Stephen Colbert has a warning for President Donald Trump, who on Friday declared a national emergency in order to secure funding for his proposed border wall. Several states have filed suit, as well as a group of landowners on the Mexican border. But there’s one other organization that’s joined a lawsuit against the president ― […]
A Southern California teenager who was photographed next to a makeshift swastika at a high school party is “now a former student” of JSerra Catholic High School, the Los Angeles Times reports. The teen was just one of many Orange County high school students posing next to the Nazi symbol at a party in photos that […]
There’s more bad news for taxpayers. A government report has revealed that 11 million taxpayers are losing out on $323 billion worth of deductions due to a punishing change in President Donald Trump’s tax law. The hard news comes after early filers were stunned by shrinking — to vanishing — tax refunds. The deduction wallop […]
Following backlash over misinformation on its platform, Facebook said Thursday that it will roll out a new plan to help fight the spreading of anti-vaccination conspiracy theories. “We are working to tackle vaccine misinformation on Facebook by reducing its distribution and providing people with authoritative information on the topic,” Monika Bickert, vice president of Facebook […]
Rolling Stone magazine pays tribute to four Democratic “Women Shaping the Future” with its new cover. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) features on the front of the March issue, alongside freshman Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.), Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) and Jahana Hayes (D-Conn.). The publication shared extensive interviews with each of the four lawmakers on its website. The […]
Multiple Fox News hosts distorted Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s (D-N.Y.) latest comments about climate change in a new montage. Media Matters for America, the progressive watchdog group, released a supercut Tuesday showing the conservative network’s anchors twisting Ocasio-Cortez’s statement about young people and global warming that she made during an Instagram livestream. What the freshman lawmaker […]
Stephen Colbert celebrated ― and gently mocked ― the growing number of Democratic candidates who are throwing their hats into the ring to challenge President Donald Trump in 2020. “The Late Show” host on Friday got lost in a sea of potential presidential hopefuls, before making an inevitable Where’s Waldo?-themed gag. Check out the clip […]
A truck driver accused of killing 11 people and wounding seven during an attack on a Pittsburgh synagogue has pleaded not guilty. Forty-six-year-old Robert Bowers was in federal court Monday and pleaded not guilty to a new indictment that added 19 additional counts. His attorney, Judy Clarke, says the defense is hoping the case can […]
March 9 (Reuters) – Adidas-sponsored players on the team that wins the FIFA Women’s World Cup this year will receive the same performance bonus payments as their male counterparts, the sportswear company said on Friday. The announcement follows news that the U.S. women’s national soccer team is suing their federation with allegations of gender discrimination, […]
A 20-year-old black man who was shot dead by police in Vallejo, California, earlier this month after he was found sleeping in his car with a gun in his lap was struck by about 25 bullets, his family’s lawyer said this week. “Overkill is an understatement,” attorney Melissa Nold told NBC News about the shooting […]