A day after FBI Director Kash Patel filed a $250 million lawsuit against The Atlantic, he has lost a different defamation claim, against news analyst and pundit Frank Figliuzzi. U.S. District Judge George Hanks Jr. dismissed Patel’s lawsuit against Figliuzzi, former assistant director for…

Cable networks again analyzed an ICE officer’s shooting of a 37-year-old Minneapolis woman, this time with the new angle from footage that was taken by the federal agent. On social media, the footage was quickly cited by Vice President JD Vance as evidence that the officer acted in self defense…

Donald Trump isn’t just content this week with personally demeaning female journalists, POTUS has now decided to make his war on the so-called “enemy of the people” online official with a new White House website page. Amidst the tragic shooting of two West Virginia National Guard members in DC…

MSNBC transformed into the newly named MS NOW on Saturday morning, as the network splits from parent company Comcast. “Don’t adjust your settings,” Jonathan Capehart, co-host of The Weekend, told viewers shortly after 7 a.m. ET, from studios in Washington. “We are formerly MSNBC. As of this…

The way MS NOW execs and talent describe their operation suggests the soon-to-be-former MSNBC is a skunkworks start-up emerging from stealth mode instead of a nearly 30-year-old cable news mainstay. “What’s exciting about it is it’s a different approach,” prime-time host Jen Psaki said during a…

MSNBC will rebrand as MS NOW on Saturday, a reflection of the cable news network’s separation from Comcast and sister network NBC News. As the new Versant network sets out on its own, it has been building up its own newsroom, with two major hires with a focus on the Justice Department and the…

The MSNBC-rebranded MS Now has signed a deal with AccuWeather for forecasts and access to its meteorologist expertise. AccuWeather also will support CNBC, with daily segments on Morning Joe and Squawk Box. On Saturday, MSNBC will officially rebrand as MS Now, as the news network splits…

UPDATE: The final ratings data for the off-year elections showed Fox News pulling ahead of its rivals. Fox News averaged 2.92 million viewers in primetime on Tuesday, compared to 2.88 million for MSNBC and 1.91 million for CNN. In the 25-54 demo, CNN averaged 621,000, compared to 509,000…

MSNBC will debut a new ad campaign during Tuesday night’s election coverage, highlighting the network’s pending name change to MS Now as it separates from parent company Comcast. The rebranding will take place on Nov. 15, with the marketing campaign introducing the new name and logo set to the…

Barack Obama took Donald Trump and his billionaire pals to task Saturday in a rare display of bare-knuckled political pugilism from the 44th POTUS. The series of jabs and blows during a rally appearance in Norfolk, VA, made it look a lot like a 2008 Saturday for Obama on cable news – with some…

MSNBC announced two new hires on Wednesday, as it builds up its own newsroom as it splits from parent Comcast. Kate Farrell, senior producer for CBS Mornings in Washington, D.C., is joining as deputy Washington bureau chief. She also worked for 10 years at BBC World News America, including as…

The U.S. Department of Defense and Netflix are in a clash over how accurate the streamer’s nuclear disaster drama A House of Dynamite truly is. Highlighting a specific major plot point in the Kathryn Bigelow-directed movie, an October 16 memo from Pentagon officials was produced with the intent…