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Since President Donald Trump won the presidential election in November, there’s been an explosion of “fake-news” checker sites, some cloaked behind a veil of anonymity. In some cases, Americans really have fallen for “fake news.” Just days ago, 20th Century Fox apologized for creating “fake news” sites – such as as the Houston Leader, the […] → Read More
Some top Democratic National Committee officials are requesting that former Democratic Party nominee Hillary Clinton return $1.65 million the party paid for her campaign email list and other data. Back in February 2017, the DNC agreed to give $1.65 million to Clinton’s political action organization, Onward Together, according to The Intercept. In return, the DNC […] → Read More
President Trump “is absolutely going to withdraw” from the Iran deal if nothing changes in the next three weeks, according to Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Bob Corker. May 12 is the deadline for the president to make a decision on whether he will continue to waive U.S. sanctions on Iran. The nation has insisted […] → Read More
House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., is facing criticism for a bizarre email she sent for the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee on Friday that said special counsel Robert Mueller had been “fired.” The email to subscribers was sent just as at least 800 “semi-spontaneous” protests are being coordinated across the U.S., and at least one police commander […] → Read More
A female passenger aboard a Southwest Airlines flight was partially sucked out of her plane Tuesday after a window was shattered by an exploding jet engine. One passenger has died after the person was transported to the hospital in critical condition. It’s unclear whether the deceased passenger is the same person as the woman who was […] → Read More
Forget that traditional diamond-encrusted gold band – now millennials are embracing a new trend to show off their engagement: a diamond embedded inside a soon-to-be bride’s finger. “We notice a lot of people coming looking for that,” Sam Abbas, who owns NYC Ink Studio in the West Village, told New York’s WCBS-TV 2. However, the trend comes with […] → Read More
At least six people are dead after a brand-new pedestrian bridge at Florida International University collapsed Thursday, crushing construction workers and vehicles traveling on the eight-lane road beneath the five-day-old structure. Authorities said five died at the scene, and one more at a hospital. But they said there still could be additional vehicles crushed under […] → Read More
His owner died five months ago after being fatally stabbed, but a loyal dog who chased the ambulance that was transporting his owner still won’t leave the hospital. The dog, which apparently has no name, has made a home outside the Santa Case de Novo Horizonte hospital in Brazil, and he refuses to leave, according […] → Read More
Special counsel Robert Mueller is expanding his investigation into alleged collusion between the Trump campaign and Russia during the 2016 election – and now his team has sent a grand-jury subpoena seeking all communications between a former Trump aide and a so-called “hit list” of 10 members of Trump’s team, including the president himself. Meanwhile, on Monday, […] → Read More
Hold onto your seat! You won’t believe the ridiculously “awful” rap tribute made by the Utah House of Representatives on how a bill becomes law. It’s so bad, one Twitter user declared, “This should be prosecuted as a hate crime.” Another person issued a dare: “How far can you get without placing a hand over your face? I […] → Read More
It’s a startling contrast that leaves a grieving family wanting answers: Why did federal authorities fire as many as 20 shots at an unarmed black mother with no criminal history who made a wrong turn into a White House gate – killing her in front of her toddler – and later take an armed white woman, who was a […] → Read More
A revolution is coming to America and the world, and it’s threatening workers’ livelihoods, warn big tech moguls and politicians. It’s an automation apocalypse of sorts, some say, and the trend could plunge many of today’s workers into poverty and even homelessness in the near future. Humans in a wide range of industries could be rendered useless or […] → Read More
When it comes to horrific school attacks and shootings, “See something, say something, do something” is apparently a policy that really does save innocent lives. Police, schools and parents are stopping school attacks across America by taking the threats seriously, reporting them and quickly arresting the students before there’s ever a massacre. In the case of Nikolas Cruz, the shooter who […] → Read More
In the wake of the bloody school shooting in South Florida Wednesday, many Americans are desperately asking: What can we do to prevent these tragedies from happening? Meanwhile, one courageous grandmother in Washington, who saw alarming signs this week that her grandson was about to conduct his own high-school killing spree, acted quickly and likely […] → Read More
Meet Ryder. The furry little guy was approved for $360 a week in unemployment benefits by the state of Michigan, according to his owner. Apparently the state believes Ryder has been busy working at a Detroit-area restaurant. That is, until he was supposedly laid off. “I got a letter from the [Unemployment Insurance Agency] on Saturday,” said […] → Read More
In an attempt to show America how far it has come in the first year of his presidency, President Trump praised his accomplishments in his first State of the Union address Tuesday night and listed new initiatives in his bold plan to build a “safe, strong and proud America.” As many as 40 million people were expected […] → Read More
FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe has reportedly resigned from his position, effective today. The news comes just days after it was revealed McCabe’s name appeared in the GOP memo alleging surveillance abuse of Trump campaign officials during the Obama administration. Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein and former FBI Director James Comey were also named in […] → Read More
“I want you to listen to me. I did not have sexual relations with that woman, Ms. Lewinsky. I never told a single person to lie, not a single time, never.” Those were the infamous words spoken by the most powerful man in the world directly from the White House 20 years ago Friday. In 1998, America […] → Read More
White House Chief of Staff John Kelly told Democratic congressmen Wednesday there will be no wall stretching the complete length of the 2,100-mile U.S.-Mexico border and that some of President Trump’s campaign promises on immigration were “uninformed,” according to a Washington Post report Wednesday. Kelly also reportedly indicated that the Mexican government will not fund the […] → Read More
One of the men behind the anti-Trump dossier claims the FBI had an informant inside the president’s circle, and the secret source voluntarily fed information to the federal agency. The bombshell comes from a newly released transcript of Fusion GPS Founder Glenn R. Simpson’s interviews with members of Congress. On Aug. 22, Simpson spoke with Senate Judiciary Committee […] → Read More