ROME (Reuters) – Disgraced former U.S. Cardinal Theodore McCarrick has been expelled from the Roman Catholic priesthood following allegations against him, including sexual abuse of minors, the Vatican said on Saturday. McCarrick, who in July became the first Roman Catholic prelate in nearly 100 years to lose the title of cardinal, has now become the highest profile […]

WASHINGTON, Feb 20 (Reuters) – The number of hate groups operating in the United States rose 7 percent to an all-time high in 2018, reflecting an increasingly divisive debate on immigration and demographic change, the Southern Poverty Law Center said on Wednesday. The SPLC, which has tracked hate groups since 1971, found there were 1,020 […]

President Donald Trump is absolutely “mudering” the English language, and “Late Show” host Stephen Colbert is taking him to school over it.  Trump over the weekend claimed Democrats opposed to his border wall plan are trying to stop Border Patrol agents from taking “muderers” into custody.   That led Colbert into some observations about the “muderers” […]

For the second day in a row, Fox News correspondent-at-large Geraldo Rivera defended Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.), a frequent target of ridicule on the conservative network.  “I may be the only person in the country who supports both Donald Trump and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez,” Rivera told Martha MacCallum on Wednesday. He also called the freshman congresswoman “a tremendous […]

By Christine Vestal In the legal battle to hold drug companies responsible for the country’s raging opioid epidemic, media attention largely has focused on a national lawsuit set for a late October trial in federal court in Cleveland, Ohio. But it may be upstaged by a lesser-known opioid case: Oklahoma v. Purdue Pharma, scheduled for […]

President Donald Trump’s habit of spreading misinformation is worsening, eroding his already minimal relationship with facts, according to a new Washington Post analysis. The newspaper’s Fact Checker database shows Trump’s record of false or misleading claims has topped 9,000 since Inauguration Day. This year’s average of almost 22 per day surpasses his 16.5-per-day average in […]

Seth Meyers mockingly summed up “desperate” President Donald Trump’s skewed take on parts of the Democrats’ proposed Green New Deal with just two words. The “Late Night” host on Wednesday said Trump’s incorrect claim that cows would be banned as a consequence of the sweeping plan to combat climate change was “fake moos.” Meyers also poked fun […]

Former White House photographer Pete Souza took time out from trolling President Donald Trump on Instagram on Friday to mark actress Drew Barrymore’s 44th birthday. Souza, who usually uses the platform to throw shade at Trump with pictures he took during Barack Obama’s time in office, shared a 1984 image that he snapped of then-child-star Barrymore […]

Former acting FBI director Andrew McCabe has told Anderson Cooper he believes it is possible that President Donald Trump is a Russian asset. McCabe, who is promoting his book The Threat, told the CNN host that it was the reason why the FBI signed off on an investigation into the Trump campaign’s ties to the Kremlin. […]

Jennifer Lopez shared a “spiritual moment” with Michelle Obama, Lady Gaga, Jada Pinkett Smith and Alicia Keys shortly before their surprise appearance at Sunday’s Grammys. The singer told late-night TV host Jimmy Kimmel on Wednesday how the five women “kinda joined hands” and began thanking God “for these blessings and to be here and to help […]