Barbra Streisand says she inadvertently caused a furry “security crisis” at the White House, after bringing her dog to an awards ceremony there. The “Yentl” star was one of several artists to receive the Presidential Medal of Freedom from then-President Obama in 2015. It was only after the ceremony, Streisand wrote in her memoir published Tuesday...
SAG-AFTRA, a union representing many Hollywood actors, said there are still issues with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers' (AMPTP) “final offer,” as negotiations between the two reach the final stages. In a letter sent Monday, the union’s negotiating committee said it has “formally responded” to AMPTP’s final offer. “Please know every member...
Feminist discourse has long held that “the personal is political.” Today, it seems that the reverse is even more true: the political is often personal. And no political issue is as personal or as touchy as abortion. With a much-anticipated ballot measure on abortion coming up in Ohio this fall, and much of the rest...
GOP presidential hopefuls are set to gather on the debate stage once again Wednesday, with a slightly smaller group of candidates. The Republican National Committee (RNC) again raised the fundraising and polling thresholds to make it more difficult for candidates to qualify for the third debate. Candidates who wanted to make the debate stage needed...
Has any U.S. president done more to expand the influence, revenue and corruption of Latin American cartels, human smugglers and organized crime than Joe Biden? I can almost hear their shouts of “Viva, el Presidente!” and “Vivan a las fronteras abiertas!” (Long live open borders!) Here’s the headline from a recent Wall Street Journal report: “Smuggling...
A New York man who used bear spray on Capitol Police officers during the Jan. 6 Capitol riots was sentenced Monday to three years in prison, the Justice Department announced. Edward Rodriguez pleaded guilty to assaulting a police officer in May. Video from the Jan. 6 riots showed Rodriguez spraying multiple police officer with the...
Taylor Swift has an Election Day message as Americans across the country head to the polls: “Voters gonna vote!” The “Cruel Summer” singer urged her fans to make time for the ballot box Tuesday in an Instagram Stories post for her 275 million followers. “It’s Election Day! If you are registered to vote in Colorado, Kentucky, Maine, Mississippi,...
Sen. Tim Kaine (D-Va.) shared concerns Monday over the war between Israel and Hamas in Gaza, saying he’s had to consider whether it could escalate into a global conflict amid rising tensions across the Middle East. “I have had to answer a question from people that I never had to answer in 30 years of...
The Secretary of Education warned schools Tuesday that if they don’t fight antisemitism and Islamophobia, they could lose federal funding. “We want to promote free speech and, to be frank with you, college campuses are where students should be able to express different opinions. But when it comes to antisemitism or Islamophobia, that has no...
Republican senators, led by Sen. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tenn., are introducing legislation to allow fingerprinting of migrant minors at the southern border.