WASHINGTON ― The Republican tax cut package appears to be on a fast track to approval but with one key detail unresolved: how much, or even if, middle- and lower-income families will benefit at all. With the House prepared to vote on the Senate’s version of a budget framework on Thursday, GOP…

CNN released a powerful new ad on Monday that seemed to be a direct response to President Donald Trump and his supporters calling the network “ fake news .” The 30-second “Facts First” spot states simply that an apple is an apple, even if some people “might scream banana, banana, banana over and…

The family of a U.S. Army corporal killed in Afghanistan has finally received a check from Donald Trump , months after the president promised to give the soldier’s grieving father $25,000 in a phone call. North Carolina’s ABC affiliate spoke with Chris Baldridge, the father of Army Cpl. Dillon…

WASHINGTON ― With his boss escalating tensions with North Korea and Iran, former White House adviser Stephen Bannon on Monday instead pitched as a major foreign policy success an event many have already forgotten: an anti-terrorism conference President Donald Trump arranged in Saudi Arabia this…

America’s sweetheart no more, Taylor Swift ’s music persona morphs into what appears to be an android warrior to fight the forces of evil in a stunning teaser for a music video from her new album. In the spiky, sci-fi scenes for “ ... Are You Ready for It?” — posted on Swift’s Instagram Monday — the…

On the heels of devastating wildfires that killed more than 40 people in Northern California earlier this month, Southern California is now on high alert for fire danger. Nearly all of Southern California has been placed on a red flag warning through Wednesday, as weather conditions ― including high…

Memo to Bill O’Reilly : Your former Fox News colleagues want you to leave them out of your mess. The latest of those colleagues is Eric Bolling, who said Monday that O’Reilly’s claims regarding the recent death of Bolling’s son are “beyond inappropriate” and asked he cease discussing it. Bolling…

An Oklahoma man is greasing the wheels of justice with lots of Vaseline. When John Wayne Kellerman was pulled over on Oct. 15, he could have easily given officers the slip. That’s because the 54-year-old was mostly covered in Vaseline on his hands, and his upper and lower body parts, according to…

She’s baaack! In 2010, Andrew Lincoln started off “ The Walking Dead ” by killing a kid zombie, aka Summer the Teddy Bear Walker. On Sunday, the Season 8 premiere of the show paid tribute to that scene, recreating it shot for shot, including having Rick kill a zombie that looked eerily similar to…

WASHINGTON ― Nearly 1 million Americans in Puerto Rico still have no drinking water , more than a month after Hurricane Maria destroyed the island. Some have resorted to drinking from wells at hazardous Superfund sites. Others have been drinking water from creeks that sick animals have urinated in ―…

Justin Timberlake has been a nnounced as the 2018 Super Bowl Halftime show performer ― but some people aren’t excited to see him hit the stage in February unless Janet Jackson is there. In 2004, Timberlake was involved in Jackson’s infamous “wardrobe malfunction” during her own Halftime performance.…

A prominent journalist at Russia’s top independent radio station was stabbed in the neck on Monday after a spate of recent attacks and threats against Russian media. Tatyana Felgenhauer, deputy editor and a host of Ekho Moskvy, was hospitalized in a medically induced coma after an assailant broke…

A deluge of disturbing stories about sexual misconduct have come to light since The New York Times published its exposé on producer Harvey Weinstein — and many of these allegations have surfaced in industries outside of Hollywood . On Friday, Jessicka Addams, former frontwoman of the band Jack Off…

Tap here to turn on desktop notifications to get the news sent straight to you. EDITION US NOW PLAYING Trump's Call 'Hurt' Sgt. Johnson's Widow The widow of Sgt. La David Johnson, who was killed in Niger, discussed the controversial phone call with President Donald Trump that left her in tears.…

A string of murders in Florida is sparking fears that a serial killer is targeting Tampa residents. According to police, three people have been shot and killed this month, apparently at random. The victims have no known connections to each other and were all bus riders who were killed within a…

New Orleans’ music scene is a treat for the ears, its food scene a treat for the taste buds and its shopping scene a treat for the closet. Bourbon Street might be the most well known street in the city, but other areas, including the shopping-friendly Magazine Street, are more than worth exploring.…

Bill O’Reilly says the recent New York Times report that he settled a sexual harassment suit for $32 million shortly before Fox News offered him a $100 million contract extension is “false, defamatory” and “another smear article.” But according to Megyn Kelly , who worked alongside O’Reilly at Fox…

Juliet Huddy, a former Fox News employee who accused Bill O’Reilly of sexually harassing her in 2011 , said Monday that she’s still “terrified” of the network after the lengths it went to in order to protect him and discredit her. “You know that you’re just this one person that’s about to go up…

Matt Damon revealed during a wide-ranging “Good Morning America” interview that he learned that Harvey Weinstein had sexually harassed Gwyneth Paltrow from her boyfriend at the time, Ben Affleck. The actor weighed in on the mounting allegations of sexual assault and harassment against the disgraced…

Hollywood continues to reckon with its past in the wake of numerous sexual assault and harassment allegations against film executive Harvey Weinstein , but it’s not the only industry that allows a culture of abuses against women to persist. George Clooney sat down with “Entertainment Tonight” to…

The widow of a U.S. soldier killed in Niger said she was “hurt” when President Donald Trump told her in a phone call last week that her husband “knew what he signed up for.” “He couldn’t remember my husband’s name,” Myeshia Johnson told ABC’s “Good Morning America” on Monday, referring to the…

Alabama Republican Senate nominee Roy Moore takes a hard-line Christian fundamentalist stance on just about every issue. He’s written poems lamenting legal abortion. He wants to make gay sex illegal and overturn marriage equality. The former judge says he places “God’s law” above the Constitution,…

Rodrigo Rodriguez personally understands the stakes of Albuquerque, New Mexico’s longstanding problem with youth homelessness and police violence . He grew up in one of the city’s poorest neighborhoods ― the International District, once known as the “War Zone” ― and says that as a young person, he…

In the wake of the Harvey Weinstein scandal, the #MeToo campaign showed that sexual harassment or abuse of women is shockingly pervasive. Now, four U.S. senators are telling their stories. NBC’s “ Meet The Press ” reached out to all 21 female senators, asking about their experiences with sexual…

The Environmental Protection Agency has reportedly barred three agency scientists from giving talks about climate change at a conference in Rhode Island days before they were scheduled to speak. The researchers were booked to appear Monday in Providence at the State of the Narragansett Bay and…

[trigger warning: racial slurs and offensive language] I was a racist cop. Years ago, I was helping a supervisor at a single-car crash. A black man collided head-on into a concrete divider, and died at the scene. I was detouring the ensnarled traffic when my corporal, who had been alongside the…

Alabama Republican Senate nominee Roy Moore said he believes a Supreme Court ruling allowing loving adults to marry is worse than the court’s 1857 decision that upheld slavery. In a 2016 podcast interview surfaced by Talking Points Memo on Tuesday, Moore said the Supreme Court’s Dred Scott decision…

Tap here to turn on desktop notifications to get the news sent straight to you. EDITION US NOW PLAYING Donald Trump’s Four-Star General Hypocrisy The White House said it's "highly inappropriate" to question a general, yet Donald Trump has done so for years. Subscribe to The Morning Email. Wake up to…

As part of National Bullying Prevention Month, first lady Melania Trump and Education Secretary Betsy DeVos kicked off the “Week of Inclusion” on Monday at a Michigan middle school, where they participated in “lessons about respecting others, kindness, and inclusion.” President Donald Trump ’s White…

ESPN on Monday dropped its partnership with Barstool Sports after concerns over sexist and misogynistic comments made on one of the website’s blog posts and podcast episodes. The network originally signed on with Barstool to convert its popular podcast “Pardon My Take” into a series called “Barstool…

Climate change will soon cost the U.S. government billions more than it’s already paying to address extreme weather and fires, and the White House should do something about it, a new federal study bluntly warns an administration that openly defies the world’s scientific community. The report by…

After landfall of deadly category 5 storm Hurricane Maria in September, the island of Puerto Rico is still in dire condition, with many families left to cope with the after-effects with limited or no access to power, clean running water, food and cellular service. Paris Jackson , who is deeply…

Former White House chief strategist Steve Bannon is a man of his word, according to allies who said the Breitbart chairman is more determined than ever to wage war on incumbent Republicans in 2018 even without President Trump's endorsement. Hours after Trump decried inaction by congressional…

October remains a lukewarm month at the box office, as this weekend’s returns confirm. The No. 1 movie in North America, Tyler Perry’s “Boo 2! A Madea Halloween,” debuted to an estimated $21.7 million, dipping from the $28.5 million that its predecessor, “A Madea Halloween,” earned last year . The…

Astros starting pitcher Justin Verlander got his second win of the ALCS on Friday. (Troy Taormina/USA Today Sports) HOUSTON — At a few seconds before midnight on Aug. 31, the final signatures were secured, the official documents were routed electronically to Major League Baseball’s Manhattan…

Members of the left wing of the Democratic Party are furious at Democratic National Committee Chairman Tom Perez for removing party officials who backed Minnesota Rep. Keith Ellison’s chairmanship bid from key party committees. “It’s a slap in the face to the activists in the party that are working…

President Donald Trump got a salute as his motorcade drove through Washington, D.C., on Thursday evening, but it wasn’t one of a military nature. A pool report notes that the press accompanying the president spotted someone offering the passing motorcade a moon. The pool report from Yahoo’s Hunter…

Former President Barack Obama condemned Ed Gillespie, the GOP nominee for Virginia governor, for airing a misleading, race-baiting ad tying Democratic opponent Ralph Northam to the notorious MS-13 gang, calling the advertisement “cynical” and “corrosive.” Appearing at a campaign rally in Richmond,…

WASHINGTON — Academy Award-winning filmmaker Quentin Tarantino for decades has been hearing about Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein’s alleged sexual abuse, and regrets not taking the accusations more seriously, he told The New York Times in an interview published Thursday. “I knew enough to do…

David Blaine is under investigation by London police after a model accused the famous magician of raping her in 2004, according to a report from The Daily Beast. Natasha Prince told the news outlet in an exclusive interview published Thursday that Blaine, 44, raped her at a private U.K. residence…