Media personalities, celebrities, political bigwigs and other revelers spent Friday evening at La Grande Boucherie in Washington, D.C., feting White House Correspondents Association dinner headliner Colin Jost. Jost, a co-anchor on Saturday Night Live's (SNL) "Weekend Update," attended the party with his wife, actress Scarlett Johansson. Attendees munched on mini burgers, tuna and cucumber bites...
TV and film actors hit Washington, D.C. Friday as part of the Creative Coalition’s push to increase public funding for the arts, citing their crucial role in the development of children and communities. Members of the group’s delegation met with President Biden and Congressional leaders Friday, ahead of the White House Correspondents Dinner Saturday night,...
The Federal Election Commission (FEC) has fined former Rep. Rodney Davis’ (R-Ill.) campaign for failing to refund excess contributions in a timely manner. The FEC sent a letter to the Rodney for Congress campaign, and its treasurer, Thomas Charles Datwyler, The Associated Press reported. He was asked to pay $43,475 for failing to return excess...
Stephanie Grisham, the former press secretary for former President Trump, said former first lady Melania Trump is watching her husband’s hush money trial and is sure she’s not happy with the new details coming to light. While Trump sat in a Manhattan courtroom this week, he complained about being away from Melania on her birthday....
A group of Democratic governors mocked Gov. Kristi Noem (R-S.D.) on social media after a passage from her upcoming book entered the spotlight over a story about killing her family dog. In the story, Noem describes getting frustrated with the nearly 14-month-old “Cricket,” a wirehaired pointer, during a hunting trip. The Democrats responded to the...
Former President Donald Trump, in a rebuke of California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) over the continued battle on how to approach in vitro fertilization (IVF), said Republicans are the "leader[s]" on the issue. “Gavin Newscum, the failed Governor of California, who is allowing his once beautiful State to go to Hell, refuses to recognize that...
It was a party packed to the brim with media, entertainment and political figures as Washington kicked off White House Correspondents’ Association (WHCA) dinner weekend with a lively fete hosted by United Talent Agency (UTA.) Second gentleman Doug Emhoff was seen braving the crowds at Fiola Mare in Georgetown at UTA’s annual “Celebration of America’s...
The Republican National Committee (RNC) has reportedly sent a letter to the Secret Service asking them to keep protesters further away from the Milwaukee convention venue in July. The three-page letter, reported first by The New York Times, objected to a plan that had a specific area where protesters would be able to demonstrate. Todd...
Former Attorney General Bill Barr suggested Friday that people may take former President Trump “too literally,” and Trump wouldn't carry out serious actions he threatens against other people. When CNN anchor Kaitlan Collins asked Barr if he remembered when the former president said the person who leaked information about him going to a bunker during...
President Biden is sending billions of dollars to back Israel’s war against Hamas, even as the destruction of Gaza and deaths of Palestinians fuels growing protest on college campuses. The $26 billion in new aid to Israel, passed overwhelmingly in Congress and signed into law by Biden this week, also comes amid a deepening humanitarian...
Abortion politics is threatening to roil Florida Republicans’ chances in competitive state Legislature races amid widespread voter backlash. The Florida Supreme Court upheld a 15-week limit on abortion earlier this month, paving the way for a six-week ban passed by the state Legislature last year to soon go into effect. Now, a handful of vulnerable...
