Oscar-Winner Ellen Burstyn on Rise of Trump: After Obama, Now a the Racists Get a Turna

Academy Award-winning actress Ellen Burstyn has "never seen anything" quite like this year's presidential election season - and she believes she may know the reason for presumptive Republican nominee Donald Trump's extraordinary success. "I can't understand it," the 83-year-old Interstellar and Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore star said of Trump's popularity in an interview with Deadline .

Donald Trump Plays The ‘Rape’ Card Against Bill Clinton

All of America has seen an credibly lowbrow GOP presidential primary this election cycle and Donald Trump is destined to make the general election even worse. Trump joined Sean Hannity on Fox News this Wednesday night, for another one of those "exclusive" interviews , and they both ripped into the NY Times story about Trump and his women.

O’Reilly speaks out, anti-Fox News activist efforts continue

During an interview Friday with Glenn Beck, another former Fox News Channel personality who was the subject of an advertiser boycott, Bill O'Reilly complained of a liberal "hit job" that did him in. "In the weeks to come we're going to be able to explain all of it," O'Reilly said in his first interview since he was fired on April 19. "It has to do with destroying voices that the far left and the organized left-wing cabal doesn't like."

‘He’s not understanding the magnitude of it’

Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump said Wednesday he favored punishing women who obtain abortions if the procedure were outlawed, before retreating hours later amid criticism from his rivals for the White House. Pro-choice and pro-life activists demonstrate on the steps of the United States Supreme Court in Washington, DC.

Sean Hannity’s Twitter disappears; conspiracy theories ensue

Michigan State football coach Mark Dantonio says he's always worked with the correct authorities in cases involving sexual assault allegations. Michigan State football coach Mark Dantonio says he's always worked with the correct authorities in cases involving sexual assault allegations.

GOP Congress will keep investigating Clinton email

House Oversight Committee Chairman Jason Chaffetz said that his committee will continue to investigate Hillary Clinton's use of a private email server during her time as secretary of state despite the fact that the presidential election is over. "This was never a political targeting in the beginning.

Sexist ‘Ghostbusters’ Backlash Coincides With 2016 Gender Divide

On Wednesday, the all-female stars of the summer reboot of "Ghostbusters" appeared on the same episode of "The Ellen DeGeneres Show" as Democratic presidential front-runner Hillary Clinton, and the confluence of gender politics and the cultural zeitgeist was not lost on the show's host. "Get your Woman Cards ready," DeGeneres tweeted in anticipation of the show, while an apparent Clinton supporter shared an image of the presidential contender dressed in a Ghostbusters uniform, with her likely Republican rival Donald Trump cast as the gluttonous apparition "Slimer."

Bryan Cranston Takes LBJ ‘All the Way’

All the turbulence buffeting the current presidential political season seems like a breeze compared to 1964, even if some similar partisan ill winds swirl. Lyndon Baines Johnson, thrust into the presidency following the November 1963 assassination of John Fitzgerald Kennedy, quickly found himself fighting domestic wars on two major fronts: battling a right-wing Republican for election while twisting the arms of fellow southern Democrats and other lawmakers to pass landmark civil rights legislation.

ABC’s Roseanne Barr lobs stunningly racist insult at Obama adviser in unhinged Twitter rampage

Valerie Jarrett served as Senior White House Advisor for the full eight years President Barack Obama led the nation. She was also the assistant to the president for public engagement and intergovernmental affairs, and a co-chair of the Obama-Biden Transition Project.