Oregon Democrats on Monday made a major concession to striking Republicans by killing two bills ― one that would have strengthened the state’s gun laws and another intended to tighten vaccine compliance amid the worst measles outbreak the country has witnessed in 25 years. Senate Democrats abandoned the two bills in an effort to bring […]

Donald Trump likely benefited from free airtime in the 2016 presidential election, data shows, and that’s exactly what one Florida radio station owner is hoping to dangle for attention. Three Panhandle radio stations are broadcasting snippets of the president’s speeches every hour until the end of the 2020 presidential election as a way to support his re-election […]

WESTEROS ― Jaime Lannister, son of Tywin and Joanna Lannister and twin brother of Queen Cersei Lannister, died Sunday night in a fiery battle for the Iron Throne.  After returning to King’s Landing from Winterfell to be with Cersei, with whom he had an incestuous romantic relationship, Jaime died when Mad Queen Daenerys Targaryen stormed, […]

San Francisco has banned the use of facial recognition technology by city agencies, including law enforcement ― becoming the first major U.S. city to do so. The San Francisco Board of Supervisors voted to pass an ordinance on Tuesday that would ban any city department from using facial recognition technology or any information obtained from […]

The continued popularity of Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez seems to really bother a lot of hosts at Fox News, many of whom are going to outrageous lengths to destroy her. Case in point: Fox News contributor Dagen McDowell, who used her appearance on Tuesday’s episode of “Outnumbered” to trash the congresswoman. The panel was discussing whether an endorsement […]

Last Friday, at the direction of President Donald Trump, U.S. trade representatives increased tariffs from 10 to 25 percent on $200 billion in imported Chinese goods, with an eye to potentially raise tariffs on another $300 billion of Chinese imports in the near future. Trump claims his tariffs are a tax, paid by China, and […]

Britney Spears has accused her father Jamie Spears of forcing her to enter a mental facility against her will, TMZ reported on Monday. Spears, who reportedly checked into a mental health facility last month to help manage emotional distress caused by her father’s health issues, said during a closed court hearing on Friday that her father “committed her […]

Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) promised a crowd of educators on Monday that she would make one of their colleagues the next U.S. secretary of education if elected president. “I will name a secretary of education who has been a public school teacher,” Elizabeth Warren said to applause in Philadelphia. “No more Betsy DeVos.” Warren first […]

Carbon dioxide levels in the Earth’s atmosphere have soared to a new high, one never before been seen in human history, researchers announced. A daily CO2 reading by researchers on Saturday recorded a 415.26 parts per million (ppm) baseline. It’s the first daily baseline to top 415 ppm in mankind’s history, the researchers with San […]

WASHINGTON – He’s been ostracized by his own neighbors in Europe for his anti-Semitic, white nationalist and authoritarian views, but Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán found love Monday at the White House from President Donald Trump. “Viktor Orbán has done a tremendous job in so many different ways. Highly respected. Respected all over Europe,” Trump said […]