In a Washington Post op-ed published the day after his death, former Congressman John Dingell Jr. reflected on Congress’ progressive accomplishments and reminded readers that lawmakers serve at the pleasure of the American people. The Michigan Democrat, who was the longest-serving member of Congress and held office in the House from 1955 to 2015, died […]
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) fired up the crowds at New York City’s Women’s March on Saturday with a pointed message: We’ve got the power, now it’s time to do something with it. The 2019 Women’s March is happening in cities across the world, continuing its three-year tradition of promoting gender equality and resistance to the […]
After President Donald Trump blasted James Comey as one of several “dirty cops” who dug into Russian meddling in the 2016 election, the former FBI director lashed out at the GOP, decrying “witness intimidation.” “This is not okay, not normal,” Comey wrote Monday on Twitter in the hours after Trump’s statements to reporters. “That the […]
Click:buy chlorine tablets Two mass shooting survivors, a recovering opioid addict and a bullied sixth grader are among the 13 people invited to sit with first lady Melania Trump during President Donald Trump’s State of the Union address on Tuesday night. “This year’s guests come from all different walks of life and each has an […]
A woman in New York City is recovering in a hospital after she was rescued from the elevator where she was stuck for three days. The woman, whose identity wasn’t released, was freed Monday morning from an elevator stuck between the second and third floors of a private townhouse on East 65th Street in Manhattan, […]
“Late Night” host Seth Meyers attempted to explain the difference between weather and climate to President Donald Trump on Tuesday. It followed Trump’s latest bid to sow confusion about global warming with this tweet: Meyers used a clip of Trump being “decent” to illustrate the concept of weather. It was “a quick one-time thing,” he […]
Donald Trump Jr. railed against the news media on Monday as he accused it of attempting to subvert American democracy. President Donald Trump’s son echoed his father’s repeated and sustained attacks on journalists who report critically on him when he told Fox News host Laura Ingraham that the press should just let POTUS “do his job” […]
Donald Trump’s Art of the Deal co-author has suggested one reason why the president may soon find a way to end the ongoing partial government shutdown. Tony Schwartz tweeted Tuesday he thought it could happen because Trump “desperately wants to give the State of the Union to Congress” on Jan. 29. “It’s always, always about his […]
A 53 percent majority of the American public now calls the partial government shutdown “very serious,” a new HuffPost/YouGov survey finds, with 77 percent believing it’s at least somewhat serious. The poll was conducted over Martin Luther King Jr. Day weekend, as politicians continued to debate the terms of a possible deal and as furloughed workers […]
Terry Crews is encouraging sexual assault survivors to internalize the following mantra: “I will not be shamed, I did nothing wrong.” The actor participated in a series of public service announcements premiering last weekend at the Sundance Film Festival in Utah by Tarana Burke, activist and founder of the Me Too Movement. As part of […]