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The New Yorker on Monday disinvited former White House chief strategist Stephen Bannon from the magazine's fall festival next month following outcry over his inclusion in the event. Bannon's scheduled appearance at the annual festival sparked significant backlash Monday as a number of attendees, including actor Jim Carrey and comedian John Mulaney, said they were withdrawing from the event. “I don't want well-meaning readers and staff members to think that I've ignored their concerns," New Yorker editor David Remnick said in a statement on Monday that was shared to the magazine's Twitter account. "I've thought this through and talked to...

The daughter of President Donald Trump's disgraced campaign chairman is changing her surname to separate herself from its "public perception". Paul Manafort, who was Mr Trump's campaign chief during the summer of 2016, was found guilty on eight charges of tax and bank fraud last month. His daughter Jessica Manafort has now filed paperwork in a New York court to legally change her last name, the New York Post reported. Ms Manafort, an independent filmmaker, told the newspaper she was seeking the change “to separate myself and my work from a public perception that has nothing to do with the...