WASHINGTON ― House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) declined to take a position Thursday about inherent contempt ― an obscure power that would allow Congress to fine or even jail Trump administration officials who don’t comply with subpoenas ― and once again made it clear that Democrats are extremely hesitant to move forward with the idea […]

Russian hackers breached voter databases in two Florida counties ahead of the 2016 election, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) said Tuesday. DeSantis, who was briefed on the matter by the FBI, said the hackers did not change or manipulate any data. The governor said he could not disclose to the public which counties were affected […]

A woman in Norway appears to enjoy horsing around ― literally. Ayla Kirstine went viral recently after videos of her running around like a horse were posted on Twitter. Kirstine’s Instagram page doesn’t have much information on her, but there are lots of videos of her playing horse. Click Here: online rugby store malaysia HuffPost reached […]

Former Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt and his staff racked up nearly $124,000 in “excessive” travel costs, according to a lengthy report issued Thursday by the agency’s internal watchdog. Click Here: online rugby store malaysia Investigators reviewed 40 trips that Pruitt either took or canceled over a 10-month period in 2017, which they concluded cost […]

A mainline Protestant denomination is rallying around a minister facing deportation after being arrested by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement last week. Betty Rendón is a part-time minister at Emaus ELCA, a Lutheran church in Racine, Wisconsin. ICE agents handcuffed the 53-year-old seminary graduate in her pajamas and held her at gunpoint during a raid […]

Oscar-winning screenwriter Diablo Cody suggested that her 2007 movie “Juno,” telling the story of a pregnant teenager, might have been drastically different had she thought about writing it today, as a wave of GOP state lawmakers has passed legislation severely restricting abortion, including in Alabama and Georgia. “I don’t even know if I would have written […]

By now, the headlines about dead whales washing ashore with pounds of plastic in their belly are commonplace. Photos of bird carcasses bursting with bottle caps and other plastic detritus are seared into our memory. But plastic’s effects on nature doesn’t stop there ― it’s also making climate change worse. A new report published this […]

State officials in Colorado and Maryland on Thursday banned government employees they oversee from traveling to Alabama for work purposes. The move is in response to Alabama enacting a law Wednesday that effectively bans abortions in the state, even in cases of rape and incest. In Maryland, comptroller Peter Franchot called for a travel ban […]

World-renowned architect Ieoh Ming Pei, known as I.M. Pei, died at age 102.  Pei’s architecture firm Pei Cobb Freed and Partners confirmed to HuffPost that Pei had died. His son Li Chung Pei told The New York Times on Thursday that his father had died overnight. The Chinese American architect was known for iconic designs, […]

Employees of Anchor Brewing Company voted in mid-March to organize with the International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU), creating one of the first craft brewery unions in the country. One of the main figures behind the year-long unionization effort is 29-year-old Brace Belden, which wouldn’t surprise those who know a bit about the native San […]