The Republican National Committee’s attempt to use Twitter to spin the narrative on the ongoing partial government shutdown backfired on Thursday night. The RNC posted six bullet point-style tweets that tried to paint President Donald Trump as some kind of helpless victim of the Democrats’ unwillingness to negotiate over his demand for funding for his proposed […]
“The Mooch” is out early. Again. Anthony Scaramucci has reportedly exited CBS’ “Celebrity Big Brother” house after just six days. That makes his 11-day tenure as White House communications director, a length of time that people on social media often mockingly call “a Scaramucci,” now seem like an eon. “I just left the ‘Big Brother’ […]
COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa – Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren, the first major Democratic candidate to announce a challenge to President Donald Trump, had only been in Iowa for a few hours when she laid down a marker with implications for every other Democrat who might run for president in 2020. “We ought to be building a […]
The truce didn’t last long. Hugh Jackman and Ryan Reynolds supposedly agreed to end their history of trolling each other last week. Now, it looks like the mocking feud between the “Wolverine” and “Deadpool” actors is back on. Each agreed to record advertisements for the other’s companies. Jackman is selling coffee while Reynolds has his own […]
By Jay Hancock Few consumers have heard of the secret, business-to-business payments that the Trump administration wants to ban in an attempt to control drug costs. But the administration’s plan for drug rebates, announced last week, would end the pharmaceutical business as usual, shift billions in revenue and cause far-reaching, unforeseen change, say health policy […]
Former Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz hasn’t officially announced he’s running for president, but he’s already learning a sad truth about politics. When you have to ask people to clap at your scripted applause lines, expect some blowback. Schultz was speaking at Purdue University in Indiana on Thursday when he announced that he would release his tax returns […]
NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell sidestepped more than one question about the football league’s treatment of Colin Kaepernick on Wednesday, and people on Twitter were not pleased. During a press conference, Goodell was asked why the former San Francisco 49ers quarterback and activist hasn’t been signed to an NFL team in nearly two years. Nothing fishy going on here, […]
By Lesley Wroughton and Arshad Mohammed WASHINGTON, Feb 1 (Reuters) – The United States will suspend compliance with the Intermediate-range Nuclear Forces Treaty with Russia on Saturday and formally withdraw in six months if Moscow does not end its alleged violation of the pact, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Friday. The United States […]
UPDATE: Chicago police said on Feb. 16 that their investigation into Jussie Smollett’s reported attack “shifted” after they received information from two individuals they questioned. Citing anonymous law enforcement sources, CNN reported that police believe the actor may have paid two men to orchestrate the attack. Read more here. PREVIOUSLY: “Empire” star Jussie Smollett took the […]
A former staffer of Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee (D-Texas) has filed a lawsuit accusing her of unlawful termination in retaliation for pursuing legal action over an alleged sexual assault by Damien Jones, a former employee of the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation. In a lawsuit filed last week, the woman, identified only as Jane Doe, accuses […]