NEW YORK (AP) — Self-help guru Keith Raniere was brilliant – so brilliant that the government considered him a threat and that his energy could impact weather. Those myths and other oddities about the spiritual leader of the secretive upstate New York organization called NXIVM were detailed on Thursday by a former group official testifying […]

A crackpot conspiracy theory promoted by QAnon followers linking a tweet from former FBI director James Comey to an imagined warning about an imagined Jihadi attack triggered the shutdown of a school fundraiser in a small Northern California town. “In the current political and social climate, schools and communities must take into consideration matters never before imagined,” organizers said […]

Among the group of students who tackled a gunman during a school shooting near Denver was an 18-year-old senior who plans to become a Marine. The U.S. Marine Corps on Wednesday confirmed that Brendan Bialy, who was uninjured in his attempt to stop the shooting, is enrolled in the Marine Corps Delayed Entry Program and […]

Stephen Colbert said President Donald Trump used one word to show that special counsel Robert Mueller’s report didn’t exonerate him after all. Mueller’s report found no evidence of criminal conspiracy, and while it didn’t reach a conclusion on obstruction of justice, it detailed 10 instances in which the president may have done so.  Trump has […]

Meghan McCain called Donald Trump Jr. “beloved” on “The View” as panelists discussed the new subpoena calling him to testify before the Senate Intelligence Committee. McCain’s unusual adjective for the brash first son clearly surprised her co-panelists.  Whoopi Goldberg kicked off the discussion, noting that the committee is “not done talking to Donny Junior. There’s […]

California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) announced a budget plan Thursday that proposes nearly doubling what the state currently spends on its homelessness epidemic. Newsom, who took office in January, emphasized the state’s increasing cost of living ― an issue linked to homelessness ― in a statement accompanying the budget proposal. “This budget fortifies California’s fiscal […]

Samantha Bee on Wednesday aired old footage of Ivanka Trump recalling how her father, President Donald Trump, once used a person who was homeless to illustrate the high amount of debt he owed. The host of “Full Frontal” broadcast the clip from the 2003 documentary “Born Rich” during a segment in which she spotlighted a […]

Jimmy Kimmel on Wednesday spotlighted a chilling new report released by the United Nations that warns up to 1 million species of plants and animals are now at risk of extinction because of human activity. “This is something we need to act on,” noted the host of “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” So, the comedian’s crew asked people […]

Busy Philipps opened up about an abortion she had as a teenager on her late-night talk show Tuesday in response to a controversial new abortion law signed in Georgia this week.  “I know that people feel very strongly about abortion, but let me just say this: Women and their doctors are in the best position […]

WASHINGTON, May 8 (Reuters) – The U.S. Senate Intelligence Committee has subpoenaed one of the president’s sons, Donald Trump Jr., to answer questions about his contacts with Russia, two congressional sources said on Wednesday. The panel is seeking to question Trump Jr. about congressional testimony he gave in September 2017 to the Senate Judiciary Committee […]