The Trump administration recalled thousands of furloughed Internal Revenue Service employees last week to process tax refunds despite the government shutdown. However, many staffers are reportedly skipping work, which could mean a delay. According to The Washington Post, hundreds of IRS employees have been granted absences due to financial hardship, and their union said that an […]
A blast of super cold Arctic air known as a “polar vortex” is whipping through the Midwest this week, freezing over lakes and cityscapes and creating life-threatening conditions for residents. Wind chill temperatures on Wednesday were expected to drop to as low as -60 in Minnesota and -50 degrees in Illinois, prompting school districts to cancel […]
“Empire” actor Jussie Smollett told police in a follow-up interview that the two men who attacked him in Chicago early Tuesday morning yelled “MAGA country” during the racist and homophobic assault. According to CBS News, Chicago police say Smollett told them the two masked attackers cited President Donald Trump’s “Make America Great Again” slogan after physically […]
Click:swimsuit Twitter buzzed over Kellyanne Conway’s latest bonkers statement on Friday. Conway, a counselor to President Donald Trump, raised eyebrows with her suggestion that Sen. Cory Booker (D-N.J.) is sexist because he is seeking the Democratic nomination against a number of women. “If he were a Republican running against them, they would immediately call him […]
Maroon 5 frontman Adam Levine, who had seemed to be avoiding questions about performing at Sunday’s Super Bowl halftime show, said he “silenced all the noise and listened to myself” to decide to accept the controversial gig. “No one thought about it more than I did,” Levine told “Entertainment Tonight” Thursday in his only interview before […]
Click:cement block machine Former vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin attempted to mock Stacey Abrams as a “literal loser” on Tuesday. It didn’t go well. Abrams, a rising star in the Democratic Party after losing a closer-than-expected race in deep red Georgia, has been tapped to deliver the response to President Donald Trump’s State of the Union […]
“Late Night” host Seth Meyers ripped President Donald Trump’s former campaign adviser Roger Stone on Monday as “a longtime political dirty trickster known for shady tactics and bizarre outfits.” And with that, he was just getting warmed up. Meyers pointed out that Stone was arrested last week by FBI agents who were not even getting […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump said he’ll be making a “major announcement” on the government shutdown and the southern border on Saturday afternoon as the standstill over his border wall continues into its fifth week. Democrats are proposing hundreds of millions of dollars for new immigration judges and improvements to ports of entry from […]
President Donald Trump lashed out at his favorite network on Sunday, accusing two Fox News journalists of having “less understanding” of his proposed border wall than the “fake news” at his usual media targets, CNN and NBC. Trump specifically called out the network’s chief White House correspondent John Roberts and Washington correspondent Gillian Turner: Roberts subbed […]
Iowa’s “fetal heartbeat” law, the most restrictive abortion ban in the United States, was declared unconstitutional Tuesday, as it violates the Iowa state constitution, a state judge ruled. Iowa’s Republican-controlled legislature passed the restriction in May 2018, outlawing the procedure after a fetal heartbeat is detected, often at six weeks and before a woman realizes […]