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Kamala Harris resolution condemns ‘Chinese Virus’ as racist

Sen. Kamala Harris wants this on the record -- the term "Chinese Virus" is hate speech fueling attacks against Asians.

May 20, 2020

Joe Biden rips Donald Trump for not wearing mask

Presumed Democratic presidential nominee Joseph R. Biden denounced President Trump on Tuesday for not wearing a mask in public.

May 19, 2020

Horace Grant rips Michael Jordan over ‘Last Dance’: ‘That’s a damn snitch right there’

Former Chicago Bulls forward Horace Grant denounced the ESPN documentary "The Last Dance" as a downright lie and called former teammate Michael Jordan a snitch.

May 19, 2020

Hungary bans transgender birth certificate changes

In a 134-56 vote, Hungary's Parliament voted to define gender on state identity documents as the "sex at birth" on the registered birth certificate.

May 19, 2020

Donald Trump WHO letter: Shape up fast or temporary funding freeze is permanent

President Trump threatened to withdraw from the World Health Organization and permanently cut off all funding to the group in a letter Monday to its director-general.

May 18, 2020

Nancy Pelosi: Donald Trump ‘morbidly obese,’ shouldn’t take hydroxychloroquine

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi referred to President Trump as "morbidly obese" during an appearance Monday night on CNN and said he shouldn't be taking hydroxychloroquine to stave off coronavirus.

May 18, 2020

Lindsey Graham: Senate Judiciary Committee to vote on subpoenas for Obama officials

The Senate Judiciary Committee is seeking the power to subpoena top Obama administration officials in its investigation of the origin of the Russia-collusion probe against President Trump.

May 18, 2020

Gretchen Whitmer, Michigan governor: Coronavirus protests won’t change how ‘I run this state’

Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer accused protesters against her stay-at-home orders of partisan politics that she said will not change how "I run this state."

May 18, 2020

Eric Trump: Democrats ‘milking’ coronavirus shutdowns to sabotage campaign

Eric Trump predicted over the weekend that the nation's concern over coronavirus will "magically" disappear once Democrats can no longer milk it for electoral purposes.

May 17, 2020

Donald Trump Jr. rips Howard Stern for attacks on father’s supporters

Donald Trump Jr. hit back Thursday against Howard Stern, calling the radio shock-jock "pathetic" for claiming the day before that President Trump looks down on his supporters as rubes he'd never let into his hotels.

May 14, 2020

FBI serves warrant on Richard Burr, seizes phone: Report

The FBI has reportedly seized a Republican senator's cellphone in an investigation of coronavirus-related insider trading.

May 13, 2020

Liz Cheney lauds Anthony Fauci: ‘All Americans should be thanking him’

On a day on which Dr. Anthony Fauci came under Republican fire at a Senate hearing, Rep. Liz Cheney came to his defense.

May 12, 2020

Howard Stern mocks Donald Trump voters: ‘The people Trump despises most, love him the most’

Howard Stern taunted the supporters of President Trump on Tuesday, saying the real-estate mogul looks down on them as thoroughly as any other TV star.

May 12, 2020

Obama pardon of James Cartwright for lying to FBI mirrors Flynn case

Former President Barack Obama said he couldn't think of a case where someone got off "scot-free" for lying to the FBI.

May 11, 2020

Richard Grenell declassifies list of Obama officials who ‘unmasked’ Flynn

The acting director of national intelligence has reportedly declassified the list of Obama administration officials who "unmasked" Gen. Michael Flynn's contact with the Russian ambassador.

May 11, 2020

‘Live and Let Die’ blares as Donald Trump tours mask factory, without mask

President Trump visited Honeywell's mask-making factory Tuesday, but the choice of music raised some eyebrows. A clip posted to YouTube by the PBS NewsHour shows Mr. Trump walking through the Arizona facility without a mask to the song "Live and Let Die."

May 5, 2020

Bing Liu, University of Pittsburgh coronavirus researcher, dead in apparent murder-suicide

A researcher who was reportedly nearing some "very significant findings" in his work on the coronavirus was found killed at his Pittsburgh-area home, a local TV station reported

May 4, 2020

Madonna tests positive for coronavirus antibodies: ‘I’m going to breathe in the COVID-19 air’

The 80s pop icon revealed Thursday that she has tested positive for exposure to the virus, causing her to muse aloud in a rambling Instagram post about papers catching fire and whether she would live to tell.

April 30, 2020

Nancy Pelosi fires back at Trump over ice cream freezer

Nancy Pelosi hit back at President Trump's jibes about her $13-a-pint ice cream by noting that it's at least actually edible.

April 28, 2020

Maatje Benassi targeted in coronavirus ‘patient zero’ conspiracy theory

An Army reservist has seen her life turned upside down over a Chinese-sponsored conspiracy theory about the origin of the coronavirus and the resulting social-media mobs.

April 27, 2020