From Fringe to Baby Oil, Here Are 9 Eye-Catching Winter Olympics Opening Ceremony Looks
US Olympic luge veteran Erin Hamlin carries the US flag at the 2018 opening ceremony.Mark Reis via ZUMA Wire Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Fashion Week kicked off in New York City on Thursday, but nearly 7,000 miles away in Pyeongchang, almost 3,000 Olympic athletes from 92 countries were preparing for a fashion show…
California Is the Fourth State in a Month to Propose Banning Youth Tackle Football
Taylor Jones/The Palm Beach Post/ZUMA Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Two California lawmakers introduced a bill Thursday that would set a yet-defined minimum age for kids who want to participate in organized tackle football in an attempt to offset the risk of long-term brain damage. If passed, California would become the first state…
The Official Next in Line to Oversee the Russia Investigation Just Stepped Down
Rachel Brand is sworn-in during her confirmation hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee in March 2017. Ron Sachs/picture-alliance/dpa/AP Images Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. The third-highest ranking official at the Justice Department, Associate Attorney General Rachel Brand, will step down after just nine months on the job, the New York Times reported…
House Intelligence Dems: This Russia Investigation Kind of Sucks
J. Scott Applewhite/Associated Press Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. As part of the long-running saga over the Nunes memo—a major distraction in the Trump-Russia case—the House Intelligence Committee held a meeting on Monday to consider whether to release the counter-memo drafted by Democrats on the panel. The session was held…
A Surprise Move by the Trump Administration Has Dreamers on More Stable Footing Than Expected
Demonstrators with United We Dream and others rally in the Hart Senate Office Building last month to call on Congress to pass legislation to protect Dreamers.Tom Williams/AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Two days after House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi delivered a record-shattering speech in defense of Dreamers—undocumented immigrants who…
Donald Trump Has a Long History of Defending Men Accused of Sexual Assault
Sonia Moskowitz/ZUMA Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. “He says that he’s innocent. I think you have to remember that.” “He did a very good job while he was in the White House, and we hope that he has a wonderful career.” These were President Donald Trump’s first public remarks addressing the…