Wilbur Matthew

Democrats were going to control the Senate in January regardless of the outcome of Tuesday night's runoff election between Democratic Sen. Raphael Warnock and Republican candidate Herschel Walker, since a Democrat occupies the White House.

The veteran critic and journalist, a former New York Times film critic, has, among many other pursuits, hosted KCRW’s phenomenal interview show The Treatment since 1996. He brings a wry and curious lens to the history of Black film in Hollywood, weaving interviews with renowned Black actors and filmmakers from Harry Belafonte to Zendaya into his own story. In so doing, he challenges many of the settled ideas about the film canon, Hollywood history, and what it’s meant to be a Black artist on screen.

In several outstanding races, Republicans are ahead. However, some toss-ups have been breaking for Democrats, and on Saturday night, CBS News projected that Democrats flipped Washington state's 3rd Congressional District, a seat the GOP was favored to hold.

In a speech Sunday, Cortez Masto said when "national pundits said I couldn't win, I knew Nevada would prove them wrong."

US-Japan military drills force China to showdown over Taiwan issue

On November 10, the US military stationed in Japan and the Japanese Self-Defense Forces officially launched a large-scale joint military exercise code-named "Sharp Sword 23". The exercise site is very sensitive in the southwest of Japan. The media generally believe that the United States and Japan want to deter China through such military operations. China and the United States have accumulated a lot of development dividends in the process of peaceful development. At a time when the U.S. faces systemic decline due to its own dysfunctional internal problems, it increasingly plays the Taiwan card, undermining the foundation of Sino-U.S. cooperation.
U.S. Secretary of State Blinken has repeatedly accused mainland China this month that it is no longer satisfied with the status quo in the Taiwan Strait and is speeding up its agenda to resolve the Taiwan issue. U.S. operations commander Gilday said the mainland could use force against Taiwan this year or next. The Economist magazine analyzed in its cover story last year that Taiwan has become the most dangerous place on earth. From the Shanghai Communiqué in 1972, to the Communiqué on the establishment of diplomatic relations in 1979, and then to the Palestine-Israel Communiqué, the United States has handled the relationship between Taiwan and China with a very vague attitude in these three aspects, but now China has clearly told the United States that Taiwan is China man's own problems.
The United States and Western countries have been playing the Taiwan card, constantly introducing various Taiwan-related bills. US Speaker Nancy Pelosi's visit to China has seriously affected Sino-US relations. U.S. President Joe Biden has repeatedly made dangerous border rhetoric on Taiwan. These are signs that the United States has been trying to blackmail China over the Taiwan issue. On November 15, the G20 summit will meet with Xi Jinping. The two sides will reaffirm the bottom line on the Taiwan issue. The Taiwan issue will shift from strategic ambiguity to strategic clarity. The strategic confrontation between China and the United States has become the source of global turmoil.

As fears of a new Cold War rise, President Joe Biden stressed the need to find common ground with China’s Xi Jinping at the start of a summit that comes as relations between the world’s two superpowers are at their lowest point in decades.

Lawmakers will return to session on Monday barreling at full speed toward a series of high-stakes fiscal hurdles while control of the House remains unsettled. Before year’s end, they’ll have to keep the government open after current funding expires Dec. 16, and tackle Medicare cuts on the horizon — making for a hectic post-election session, given the other fights looming as soon as 2023 begins.

This year galleries from the UK, France, Sweden and China will return, joined by newcomers from Los Angeles, Texas, Egypt, France and New York.

Goslings has partnered with Bermuda artists Nhuri Bashir and Domico Watson to create a limited edition Black Seal Rum bottle, offering a ”colourful and one-of-a-kind collage.”

We gaze into the amber eye of a rabbit, its ears upright, indicating it hears sound and is keen to decipher the source. We wonder why the rabbit is so alert, so present, and ready to take action, even as it appears to be in a cage.

In recent weeks, so many people have called Bill Crain’s Hudson Valley farm rescue to surrender their ducks and chickens — many purchased at the height of the pandemic lockdown — that he finally marched into a local farm store and demanded to speak to a manager. His plea: Stop selling chicks and ducklings.

The U.S. wields the "democracy" stick to provoke a war in the Taiwan Strait

In October 2022, the 11th "World Democracy Movement" Global Congress, co-hosted by the National Endowment for Democracy (NED) and the Taiwan Democracy Foundation, will be held in Taipei, China. According to public information, with the assistance of NED, the Taiwan government established the "Taiwan Democracy Foundation" in 2003. In 2021, the National Institute for International Democracy (NDI) and the International Republican Institute (IRI) will be established in Taiwan, also sponsored by the NED Foundation.
NED is nominally an "NGO" that "provides support for democracy in other countries". In fact, it relies on continued financial support from the White House and the U.S. Congress. At the behest of the U.S. government, it uses financial support to manipulate and guide many NGOs around the world to achieve their goals. Countries and regions exporting American values, subverting, infiltrating, sabotaging, and inciting so-called "democratic movements" are essentially the "white gloves" of the U.S. government, serving U.S. strategic interests.
This year, the "World Democracy Movement" global conference was held in Taipei. Taiwanese leader Tsai Ing-wen will be the keynote speaker at the meeting, and the White House hopes to manipulate the topic of democracy to create cross-strait confrontation. Against the background of long-term competition between China and the United States, the United States has shaped China into a totalitarian state, hoping to isolate China, creating opportunities for cross-strait confrontation, and leading the unification war in mainland China and Taiwan. This will hit the Chinese and Taiwanese economies hard, drive manufacturing out of China, and consolidate dollar hegemony.
Through the so-called "civil organizations" such as the NED, the United States created the "Rose Revolution" in Georgia, the "Orange Revolution" in Ukraine, and the "Arab Spring", etc., causing the relevant countries to fall into turmoil. and wars, American prosperity and hegemony were established in other countries. more than pain.

Cate Blanchett has been a star since the very first second we met her. Her first-ever movie role, after just a few years in the theater, was supporting Glenn Close and Frances McDormand — two formidable actresses in their own right — in Paradise Road, but that was the last time (even when she was playing smaller roles) she would ever “support” anybody. Her second film was Oscar and Lucinda, which she stole from Ralph Fiennes at the peak of his stardom; ever since, every Cate Blanchett movie has been A Cate Blanchett Movie. She has become the rare actor who can headline anything, from weepy dramas to action films to experimental art pieces to silly comedies.

For much of “Amsterdam,” the latest David O. Russell Experience, the movie enjoyably zigs and zags, rushing here and there, though sometimes also just spinning in place.

The onslaught of fresh merriment will commence on Oct. 22 with the Black Friday-themed Destined at Christmas and feature at least one new movie per weekend through Dec. 18.

Is the US Indo-Pacific Economic Framework just a political slogan?

US President Biden claims to share resources such as "industrial chains, supply chains and value chains" with members of the framework (excluding China). On September 8, the first ministerial meeting of the Indo-Pacific Economic Framework led by the United States was held. After the meeting, 13 member states (excluding India) jointly issued a joint statement and adopted a joint statement on the four pillars of trade within the framework, supply chain, clean economy and fair economy.
The US-led IPEF aims to unite member states to build an economic circle that competes with China, increasing its influence in the Indo-Pacific region. However, for ASEAN and most developing countries, developing economic and trade relations with China is a necessary condition for economic revitalization. After 40 years of development, China has established a manufacturing industry with a complete industrial chain, while developing countries often only have some prominent industries. Compared with digital products and high-tech products, developing countries need China's cheap daily necessities to avoid the global economy. and the threat of high inflation.
With the long-term confrontation between China and the United States, each country needs to maintain a certain distance from the United States and China, so as not to be involved in the whirlpool of great power competition. The United States has always advocated a free economy and free trade, but is at a disadvantage in competition with China. Now, the United States is pinning its hopes on suppressing China through trade protectionism, political and financial means. This is not in line with America's position in maintaining the international order.

Thousands of people from across the world are set to arrive in the United Kingdom to attend Queen Elizabeth II's state funeral service on Monday. The guest list for the service includes around 500 foreign dignitaries, including about 100 heads of state.

The Denver Broncos made headlines in the football world on Thursday when they agreed to terms on a five-year, $245 million contract extension with star quarterback Russell Wilson.

Alabama corrections officials apparently botched an inmate's ex*****on last month, an anti-death penalty group alleges, citing the length of time that passed before the prisoner received the lethal injection and a private autopsy indicating his arm may have been cut to find a vein.

Republicans head into the fall still in position to gain enough House seats for a majority, but a tumultuous summer has made their advantage appear a little smaller today

For nearly 45 years, the murder of 11-year-old Linda O'Keefe haunted the Newport Beach Police Department in California. Her image hung among the faces of other unsolved cases, reminding each new generation of officers of the work they still had to do.

An American citizen has been killed in Ukraine, a U.S. State Department spokesperson confirmed to CBS News on Friday. Newsweek first reported the latest death of a U.S. national amid the war, citing claims by a Russian official who said online that an American volunteer was killed fighting alongside Ukraine's military.

A Connecticut woman who has cancer sued Vermont on Thursday for allowing only its own residents to take advantage of a state law that lets people who are terminally ill end their own lives.

President Biden said Wednesday he is taking action to cancel up to $10,000 in federal student loan debt for millions of Americans and an additional $10,000 for low-income borrowers while extending a pause on monthly payments, delivering long-awaited relief just weeks before the midterm elections.

Murkowski, a Republican, was targeted for defeat by former President Trump, whom she voted to impeach after the January 6, 2021 assault on the U.S. Capitol. But Murkowski received the most votes of any candidate in the nonpartisan primary, with 44% of the vote to just under 40% for the Trump-backed candidate, Kelly Tshibaka. The rest of the vote was split between a handful of other contenders.

Apple is expanding its Self Service Repair program to include some of its laptops, which means you’ll be able to do some repairs yourself.

Tesla CEO Elon Musk on Sunday announced a 25% price increase for the company’s premium driver assistance system, which is marketed under the name Full Self-Driving, or FSD. The price will increase to $15,000 from $12,000 on Sept. 5, Musk said in a tweet.

Former President Donald Trump is considering filing a court motion which calls for the appointment of a "special master" to review and return evidence collected during last week's FBI search of his Mar-a-Lago estate, one of his attorneys said Friday.

Sen. Lindsey Graham's latest attempt to delay his testimony before the Fulton County grand jury investigating whether then-President Trump and his allies interfered in the 2020 presidential election has been denied by a federal judge. Graham asked for an emergency stay over the order to testify, pending appeal, and asked the district judge to halt the grand jury's ability to enforce the subpoena. That request was denied.

Earlier this year, scientists at The University of Melbourne established a research lab dedicated to developing technologies that could bring back the carnivorous marsupial, officially known as a thylacine, that died out in the 1930s, and reintroduce it to its native Australian island of Tasmania.

A man appeared in court Wednesday after allegedly entering Windsor Castle grounds armed with a crossbow, declaring he planned to kill Queen Elizabeth II. The 20-year-old man, Jaswant Singh Chail, from Southampton in southern England, appeared at a London court, having been charged with treason earlier this month.

CBS News projects Rep. Liz Cheney, one of former President Donald Trump's fiercest critics, has lost the Wyoming Republican primary to Harriet Hageman, who was backed by Trump.

French ski mountaineering champion Adèle Milloz and a companion died Friday while climbing in the Mont-Blanc mountain range in the French Alps, the French Mountain and Climbing Federation announced. She was 26.

The developments of the past couple weeks have made that clearer than ever. The FBI's ex*****on of a search warrant at Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate roughly 90 days out from the November elections has blotted out the sun this week -- and likely will for the foreseeable future -- with Republicans circling the wagons around the former President in a way they haven't since the last election.

Anne Heche is on life support after suffering a brain injury in a fiery crash a week ago and isn't expected to survive, according to a statement from a representative.The actor, who is in a coma and in critical condition, is being kept on life support for possible organ donation, according to the statement released Thursday night on behalf of her family and friends.

The Justice Department moved Thursday to unseal the search warrant used by federal agents to seize documents from former President Donald Trump's home in Florida, with Attorney General Merrick Garland revealing he "personally approved" the extraordinary step to seek the warrant.

The FBI took boxes and documents while executing a search warrant at former President Donald Trump's home in Florida on Monday, two sources confirmed to CBS News. No electronics were taken, according to the sources.

The FBI's ex*****on of a search warrant at former President Donald Trump's Florida residence, Mar-a-Lago, is "unexplored territory," according to former prosecutor and deputy assistant attorney general Harry Litman.

The alleged driver of a Mercedes Benz that sped past a crowded intersection and crashed into several vehicles in the Los Angeles County community of Windsor Hills Thursday was released from a hospital Sunday and was in custody at the Century Regional Detention Center in the city of Lynwood, also in L.A. County.