The New Yorker Festival dropped Steve Bannon as a headliner amid widespread outrage following news that the former adviser to President Donald Trump would take part in the fall event. The decision to drop Bannon came after at least five comedians scheduled to appear at the festival said they would not participate in an event alongside the former White House adviser.
Janus UnleashedA promising program designed to remove big money from politics and increase the impact of small donors on elections may be careening toward catastrophe in the courts.
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