An independent advisory group of evangelical leaders has found that the sexual misconduct accusations lodged against former Chicago-area megachurch pastor Bill Hybels by several women are credible. The women’s allegations of “sexually inappropriate words and actions” by Hybels would have been sufficient to prompt disciplinary action against the pastor if he had not already retired from […]
President Donald Trump has once again inexplicably heaped praise on North Korean leader Kim Jong Un. Trump, who’s in Hanoi, Vietnam, this week for a summit with North Korea, called the country’s dictator a “great leader” and complimented the Hermit Kingdom’s economy. “I think that your country has tremendous economic potential. Unbelievable. Unlimited,” the president […]
Rachel Maddow attempted to make sense of President Donald Trump’s latest “bold idea” on Tuesday night. The host of MSNBC’s “The Rachel Maddow Show” noted that Trump had earlier in the day suggested putting on a “Salute to America” with fireworks in Washington, D.C., to mark the Fourth of July ― even though similar festivities […]
President Donald Trump debuted yet another weird handshake during his Vietnam summit with North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un. And Seth Meyers was there for it. “It’s like he was going in for a karate chop and then remembered it was supposed to be a handshake,” he joked on Thursday’s broadcast of “Late Night.” “Trump […]
White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders released a statement Friday morning saying President Donald Trump will declare a national emergency to secure additional border wall funding. Right away, many people noticed that the official notice appeared to be a screenshot of text from Apple’s Notes function ― a platform often used for making to-do […]
Chris Evans may be done playing “Captain America.” But the actor definitely isn’t done with taking President Donald Trump to task, as he demonstrated with two tweets on Monday. Evans, who in recent months has not been shy about using his public profile to criticize Trump, asked why the president continued to confuse weather with […]
Uber will not be held criminally liable for a crash last year in which one of its self-driving cars struck and killed a pedestrian in Tempe, Arizona — the first accident of its kind. Yavapai County Attorney Sheila Polk wrote in a letter Tuesday that there was “no basis for criminal liability for the Uber […]
Michael Cohen, former attorney to President Donald Trump, this week revealed a new investigation into his onetime boss. “I am in constant contact with the Southern District of New York regarding ongoing investigations,” Cohen told Congress on Wednesday. Now, one former head of that office says Justice Department policy against indicting a sitting president won’t […]
Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz (D) introduced a new clean-energy proposal Monday that would require the state’s electricity providers to go 100 percent renewable by 2050 “Climate change is an existential threat. We must take immediate action,” Walz said Monday at a news conference. “The new policies will ensure reliable, affordable and sustainable electricity in Minnesota. […]
BEAUREGARD, Ala. (AP) — The youngest victim was 6, the oldest 89. Relatives said one extended family lost 10 members. The 23 people killed in the nation’s deadliest tornado in nearly six years came into focus Tuesday with the release of their names by the coroner. They included 6-year-old Armando Hernandez Jr., known as “AJ,” […]