The Christian Science Monitor

Today, it’s Trump vs. Jimmy Kimmel. In Russia, it was Putin vs. puppets.

The controversy around Jimmy Kimmel resembles the case of “Kukly,” a popular political satire in post-Soviet Russia that ran ...

Putin’s takedown of longtime puppet show signals the dangers of Trump’s media attacks

Russian writer and chess legend Garry Kasparov called the cancellation of the satirical sketch program an “early casualty” of ...
Staten Island Advance

Prison-bound wife of convicted former U.S. senator says he ‘strung me like a puppet’

NEW YORK — Former U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez’s wife told a judge that her husband was “not the man I thought he was” before she was sentenced Thursday to 4½ years in prison for selling the powerful New ...
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Charlie Kirk's assassination leads to temporary removal of South Park episode mocking him

WASHINGTON (TNND) — Comedy Central temporarily pulled a rerun South Park episode poking fun at Charlie Kirk that was set to air Wednesday night hours after the political activist was assassinated. The ...
turnto10

'He strung me like a puppet,': Bob Menendez's wife sentenced to 4.5 years in prison

NEW YORK (AP) — Former U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez’s sobbing wife told a judge that her husband was “not the man I thought he was” before she was sentenced Thursday to 4-and-a-half years in prison for ...
Killeen Daily Herald

Bob Menendez's wife says she was ex-senator's 'puppet' as she gets 4½ years in prison for bribery

NEW YORK (AP) — Former U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez’s sobbing wife told a judge that her husband was “not the man I thought he was” before she was sentenced Thursday to 4½ years in prison for selling the ...