CNN has hired a former Trump administration official to help coordinate coverage of the 2020 presidential campaign, the network said Tuesday. Sarah Isgur Flores, who worked as the primary spokeswoman at the Justice Department under former Attorney General Jeff Sessions, is expected to join CNN as a political editor next month. Her jump from the […]

Former White House press secretary Sean Spicer has a new gig as a special D.C. correspondent for the syndicated “Extra” newsmagazine TV show. Folks on Twitter inevitably had plenty to say about Spicer’s new role as a reporter, given how he would routinely trot out lies to the press during his time working for President […]

A woman who accused Virginia Lt. Gov. Justin Fairfax (D) of raping her in 2000 said she still hopes to testify in public about her alleged assault, and she slammed efforts to shame her into silence and disempower women of color. “When I came forward to report that Virginia Lt. Gov. Justin Fairfax raped me […]

Trevor Noah took Ivanka Trump to task on Tuesday’s broadcast of “The Daily Show” over the way she dismissed the idea of a guaranteed basic income. President Donald Trump’s daughter and White Houe adviser reportedly said in an interview with Fox News’ Steve Hilton, set to air on Sunday, that she “didn’t think Americans, in […]

Public places that allow smoking are now few and far between in California. While that’s mostly a public health win, it also may have tricked us into forgetting about the danger of secondhand smoke exposure. Even though we don’t see people lighting up like we used to, it’s still happening. In fact, secondhand smoke is […]

By Elaine S. Povich The divorce court judge was frustrated. The husband, in tears. The wife, adamant. The couple’s love for each other had ended, but each professed to love and want the dog. How would the judge decide? The husband offered thousands of dollars to his soon-to-be-ex for the pit bull terrier mix named […]

“I didn’t need to do this,” President Donald Trump said after declaring a national emergency last week over unauthorized immigration along America’s southwestern border. The proclamation opens the door for him to direct money toward building a border wall that Congress refused to fund. But many Americans agree with Trump’s moment of honesty: The lack […]

Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) made racial justice a central theme of the first two rallies of his presidential campaign, a major shift from the launch of his 2016 presidential run. “Have we made progress in civil rights in this country since the early 1960s when I lived here in Chicago? And the answer is: Yes, […]

A massive “ice tsunami” created a surreal scene on the shores of Lake Erie in both Ontario, Canada, and near Buffalo, New York, over the weekend.  High winds pushed ice through the Niagara River and into the lake, and eventually forced it ashore, creating what’s more formally known as an “ice shove” in Fort Erie, […]

A Las Vegas teen saved her tiny dog on Friday after a hawk swooped into her backyard and attempted to carry off her 2-pound Yorkie puppy, Lulu. Cecilia Celis told local news station KSNV that she was inside her home making tacos when she heard barking and crying from the yard. She thought her two […]