Cardi B has returned to social media to share her thoughts on the partial government shutdown and her frustration with President Donald Trump. The “I Like It” rapper shared a post on Instagram on Saturday with a suggestion for those who are standing by the president as the shutdown nears the one-month mark. “All you Trump […]
A trove of more than 24 million financial and banking documents, representing tens of thousands of loans and mortgages from some of the biggest banks in the U.S., has been found online after a server security lapse. The server, running an Elasticsearch database, had more than a decade’s worth of data, containing loan and mortgage […]
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 […]
Wisconsin police have released audio of the 911 call placed after 13-year-old Jayme Closs escaped a remote cabin where she says she was held by 21-year-old Jake Thomas Patterson. Kristin Kasinskas called Douglas County 911 on Jan. 10 after neighbor Jeanne Nutter pounded on the door of her Gordon home shouting: “This is Jayme Closs! […]
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 […]
Kevin Hart is on the defense again after a chilly response on social media to his expression of support for “Empire” actor Jussie Smollett, who was hospitalized this week after a reported racist and homophobic attack in Chicago. Smollett told police he was was approached early Tuesday by two masked men who shouted “racial and […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A lawmaker says a Confederate plaque in the Texas Capitol that rejects slavery as the underlying cause of the Civil War has been removed. State Rep. Eric Johnson on Sunday tweeted a photo of the blank wall where the plaque was once displayed. Johnson, a Dallas Democrat, has long pushed the […]