Looks Like "The View" Won't Have A Male Co-Host
Barbara Walters had hinted that the show might “add a man.” ABC According to a source who witnessed recent tapings of The View, the following potential co-hosts were rotated into test segments hosted...
View ArticleGuards Filmed Beating Protester During Africa Leaders Summit In DC
A witness says he believes the protester was allegedly beaten by security for the president of the Democratic Republic of Congo. “The whole thing lasted about 10 seconds before secret service...
View ArticleObama Authorizes Strikes Against Islamic State Fighters In Iraq
“Today, America is coming to help.” President Obama meeting with national security advisers on Thursday White House/Pete Souza / Via Flickr: whitehouse WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama has...
View ArticleObama's Anti-War Base Keeping Its Powder Dry As New Iraq Action Unfolds
“While there are deep concerns about slippery slopes and being dragged into a sectarian war in Iraq, progressives will not oppose action responding to genocide.” Jim Bourg / Reuters WASHINGTON — When...
View ArticleVirginia Attorney General Asks Supreme Court To Hear Same-Sex Marriage Case
“The nation looks to this Court to answer the question presented here.” WASHINGTON — Following on the heels of Utah officials and an Oklahoma clerk, Virginia Attorney General Mark Herring on Friday...
View ArticleProgressive Groups Launch Campaign To Paint Campbell Brown As A "Right-Wing...
The former CNN host has become a high-profile activist for charter schools and against teacher tenure. Campbell Brown / Via Facebook: OfficialCampbellBrown Progressive groups in New York are launching...
View ArticleHow 12 Newspaper Front Pages Covered Richard Nixon's Resignation
40 years ago today. On Aug. 8, 1974, 40 years ago, Richard Nixon announced his resignation from his office as president of the United States on national television, effective at noon the next day. The...
View ArticleImmigration Court Grants Asylum To Somali Man Tortured For Teaching English
After months in an El Paso detention facility, federal officials have granted the 22-year-old refugee asylum in the United States. AP Photo/Eric Gay, Pool WASHINGTON — A Somali man who was tortured...
View ArticleHere Are The States Where Thousands Of Unaccompanied Minors Have Been Released
Tens of thousands of unaccompanied children have crossed the border this year. Many of them have been released to sponsors while they await immigration case hearings. Over the last nine months, 63,000...
View ArticleFlorida Attorney General Wants Florida Marriage Cases To Be Put On Hold
Four Florida judges have ruled against the state’s same-sex marriage ban in the last three weeks, but the state attorney general wants those cases stayed until the U.S. Supreme Court decides the issue...
View ArticleWhy Obama Is Bombing ISIS In Iraq But Didn't Do It In Syria
The path of least resistance. Larry Downing / Reuters For a president who has been extremely unwilling to see the U.S. intervene again in the Middle East, a major reason for pulling the trigger on...
View ArticleWhat Did Sean Hannity Whisper To Bibi Netanyahu?
We may never know, but go ahead and speculate!
View ArticleThis Chart Shows 20 Years Of The White House Talking About "Iraq"
Also: weapons of mass destruction, air strikes, “boots on the ground,” genocide, and drones. On Thursday, President Obama authorized targeted strikes on militants in Iraq. BuzzFeed analyzed the...
View ArticleAn Interview With The Democratic Nominee For Governor In Tennessee Who Wants...
“Yeah I’d like to put his butt in the electric chair and give him half a bolt,” Charlie Brown said laughing. Democrats in Tennessee have apparently nominated as their candidate for governor a Duck...
View ArticleWhat The World Was Like In 1974 When Richard Nixon Resigned
Forty years ago, Richard Nixon became the first president to resign from the office. In 1974.... Danny Lyon/U.S. National Archives • The Cold War was ongoing. • The U.S. population was just more than...
View Article"War On Whites" Congressman Mo Brooks, Still Talking, Now Says Racism Is Over
“This race issue should be way behind us.” View Video › Republican Rep. Mo Brooks of Alabama is still talking. First the Republican congressman told conservative radio host Laura Ingraham that...
View ArticleWatch Two Alaska Republican Senate Candidates Discuss Impeaching Obama
Joe Miller supports impeaching Obama. Dan Sullivan says he’d take it seriously and “focus on it” if it came to the Senate. View Video › Republican Alaska Senate candidate Joe Miller challenged his...
View ArticleNew Video Shows The U.S. Military Dropping Humanitarian Aid In Iraq
Video released Sunday evening by the U.S. military shows an airdrop into northern Iraq from the day before. Video released by the Pentagon shows an airdrop on Aug. 9 with humanitarian aid, mostly food...
View ArticleThe Technology The Government Uses For Immigration Hearings Doesn't Work Right
“Can you hear us?” The immigration court system is slammed, so the feds have turned to video conferencing — and it’s not very good. A Texas detention facility AP Photo/Eric Gay ARLINGTON, Va. —...
View ArticleJudge Extends Temporary Halt To Ohio Executions As Debate Over New Drug...
The moratorium, which was supposed to end this week, has been extended to Jan. 15. Mike Simons / Getty Images A federal judge has extended a months-long halt on executions in Ohio into 2015 as debate...
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