Sundance 2026: ‘American Pachuco: The Legend of Luis Valdez’ Q&A

Sundance 2026: ‘American Pachuco: The Legend of Luis Valdez’ Q&A

A β€œbrujo,” a β€œmagician,” β€œa social arsonist” and the β€œfather of Chicano Theater” β€” these are just a few of the monikers that have been bestowed upon Luis Valdez over the course of his decades-long career. The 85-year-old filmmaker and playwright is responsible for β€œLa Bamba” and β€œZoot Suit,” films that raised a generation of…

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Trump defends immigration crackdown at State of Union as approval ratings plummet

Trump defends immigration crackdown at State of Union as approval ratings plummet

WASHINGTONΒ β€”Β To defend an increasingly unpopular immigration crackdown during his State of the Union speech, President Trump highlighted the victims of crimes perpetuated by undocumented immigrants. But as Democrats pointed out, the president’s lengthy speech made no reference to the U.S. citizens, including Renee Good and Alex Pretti in Minneapolis, who were killed by immigration agents….

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Twenty Tory councillors defect to Reform – as Badenoch insists party having ‘good conference’ | Politics News

Twenty Tory councillors defect to Reform – as Badenoch insists party having ‘good conference’ | Politics News

Twenty Conservative councillors have defected to Reform this morning – on the Tories’ third day of their conference. This is on top of eight Tory councillors moving to Nigel Farage’s party since March this year, including notable defector Keith Prince, a member of the London Assembly who was a Tory party member for nearly 50…

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Veteran Rep. Darrell Issa decides not to seek reelection in new Democratic-leaning district, sources say

Veteran Rep. Darrell Issa decides not to seek reelection in new Democratic-leaning district, sources say

As the deadline approaches to file to run for office, veteran Republican Rep. Darrell Issa has decided not to run for reelection in his newly-configured congressional district in San Diego and Riverside counties, according to two GOP strategists familiar with his plans. An Issa spokesperson did not respond to requests for comment, but the congressman’s…

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Anthropic CEO: We’re trying to “deescalate” Pentagon AI standoff to reach “some agreement that works for us and works for them”

Anthropic CEO: We’re trying to “deescalate” Pentagon AI standoff to reach “some agreement that works for us and works for them”

Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei told investors on Tuesday that his company is still in talks with the Pentagon “to try to deescalate the situation” following a clash over AI guardrails in the military. CBS News exclusively obtained audio of Amodei’s remarks at the Morgan Stanley Technology, Media and Telecom Conference in San Francisco. He told…

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