WASHINGTON, March 10 (Reuters) ― President Donald Trump on Monday will ask the U.S. Congress for an additional $8.6 billion to help pay for the wall he promised to build on the southern border with Mexico to combat illegal immigration and drug trafficking, officials familiar with his 2020 budget request told Reuters. The demand is […]
Over 60 entities and individuals with close ties to President Donald Trump and his businesses will get document requests from the House Judiciary Committee on Monday, panel Chairman Rep. Jerry Nadler (D-N.Y.) said Sunday. “The Republicans spent two years shielding the president from any proper accountability. … It’s our job to protect the rule of law,” […]
Among many achievements, the late R&B and jazz legend Reggie Lucas played in Miles Davis’ touring band, composed hit songs and produced Madonna’s debut album. But during Sunday night’s broadcast of the Grammy Awards, he was missing from the “In Memoriam” segment, sparking criticism from fans and viewers — including his daughter Lisa, the executive […]
Facing public pressure and a strong-worded rebuke by an influential California congressman, Amazon has apparently pulled several anti-vaccine films from its Prime Video streaming service. As BuzzFeed first reported, controversial documentary titles including “Vaxxed,” “Shoot ’Em Up: The Truth About Vaccines” and “We Don’t Vaccinate!” are now listed as “currently unavailable” on Prime Video. The […]
Florida prosecutors are charging New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft with two counts of soliciting prostitution, a misdemeanor. State Attorney Dave Aronberg told reporters that Kraft ― alongside 24 other defendants ― received a summons over his visits to the Orchids of Asia Day Spa in Jupiter, where he allegedly solicited sex acts for money […]
Michael Jackson’s family is standing by the late singer ahead of the release of HBO’s “Leaving Neverland” documentary, insisting that there was nothing “odd” about him inviting boys to slumber parties at his Neverland ranch. “I grew up in it, so for me, it wasn’t odd. I think to the outside world, yes, I think it […]
And the Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Actor goes to… … President Donald Trump for his performances as himself in Michael Moore’s “Fahrenheit 11/9” and Dinesh D’Souza’s “Death of a Nation.” Trump also scooped the dubious Razzie for Worst Screen Combo “for himself and his self-perpetuating pettiness” in both documentaries. Check out the full 39th Razzie Awards announcement […]
NEW YORK (AP) — Federal authorities said Friday they are investigating claims that Martin Shkreli has been running his pharmaceutical company from behind bars using a contraband smartphone. The U.S. Bureau of Prisons told The Associated Press it has opened an inquiry into whether the man nicknamed the “Pharma Bro” violated prison rules forbidding inmates […]
Former acting FBI Director Andrew McCabe said he briefed a bipartisan group of congressional leaders about the FBI’s counterintelligence operation into President Donald Trump in May 2017, and that none of them objected. “No one objected — not on legal grounds, not on constitutional grounds, and not based on the facts,” he said Tuesday in an interview […]
Democratic presidential hopeful Pete Buttigieg spoke out against Vice President Mike Pence for his “fanatical” anti-LGBTQ views on Thursday’s broadcast of “The Late Show.” Buttigieg, the mayor of South Bend in Indiana who came out as gay in 2015 while campaigning for his second term, told host Stephen Colbert he would probably think Pence (his state’s former […]