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Fiery actor and 'SNL' star Alec Baldwin has reportedly been arrested in New York City after allegedly punching someone in the face during a parking spot altercation. FOX News Channel (FNC) is a 24-hour all-encompassing news service dedicated to delivering…

With a new ABC talk show and his return to 'Saturday Night Live,' the unfiltered star is mobilizing against the GOP ("Anything you equate with leadership, they don't have it"), courting controversy ("Ever since I played Trump, black people love me") and revealing mixed emotions on the #MeToo movement: "People write, 'You're next aren't you?'" (In sharing the story for the first time, he asked that I omit the names.) "She goes, 'Alec, they called me and they said that a wardrobe person said you sexually molested me and that you constantly had me sitting on your lap and they asked me for a comment.' In fact, at 60, he can't remember ever being this busy. People will write, 'You seem like the kind of guy who would do that.' Outside, on the streets of Manhattan, it sure doesn't feel like everyone's out to get Alec Baldwin. In fact, he calls Tyrone over and the two begin cracking each other up. When he told me earlier this year that the gag had become "agony" — less the exercise itself than his weekly commitment to it — Trump famously fired back. "Did we ever hear back from the Delgado people?" "Alec's tough," he says.

Schneider was part of SNL when Mike Myers, Chris Rock and Adam Sandler were also on board, a period considered particularly strong for the long-running, late night comedy romp. “The fun of ‘Saturday Night Live’ was always you never knew which way they leaned politically,” he told the Daily News. “You kind of assumed they would lean more left and liberal, but now the cat’s out of the bag they are completely against Trump, which I think makes it less interesting because you know the direction the piece is going.” Schneider, who currently stars in Netflix’s reality show Real Rob, also found Alec Baldwin’s portrayals of President Donald Trump were particularly vexing to Schneider. Bush, who Schneider felt skewered with a touch of affection. “To me, the genius of Dana Carvey was Dana always had empathy for the people he played, and Alec Baldwin has nothing but a fuming, seething anger toward the person he plays.” Schneider said Baldwin is “hard to watch. Alec Baldwin is a brilliant actor… he’s not a comedian.” He added: “I don’t find his impression to be comical. Because, like I said, I know the way his politics lean and it spoils any surprise. There’s a real ugliness to it,” he said. While Schneider won’t reveal whether he is a Trump supporter, he did not that attacks on the president won’t produce results. “It’s like asking Bill Cosby to top off your drink.” Schneider later took to Twitter to amplify his remarks:

White House Chief of Staff John Kelly defended his handling of the domestic-abuse allegations against former Trump staffer Rob Porter and offered his own timeline of the episode. In a series of morning tweets, President Trump exchanged insults with comedian Alec Baldwin and defended his position on trade. Trump and Vice President Mike Pence attended the funeral for the late Reverend Billy Graham in Charlotte, North Carolina. Today on The Atlantic Promises, Promises: President Trump’s proposed tariffs on foreign steel and aluminum are intended to protect American jobs and strengthen national security. They’ll probably fail on both fronts. (Annie Lowrey) Can’t Have Both: President Trump will have to choose between limiting low-skill immigration or restricting trade. (Reihan Salam) Keep Out: Greenfield, Massachusetts has successfully fought to keep Walmart from moving into town. : Trump ally Carl Icahn reportedly sold $31.3 million in stock in a company dependent on steel, just days before Trump announced his plans to impose tariffs on steel imports. This week, we asked you which world leader you’d invite to the White House for a formal visit. “Our country needs someone like her to help us out of the mess we are in at this time.” A few people said they’d invite the leaders of Canada and Mexico together.