitalizations, according to the Washington Post.

Kimberly Van Der Beek opened up about how “tough” her miscarriage and blood transfusions have been on her body.“A few seconds from my trip to the ER,” the Washington native, 38, captioned a Thursday, June 25, video of herself shivering and taking deep breaths with her eyes closed. “Having had two blood transfusions in the last 7 months has been tough on my body.

Bruce Springsteen has starkly warned that democracy in the United States may not survive another four years if Donald Trump wins a second presidential term in November.In a new interview with The Atlantic, The Boss also lambasted Trump for using tear gas to clear protestors earlier this month, in order to pose with a bible during a bizarre photo opportunity outside Washington’s St John’s Church.“I believe we may have finally reached a presidential tipping point with that Lafayette Square walk,”

Usher, 41, had us fallin’ in love amid his beach day in Malibu on June 20! However, the family fun day took a surprise turn when a paparazzo snapped a photo of the Grammy-winning singer changing behind his car. Nothing too explicit, but a peak of Usher’s thigh was revealed.

NEW YORK -- The couch is still in storage, but the morning team on “Fox & Friends” returned for the first time Monday to the midtown Manhattan studio vacated in March because of the coronavirus pandemic. A few blocks west, there was a similar welcome for two-thirds of the “CBS This Morning” hosts, who had taken brief trips to Washington and a New York theater before settling in at home after being chased out on March 18.

Alicia Keys, 39, and John Legend, 41, just killed it! Alicia and John were the latest duo to go head-to-head in Timbaland and Swizz Beatz‘ (Alicia’s husband, FYI) viral Verzuz battles, and they were fantastic. During performances of “If I Ain’t Got You”, “This Time I Want it All”, and more of their biggest hits LIVE for the world to see on June 19, celebs like Kerry Washington begged them to go on tour together. And we hope they do!

WASHINGTON -- Former national security adviser John Bolton created a “mess" of his own making by moving to publish his book without receiving final authorization that the manuscript was free of classified information, Trump administration lawyers argued Friday in urging a judge to block the book's release.

The White House fight with former national security adviser John Bolton is the latest chapter in a lengthy history of Washington book battles, yet it will likely define future cases between the U.S. government and former employees determined to write tell-alls.

Ted Johnson John Bolton’s new tell-all memoir is full of explosive details of Donald Trump’s leadership, painting a picture of a presidency driven by impulse and ignorance of foreign policy.The New York Times and The Washington Post obtained copies of the book, set to be published on Tuesday, while The Wall Street Journal published an excerpt.According to the Post, Bolton’s book describes a summit last year with Chinese President Xi Jinping, in which Trump asked him for help in winning the 2020

On June 1, hundreds of people protesting the killing of George Floyd spilled out into Philadelphia's Vine Street Expressway and, in a confrontation with the police, were hit with tear gas and rubber bullets. G-Buck, the Philadelphia-based electronic producer born Greg Washington, was there in the midst of it all.

Dozens of National Guard troops from South Carolina were seen checking out of their Washington, D.C., hotel shortly before President Donald Trump tweeted he was giving the order to withdraw guard forces from the nation’s capital. The troops sipped coffee from an adjacent Starbucks and smoked cigarettes Sunday morning as they awaited buses to take them to the airport for a flight home.

As a White House correspondent, April Ryan, 52, is no stranger to coming head-to-head with President Donald Trump, 73, and his staff since he’s been in office in 2017, and in one of her latest tweets, she wasn’t afraid to troll him either. The bureau chief for American Urban Radio Networks shared some photos of Washington D.C.’s new Black Lives Matter Plaza sign that replaced the Pennsylvania Avenue sign on June 6 and made sure to tag Trump to remind him that he “resides” on the street.

White House correspondent April Ryan, 52, took the opportunity to troll President Donald Trump, 73, on June 6 when she posted a tweet and photos showing off the Black Lives Matter Plaza sign that was added to 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. near the White House in Washington D.C. The veteran reporter also shared photos of the yellow Black Lives Matter art that was painted on the street in support of the Black Lives Matter movement in her tweet and mentioned the area is where the president resides.

Bruce Haring pmc-editorial-managerThings have apparently simmered down in Washington, DC, but things are heating up in President Donald Trump’s Sunday tweetstorm.The Commander-in-Tweet responded to General Colin Powell’s attacks on him, terming him “a real stiff,” among other descriptors, and reminding of Powell’s claims of weapons of mass destruction in Iraq.He also positioned Joe Biden and his “radical” Democrats as an advocate of defunding the police.Amid the rhetoric, there was also news

Bruce Haring pmc-editorial-managerNBC News has hired former FBI attorney Lisa Page, a key figure in the long-running Russia collusion investigation, as an on-air contributor with the title national security and legal analyst.President Trump immediately reacted to the Page hire, blasting it on Twitter.“You must be kidding???” Trump tweeted Friday night.

WASHINGTON -- A divided Senate voted along party lines Thursday to confirm President Donald Trump’s choice to head the Voice of America and other U.S. government-funded international broadcasters that have been the subject of harsh criticism from the White House.