By Jill Serjeant and Piya Sinha-Roy NEW YORK (Reuters) – R&B artist Bruno Mars won the top prize at the Grammy Awards on Sunday, denying rappers Kendrick Lamar and Jay-Z the honor of becoming the first hip-hop artist in 14 years to win the coveted album of the year award. Mars won six Grammys including…
By Jill Serjeant and Piya Sinha-Roy NEW YORK (Reuters) – Kendrick Lamar took the Grammy Awards by storm on Sunday, winning five early awards and opening the show with a politically charged performance that brought the audience to its feet. Lamar, 30, regarded as one of the most innovative rappers of his generation, kicked off…
By James Oliphant INDIAN WELLS, Calif. (Reuters) – The conservative Koch network spent its annual donor conference celebrating policy victories under President Donald Trump such as the tax overhaul, but the elation was tinged with anxiety over November’s congressional elections that could pose a risk to its agenda. To that end, the network plans to…
The White House will only allow Trump to do interviews with friendly journalists and the world got a taste of when Trump answered a softball question on climate change like a drunk 4-year-old. Trump was asked if he believed in climate change. This was Trump’s answer: Trump thinks global warming and climate change are the…
Trump admitted that he only does his job as president during the day. In the morning and at night, he spends his time in bed tweeting. Reuters reported: If I don’t have that form of communication I can’t defend myself,” Trump said in an interview broadcast on Sunday. “I get a lot of fake news,…
By Andrew MacAskill LONDON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump, who has garnered a large following on social media with rambunctious postings, said he sometimes tweets from bed, though he occasionally allows others to post his words. Trump frequently uses Twitter to announce policy, assail his adversaries and to tangle with countries, including North Korea,…
Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-CA) has seen the House Republican secret memo, and he called it an effort to brainwash House Republicans into believing conspiracy theories during an interview on CNN. Video: Rep. Swalwell said, “I have read it and best describe it as a brainwashing document that tries to put forward to the rest of…
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Congress should revisit proposed legislation to protect special counsel Robert Mueller after President Donald Trump tried to fire him last year while he investigated the Trump campaign’s ties with Russia, two Republican senators said on Sunday. In separate television interviews, Senators Susan Collins and Lindsey Graham expressed dismay at reports…
There are seven Democrats who are standing by their principles and refusing to normalize Trump by attending his State Of The Union. Video: The seven House Democrats are Reps. Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), Pramila Jayapal (D-WA), John Lewis (D-GA), Maxine Waters (D-CA), Frederica Wilson (D-FL), Rep. Gregory Meeks (D-NY), and Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D-IL). Schakowsky said…
In a moment of illuminating stupidity, Trump said that he would be open to getting the US back into the Paris Climate Accord because he likes the president of France. Bloomberg News reported: “The Paris accord, for us, would have been a disaster,†Trump said in excerpts of an interview with Piers Morgan on the…
Sen. Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) took apart Donald Trump for daring to question anyone’s patriotism even though he had five deferments to get out of going to Vietnam and can’t remember which foot his bone spur was in. Video: Transcript via CBS’ Face The Nation: NANCY CORDES: You called him a “five deferment draft dodger.” SENATOR…
Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) warned the White House that if Trump fires Special Counsel Robert Mueller without cause, his presidency will be finished. Video: Transcript via ABC’s This Week: RADDATZ: So, Senator Graham, you believe the stories about McGahn, about President Trump? GRAHAM: I don’t know. I believe it’s something that Mueller should look at….
With Trump going off the rails about the Russia scandal, Fox News is counterprogramming to cheer the president up with a 2 hour special on Bill Clinton’s scandals from the 1990s. It is being reported that Trump is angry in raging over the Russia scandal, but no worries, the president’s favorite television channel is doing…
Donald Trump directed that the Nunes secret memo be released, even though he doesn’t have the power to release it because he wants to fire deputy attorney general Rod Rosenstein so that he can fire Special Counsel Robert Mueller. The Washington Post reported, “The president has told close advisers that the memo is starting to…
Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME) changed her position and said that it wouldn’t hurt to provide an extra safeguard and pass a bill blocking Trump from firing Special Counsel Robert Mueller. Video: Transcript of Collins on CNN’s State Of The Union: Jake Tapper: There have been a number of bipartisan bills that would attempt to protect…
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – In a surprise move, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency reversed itself on Friday and maintained restrictions on the proposed Pebble Mine copper and gold mine project in southwest Alaska’s Bristol Bay region. “It is my judgment at this time that any mining projects in the region likely pose a risk to the…
