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- AMC will stream ‘The Audacity’ premiere in 21 parts on TikTok — TechCrunch
- House Republican plans motion to oust Swalwell from Congress amid sexual assault allegations — Fox News
AMC will stream ‘The Audacity’ premiere in 21 parts on TikTok
Source: TechCrunch • Published: 4/12/2026, 2:02:23 AM
While it’s not unusual for networks to promote new shows by releasing full episodes on YouTube, AMC is doing something a bit different for its Silicon Valley-focused comedy “The Audacity.”
The show’s premiere will be available on TikTok, starting on Sunday morning. It will be split into 21 segments, each lasting about three minutes, according to Deadline. The segments will be numbered, allowing users to watch the premiere in its entirety if they choose.
This could be a smart way to build buzz among younger viewers for a show that AMC’s chief marketing officer described as the network biggest launch of the year. Or it might just be an odd attempt to recreate Quibi.
Created by Jonathan Glatzer and starring Billy Magnussen and Sarah Goldberg, “The Audacity” doesn’t depict real companies or executives, but it aims to provide a darkly comedic look at many issues created by today’s technology.
And if you don’t want to watch in three-minute segments, you can catch the full premiere on AMC and its streaming service AMC+. It will also stream simultaneously on Samsung’s free service Samsung TV Plus.
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House Republican plans motion to oust Swalwell from Congress amid sexual assault allegations
Source: Fox News • Published: 4/12/2026, 12:10:53 AM
Rep. Anna Paulina Luna, R-Fla., announced Saturday that she would be filing a motion to expel Rep. Eric Swalwell, D-Calif., from Congress after former staffers accused the congressman of sexual assault and misconduct.
"I am filing a motion to expel Eric Swalwell from Congress," she wrote in a Saturday morning tweet.
The move comes after at least four female former staffers of Swalwell's accused him of sexual impropriety. One staffer accused him of sexual assault on multiple occasions.
A former staffer told the San Francisco Chronicle that when she was 17 and Swalwell was 38 he began messaging her on the social media platform Snapchat, a messaging platform in which messages between users disappear. The woman, who the Chronicle did not identify, said Swalwell began sending her inappropriate pictures and requesting pictures of her naked body.
Rep. Eric Swalwell spoke during a press conference on committee assignments for the 118th Congress at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 25, 2023, in Washington, D.C. (Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)
She also claimed that in 2024 she woke up alone in Swalwell's hotel room after a night she did not remember with "vaginal bleeding," according to the Chronicle.
Swalwell, who is married with children, has denied the sexual assault allegations as "false and outrageous." His lawyer also sent a cease and desist letter to the woman, the Chronicle reported.
Rep. Anna Paulina Luna departed the U.S. Capitol following a series of House votes on March 5, 2026, in Washington, D.C. (Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)
Fox News Digital reached out to Swalwell's and Luna's offices but did not immediately receive a response.
Running in the open primary to become California's next governor, Swalwell was ahead of all other registered Democrats, trailing only Republican Steve Hilton in the latest polling average from Real Clear Politics. That may soon change though, as the allegations have prompted a wave of calls from prominent Democrats for Swalwell to bow out.
Those calls have come from party bosses like House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., and from those closest to Swalwell, such as Sen. Ruben Gallego, D-Ariz., who retracted an earlier message of support in order to call for Swalwell to step down. Gallego, who Swalwell has referred to as a "dear friend," initially faced backlash for defending Swalwell.
Sen. Ruben Gallego, D-Ariz., has a steep price for his vote to avert a partial government shutdown: fire White House Deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller. (Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)
While other party members like former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif, pile on to the calls to drop out, very few have gone as far as calling for Swalwell to vacate his congressional seat, a fact Luna highlighted in a Saturday morning appearance on Saturday in America with Kayleigh McEnany.
"It is unacceptable for him to just index his, campaign for governor in California but still sit in the House of Representatives," she told McEnany.
Luna also lambasted the Dems on X, writing, "So the Dems don’t want Swalwell to be governor of California, but he can stay a member of Congress? Are we running a halfway house for sexual predators in Congress now? No. He should not be allowed to stay in Congress."
Luna's motion to expel Swalwell, should she get it to the House floor, would require a two-thirds majority vote from Congress in order to pass.
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