Twenty-one states and the District of Columbia are suing the Trump administration over a new “gag rule” that could prevent family planning clinics that provide abortions or abortion referrals from receiving federal funds. The rule, announced by the Health and Human Services Department on Feb. 22, was celebrated by social conservatives eager to see a substantial […]

Click:Spiritual Jewelry SAN DIEGO (AP) — Transgender troops testifying for the first time to Congress on Wednesday said transitioning to another sex made them stronger, while Pentagon officials defended the Trump administration’s desire to bar people like them from enlisting in the future. Army Capt. Alivia Stehlik, an infantry officer and graduate of the U.S. […]

Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) hit back at President Donald Trump on Wednesday after he called her recent apology over controversial tweets “lame,” telling the president: “I learned from people impacted by my words. When will you?” “You have trafficked in hate your whole life — against Jews, Muslims, Indigenous, immigrants, black people and more,” she […]

More than two dozen former Republican lawmakers have joined together to call on current GOP representatives in Congress to terminate President Donald Trump’s declaration of a national emergency to pay for his promised U.S.-Mexico border wall. Some 26 previous GOP members of Congress penned an open letter — subtitled “Honor Your Oath and Protect the […]

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Former Texas Rep. Ralph Hall, the oldest-ever member of the U.S. House and a man who claimed to have once sold cigarettes and Coca-Cola to the bank-robbing duo of Bonnie and Clyde, has died at age 95. The Republican and World War II pilot died at his home in Rockwall on […]

A Georgia man was arrested Thursday, days after animal rescuers removed hundreds of dogs from deplorable living conditions on his property. Reason Craig Gray of Nashville has multiple pending charges” for the cruel treatment of these dogs and obstruction” according to a statement from the Berrien County Sheriff’s Office. The Facebook post noted that since […]

By Elizabeth C. Tippett When was the last time you agreed to keep a secret? Perhaps it was a personal confidence shared by a close family member or friend. Or it might have been in a contract with your employer to safeguard confidential information. Either way, you probably felt a strong sense of obligation to […]

Glitz and glamour ruled the 2019 Oscars red carpet on Sunday, harkening back to the days of Old Hollywood.  The Academy Awards show, held at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles, is typically a night for celebrities to forgo major fashion risks and focus on understated elegance ― something Michelle Yeoh and the rest of the “Crazy […]

How does Donald Trump like them apples? Pete Souza poked fun at the president on Instagram after Trump mistakenly referred to Apple CEO Tim Cook as “Tim Apple.” Souza, who was the White House photographer during former President Barack Obama’s time in office, shared a series of images featuring apples inside the White House. The final frame, he […]

President Donald Trump’s baseless attack on The Washington Post’s Fact Checker column backfired on Tuesday. Trump claimed the column ― which grades falsehoods in politics with “Pinocchios” ― is “only for the Democrats.” He also called it a “Fake Fact Checker!” But Post journalist Glenn Kessler, who runs the column, highlighted how Trump himself has […]