Anderson Cooper tore into Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen on Wednesday for failing to answer one key question during a hearing of the House Homeland Security Committee. The host of CNN’s “Anderson Cooper 360°” said he found it “hard to imagine” why Nielsen would not be able to tell the congressional hearing how many […]
West Virginia lawmaker Eric Porterfield is facing calls to resign after a string of homophobic remarks, such as likening the LGBTQ community to the Ku Klux Klan and saying he would “see if [his kids] can swim” if they came out as gay. Porterfield (R-Mercer), who is a born-again Baptist missionary and is blind, was […]
More than a year after facing multiple sexual misconduct allegations, chef and restaurateur Mario Batali will no longer profit from any of his restaurants, The New York Times reported Wednesday. The family of famed Italian chef Lidia Bastianich, which partnered with Batali on a number of restaurants under the Batali & Bastianich Hospitality Group, said […]
President Donald Trump had an awkward moment on Wednesday when he forgot a name and referred to Apple CEO Tim Cook as “Tim Apple.” Cook was seated to Trump’s right at a roundtable meeting with business leaders that was co-chaired by Labor Secretary Wilbur Ross and one of the president’s daughters, Ivanka Trump, who is […]
New York City faces a bevy of social problems: the housing crisis. Accessibility. Racism. In a weekend segment, “Inside Edition” chose to highlight one issue that doesn’t typically make it onto residents’ lists of top complaints: so-called “fare beaters.” The term refers to people, often poor people or teens, who jump over subway turnstiles instead of paying […]
Now there is one more place where cameras could start watching you — from 30,000 feet. Newer seat-back entertainment systems on some airplanes operated by American Airlines, United Airlines and Singapore Airlines have cameras, and it’s likely they are also on planes used by other carriers. American, United and Singapore all said Friday that they […]
Irish actor Chris O’Dowd imagined how Donald Trump laughs on Thursday’s episode of “The Late Late Show,” after noting he’s never seen the president do so. “I can only presume he’s not familiar with my work,” the “Bridesmaids” star joked to host James Corden. Corden agreed. “Yes. You’re right,” he said. “I’ve never even seen him have […]
CNN’s Don Lemon and Chris Cuomo noted the hypocrisy of President Donald Trump calling director Spike Lee’s criticism of him during his Oscars acceptance speech a “racist hit” on Monday night. Cuomo, as he handed over the live broadcast reins to Lemon, called out Trump for playing the victim and for going “out of his […]
Transgender YouTuber “Furry Potato” was shot in the leg by a security guard on Thursday while livestreaming outside a Jewish synagogue and high school in Los Angeles, police said. Zhoie Perez (a.k.a. Furry Potato), 45, was treated for a “non-life-threatening” gunshot wound and released. According to the Los Angeles Times, she described the wound as […]
Stephen Colbert mocked President Donald Trump’s low-energy defense of himself on Tuesday. The president slammed the new investigation launched by House Democrats on Monday. But the “Late Show” host noticed just how low-key Trump was as he spoke. “It’s just so sad when his heart’s not in it,” Colbert cracked. “He’s like an aging singer doing […]