Friends star Matthew Perry was laid to rest in a private ceremony at Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Los Angeles on Friday, multiple outlets reported. The actor died over a week ago after being found unresponsive on Oct. 28 at his home in a hot tub. His death was initially reported as a drowning. Perry was 54 years old.
The White House on Sunday blasted House Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-La.), arguing now is not a "time to perpetrate long-discredited conspiracy theories," after the Louisiana Republican refused to answer whether the 2020 election was stolen when pressed several times on ABC News's "This Week." "Election denial is a dangerous conspiracy theory that has done...
Donald Trump and lawyers from New York Attorney General Letitia James’s (D) office will face off this week when the former president is expected to take the stand in the fraud case jeopardizing his business empire. His testimony marks an unprecedented turn in U.S. history where a former president and current White House candidate must...
Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Sunday made a surprise visit to Baghdad, Iraq where he met with Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani amid concerns of a wider conflict in the Middle East stemming from Israel's war with militant group Hamas. Blinken's meeting comes as American forces in Iraq and Syria face a surge in...
Oksana Markarova, Ukrainian ambassador to the U.S., said on Sunday that the “war on terror” must be won everywhere – and stressed the importance of not only focusing on one place over another. “We just have to understand that this war on terror have to be won everywhere, and that we cannot afford to lose...
Rep. George Santos (R-N.Y.) said in an interview that the possibility of him accepting a plea deal is “not on the table” as the freshman lawmaker is facing a slew of new criminal charges against him. In an interview on CNN’s “Inside Politics Sunday,” anchor Manu Raju asked the embattled GOP lawmaker if there was...
The United States Department of Education has released a package of regulations aimed at protecting beneficiaries of federal student aid, including rules that will prohibit most transcript withholding for individuals who owe money to their former college or university. The department’s action is a cause for celebration for those who support student success, educational attainment, and workforce...
Mississippi’s gubernatorial race next week could be surprisingly competitive as Democratic challenger Brandon Presley seeks to unseat Republican Gov. Tate Reeves in the deep-red state. Despite Mississippi’s status as a conservative stronghold, Democrats see an opportunity to flip the governor’s mansion, pointing to Reeves’s relatively low approval ratings and concerns about a long-running welfare scandal...
Rep. George Santos (R-N.Y.) blew off campaign finance allegations in a Sunday interview, claiming he was not involved with financial matters while he was a candidate. “As far as all the allegations, remember how a campaign works,” Santos told CNN’s Manu Raju on "Inside Politics." “I'm a candidate. Candidates do not handle money. Candidates do...
House Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-La.) refused to answer whether the 2020 election was stolen when pressed eight separate times in a Sunday interview with ABC News’s George Stephanopoulos. Asked about conservative Rep. Ken Buck’s (R-Colo.) decision to leave Congress and his departing remark that “too many Republican leaders are lying to America, claiming that...