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Troy Price, Iowa Democratic Party chairman, resigns after botched caucuses: Report

Troy Price, chairman of the Iowa Democratic Party, resigned barely a week after the botched 2020 caucuses.

February 12, 2020

Andrew Yang to drop out of 2020 race: Report

The Yang Gang is no more. CNN reported Tuesday evening that tech entrepreneur Andrew Yang will suspend his campaign for the Democratic presidential nomination.

February 11, 2020

Jussie Smollett indicted in attack hoax: Report

Jussie Smollett has reportedly been indicted by a special prosecutor in Chicago.

February 11, 2020

Parasite wins Best Picture Award at Oscars

The South Korean class-conflict dramedy "Parasite" scored a stunning and historic upset at Sunday night's Oscars, becoming the first wholly foreign-language film to take the Best Picture award.

February 9, 2020

Julia Reichert invokes Communist Manifesto in Oscar win by American Factory

The co-director of the film that won the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature closed her acceptance speech Sunday night with a slogan from the Communist Manifesto.

February 9, 2020

Brad Pitt invokes John Bolton, impeachment in Oscar speech

In the first acceptance speech of the night, Brad Pitt made sure Sunday's Oscar ceremony went political.

February 9, 2020

Ricky Gervais shares mock Oscars monologue bashing Hollywood

Tonight's Academy Awards broadcast won't have a host, but Ricky Gervais let the world know Sunday what his Oscar monolog would have been all about.

February 9, 2020

Donald Trump Jr: Pelosi praying for president as likely as Satan quoting scripture

Donald Trump Jr. prompted some eyerolls from the more theologically literate segments of social media Thursday while taking a shot at House Speaker Nancy Pelosi.

February 6, 2020

Matt Gaetz files Nancy Pelosi ethics complaint for ripping up State of the Union address

A Republican lawmaker asked for a criminal referral against House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Wednesday over the California Democrat's ripping her copy of President Trump's State of the Union speech.

February 5, 2020

Thom Tillis trolls Nancy Pelosi, rips up impeachment articles

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has started a trend that's ripping through Washington.

February 5, 2020

Kirk Douglas dies at 103

Screen legend Kirk Douglas, one of the last stars of the Hollywood studio era, died Wednesday, the actor's family stated.

February 5, 2020

Iowa Democrats announce ‘minor correction’ to caucus results

Iowa still hasn't gotten it right.

February 5, 2020

Donald Trump awards Rush Limbaugh Medal of Freedom

President Trump dramatically awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom to conservative talk-radio icon Rush Limbaugh during Tuesday night's State of the Union speech.

February 4, 2020

David Bernhardt is ‘designated survivor’ for State of the Union

The "designated survivor" for Tuesday's State of the Union speech was Interior Secretary David Bernhardt.

February 4, 2020

Rush Limbaugh Medal of Freedom eyed by Trump: Reports

President Trump wants to give the President Medal of Freedom to conservative talk-radio icon Rush Limbaugh, according to multiple reports.

February 4, 2020

Iowa Democrats’ ‘quality control’ claims raise Trump campaign eyebrows

Trump campaign figures crowed Monday evening about the difficulties Iowa Democrats had computing their caucus outcome and suggested it was a bid to rig the result.

February 3, 2020

Melania Trump to join 2020 campaign with fundraisers

First lady Melania Trump will enter the political fray next month, helping her husband raise money for his re-election campaign.

February 3, 2020

Hillary Clinton backtracks amid Bernie Sanders backlash

Former Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton is back on the Bernie Bus.

January 21, 2020

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez: Democratic Party ‘center or center-conservative’

At a Martin Luther King Day event Monday, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, New York Democrat, derided her party as insufficiently left-wing and too beholden to capitalism.

January 20, 2020

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez: Lack of ‘police in riot gear’ at Virginia gun-rights rally was racist

There were no arrests or confrontations with heavily armed police at Monday's gun-rights rally in Richmond. This caused Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez to wonder aloud why that was ... and blame racism.

January 20, 2020