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Anita Hill rebuffs Joe Biden apology over Clarence Thomas hearings

Law professor Anita Hill has largely rebuffed an attempt to apologize by former Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr.

April 25, 2019

Obama Boulevard christened in Los Angeles to honor former president

Los Angeles is so eager to honor former President Barack Obama that he will now have two roadways named for him.

April 23, 2019

L.Z. Granderson blasts Masters Tournament as slavery, Jim Crow reference

The Masters Tournament is called that as a reference to slavery and Jim Crow, a prominent ESPN sportswriter implied Tuesday.

April 23, 2019

Donald Trump says aides should not testify to Congress on Mueller report

President Trump said Tuesday that he does not want his aides testifying to congressional panels over issues raised by special counsel Robert Mueller's report, despite Democratic subpoenas and other requests.

April 23, 2019

Kamala Harris open to Bernie Sanders Boston Marathon bomber vote from prison idea

Sen. Kamala Harris, California Democrat, said Monday that she was open to the possibility of allowing the Boston Marathon bomber and other convicted criminals and terrorists to vote while imprisoned.

April 22, 2019

MSNBC reporter Mike Viqueira ambushes Robert Mueller at church

MSNBC reporter Mike Viqueira tried to ambush special counsel Robert Mueller as he left Sunday services at St. John's Episcopal Church in Washington, asking whether he would testify before Congress.

April 21, 2019

National Thowheeth Jama’ath planned to attack Sri Lanka churches on Easter, officials warned

Sri Lankan officials were reportedly warned earlier this month that a Muslim jihad group planned to attack Christian churches on Easter Sunday.

April 21, 2019

George Conway Washington Post op-ed calls on Congress to remove ‘cancer’ Donald Trump

The husband of key White House adviser Kellyanne Conway wrote Thursday night that the report of special counsel Robert Mueller provides sufficient grounds to impeach President Trump.

April 18, 2019

Kate Smith ‘God Bless America’ banned by Yankees over ‘history of potential racism’

The New York Yankees' anti-racism efforts have extended to pulling from their seventh-inning stretch a famous recording of the legendary Kate Smith singing "God Bless America."

April 18, 2019

Bill Peduto, Pittsburgh mayor, welcomes Donald Trump sanctuary cities plan

Pittsburgh now stands with fellow sanctuary city Oakland in telling President Trump it'd be happy to take in detained illegal immigrants.

April 16, 2019

Brad Sherman mocks Sarah Sanders after Trump tax returns jab

Rep. Brad Sherman implied a combination of bad faith, poor judgment and a dumb boss on press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders for having said that Congress might not understand President Trump's tax returns.

April 16, 2019

Pete Buttigieg dismisses Donald Trump MAGA slogan

One of the 2020 Democratic presidential hopefuls is inverting President Trump's "Make America Great Again" slogan by suggesting there was nothing great in the past and that appeals to past virtues are dishonest.

April 16, 2019

Steve Cohen likens Donald Trump to Notre Dame Cathedral fire

Too soon? While warm sparks were still spilling down from the ceilings at the Cathedral of Notre Dame in Paris, a Democratic lawmaker was using the blaze to describe President Trump.

April 15, 2019

Francois-Henri Pinault, father pledge 100 million euros to rebuild Notre Dame Cathedral

One of France's richest families promptly stepped up to calls from the country's president to help rebuild the Cathedral of Notre Dame and pledged about $113 million to restore the gutted Paris icon. Shortly after, another wealthy family offered $226 million to the restoration fund.

April 15, 2019

Bibi Andersson dies at 83

Swedish actress Bibi Andersson, best known for her roles in several Ingmar Bergman classics, died Sunday at age 83, several Scandinavian news outlets reported.

April 14, 2019

Libby Schaaf, Oakland mayor, calls Donald Trump’s bluff on sanctuary cities threat

The mayor of Oakland told President Trump that, contrary to his claims about sanctuary cities, her city would welcome any illegal immigrants without exception.

April 14, 2019

PENCIL Act by Matt Gaetz targets Adam Schiff

President Trump's pet insult for Rep. Adam Schiff is now the title of a bill that would kick the California Democrat off the intelligence panel.

April 11, 2019

Kamala Harris reveals ‘I am a gun owner … for personal safety’

Sen. Kamala D. Harris, a 2020 presidential hopeful, said while campaigning in Iowa on Thursday that she owns a gun for personal protection and distanced herself from some of the more radical gun control proponents in her party.

April 11, 2019

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez rips Dan Crenshaw over Ilhan Omar 9/11 criticism

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez told former Navy SEAL officer Rep. Dan Crenshaw on Thursday that he cannot criticize Rep. Ilhan Omar's language about the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks because he isn't a co-sponsor of a bill.

April 11, 2019

Greg Craig, Obama White House counsel, expects to be indicted: Report

Attorneys for Greg Craig told reporters that they expect their client, the White House counsel during the Obama administration, to be indicted soon.

April 10, 2019