Month: March 2019

Former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie alleges that President Donald Trump thought firing his national security adviser, Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn, would end “this Russia thing,” The New York Times reported Sunday, citing an exclusive excerpt of Christie’s upcoming memoir. Christie’s book Let Me Finish, set to release Jan. 29, paints a picture of meeting […]

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Fox News host Sean Hannity slammed Sen. Cory Booker (D-N.J.) for his supposed silence on allegations of sexual assault against Virginia Lt. Gov. Justin Fairfax (D).   Just one problem: Booker hadn’t been silent.  Hours before Hannity’s show aired, Booker addressed the allegations on CNN: Fairfax is next in line for governor of Virginia at a […]

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Stephen Colbert thinks he’s figured out where President Donald Trump’s latest wild claims about migrants are coming from.  Trump has claimed repeatedly and without evidence that women have been found bound and gagged at the border.  Now some observers believe Trump is describing the fictional movie “Sicario: Day of the Soldado” rather than actual events at the […]

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President Donald Trump on Wednesday unleashed a stream of insults at the nation’s intelligence officials after they published a report directly contradicting some of his most frequent false claims about foreign policy. Trump, who has regularly undermined and questioned the work of institutions and officials in his own administration, referred to “the Intelligence people” as […]

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A noted border security expert who opposes President Donald Trump’s proposed border wall is hoping to bridge a gap with a Republican congressman who attempted to mansplain the issue to her last week. Juliette Kayyem, a national security expert and former assistant secretary at the Department of Homeland Security, on Monday tried to rekindle her Twitter dialogue with freshman […]

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SEATTLE (AP) — A Washington state baker is apologizing for a politically charged Valentine’s Day cookie that generated an uproar on social media. KING-TV reports that Ken Bellingham, who owns Edmonds Bakery, has gotten phone calls from frustrated customers about the heart-shaped cookie with “Build that Wall” in frosting letters. The wall refers to President […]

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