Sean Hannity

Meet Sean Hannity, influential Fox News host – and Donald Trump’s ‘adviser’?

5 Mar 2024 - 4:00AM

Celebrity children

Meet singer Andrea Bocelli’s talented – and well-connected – son Matteo

From performing ‘Fall on Me’ and ‘Holy Night’ with his famous father to releasing his debut album Matteo, here’s what you need to know about Andrea Bocelli’s son

31 Jan 2024 - 5:00AMvideocam

Matteo Bocelli (right) with his famous dad, Andrea Bocelli. Photo: @matteobocelli/Instagram

Royalty

Meet Princess Beatrice and Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi’s kids, Sienna and ‘Wolfie’

Prince Andrew’s eldest daughter Beatrice has a daughter and a stepson with husband Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi – but do the children get to see their controversial grandfather?

29 Jan 2024 - 6:00AM

What did Jon Stewart get up to during his 9 year The Daily Show hiatus?

Stewart began hosting the satirical news show in 1999 and left in 2015 – now he’s returning as an occasional host just in time for a presidential race likely to include Donald Trump and Joe Biden

26 Jan 2024 - 6:00AM

Celebrity children

Where is Chelsea Clinton now, amid revelations about her 2010 wedding?

Bill and Hillary Clinton’s daughter Chelsea is under scrutiny after it was revealed that Ghislaine Maxwell was at her 2010 wedding – here’s what she’s been up to

25 Jan 2024 - 6:00PM

Chelsea Clinton has been a busy mother of three and has also invested in a tele medicine company. Photo: Chelsea Clinton/Facebook

Reality TV

Is Real Housewife Monica Garcia the most controversial reality star of 2024?

Garcia joined the cast as the former assistant to disgraced ex-Housewife Jen Shah – but now cast member Heather Gay says she will never appear on the show alongside Garcia again …

19 Jan 2024 - 7:00PM

All 19 stars who achieved EGOT status, from Elton John to Audrey Hepburn

EGOT stands for an Emmy, a Grammy, an Oscar and a Tony, and the latest winner is Elton John – so who else has achieved the feat over the years? From John Legend to Andrew Lloyd Webber …

19 Jan 2024 - 6:00AM

Icons and Influencers

How Gypsy Rose Blanchard is becoming the internet’s favourite influencer

Her story was dramatised in Hulu series The Act starring Joey King and Patricia Arquette – now, newly released from prison for murder, she has 9 million TikTok followers

17 Jan 2024 - 6:00PM

Jailed for murdering her mother, Gypsy Rose Blanchard is now released and beginning a new life – as an influencer. Photo: @gypsyrose_a_blanchard/Instagram

Meet Tommy DeVito, the New York Giants player rocking the NFL at just 25

He is not related to actor Danny DeVito, but may now be just as famous: the star even has a dish named after him at Natoli’s Italian Deli outside the MetLife Stadium

14 Jan 2024 - 5:00AM

Tommy DeVito’s rise to fame in 2023 has led to a surge of pride within the Italian-American community. Photo: @tommydevito/Instagram

Who is Jacinda Ardern’s TV presenter husband-to-be, Clarke Gayford?

New Zealand’s former prime minister Jacinda Ardern is finally set to marry her beau Clarke Gayford in Hawke’s Bay this weekend – here’s what we know about the famous fisherman

13 Jan 2024 - 4:00AM

Who is Sean Hannity’s Fox & Friends TV host girlfriend, Ainsley Earhardt?

As Fox News anchor Sean Hannity announces a permanent move to Florida, he and his girlfriend Ainsley Earhardt will have to do long distance – here’s what we know about her

9 Jan 2024 - 11:22AMvideocam

DeSantis and Newsom clash over America’s future in TV debate

Two big-state governors with presidential ambitions argued in a prime-time showdown filled with fiery clashes over policy and personal insults.

1 Dec 2023 - 12:51PMvideocam

US presidential candidate Ron DeSantis clashed with California’s Democratic Governor Gavin Newsom in a TV debate Thursday. Photo: AP

US presidential election 2024

Republicans nominate Trump-backed Jim Jordan for speaker of paralysed US House

The hardliner gets his shot at the gavel as the lower chamber of Congress enters its 10th day without a leader after McCarthy was ousted and Scalise dropped out.

14 Oct 2023 - 5:40AM

US congressman Jim Jordan speaks to reporters as House Republicans hold a caucus meeting in Washington on Friday. Photo: TNS

DeSantis dares Newsom to take on Biden in 2024

Republican Governor Ron DeSantis of Florida escalated his feud with California Governor Gavin Newsom, daring him to ‘stop pussyfooting around’ and launch a primary challenge against US President Joe Biden.

16 Jun 2023 - 1:55PM

US presidential election 2024

Trump and DeSantis trade jabs on 2024 campaign trail

The ex-president appeared in Iowa and invited the audience to ask him questions – something his chief Republican rival has seemed reluctant to do.

2 Jun 2023 - 10:43AM

‘Historic’: Fox settles Dominion defamation case for US$787.5 million

Fox News averted a potentially humiliating defamation trial after a last-minute settlement over its coverage of false vote-rigging claims in the 2020 US election.

19 Apr 2023 - 2:07PM

Lawyers for Dominion Voting Systems exit the New Castle County Courthouse in Wilmington, Delaware, after the defamation lawsuit was settled. Photo: AP

Fox News defamation trial delayed amid push for settlement talks

Dominion is suing Fox Corp and Fox News in a defamation lawsuit over the network’s coverage of the 2020 US presidential election.

17 Apr 2023 - 8:37PM

Russia

Russia warns US to stop ‘hostile’ flights after Black Sea drone crash

Moscow’s envoy to the US called on Washington to halt flights near Russian borders as tensions simmered over the incident.

16 Mar 2023 - 4:23AMvideocam

US Politics

Explainer | Key highlights from Biden’s State of the Union speech

Here are some takeaways from US President Joe Biden’s State of the Union speech to Congress on Tuesday, an address that could serve as a blueprint for his 2024 re-election bid.

8 Feb 2023 - 2:33PMvideocam

President Joe Biden delivers the State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress in Washington. Photo: AP

Ukraine

Backlash as US lawmaker urges Russians to ‘take out’ Putin to end Ukraine war

In response to Senator Lindsey Graham’s call for the Russian leader’s assassination, the White House says it is not pushing for regime change.

9 Mar 2022 - 12:46PM

A Ukrainian protester holds up a poster of Russian President Vladimir Putin with the word “killer” during a rally outside the Russian embassy in Bangkok, Thailand in February. Photo: TNS

Taiwan

Taiwan says ‘staunch friend’ Mike Pompeo will visit the island

Former US secretary of state will meet Taiwanese president, business and academic leaders during a trip that’s likely to rile Beijing.

21 Feb 2022 - 8:30PMvideocam

FBI still hunting hundreds of US Capitol attackers, pipe bomber

More than 700 people have been arrested for the January 6, 2021 attack on the US Capitol by Trump supporters.

6 Jan 2022 - 12:30PM

Trump cancels Capitol riot anniversary press conference

Donald Trump abruptly gave up his plan to steal the limelight on the anniversary of the January 6 assault against Congress, leaving President Joe Biden to address a divided nation.

5 Jan 2022 - 9:37AM

US Capitol attack investigators seek to question Fox News host Sean Hannity

Trump, meanwhile, has cancelled a news conference originally planned for Thursday, the one-year anniversary of the attack.

5 Jan 2022 - 7:51AM

Fox News host Sean Hannity speaks during a taping of his show in New York in August 2019. Photo: AP

Trump Jnr pleaded for father to stop Capitol attack, along with Fox hosts

Right-wing personalities like Sean Hannity and Laura Ingraham had urged the president to take action, bombshell messages to a former aide reveal.

15 Dec 2021 - 4:34AM