
Chadwick Boseman and former President Barack Obama score first Emmy nominations
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While former winners "Succession" and "Ted Lasso" predictably swept the nominations, there were plenty of newcomers among them, including the late "Black Panther" star and the former president.
Nominees were announced Tuesday morning for the Emmys, which honor the best television of the year. Former winners "Succession" and "Ted Lasso" predictably swept the nominations, but there were also plenty of newcomers among them.
Boseman was posthumously nominated for reprising his performance as T'Challa (aka Black Panther) in the animated Disney+ series "What If?" (Norm Macdonald and Jessica Walter also scored posthumous nominations, but they had both been nominated previously, with Walter earning a statue in 1975.)

Trump orders ‘total and complete blockade’ of sanctioned oil tankers coming to and leaving Venezuela
President Donald Trump said Tuesday he was ordering a “total and complete blockade” of sanctioned oil tankers coming to and leaving from Venezuela, ratcheting up pressure against leader Nicolás Maduro’s regime and suggesting an economic motive to the US’ military campaign in the region.

President Donald Trump is expected to sign an executive order Thursday that would reschedule marijuana to a lower drug classification — a move that would ease federal restrictions, though it would not mean full legalization, according to a source familiar with the planning and a senior White House official.

The House Judiciary Committee is demanding interviews with four current and former Department of Justice officials who were involved in subpoenaing phone records for several members of Congress around the January 6, 2021, Capitol attack, the day before Republicans interview former special counsel Jack Smith.










