Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) grilled secretary of education nominee Betsy DeVos on Tuesday, making the billionaire philanthropist’s lack of experience painfully obvious. DeVos’ controversial nomination has been met with opposition from Democrats and education activists who argue that her role…

President-elect Donald Trump’s controversial nominee for education secretary went before a Senate committee on Tuesday, where she faced tough questions from Democrats over her efforts to expand charter schools, her family’s political influence, and her positions on guns and sexual assault on…

The Obama administration on Tuesday delivered a second payment of $500 million to the Green Climate Fund , an international effort meant to help the world’s poorest countries combat the effects of climate change. The move, announced just three days before the inauguration of President-elect Donald…

Rep. Steve King (R-Iowa) said Tuesday that Democratic congressman and civil rights icon John Lewis hadn’t contributed to the public good since his student leadership days in the 1960s. Later in the same interview on an Iowa radio station, King broadened his attack to also accuse the Congressional…

Reuters A Huffington Post investigation reveals that the “Affordable Care Act,” it turns out, is exactly the same thing as “Obamacare.” They aren’t two different things. There is only one, believe it or not. We’ve triple-checked this. Congressional observers who witnessed the passage of the…

A newly discovered species of moth received a fitting moniker, given the helmet-like cluster of yellow-white scales atop its head. Meet Neopalpa donaldtrumpi , named after President-elect Donald Trump “because of the resemblance of the scales on the frons (head) of the moth to Mr. Trump’s hairstyle.…

The Washington Post via Getty Images Betsy DeVos's confirmation hearings for Secretary of Education started Tuesday, nearly a week after they were scheduled to occur. The delay, I understand, was at least somewhat because of Democrats' concerns about President-elect Donald Trump's controversial…

From what we've seen of the President-elect so far, he seems to like big, bold ideas. Here's one that could change the world. The US and China are the world's largest economies and, not surprisingly, the biggest producers of polluting greenhouse gases ("carbon"). Thanks largely to agreements reached…

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President-elect Donald Trump’s pick to head the Education Department refused to say during her confirmation hearing Tuesday that guns don’t belong in schools. The question came from Sen. Chris Murphy, a Democrat from Connecticut. Murphy’s state was home to the Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre,…

A spate of polls released over the last few days show that the American public doesn’t have a high opinion of Donald Trump ’s transition or high hopes for his presidency. Of course, Trump didn’t pass up the opportunity to call something “phony” and “rigged.” The same people who did the phony…

When President-elect Donald Trump nominated Rep. Ryan Zinke (R-Mont.) to become interior secretary, the freshman congressman’s record as a lifelong hunter and fisher became a major selling point. He sold himself as a Theodore Roosevelt fanboy. Environmental groups that vehemently opposed other…

It’s easy to get stuck in a breakfast-time rut. So just in time for the New Year, we thought, why not bring a little excitement back to morning meals? And what better way to do it than by consulting some of the most imaginative, forward-thinking and clever people we know: Kids. With our partner,…

Watch out: Calvin is coming for the NBA . The 2-year-old from Westerville, Ohio, makes successful free throw after free throw in an inspirational compilation video that his father posted online Monday. Showing exceptional hand-eye coordination, the toddler launches various balls from a third floor…

Ever since becoming a teenager, I felt that I had strayed from the path of faith, God, and the like. I was baptized as a catholic because my dad was a catholic. As I grew and my dad got sicker and my grandmother visted more and more often, I was often the one to be dragged along unwillingly, but…

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The Women’s March on Washington faced backlash Monday after reports circulated that anti-abortion group New Wave Feminists had been granted partnership status . Now organizers of the march are saying that the group was added as a partner in error and are making it very clear that the march will stay…

AFP via Getty Images Donald Trump plays a round in July 2012 when his opened his Trump International Golf Links course in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. Now he's proceeding with expanding the resort despite last week's promise that his company wouldn't be involved in any new private business deals abroad.…

The incoming White House press secretary blasted civil rights activist Rep. John Lewis (D-Ga.) on a holiday honoring America’s most iconic civil rights leader, Martin Luther King Jr . On Monday, Sean Spicer blamed Lewis, who helped lead the civil rights march in Selma, Alabama, over 50 years ago,…

WASHINGTON ― The election of Donald Trump sent shock waves throughout the world, most notably in countries like Mexico and China that the president-elect made whipping posts during his campaign. But scores of other countries are also closely watching the new administration, including nations like…

Bloomberg via Getty Images Physicist William Happer in an elevator in Manhattan's Trump Tower on Friday. Continuing to surround himself with like-minded climate deniers and skeptics , President-elect Donald Trump met Friday with none other than William Happer , the Princeton physics professor who…

Ron needs to sort out his priorities. In Crackle’s new trailer for “ Snatch ,” former “ Harry Potter ” star Rupert Grint dives into a different kind of role. The series, based on the Guy Ritchie movie of the same name and inspired by a real-life London heist, centers on a group of 20-something…

A motorist on a road trip to California pulled his car over when he spotted an Arizona state trooper struggling with a gunman. When the trooper asked him for help, he pulled out his own gun and shot the attacker dead, officials said. “I would just say at this point, ‘Thank you,’” Col. Frank…

Credit: Khalil Ashawi / Reuters A leading human rights group warns of the worldwide threat posed by the rise of populist leaders like U.S. President-elect Donald Trump . Human Rights Watch , in its annual World Report released on Thursday, pointed to “the rise of leaders who, claiming to speak for…

Tyrone Siu / Reuters I recently saw an amazing movie that surprised me in packing such an emotional punch. "Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk" directed by Ang Lee ("Brokeback Mountain") is about the emotional and psychological price American soldiers pay to do their jobs to fight our wars and defend…

KatarzynaBialasiewicz via Getty Images A marriage therapist ― even one who’s worked in the field for years ― can’t know a couple’s full story by the first therapy session. They can tell quite a bit, though. (A spouse’s tendency to avoid eye contact, for instance, reveals more than words could ever…

Bastiaan Slabbers via Getty Images Would the ACA be repealed if it wasn't preceded by the name "Obama?" Was Donald Trump's campaign based on the brag that he would be able rescind the health care promised to millions of people? Since when is that a point to be proud of? When have our morals sunk so…

filadendron via Getty Images (Reuters Health) – It may one day be possible to spot illness the same way many of us already track our exercise habits and sleep patterns: with wearable sensors, researchers say. In a new study, 60 people wore devices that collected more than 250,000 measurements a day…

Mark Makela via Getty Images Despite Trump’s specious bluster about “easily” winning an election in which his opponent got almost 3 million more votes than he did, he will enter office with the most feeble public support of any incoming modern president. According to a new Quinnipiac poll, his job…

Baltimore officials on Thursday announced an agreement with the Justice Department to revamp the city’s police department in an effort to end years of troubling practices uncovered after the death of Freddie Gray. Attorney General Loretta E. Lynch and Baltimore Mayor Catherine E. Pugh outlined…

Republicans are heading toward a bitter fight over two competing cornerstones of modern conservative ethos: the read-the-bill, take-our-time, Schoolhouse Rock mantra that fueled this decade’s tea party revolution, and their utter hatred for the Affordable Care Act. Back in 2009, as Democrats slogged…

Christopher Dilts/Bloomberg via Getty Images President Barack Obama announced changes to U.S. policy toward Cuban migrants Thursday. The U.S. government will no longer automatically extend residency to Cuban migrants arriving in the country without visas, President Barack Obama announced in a…

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