Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) on Monday said Rep. Tony Gonzales (R-Texas) must address the allegations that he had an affair with one of his congressional staffers, who died last year after setting herself on fire, but added that it is “too early to prejudge” the situation. “I endorsed Tony before all these allegations came out,”… Source link
(Alamy) 2 min read3 hr Keir Starmer has asked his independent ethics adviser to investigate whether minister Josh Simons breached the ministerial code over his role in allegations surrounding the think tank that he used to head. Earlier on Monday, PoliticsHome reported that the Prime Minister was considering asking Sir Laurie Magnus to assess whether rules had been breached by Cabinet Office minister Simons. In a WhatsApp message to Labour MPs on Monday, seen by PoliticsHome, Simons said he had been informed by “Jonny”, seemingly a reference to Chief Whip Jonathan Reynolds, that Starmer had asked Magnus “to look into it” and that the “aim is to move fast”. Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, Darren Jones, later confirmed in the House of Commons that Starmer had “been advised that the matter should be referred now to the independent adviser on ministerial standards, which the Prime Minister has done today”. Magnus is expected to look at whether the Labour minister has been truthful in recent statements about his actions while at Labour-aligned think tank, Labour Together. The Cabinet …
Timothy Busfield‘s role has been edited out of Amazon MGM’s upcoming rom-com, You Deserve Each Other, following his child sexual abuse allegations, The Hollywood Reporter has learned. You Deserve Each Other, which stars Meghann Fahy and Penn Badgley, is based on Sarah Hogle’s bestselling 2020 novel of the same name. It follows an engaged couple who have fallen out of love and try to sabotage each other into calling off their wedding, only to fall back in love in the process. Busfield was playing Bernie, father to Fahy’s character Naomi. A release date for the film has yet to be announced. On Jan. 9, an arrest warrant was issued for the actor and director for conduct involving children that allegedly happened on the set of Fox’s The Cleaning Lady, THR previously confirmed. Busfield later turned himself in to authorities in Albuquerque, New Mexico. He has been charged with two counts of criminal sexual contact of a minor and child abuse following an investigation of sexual abuse involving two male minors on the drama, which he directed several …
The House Ethics Committee announced Friday that it is investigating allegations against conservative firebrand Rep. Nancy Mace (R-S.C.). The Ethics Committee did not go into detail about the probe. However, it noted that the matter regarding Mace was transmitted by the Office of Congressional Conduct (OCC) on Dec. 2, 2025. “The Committee notes that the… Source link
Elli Hakami and Julian P. Hobbs, directors of the new TLC docuseries The Cult of the Real Housewife — about The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City star Mary Cosby allegedly running a mind control cult — say they took their cue to investigate the reality TV star from the Bravo series on which she stars. “They arrived there before we arrived there,” Hobbs tells The Hollywood Reporter about the Salt Lake City-set version of the Real Housewives series, which is now in its sixth season. RHOSLC went into its second season with a trailer where co-star Whitney Rose teased “all of the rumors are that Mary is a cult leader,” and that season included an appearance by Mary Cosby whistleblower Cameron Williams, a former member of her Faith Temple Pentecostal Church. “Then we thought, ‘All right, let’s stress test this. Let’s dig deeper than just letting the series itself answer this question.’ And therefore, the door opened,” adds Hobbs, who runs Talos Films with Hakimi. Among the allegations in the TLC docuseries (trailer, above) is that …
