Today I awoke suddenly, inexplicably fraught with anxiety. Absent any semblance of normalcy, I thought what I heard coming from inside my head were remainders of a dream, but instead were hallucinatory voices and images generated that are now part of my conscious self. For here, in Trumpville, chaos…

It's Bey vs. A Tribe Called Quest for the best Grammys performance. (Photo: Getty Images) The performances at the 2017 Grammy Awards were nearly as stacked as the nominees themselves, with a lineup including Beyoncé, Adele, Katy Perry, Lady Gaga, Bruno Mars, The Weeknd and more, plus tributes to…

Story highlights An emergency spillway is in danger of failing due to erosion, authorities say Butte County, Yuba County and Marysville all under evacuation orders (CNN) "This is NOT a drill." The Butte County Sheriff's Office repeated the warning three times, telling residents near California's…

Christopher Polk via Getty Images Rapper Busta Rhymes did not hold back at the Grammy Awards on Sunday. Rhymes joined rap group A Tribe Called Quest and Grammy-nominated artist Anderson .Paak for a politically-charged performance during which Rhymes called out President Donald Trump for his…

A top White House official is accusing CNN host Jake Tapper of being sexist during a heated interview with presidential adviser Kellyanne Conway . Tapper called out the White House on Tuesday for accusing the media of underreporting terror attacks, and pressed Conway on President Donald Trump ’s…

Mortgage Checkup Checkups are a good thing. We get our cars checked up, we get our bodies checked up with physicals, and we get out teeth checked up with cleanings. Why not checkup your mortgage? If you haven’t thought of getting a mortgage checkup you may be missing out on opportunities to save…

Watch out, White House Press Corps: Spicey's back. Melissa McCarthy answered comedy fans' prayers, rolling back onto the Saturday Night Live stage as the embattled press secretary, complete with a motorized podium, ready to take the fight right to the front row of the briefing room. Her Spicer also…

The obituary of a 75-year-old Galveston, Texas, man who died of cancer last month is getting a lot of attention for its brutal description of the deceased. Leslie Ray “Popeye” Charping lived “29 years longer than expected and much longer than he deserved,” begins the obituary, which states that…

BEIJING—China’s wait-and-see approach to U.S. President Donald Trump’s periodic diplomatic outbursts has paid off with the president dropping his threat to upend a cornerstone of Beijing-Washington relations. After weeks of several phone run-ins with world leaders, Mr. Trump committed to a…

President Donald Trump has shown little understanding of the American legal system or its nuclear arms treaty with Russia, but he does know real estate. Which is why Trevor Noah fears that The Donald is using his knowledge to profit from the presidency. “Look at what he’s done to the Department of…

Twelve people, including two children, have been killed in a landslide on the popular Indonesian tourist island of Bali. The landslide hit several villages in the Kintamani area at about 23:00 on Thursday (1500 GMT). A national disaster agency spokesman said it was caused by sustained torrential…

President Xi Jinping of China in Lima, Peru, last year. The fact that President Trump and Mr. Xi have not talked since Mr. Trump took office in January has drawn increasing scrutiny. Cris Bouroncle/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images WASHINGTON — When the White House announced this week that…

Several legal experts are urging President Donald Trump to withdraw his order altogether. | Getty President Donald Trump's three-week-old administration took a thrashing from a federal appeals court Thursday as a panel of three judges unanimously rejected his request to resume enforcement of his…

WASHINGTON — The top U.S. commander in Afghanistan said Thursday that there was a need for a “holistic review” of the relationship with Pakistan, potentially opening the door for a new approach to one of America’s most vexing alliances. Experts said the remarks by Army General John Nicholson, who…

LIMA (Reuters) - A Peruvian judge issued an international arrest warrant on Thursday for former president Alejandro Toledo and said he should spend up to 18 months in jail while prosecutors investigate him for allegedly taking $20 million in bribes from Brazilian builder Odebrecht SA. Judge Richard…

WASHINGTON, Feb 9 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump agreed to honor the United States’ “ One China ” policy during a ph one call with Chinese President Xi Jinping, the White House said on Thursday, as he took steps to improve ties after angering Beijing by talking to Taiwan’s leader. A White…

Is it really happening? Days after fans urged “Saturday Night Live” to cast Rosie O’Donnell as White House chief strategist Steve Bannon , the comic and longtime nemesis to President Donald Trump changed her profile picture on Twitter: Rosie ODonnell Is O’Donnell just having a laugh at Bannon’s…

WASHINGTON ― When Rep. Jason Chaffetz, the Republican chairman of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, thought Hillary Clinton was going to be president, he could barely wait to start investigating. “It’s a target-rich environment ,” he said in late October . “Even before we get to…

WASHINGTON ― President Donald Trump liked the sound of a Democratic bill that would punish companies for offshoring jobs, according to a senator who met with the president at the White House on Thursday. The proposal from three Rust Belt Democrats would put companies at a disadvantage in bids for…

Hillary Clinton felt no need to issue a long-winded statement following the unanimous decision by a three-judge panel on Thursday not to reinstate President Donald Trump’s travel ban. Instead, the former secretary of state kept things short and sweet, tweeting simply “3-0.” 3-0 — Hillary Clinton…

There’s no denying that Janessa James is one dedicated bridesmaid . A hilarious candid photo of Janessa going above and beyond her bridal party duties began going viral this week after she posted it to Reddit on Saturday. Chloe Epperson of The Copper Creative Run like the wind, Janessa! “This is how…

"Donald Trump at CPAC in 2013." Photo by Gage Skidmore. On January 23rd, President Trump reinstated the Mexico City Policy, commonly called the "Global Gag Order." The policy, which was first enacted by the Reagan administration in the 1980s, requires foreign non-governmental organizations (NGOs) to…

The White House on Thursday said that a top adviser to President Trump had been “counseled” after using a television appearance from the West Wing to promote the clothing and jewelry line sold under the brand of Trump’s daughter. The endorsement, in which Kellyanne Conway told Fox News Channel…

The White House is probing ongoing leaks of President Trump’s private conversations with foreign leaders, including a report Thursday that he criticized a 2011 U.S.-Russia nuclear arms treaty during last month’s call with Russian President Vladi­mir Putin. “We’re looking into the situation, and it’s…

WASHINGTON President Donald Trump’s “wall” along the U.S.-Mexico border would be a series of fences and walls that would cost as much as $21.6 billion, and take more than three years to construct, based on a U.S. Department of Homeland Security internal report seen by Reuters on Thursday. The…

Arrests made by federal immigration officials in Southern California this week have heightened anxiety about a promised crackdown by President Trump on people in this country illegally. The arrests sparked a protest in downtown Los Angeles on Thursday evening, with immigration advocates claiming…

After White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer on Wednesday refused to discount the possibility that President Donald Trump might name Sarah Palin as the next ambassador to Canada, Twitter exploded with negative comments north of the border. But first to complain were politicians. New Democrat Party…

Karl Weatherly via Getty Images Back in 2015, Nevada decided to go all-in on vouchers, establishing the voucheriest of voucher programs-- the education savings account. With ESA's the state just hands every parent a check or a debit card (in Nevada's case, $5,700 for poor families and $5,100 for…

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Hundreds of jeering, shouting, angry voters, jam-packed in a high school auditorium, lashed GOP Rep. Jason Chaffetz at his town hall meeting in the heart of red-state Utah. Chaffetz was frequently drowned out by boos at Brighton High School, in a Salt Lake City suburb, over the course of Thursday…

The city of Tucson and Pima County has combined forces with each other to help give a down payment assistance program for those who qualify. These homebuyers can buy a home in Tucson in Arizona and in Pima County, also in Arizona. Those eligible must be purchasing homes inside of these 2 areas. The…

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U.S. researchers have been tracking the incredibly lengthy meal of a giant black hole consuming a star for a record-breaking decade. And it’s still not done. Most black holes dispense of stars in a year or less. This one, spotted by University of New Hampshire scientist Dacheng Lin and his team,…