Questionable tweets by new 'Daily Show' host Noah draw fire A day after Trevor Noah was declared the new host of "The Daily Show," complete with the blessing of the exiting Jon Stewart, graphic tweets targeting women, Jews and victims of the Ebola virus are causing a social media backlash. More
Governments may push workers to health exchange In a move that would capitalize on provisions under President Barack Obama's health care law but could cost the federal government millions of dollars, Washington state lawmakers have found a creative way to pass a large chunk of their health care expenses along to Washington, D.C. More
NPR to End ‘Talk of the Nation’ NPR is ending the 21-year-old call-in radio show “Talk of the Nation” and encouraging local stations to replace it with an expanded version of “Here and Now,” an afternoon newscast that is produced here. More
Video shows Washington drive-by shooting that injures 11 Surveillance videos captures a drive-by shooting early Monday near the Capitol building in Washington that left 11 people injured. Washington, D.C., police released the video on YouTube and called on the public to help identify two "vehicles of interest in an Assault with Intent to Kill incident." More
Rep. Tim Burchett told Fox News that he likes Mike Johnson as a Christian man and finds him very appealing for not cheating on his wife.
If anything, this is a humiliating stamp of approval for the Speaker. The idea that Mike Johnson doesn't cheat on his wife has become a valid issue to determine if he's qualified to be the Speaker by Republicans shine's a light on Trump's sexual proclivities as well as many of Trump's cabinet nominations who have faced criminal sexual behaviors including Matt Gaetz and Pete Hegseth.
A watchdog group that has sounded the alarm about various picks for U. S. President-elect Donald Trump's next administration released a Monday report focused on the consulting and nonprofit work of incoming immigration official Tom Homan.
Homan, who was acting director of U. S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) during Trump's first term, is set to serve as "border czar," a post that does not require Senate confirmation.
The new analysis by Accountable.
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When Vice President Kamala Harris arrives at the Capitol on Friday to swear-in the new class of Senators, many of the smiling politicians handing her their family Bibles will be the same ones who for months have been telling crowds that she was a threat to the American way of life.