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Business Wire
21-05-2025
- Business
- Business Wire
Sinclair's Full Measure with Sharyl Attkisson Honored with 10 Telly Awards
BALTIMORE--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sinclair is pleased to announce Full Measure with Sharyl Attkisson has been honored with a total of 10 Telly Awards. The Telly Awards are a global competition honoring excellence in video and television content across all screens. Now in its tenth season, Full Measure, hosted by award-winning journalist Sharyl Attkisson, focuses on investigative and accountability reporting. The 30-minute, weekly program airs on Sinclair television stations on Sunday mornings, with a small number of markets airing on Saturday evening, and live online. Full Measure spotlights topics ranging from immigration to government waste, national security concerns and whistleblower reports on government abuse and misdeeds. Commenting on the awards, Attkisson stated, 'I'm so proud of the work our team does each week digging into important stories often brushed aside by many others. We appreciate the Telly Awards recognizing Full Measure's contributions to independent, fact-based journalism.' 'Full Measure's recognition with ten Telly Awards is a testament to the power of fearless, independent journalism,' said Scott Livingston, Senior Vice President of News at Sinclair. 'Sharyl and her team continue to set the standard for investigative reporting, delivering stories that matter to our viewers. We're proud to support their important work.' The following are the 2025 Telly Awards won by Full Measure: GOLD AWARD Series: Video Journalism - Why America is Sick Expand SILVER AWARDS Bronze AwardS 'I want to congratulate our team on the ten awards for season 10 of Full Measure. This recognition is a great sign of the growing presence of the program, and we will continue to grow our audience as we embark on season 11,' said Batt Humphreys, Executive Producer. About Sinclair: Sinclair, Inc. (Nasdaq: SBGI) is a diversified media company and a leading provider of local news and sports. The Company owns, operates and/or provides services to 185 television stations in 86 markets affiliated with all the major broadcast networks; and owns Tennis Channel and multicast networks Comet, CHARGE, ROAR and The Nest. Sinclair's content is delivered via multiple platforms, including over-the-air, multi-channel video program distributors, and the nation's largest streaming aggregator of local news content, NewsON. The Company regularly uses its website as a key source of Company information which can be accessed at Category: General
Yahoo
19-03-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
Trump expected to sign order gutting Department of Education, sources say
President Donald Trump is expected to sign an executive order to diminish the Department of Education at the White House on Thursday, multiple sources told ABC News. The president's order will direct Education Secretary Linda McMahon to take all necessary steps permitted by law to dissolve the Department of Education, according to the sources. The move has been months in the making and will help the president fulfill his campaign promise of returning education power and decisions to the states. The department took the first steps to downsizing and shutting down last week when it laid off nearly half its employees, and it shrunk significantly in size through a massive reduction in force, deferred resignations and retirement buyouts, according to the department. MORE: 3 claims about the Department of Education and what it really does Trump is also expected to continue the reforms -- pledging to erase more staff from the agency and gut it. "I expect it will [be shut down entirely]," Trump said on "Full Measure" with Sharyl Attkisson earlier this month. "You'll have a few people left just to make sure [the states are] teaching English -- you know, you say reading, writing and arithmetic." However, congressional approval is required to abolish a federal agency, and McMahon has acknowledged she would need Congress to carry out the president's vision to close the department she's been tapped to lead. It would take 60 "yes" votes in the Senate to overcome the filibuster and dismantle the agency that Congress created. MORE: What will dismantling the Education Department mean for your student loans? Critics argue the department is needed for vital financial assistance and grant programs. Education experts suggested that shuttering the Department of Education could gut public education funding and disproportionately affect high-need students across the country who rely on statutorily authorized programs, such as the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act and Title 1, which provides funding for low-income families. McMahon said the agency will still administer those statutory programs that students from disadvantaged backgrounds rely on. In an interview on Fox News' "The Ingraham Angle," McMahon suggested the "good" employees who administer the statutorily mandated functions will not be harmed in staff reductions. A statement from the department said it will "continue to deliver on all statutory programs that fall under the agency's purview, including formula funding, student loans, Pell Grants, funding for special needs students, and competitive grantmaking." In its more than four decades, Trump and Department of Education skeptics believe the agency has had too much spending power without achievement results. After McMahon was sworn in, she underscored that abolishing the agency is rooted in allowing families the right to choose a "quality education" so America's students aren't "stuck in failing schools." Trump expected to sign order gutting Department of Education, sources say originally appeared on
Yahoo
18-03-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
Putin Seems To Reject 30-Day U.S. Ceasefire Plan Following Call With Trump
Russian President Vladimir Putin appeared to turn down a U.S. proposal for a 30-day ceasefire in the war in Ukraine following a call Tuesday with U.S. President Donald Trump. The Kremlin, though, said it has agreed to stop targeting Ukraine's energy infrastructure for 30 days. Russia's statement appeared to echo a readout of the call shared by the White House which stated that the two 'leaders agreed that the movement to peace will begin with an energy and infrastructure ceasefire, as well as technical negotiations on implementation of a maritime ceasefire in the Black Sea, full ceasefire and permanent peace.' 'These negotiations will begin immediately in the Middle East,' the White House added. The targeted ceasefire referenced in the readout falls short of the truce proposal pushed by the U.S. last week, which Kyiv has already agreed to. Putin previously said he backed the proposal in principle but suggested he expected more concessions from Kyiv. Trump, though, had previously appeared optimistic that he would get Putin to go along with the U.S. plan. 'I think he's going to agree, I really do,' Trump told 'Full Measure' in an interview broadcast Sunday. 'I think I know him pretty well, and I think he's going to agree.' It's unclear how Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy will respond to the limited ceasefire touted by the U.S. and Russia on Tuesday as the White House did not spell out the role Kyiv would play in the negotiations. While the White House said both Trump and Putin 'agreed this conflict needs to end with a lasting peace,' Russia made clear that it wants the U.S. to stop sending aid to Ukraine and sharing intelligence with Kyiv as a prerequisite for ending the war. Trump temporarily cut support for Ukraine following his tense meeting with Zelenskyy in the Oval Office but restored it after Ukraine backed his original ceasefire proposal. 'It was emphasized that the key condition for preventing the escalation of the conflict and working towards its resolution by political and diplomatic means should be a complete cessation of foreign military assistance and the provision of intelligence information to Kyiv,' the Kremlin said, according to Reuters. Meanwhile, Trump seems keen on mending the U.S.-Russia bilateral relationship. 'The blood and treasure that both Ukraine and Russia have been spending in this war would be better spent on the needs of their people,' the White House readout said. The statement appears to gloss over the fact that the three-year conflict was prompted by Russia's invasion of Ukraine on Feb. 24, 2022. Trump has previously blamed Kyiv for the war, largely echoing the Kremlin's talking points. This is a developing story. Please check back for updates. U.S. Envoy Is Taking Putin's Comments On Ukraine Ceasefire Proposal To Trump, Kremlin Official Says Putin Says He's Open To 30 Day Ceasefire With Ukraine, But Issues Remain I Left My Old Life Behind To Fight For Ukraine. Here's What Trump Isn't Telling You.
Yahoo
17-03-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
On Ukraine, Trump struggles with the meaning of ‘sarcasm' (again)
It's no secret that Donald Trump repeatedly promised voters that he'd end the devastating war in Ukraine before he was sworn in a for a second term, and he failed. The Republican similarly promised the public that he'd resolve the crisis 'within 24 hours' of returning to the White House, and he failed. In fact, by some accounts, Trump didn't even try to keep his promise. Nearly two months later, The Associated Press reported on his new explanation for ignoring his vow. President Donald Trump said Friday that he was 'being a little bit sarcastic' when he repeatedly claimed as a candidate that he would have the Russia-Ukraine war solved within 24 hours — and even before he even took office. Trump was asked about the vow he repeatedly made on the campaign trail during an interview for the 'Full Measure' television program as his administration is still trying to broker a solution 54 days into his second term. 'Well, I was being a little bit sarcastic when I said that,' Trump said in a clip released ahead of the episode that aired over the weekend. The obvious problem with this is that it's plainly false. Then-candidate Trump repeated the vow, in apparent seriousness, throughout the campaign season — without a hint of humor or sarcasm. The less-obvious problem is that the president keeps using the word 'sarcastic,' but he doesn't appear to know what it means. About a year ago, for example, the Republican accidentally conflated House Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi with former Ambassador Nikki Haley, and instead of simply acknowledging the fact that he'd misspoken, he instead insisted that he was being 'sarcastic' when he made the error. It was not the first time. In 2020, for example, after the president suggested injecting Covid patients with disinfectant, Trump responded to public ridicule by saying the comments were intended to be 'sarcastic.' He was obviously lying. But it was a familiar lie. When Trump argued publicly that Barack Obama was 'the founder of ISIS,' he later defended the rhetoric by saying it was 'sarcasm.' In 2014, he referred to Jimmy Carter as the 'late, great Jimmy Carter,' adding soon after that he was 'just being sarcastic.' The president also said that he wanted White House officials to treat him the way North Korean officials treat Kim Jong Un. When reporters pressed for some kind of explanation for what he meant, Trump said: 'You don't understand sarcasm.' (The video of his original comments makes clear he wasn't being sarcastic.) In 2019, Trump reflected on his 2016 call for Russia to intervene in the elections on his behalf, telling a CPAC audience that it was another example of him being 'sarcastic.' A year later, Trump confused Nobel Prizes with the Pulitzer Prize, only to defend the comments by claiming — you guessed it — that it was an example of 'sarcasm.' To borrow a line from 'The Princess Bride,' the president keeps using the word 'sarcastic,' but I don't think it means what he thinks it means. This post updates our related earlier coverage. This article was originally published on
Yahoo
17-03-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Trump Praises Jeff Bezos for ‘Trying to Do a Real Job' With Washington Post Overhaul
The relationship between President Donald Trump and billionaire Amazon founder Jeff Bezos continues to grow warmer, with the president complimenting the Washington Post owner for his recent changes to the paper. 'I've gotten to know him, and I think he's trying to do a real job,' Trump said about Bezos' handling of the paper in recent months. 'Jeff Bezos is trying to do a real job with The Washington Post, and that wasn't happening before.' President Trump's comment was made on Sunday during an interview on 'Full Measure With Sharyl Attkisson,' a news program that airs on Sinclair stations and on YouTube. Watch the interview below: His compliment followed a few major changes that Bezos has spearheaded at the Post in recent months, including his decision to have the opinion section focus on 'two pillars': personal liberties and free markets. That decision led to former Opinion editor David Shipley quitting, as well as longtime columnist Ruth Marcus. The overhauling of the opinion section was criticized by many journalists, including former Washington Post executive editor Marty Baron, who said it left him 'sad and disgusted.' Trump said in February that he had dinner with Bezos on the day he announced his overhauling of the opinion section. More changes hit the paper last week, when Axios broke the news that the Post was revamping its newsroom — a move 'meant to broaden the outlet's coverage and reach a wider audience.' Those changes include dividing its national desk into two sections, with one side focused on national reporting and the other focused on politics and government coverage. And moving forward, its business, tech, health, science and climate teams will be combined into a new department focused on 'how businesses are transforming' across the economy. White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt commended the paper and Bezos for the decision last week, days before Trump gave his own endorsement. 'It appears that the mainstream media, including The Post, is finally learning that having disdain for more than half of the country who supports this president does not help you sell newspapers. It's not a very good business model,' Leavitt said during a press room briefing. The recent changes made by Bezos come after a few months after he blocked his paper's editorial board from endorsing Kamala Harris during the 2024 election. Bezos later said it was the 'right decision' to not endorse a candidate. In December, he said that if his paper had endorsed Harris, it would have added a 'perception of bias' to its coverage. The post Trump Praises Jeff Bezos for 'Trying to Do a Real Job' With Washington Post Overhaul appeared first on TheWrap.
