First Presidential Candidate Drops Out Of 2024 Race; Miami Mayor Francis Suarez Suspends Campaign

AB 1078, passed the Assembly in May by a 61-17 margin, and the Senate last week by a 31-9 margin. Under the bill, sponsored by Assemblyman Corey Jackson (D-Moreno), school boards will be financially penalized if they vote to ban books or educational materials related to Black, Latino, Asian, Native American, and LGBTQ topics — provided those topics are part of the school’s approved curriculum, reports Los Angeles-based CW affiliate KTLA.The bill was sparked by a controversy in the Temecula Valley Unified School District, in which the board’s conservative members rejected an elementary school social studies curriculum over supplemental materials that mentioned Harvey Milk as the state’s first openly gay elected official, with the board president dubbing the former San Francisco Supervisor a “pedophile.”State officials blasted the board and threatened legal actions and fines, prompting the board to backtrack and adopt the approved state curriculum.

Watching Mountains, which just made its international debut as part of the Toronto Film Festival’s Centerpiece program, I could not help but think of two other landmark films it seems to recall in its own way. One was 2019’s The Last Black Man In San Francisco, a remarkable story of gentrification and its effect on those being edged out of their home that starred Jimmie Falls and launched the career of Jonathan Majors. The other was the 1960 film version of Lorraine Hansberry’s oft-performed A Raisin In The Sun in which Sidney Poitier as Walter Lee Younger played a struggling husband, son, and father with a dream for a new house and a better life for his family.

Kristen Welker’s first broadcast of Meet the Press on Sunday will feature a pre-taped interview with former President Donald Trump.

Sandi Toksvig, the President of the Writers Guild of Great Britain (WGGB), has urged streamers to end their practice of “buy out agreements” and embrace residuals, aligning with the WGA’s demands.

Thania Garcia Megan Thee Stallion will no longer be performing at the 2023 Global Citizen Festival due to “unforeseen scheduling conflicts.” Megan was set to appear at the festival on Sept. 23 alongside headliners Red Hot Chili Peppers and Ms. Lauryn Hill, along with Conan Gray, Stray Kids, Jung Kook and many more.

The 1975 have added a fourth London date to their 2024 UK and European ‘Still At Their Very Best’ tour – get details below.Earlier this week, extra dates were added to the tour, including gigs at Glasgow’s OVO Hydro, Manchester’s AO Arena and a third show at London’s The O2.Now, the band will play a fourth show in London on February 20, which is confirmed to be the final additional date of the tour.It was also recently confirmed that the band will stage the world’s first “carbon removed” live event at the London gigs.Tickets for the new gig will go on presale on Wednesday, September 13 at 10am BST, with general sale following on Friday, September 15 at the same time. Buy tickets here.A post shared by The1975 (@the1975)A European run will then follow in Lisbon, Madrid, Paris, Oslo, Copenhagen, Berlin, Milan and many more, before they wrap up at the Palladium in Cologne, Germany on March 22.The newly announced dates will follow the band’s 32-date North American tour, which starts in Sacramento, California on September 26.

Eduardo Verástegui is on a quest to be the next president of Mexico. The 49-year-old registered as an independent candidate on Thursday, September 7th, visiting the offices of the National Electoral Institute (INE).

Phillip Schofield has made a dramatic move ahead of Holly Willoughby attending her first National Television Awards without him. This Morning will seek to defend its best daytime show title at the annual bash as the programme continues to face backlash amid the furore surrounding Schofield's exit.

Argentina superstar Lionel Messi has delivered a simple message to Inter Miami supporters after helping the club to another important victory over LAFC - where several Hollywood A-listers watched on.

Donald Trump has plastered his face and name on so many things over the years that it’s hard to keep track of it all. However, some believe that Mother Nature herself is putting his visage on an ancient site – Stonehenge.

EXCLUSIVE: The AMC-distributedconcert film, Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour according to sources has actually clocked $37M+ from the three big theater circuits –AMC, Regal and Cinemark– in its first 24 hours of presales. That’s definitely higher than the first day presales of Star Wars: Force Awakens at $20M.

Eminem doesn’t want Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy to use his music anymore.

Donald Trump’s campaign has made $7million (£5.6million) from selling merchandise with his mugshot on.The mugshot went instantly viral last week, ​​when the former US president surrendered in Georgia on charges of plotting to overturn the state’s 2020 election results on Thursday (August 24).He then had to pay a bail bond of $200,000 (£160,000) to be released from the Atlanta jail, and now awaits trial. He later described the case as “a travesty of justice” and shared his mugshot to X (formerly Twitter) with a link to his campaign fundraising site.Less than two hours after the mugshot was taken, the entrepreneur’s online campaign began selling merchandise, which had the historic photograph printed on it.

Eminem has sent a cease and desist to Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy, who performed “Lose Yourself” while campaigning at the Iowa State Fair earlier this month. Ramaswamy, who wants to raise the voting age to 25, lay off 75 percent of the federal workforce, and end U.S.

US presidential wannabe Vivek Ramaswamy has been told to stop using Eminem’s music at his political events. The rapper’s decision to seek to block Ramaswamy from using his music at his rallies is very possibly a response to his political agenda. Although he may also have been motivated by the political hopeful’s rather cringey performance of ‘Lose Yourself’ at the recent Iowa State Fair.Political newcomer and entrepreneur Ramaswamy has been gaining attention as one of the people hoping to stand as the Republican candidate in the next US presidential election with his efforts to pander to Donald Trump’s core base.

Donald Trump’s accounting staff have been hot off the mark, recreating his mugshot picture on a collection of T-shirts and mugs to raise money for his re-election campaign.

Formula One racer Daniel Ricciardo will no longer be competing in the Dutch Grand Prix over the weekend after a broken wrist pulled him from the competition.

Donald Trump has returned to Twitter for the first time in over two and a half years and he’s speaking out following his arrest in Georgia.

Among the non-economic issues discussed by the eight candidates who appeared on stage Wednesday night for the first Republican Party 2024 presidential primary debate, abortion loomed larger than other topics including LGBTQ rights.

Anna Tingley If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Variety may receive an affiliate commission. The first debate consisting of Republicans competing for the 2024 presidential bid is finally here. This year’s primary Republican debate will take place tonight, Wednesday, Aug.