President Donald Trump rambled on about walls and wheels during his visit to the U.S-Mexico border in Texas on Thursday. And the bizarre analogy left “Late Night” host Seth Meyers somewhat perplexed. “But seriously, what is wrong with your brain?” the comedian asked. “Did someone replace your Diet Coke with Nyquil? I mean, honestly, how […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — Harold Brown, who as defense secretary in the Carter administration championed cutting-edge fighting technology during a tenure that included the failed rescue of hostages in Iran, has died at age 91. Brown died Friday, said the Rand Corp., the California-based think tank Brown served as a trustee for more than 35 years. […]
White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders launched a scathing, unfounded attack on former FBI Director James Comey after he criticized Republicans for doing nothing about “lying” Donald Trump as the president subverts the “rule of law.” “The truth matters …. At some point, someone has to stand up, and in the face of fear of […]
WASHINGTON ― White House officials reached out to federal agencies late Friday night with instructions to prepare for an orderly shutdown. Nine departments and several agencies with hundreds of thousands of workers began grinding to a halt following a legislative impasse after President Donald Trump threatened to close down part of the government if he didn’t […]
Concerned over President Donald Trump’s decision to fire FBI Director James Comey, the FBI reportedly opened an investigation into whether Trump was secretly working on behalf of Russia, according to a New York Times report published Friday night. The bureau opened the counterintelligence inquiry days after Comey was ousted in May 2017, the Times reported, citing […]
Fox News host Jesse Watters demonstrated on Thursday that he clearly has no idea how solar panels actually work. “The Five” host was attempting to pour cold water on the Green New Deal put forward by left-leaning Democrats, including Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.), when he asked: Check out the clip, via Media Matters, here: Watters’ comment […]
Critics immediately panned President Donald Trump’s prime-time speech pushing for a U.S.-Mexico border wall for its numerous lies and misrepresentations, even on the president’s favorite network. Fox News anchor Shepard Smith challenged many of Trump’s claims by using the government’s own numbers. After Trump said that “innocent people” are being “horribly victimized” by immigrants who commit crimes, Smith […]
On Thursday, Congress passed a bill reauthorizing a major federal juvenile justice crime bill for the first time in 16 years. Advocates say the reauthorization of the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act (JJDPA) is a huge victory, since its funding has drastically declined over the years and its provisions have become outdated, putting youth […]
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — As a candidate for governor in 2015, Matt Bevin said he “absolutely supported” a Kentucky county clerk who stopped issuing marriage licenses because of her opposition to gay marriage. But four years later, after a court ordered Kentucky taxpayers to pay more than $222,000 in legal fees for the gay and […]
Conservative writer Jennifer Rubin explored President Donald Trump’s apparent inability to think “through the consequences of his threats” in her latest column for The Washington Post. Rubin argued in the piece ― titled “Trump paints himself into another corner” and published Wednesday ― that “the story of” Trump’s presidency could be summarized as: “Only the lowest […]