Today In History, Jan. 5: “Waiting for Godot”
On Jan. 5, 1953, Samuel Beckett's two-act tragicomedy "Waiting for Godot," considered a classic of the Theater of the Absurd, premiered in Paris.
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Hannity Denies Wolff’s Claim That He Wanted To Work For Trump In ‘Fire And Fury’
Sean Hannity is denying claims that he wanted to work for the Trump administration or that he would have provided President Donald Trump with interview questions. The Fox News host and conservative commentator provided a statement to The Hill Thursday to contradict statements in Michael Wolff's new and controversial book on the Trump adminstration, saying he had no desire to give up on journalism or feed Trump with pre-arranged questions before an interview.
Greta Van Susteren Gets Frosty Reception On ABC’s ‘The View’
The ladies of ABC's "The View" just could not shake the Fox News in Greta Van Susteren during her Thursday appearance. She's ex-Fox News now, having said it hadn't felt like home for a few years.
Comedy Central’s Late Night Series Announce Live State of the Union Episodes, 1/30
Comedy Central's THE DAILY SHOW WITH TREVOR NOAH and THE OPPOSITION W/ JORDAN KLEPPE will be providing instant analysis and commentary about the President's first STATE OF THE UNION address and telecast LIVE with back-to-back episodes from 11:00-11:30 p.m. ET and 11:30-midnight ET respectively on Tuesday, January 30. This marks the seventh time THE DAILY SHOW WITH TREVOR NOAH has aired LIVE, having previously done so throughout the 2016 Presidential Election on election night, after the presidential and vice presidential debates, and on the final nights of both the Republican and Democratic National Conventions. The Opposition w/ Jordan Klepper made its series debut last fall and will be airing a LIVE episode for the first time.
The 2018 Golden Globes: Oprah Leads a Decisive Feminist Takeover
Award shows are stage-managed, prettified, self-justifying, emotionally incoherent affairs at which, occasionally, something meaningful or surprising happens. The Golden Globes are the wackiest of the bunch, mostly because everyone gets to drink.
Rubio’s Tax Lament
Donald Trump Didn't Want to Be President - One year ago: the plan to lose, and the administration's shocked first days. - Election Night: It "looked as if he had seen a ghost."
POLL: Most voters agree with Trump – END Chain Migration, REDUCE…
Donald Trump Didn't Want to Be President - One year ago: the plan to lose, and the administration's shocked first days. - Election Night: It "looked as if he had seen a ghost."
Eric Trump, the smarter one, tweets that Ellen DeGeneres is part of the #DeepState
The Deep State apparently now includes such malicious actors as James Comey and a daytime television talk show host who loves cats. That's according to top National Security Expert, Eric Trump, Donald Trump's second oldest son.
What’s Really Behind The Outrage At Logan Paul
Popular YouTuber Logan Paul is currently the target of a massive internet backlash after he posted a video on New Year's Eve featuring footage of a man who had killed himself. Paul was "vlogging" his trip to Japan's infamous Suicide Forest when he and his crew happened upon a man who had hung himself.
Michele Bachmann eyeing run for Franken’s Senate seat
Former GOP congresswoman and presidential candidate Michele Bachmann said Tuesday she is considering running for Democratic former Sen. Al Franken's Minnesota seat. Bachmann, who was a member of Congress representing Minnesota until 2015, told " The Jim Bakker Show " that she's mulling over whether she should run.
After rocky first month, Trump ends first year with strong finish
If President Donald Trump's first month in office was notable for its mixture of chaos and dysfunction, the last month of 2017 showed a constant combatant who had reason to believe that his refusal to back down paid off with passage of a sweeping tax overhaul. Senator Dean Heller reacts as U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during a lunch meeting with Senate Republicans to discuss healthcare at the White House in Washington, U.S., July 19, 2017.
17 in ’17: The most controversial staff departures from Trump’s White House
Almost from the first day, President Donald Trump's top aides began to depart - many of them not by choice. Trump announced on Twitter that he had ousted Reince Priebus while the two men were sitting aboard Air Force One on the tarmac, leaving the chief of staff to step off the plane alone.
America’s anxious times made it a banner year for villains and bad guys in movies and TV
One arm shot off and hat brim slanted low, Frank Griffin, an outlaw predisposed to frontier wisdom and Bible brandishing, rides with 30 hard men in a fury that can empty a town by sunset. Played by Jeff Daniels in the new Netflix series "Godless," Griffin is an alluring villain, a man shaped by a boyhood tragedy he carries with him like a sin turned sacred.
UC regent accused of harassing actress will resign
Regent Norman Pattiz speaks during a meeting of the UC Board of Regents while Eloy Ortiz Oakley listens at the UCSF Mission Bay campus in San Francisco, Calif. on Thursday, Nov. 16, 2017.
My Predictions for 2017 Are Looking Pretty Good
It's late December, when columnists offer their predictions for the coming year. But as I did 12 months ago, I'd like first to see how my predictions for 2017 fared.
Barack Obama Talks Dangers Of Divisive Social Media Use With Prince Harry
Former U.S. President Barack Obama was interviewed by Britain's Prince Harry in a discussion aired this morning by BBC Radio 4's Today program. Ahead of a quickfire round of questions that included Harry asking whether Obama preferred Suits or The Good Wife , the pair talked about Obama's state of mind during last January's inauguration of Donald Trump , and what the former president thinks of social media as a platform for change.
Dem Rep: Trump’s FBI Attacks ‘The Conduct of Someone Who Could Become a Tyrant’
Speier said, "I am concerned that the President of the United States is systematically trying to shut down every possible branch of government but the presidency." "You've got him attacking the judiciary, you have him attacking the CIA, you have him attacking the Department of Justice, the FBI.
13 Days in July: The Trump White House’s crucible
In this July 31, 2017, file photo, President Donald Trump talks with new White House Chief of Staff John Kelly after he was privately sworn in during a ceremony in the Oval Office in Washington. For an administration that has spent 2017 throwing off headlines at a stunningly dizzying pace, the frenetic fortnight in the second half of July reached an unparalleled breakneck speed.
Politics | Horowitz: Attacks on Mueller Don’t Pass the Laugh Test
In the wake of former National Security Adviser Michael Flynn's guilty plea and the news that he has become a cooperating witness, right-wing media and certain House Republicans have stepped up their baseless and fact-challenged attacks on Special Counsel Bob Mueller and the FBI in a desperate attempt to discredit the investigation as it gains potency and to create political space for President Trump to fire Mueller. Leading the charge is Sean Hannity with his fellow Fox evening prime time hosts Tucker Carlson and Laura Ingram and weekend host Jeanine Pirro following closely behind.
Are UFOs real? A look at the recently revealed Pentagon program that tried to find out
In the $600 billion annual Defense Department budgets, the $22 million spent on the Advanced Aerospace Threat Identification Program was almost impossible to find. For years, the program investigated reports of unidentified flying objects, according to Defense Department officials, interviews with program participants and records obtained by The New York Times.