White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders’ claim that Congress isn’t “smart enough” to understand President Donald Trump’s tax returns set off Seth Meyers on “Late Night” Monday. The host tried to resist a cheap schoolyard comeback, lest he “stoop to her level.” But then the comedian unleashed a montage of “the dumb [BLEEP] the […]

During a live town hall hosted by Fox News on Monday night, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) responded to a question about why he wants the federal government to provide health insurance for everyone with the usual arguments in favor of a system he calls “Medicare for All.” He told the largely supportive audience in Bethlehem, […]

Former first lady Michelle Obama took a dig at President Donald Trump during an event in London on Sunday, saying that America was now in the care of “divorced dad.” In a conversation with Stephen Colbert at the O2 Arena, Obama said life under Trump was a little like being a teen in a broken […]

French officials announced late Monday that the fire at Notre Dame cathedral in Paris was under control and much of the main structure itself had been saved.  However, some of its iconic woodwork burned in the blaze and it’s too early to assess the full damage to the architectural masterpiece, parts of which are more than 850 […]

Friends! Foes! Spouses! Siblings! “Game of Thrones” characters who haven’t seen one another since, in some cases, the very first season met face-to-face in Sunday night’s long, long awaited Season 8 premiere. We’ve had a lot of time to imagine these moments, playing them out and pondering their significance to each of the characters involved. […]

Just hours after Notre Dame was devastated by a fire, French billionaire François-Henri Pinault pledged that he and his family would donate 100 million euros ($113 million) to help reconstruct the cathedral, Agence France Presse reported. Pinault, who is married to actress Salma Hayek, is the CEO of the international luxury group Kering, the parent […]

As hundreds of firefighters battled the inferno that tore through Paris’ famed Notre Dame Cathedral on Monday, French officials worried aloud whether the Roman Catholic icon and the priceless artifacts stored within could survive the blaze. Parisians — and people the world over — breathed a sigh of relief when French President Emmanuel Macron later […]

Former Massachusetts Gov. Bill Weld officially entered the 2020 Republican presidential primary on Monday, giving Donald Trump the first serious intra-party challenge to a sitting president since Pat Buchanan ran against George H.W. Bush a quarter-century ago. “I really think if we have six more years of the same stuff we’ve had out of the White […]

Authorities responded to a massive fire at Paris’ Notre Dame cathedral on Monday that spread rapidly through the historic monument, toppling its spire and appearing to spread inside one of its two towers. Firefighters responded to the scene around 7 p.m. local time on Monday, HuffPost France reported. While authorities feared in the fire’s early hours […]

  Pope Francis offered prayers as Paris’ iconic Notre Dame cathedral was engulfed in flames on Monday. The pope “is close to France” and he is offering prayers “for all those who are trying to cope with this tragic situation,” Alessandro Gisotti, interim press director for the Holy See press office, said in a tweet […]