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convicted of two counts of contempt of Congress, the longtime Donald Trump ally welcomed Alex Jones to his “War Room” podcast — where he called the notorious conspiracy theorist “a man of action” and a great political “thinker.”The pair piled on the (mostly incomprehensible) praise for each other pretty high, to put it mildly.“As much and as important as that leadership is, the true thing that you’ve done, which is stunning, if you look at the evidence of doubt of the facts, you are one of the great thinkers of this,” Bannon told Jones. “That is very rare. You’ve got to go back almost to the revolutionary generation and see that.”CNN anchor Jake Tapper was quick to point out that Jones was sued for defamation by the families of victims of the Sandy Hook mass shooting after calling the tragedy a “giant hoax.”“The person Bannon is praising, Alex Jones, spread the malicious lie that the Sandy Hook killings were a hoax,” Tapper wrote.

Kimberly Guilfoyle, Donald Trump Jr.’s fiancee and a former adviser to his father’s reelection bid, got paid $60,000 for a two minute speech at the Stop the Steal rally that preceded the attack on the Capitol, according to one of the members of the January 6th Commitee.

In the initial hours after the horrific Texas school massacre, in which 18 children and one adult was killed, CNN’s Jake Tapper noted that politicians’ expressions of thoughts and prayers “has sadly become a cliche at this point.”

Brian Steinberg Senior TV EditorWhen CNN presents an exclusive interview Sunday evening between Jake Tapper and Trevor Reed, recently released from Russia after nearly three years of imprisonment, the network has the potential to spur a new strain of activism around U.S. citizens incarcerated abroad.Reed, who spoke with Tapper for several hours Thursday in Florida, was released “because the Biden administration engaged in a prison swap with Russia, and in the past, that has been seen as controversial,” says Tapper during a recent interview. “The family wants those days to disappear.”During the hour-long special, Reed talks about his experiences overseas, some of which, Tapper says sound like something out of a “horror movie franchise.” He also speaks about his interest in helping other American families who have relatives detained unlawfully overseas.

 have been suspended amid host Stephen Colbert's ongoing COVID-19 symptoms. The announcement was made in a tweet shared by s official Twitter account Monday, noting that the show will «not be taping new episodes until further notice.»«Stephen is experiencing symptoms consistent with a recurrence of COVID,» the tweet read. «Out of an abundance of caution for his staff, guests, and audience, he will be isolating for a few additional days.

The Late Show has been put on pause.

The Late Show has been put on pause.

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert is going dark again this week after its host was seemingly struck by another bout of Covid.

When asked by CNN’s “State of the Union” host Jake Tapper whether there were plans with the White House for such a visit, Zelenskyy sidestepped the question but said that he believes Biden will eventually come to Kyiv to witness the damage that Vladimir Putin’s forces have inflicted.“I think he will, but it’s his decision, of course. And about the safety situation, it depends,” Zelenskyy said. “But I think he’s the leader of the United States, and that’s why he should come here to see.”Zelenskyy’s comments come after British Prime Minister Boris Johnson made an unannounced visit to Kyiv last week, becoming the most high-profile world leader to visit the besieged capital.

he wrote. Right off the bat, CNN+ is expected to have eight new daily shows, including “Reliable Sources Daily” with Chief Media Correspondent Brian Stelter.

Brian Steinberg Senior TV EditorChris Cuomo wants CNN parent WarnerMedia to keep paying him even though he no longer works there.The former CNN primetime anchor alleged in an arbitration filing Wednesday that his career has suffered damages in excess of $125 million, and suggested CNN had allowed several of his one-time colleagues to violate standards and practices in a bid to keep viewership. The anchor also said his firing by CNN late last year cost him nearly $15 million in salary that he would have earned if he had served out his last contract.In the filing, Cuomo’s attorneys argued that CNN favorites like Don Lemon and Jake Tapper, as well as analyst Jeffrey Toobin, had potentially violated the news outlet’s practices, but were not punished for doing so.  “As long as CNN’s ratings would not be hurt, [former CNN Worldwide President Jeff] Zucker and [former CNN Chief Marketing Officer Allison] Gollust were more than willing to overlook major transgressions by CNN personalities,” Cuomo’s filing alleges, “or even engage in blatant misconduct themselves.” CNN declined to comment.Cuomo and CNN parted ways last year after the anchor was caught up in the sexual-harassment scandal that engulfed his brother, former New York governor Andrew Cuomo.

NEW YORK -- The CNN+ paid streaming service will debut March 29 with programming headlined by network stars like Anderson Cooper, Wolf Blitzer and Jake Tapper, along with poached personalities Audie Cornish, Kasie Hunt and Chris Wallace.Customers will be charged $5.99 a month or $59.99 to get the service, with a special deal for charter subscribers.CNN's announcement on Friday comes a day after MSNBC said that it will offer much of its television lineup on a time-delayed basis on the Peacock Premium streaming service, which is available for $4.99 a month.Fox News' Fox Nation service has been operating since 2018, and recently inked actor Kevin Costner to narrate a documentary series on the Yellowstone national park.News outlets known mostly for television are making some of their most aggressive moves in streaming these days, betting on its growing importance. While broadcast networks ABC, CBS and NBC News each offer breaking news-oriented streaming services for free, the cable outlets CNN, Fox News and MSNBC will all have products behind pay walls.CNN+ is a particular priority for that company, and many in the industry are watching to see if its momentum will be stalled by the recent ouster of network chief Jeff Zucker.Some of its fare will feel familiar, like a traditional daily newscast anchored by Blitzer and a newsletter-like morning look at the day's top stories hosted by Kate Bolduan.

Prince William continues to face criticism over the comments he made about Russia’s invasion of Ukraine earlier this week.

Brian Steinberg Senior TV EditorPeople who are interested in CNN Plus finally have a date when they can add it to their streaming repertoire. The WarnerMedia-owned cable-news outlet intends to launch the subscription broadband service on March 29.The detail — perhaps the last piece of information to be disclosed about the new media venue — comes ahead of a presentation CNN executives and anchors will make during the SXSW Festival this weekend.

There has been some controversy surrounding the comments that Prince William made this week while visiting the Ukrainian Cultural Centre in London.

CNN’s chief media correspondent Brian Stelter will host a daily version of Reliable Sources for CNN+, the upcoming subscription service set to debut this spring.

Brian Steinberg Senior TV EditorAs CNN’s many journalists tried to get past the ouster of Jeff Zucker, they ran up against one of their biggest professional hurdles: a source who refuses to talk.Some of WarnerMedia’s best-known on-air personalities pressed the company’s CEO Jason Kilar again and again on Monday, asking him to divulge more details around why Zucker resigned after acknowledging a personal relationship with Allison Gollust, CNN’s chief marketing officer. But Kilar would not.The WarnerMedia chief faced questions from Don Lemon, Alisyn Camerota, Brian Stelter, Jim Sciutto, Bill Weir, Richard Quest, John Avlon and Victor Blackwell, as well as longtime producer Jim Murphy, many of them pressing him for more information about whether the parent company felt Zucker was given a harsher punishment than was necessary; about whether WarnerMedia was negotiating with Chris Cuomo, fired by Zucker last year, over severance; and whether the looming merger of WarnerMedia with Discovery forced his hand when it came to deciding what to do about the now former CNN chief.

Don Lemon is joining the ranks of CNN anchors and hosts who will have a presence on the network’s upcoming subscription streaming service CNN+.

supported Acosta when his White House press pass was briefly revoked during that era. On Monday night, CNN’s Jake Tapper also defended Doocy, telling a late-night host Jimmy Kimmel — who was amused by Biden’s remarks — that the comments were inappropriate from any leader.

All of the news networks carried events marking the anniversary of January 6th, albeit with differences in tone and tenor, but by the time of the opinion-heavy primetime hours, there were wildly different characterizations of the significance of attack on the Capitol.

Jake Tapper Guest ColumnistFor Variety‘s Writers on Writers, Jake Tapper pens a tribute to “Stillwater” (screenplay by Tom McCarthy, Marcus Hinchey, Thomas Bidegain and Noé Debré).Anyone watching “Stillwater” expecting an Okie Jason Bourne no doubt ended up surprised, but it’s difficult to conceive of disappointment. “Stillwater” subverts expectations and cinematic savvy; viewers have to give themselves over to an experience that transcends not just assumptions but genres.

Pete Buttigieg is firing back.

Monica Lewinksy was Jake Tapper’s guest on the Oct. 5 episode of The Lead With Jake Tapper, and they had a quick laugh over their shared history.

CNN’s Jake Tapper had Mississippi Governor Tate Reeves in the hot seat on Sunday’s “State of the Union” and pretty much torched him about his state having the highest COVID death in the country.Just 42% of people in Mississippi are fully vaccinated, which Tapper said, is “partly why Mississippi now has the highest death toll per capita from COVID-19 in the entire United States — about one out of every 320 people in Mississippi have died of coronavirus.”The Republican governor has called

Dr. Anthony Fauci is weighing in on Nicki Minaj‘s anti-vaccine stance during his latest appearance on CNN. The 80-year-old physician and immunologist explained to Jake Tapper that the 38-year-old rapper is “spreading misinformation” after she admitted she’s not vaccinated for COVID-19 and claimed one of the vaccines caused her cousin’s friend to become “impotent” and have “swollen testicles,” in a series of tweets, which can be seen below, on Sept. 13.

Under fire President Joe Biden got some flak from an unexpected source Friday night, as CNN’s Jake Tapper stepped up to criticize the president’s Thursday speech outrage against the unvaccinated.

As American troops began emergency evacuations of the U.S. embassy in Kabul, CNN’s Jake Tapper said the world was watching “a tragic foreign policy disaster unfold before our eyes.”“That is, of course, a sharp turn-around from six weeks ago when President Biden called it highly unlikely that the Taliban would overrun the country, an assessment that even at the time struck many experts in Biden’s own administration as unrealistic,” Tapper continued.

Third time’s not necessarily the charm, Dr. Anthony Fauci said Sunday to host Jake Tapper on CNN’s State of the Union talk show.

“I cannot imagine a world in which anybody in journalism thinks that that was appropriate,” Tapper said in an interview with The New York Timesreporter Kara Swisher.  “So I agree with that. And he said, Chris, in his apology that he delivered on air, said that he put us in a bad spot.

CNN analyst Chris Cuomo placed the news organization in a bad spot, according to the network’s Lead Washington Anchor, Jake Tapper.

“Gossip nowadays passes for news,” the late Bobby Kennedy once told me. Except I never met him and he might never have said that.

Devil May Dance,” by Jake Tapper (Little, Brown)As Jake Tapper’s new thriller, “The Devil May Dance,” opens in the year 1960, New York Republican Congressman Charlie Marder is being extorted by none other than the U.S. attorney general.Robert Kennedy is concerned that his brother, President John F.

Daniel D'Addario Chief TV CriticBefore the verdict in the killing of George Floyd came in, Jake Tapper of CNN suggested that a guilty finding would potentially unite the nation.After cop Derek Chauvin was indeed found guilty on all three charges he faced, Fox News suggested that there had been no division in the first place.“This didn’t divide a nation at all!” said Greg Gutfeld, who hosts a late-night show on the network.

Director Rod Lurie, an Army veteran and West Point alum, drew upon his years of military experience while making “The Outpost,” a war film based on Jake Tapper’s book about the Battle of Kamdesh, during which a few dozen Americans were ambushed by hundreds of Taliban soldiers in Afghanistan.“I’m a military guy, I served a long time ago,” Lurie told TheWrap’s Steve Pond as part of TheWrap’s Screening Series.

Doug Jones, the former U.S. senator from Alabama, has joined CNN as commentator.

WASHINGTON – CNN’s Jake Tapper examines the ways in which President Trump’s lie about the 2020 election result was able to spread and eventually led to the riot at the US Capitol.