Parents in Washington state will soon no longer be able to claim a personal or philosophical exemption for not having their children get the measles, mumps and rubella vaccine. Gov. Jay Inslee (D) on Friday signed a bill into law that will limit such exemptions as the nation grapples with one of the largest measles […]

What would it take for Republicans to withdraw support from Donald Trump? The answer, according to “Saturday Night Live’s” cold open, is that the love is absolutely unconditional. That includes if Trump “gay-married” the leader of ISIS, or divorced Melania for Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and “pledges to love, honor and enact her Green New Deal.” […]

HAVANA, May 11 (Reuters) – Cuban gay rights activists held an unauthorized independent pride parade in Havana on Saturday despite the Communist government warning against it and calling it subversive, an unprecedented show of civil society in the one-party state. More than a hundred Cubans chanting “long live a diverse Cuba” and carrying rainbow flags […]

CNN’s chief legal analyst Jeffrey Toobin has warned that America’s constitutional system “may simply be incapable of responding” to the threat posed to it by President Donald Trump. “Our constitutional system never contemplated a President like Donald Trump,” Toobin wrote in an opinion piece published by The New Yorker, where he is also a staff […]

Alyssa Milano has proposed that women participate in a sex strike to protest restrictive anti-abortion laws.  The actress and women’s rights activist shared a tweet on Friday calling for women to not have sex until “we get bodily autonomy back.” Her call came days after Republican Gov. Brian Kemp signed one of the nation’s most restrictive […]

Former Texas congressman and 2020 presidential candidate Beto O’Rourke is refusing to commit to supporting fellow Democrats on the ticket if he were to secure the party’s nomination. In a heated exchange reported by CNN, O’Rourke faced a New Hampshire voter who pressed him during a Friday campaign stop in Lebanon on his refusal to […]

President Donald Trump’s personal attorney Rudy Giuliani announced on Friday that he canceled an upcoming trip to Ukraine that he had planned in an attempt to push for an investigation of former Vice President Joe Biden’s son, Hunter. During a Fox News segment, Giuliani said he changed his plans because he feels he might have been […]

Eighteen 2020 candidates have qualified so far for 20 available spots in the Democratic debates, scheduled to kick off on June 26. Four candidates have yet to qualify, and several other hopefuls may still enter the race, potentially setting up a frantic scramble to see who will ultimately be allowed on the debate stage. The Democratic […]

Party City announced it will permanently shutter 45 of its stores amid a helium shortage that had literally deflated its balloon sales, although the company does not blame the closures on that sinking supply.  The company, which runs roughly 870 locations, said Thursday that the closures will take place throughout the rest of 2019. However, […]

Heading into the final season of “Game of Thrones,” fans already had a lot of questions. Well, believe it or not, Season 8, Episode 4, “The Last of the Starks,” left viewers with even more. How did Arya and Sansa react to Jon Snow’s true parentage? What did Euron think when Tyrion addressed Cersei’s pregnancy? […]