Stories about women in entertainment dominated the 2017 Cannes Film Festival news cycle, as Sofia Coppola became the second woman to win the award for best director award, and jury member Jessica Chastain spoke out about the “disturbing” depictions of women in cinema. Chastain’s choice of adjective…

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump has been handing out his cellphone number to world leaders and urging them to call him directly, an unusual invitation that breaks diplomatic protocol and is raising concerns about the security and secrecy of the U.S. commander in chief’s communications. Trump has…

In late October of 1996, after spending two weeks curled up in the fetal position in excruciating pain from a Crohn’s disease flareup, I shook my husband awake at 2 a.m. and in complete seriousness asked him to bring me a big kitchen knife. “Huh?” he asked, groggily. “What for?” “I just need to cut…

After going through a divorce, it can be strange and unsettling to re-enter the dating scene. Chances are it is very different from when you were in it the last time. You’ve probably never heard of “Netflix and Chill” or navigated through dating apps such as Tinder or Bumble. You are most certainly…

President Trump and Chancellor Angela Merkel of Germany at the dedication of NATO’s new headquarters in Brussels last week. Stephen Crowley/The New York Times WASHINGTON — The last time relations between the United States and Europe were this bad — in the spring of 2003, during the buildup to the…

(CNN) An apologetic Kathy Griffin took to Instagram Tuesday to issue a mea culpa for participating in a photo shoot that featured her holding up a bloody head resembling President Donald Trump. "I'm a comic," she said. "I cross the line. I move the line, then I cross it. I went way too far. The…

One of Tennessee’s most conservative state senators has announced her candidacy for governor on a record that includes strong support for President Donald Trump and criticism of same-sex marriage, pornography and allowing transgender students to use the bathroom of their choice. Republican Mae…

“I was the victim of a very broad assumption that I was going to win,” Hillary Clinton said Wednesday. | Getty Hillary Clinton on Wednesday broadly spread around the blame for her loss in last year’s presidential election, pointing to suspected Russian cyberattacks, the Democratic National…

Ariel Winter isn’t about that unrealistic “beach body” ideal. The 19-year-old actress recently sat down with Refinery29 to discuss her role as Alex on “Modern Family,” how she’s dealt with critics in her rise to fame and her journey to self-acceptance and body love. The interview is part of R29’s…

A new study finds 52 genes that are related to intelligence — a rousing success in a field that has often struggled to find correlations between smarts and genes. The 52 genes, though, account for only about 5 percent of the variation in intelligence scores among different people. That’s because…

An interceptor rocket that is part of the United States’ ballistic missile defense program launched during a flight test from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California on Tuesday. Lucy Nicholson/Reuters WASHINGTON — An upgraded American interceptor rocket collided with a mock intercontinental…

In the world of competitive spellers, Sylvie Lamontagne is known as a juggernaut. She placed fourth in last year’s Scripps National Spelling Bee, and ninth in 2015. Last summer, she traveled to California and won the Spelling Bee of China’s North America Spelling Champion Challenge, a contest for…

The next great smartphone battle isn’t about screens or batteries or cameras. In fact, it’s not really about hardware at all. It’s a knock-down, drag-out fight for the heart of the connected home. Apple, Google, Amazon and Samsung have each planted flags with different approaches, but none have…

Cohen has remained close to Trump since leaving the president’s company in January. | AP Photo President Donald Trump’s longtime personal attorney has turned down a request to be interviewed and provide documents in the congressional probe into Russian interference into the 2016 election. Michael…

(CNN) Timothy Loehmann, the Cleveland police officer who fatally shot 12-year-old Tamir Rice in 2014, was fired Tuesday not for the shooting but because investigations of the incident found he'd broken rules when he applied to the force. The officer who was with Loehmann, Frank Garmback, will be…

Story highlights Current Senate rules mandate that in order to pass cloture on a vote, a 60% threshold is needed Republicans have instead opted to try to pass tax reform and health care via a process known as reconciliation Washington (CNN) President Donald Trump urged Republicans Tuesday to change…

Story highlights Zahir Janmohamed: There is nothing surprising about encountering bigotry in Portland Despite its liberal veneer, Portland is also home to individuals who repeatedly attack people of color, writes Janmohamed Zahir Janmohamed is the Policy Director for the Asian Pacific American…

Big congratulations go out to all the lovely couples who tied the knot this month! Below, May wedding pics from our readers that are cause for celebration. And remember: If you go to a wedding or get married yourself, hashtag your photos #HPrealweddings or e-mail one to us afterward and we may…

WASHINGTON ― Officials at the Office of National Drug Control Policy under President Barack Obama wanted to take a more lenient stance on marijuana, with one former official telling HuffPost that staff pushed to ease federal prohibitions against the drug. But they never made that case directly to…

There are moments in a presidency that call for what we Beltway toffs refer to as “the staff shake-up.” Sometimes, a White House needs a turn-of-the-page in a media narrative that’s fallen into a malaise. On other occasions, stale thinking calls for some new warm bodies to rejuvenate the scene with…

Americans give President Donald Trump generally positive marks for his first official trip abroad, according to a new HuffPost/YouGov poll , although most still say he doesn’t have the respect of other world leaders. Forty-six percent of Americans approve of Trump’s handling of his international…

A poodle is lucky to be alive after a good Samaritan found him locked inside a suitcase discarded off a road in Canada over the weekend, authorities said. The tiny animal, since named Donut, was heard crying inside the blue, hard-shelled luggage on Sunday by a dog walker in Vancouver, British…

A federal appeals court ruled on Tuesday that a transgender high school student in Wisconsin has both a constitutional and statutory right to use the bathroom that aligns with his gender identity. The ruling , by the U.S. Court of Appeals for 7th Circuit in Chicago, is the first of its kind and…

Addiction and drug overdoses claim one life every four minutes in America. In the time it takes to order a latte, someone dies—from an illness that is highly treatable. The addiction crisis is the result of social prejudice; criminal justice policies that incarcerate people with addiction instead of…

After a journalist’s racist tweet about the Japanese Indy 500 winner went viral this past weekend, a former colleague took to social media to sound off. Gil Asakawa, a former executive producer at The Denver Post’s website, recently responded to his old colleague Terry Frei’s remarks about racer…

At the White House’s first press conference in nearly two weeks, press secretary Sean Spicer dodged nearly every question reporters asked him before abruptly ending the briefing. Spicer spent around 11 minutes Tuesday on a preamble largely detailing President Donald Trump’s recent international…

On Tuesday, White House Communications Director Mike Dubke resigned from his position in the midst of, what can only be described as the White House’s complete inability to communicate. So now the search is on for a new communications director (as well as hundreds of other jobs that have yet to be…

Like what you read below? Sign up for HUFFPOST HILL and get a cheeky dose of political news every evening! Jeb Bush gave up his bid for the Miami Marlins and looks forward to getting on with his life, which we suspect mostly involves online shopping for buttondown shirts and giving thumbs up to…

If you are like many of the Americans who, in recent years, chose to cut the cord on your landline phone, you probably remember one of the things that finally drove you to that decision: the endless, horrible robocalls that rang you at all hours of the day. You probably knew, every time you checked…

It’s no secret that we’ve reached the apex of the the age of entitlement. Social media and political polarization have pushed people on either side of the spectrum to dig in their heels and refuse the other side. We’ve come to value being right more than being humble. It’s not about the pursuit of…

We’re just going to chalk this up to unfortunate timing: Hours after Tiger Woods was arrested Monday morning on a DUI charge, his ex-girlfriend Lindsey Vonn posted a pic on Instagram of herself clearly living her best life in Monte Carlo. “Thankful for great friends and fun adventures but keeping my…

LONDON — President Donald Trump escalated his feud with Berlin on Tuesday, even as Germany’s leader and Trump’s own spokesman tried to defuse the conflict, which has sent tremors through Washington’s core postwar alliances. Before the presidential tweets began flying early Tuesday, Chancellor Angela…

Jessica Chastain concluded her time as a jury member of the 2017 Cannes Film Festival by speaking candidly about a trend she found “quite disturbing” after watching 20 films in 10 days. “The one thing I really took away from this experience is how the world views women, from the female characters…

WASHINGTON ― President Donald Trump ’s company, the Trump Organization, is marking golf properties and related products in the U.S with a coat of arms that belongs to a different family, after being barred by British authorities from doing so in the United Kingdom, according to a New York Times…

President Donald Trump has been tweeting regularly throughout the weekend, but not once has he mentioned the fatal stabbing in Portland, Oregon that left two men dead after they confronted a man spewing hatred to two Muslim girls. On Friday, Ricky John Best and Taliesin Myrddin Namkai-Meche were…

The century of racing in the Indianapolis 500 is filled with drivers who found disappointment, their dreams of winning the iconic race abruptly shattered by crashes, engine failures, botched pit stops and bad luck. But sometimes there is redemption at the Brickyard, as Takuma Sato can attest. The…

A blue whale that washed ashore in northern California was struck by a ship, experts believe. The female whale, 79 feet long, washed ashore Friday at Agate Beach in Bolilnas, about 13 miles north of San Francisco. Scientists from the Marine Mammal Center in Sausalito and San Francisco’s California…

Chancellor Angela Merkel of Germany in Munich on Sunday. “The times in which we could rely fully on others, they are somewhat over,” she said. Christian Bruna/European Pressphoto Agency COLOGNE, Germany — In the aftermath of a contentious Group of 7 meeting in Taormina, Sicily, where leaders failed…

Story highlights Trump's first foreign trip lasted nine days He traveled to five countries Taormina, Italy (CNN) President Donald Trump on Saturday concluded a nine-day swing through the Middle East and Europe that marked his first foreign travel as president -- a significant milestone for a head of…

Cory James will likely think twice about broadcasting live from a theme park ride again. The news reporter for ABC30 gave viewers a preview of the revamped “Guardians of the Galaxy”-themed ride at Disney’s California Adventure Park on Friday. But it’s his terrified reaction to the experience that’s…