Deputy AG Rod Rosenstein says he’s ‘not quitting’

Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein denies he threatened to quit his post amid the firing of FBI Director James Comey and does not plan to resign. After a meeting with Senate intelligence committee leaders on Capitol Hill Thursday, Rosenstein was asked by a Sinclair Broadcast Group reporter whether he threatened to quit.

McCarthy’s Spicer embraces Baldwin’s Trump on ‘SNL’

The show devoted an 8-minute sketch to the impression, which ended with McCarthy's Spicer finally meeting up with Alec Baldwin's Donald Trump. The Spicer sketch started off with Sarah Huckabee Sanders, played by "Saturday Night Live" cast member Aidy Bryant, filling in for the White House press secretary.

Chris Pratt volunteers Parks And Recreation alter ego for vacant FBI top job

Chris Pratt has volunteered his Parks And Recreation alter ego to take over the role of dismissed FBI director James Comey. After US President Donald Trump dismissed the bureau's top man, Pratt tweeted footage of "FBI Agent Burt Macklin" in action, adding: "Just lemme know."

Jimmy Kimmel returns after newborn son’s surgery and emotional plea for affordable healthcare

Jimmy Kimmel returned to his late-night TV show Monday a week after an emotional monologue about his newborn son's heart condition and surgery. Last week he proclaimed to his " Jimmy Kimmel Live " audience, through tears, that all children in this country deserve affordable healthcare.

‘Melrose Place’ actor Antonio Sabato Jr. is running for Congress

Actor Antonio Sabato Jr., an actor best known "General Hospital" and "Melrose Place" and who rose to political prominence after he spoke at the Republican National Convention in Cleveland last year, is running for Congress in California, according to the Republican operative who will act as his top fundraiser in the 2018 race.

Actor Antonio Sabato Jr. to run for Congress in California

Actor Antonio Sabato Jr. is running for Congress, challenging Rep. Julia Brownley, a Democrat who represents the southern central coast of California and most of Ventura County, according to documents filed Monday with the Federal Election Commission. Attempts to reach the Republican candidate were unsuccessful Monday, but GOP strategist Charles Moran, who will serve as Sabato's fundraiser, confirmed the run.

Joy Behar nails conservative for saying criticism of Trumpcare makes her ‘sick’

An intense fight over Trumpcare's passage broke out on Monday's episode of "The View" when the women discussed Newsweek reporter Kurt Eichenwald, who had tweeted that he hoped family and friends of Republican Congress members die from pre-existing conditions. Eichenwald later deleted the tweet because he said that people were taking it the wrong way and he wanted to explain himself better.

In Trump’s America, comedians lead the resistance

Sure, Congressional Democrats are voting and speaking out against Trump's proposals on issues like health care, but few of them can garner national headlines or get a video to go viral. Comedians, on the other hand, are now the ones with a "bully pulpit" to raise issues in ways that dominate our social media feeds and impact the larger political conversation.

More Cities Are Using Taxpayer Funds To Provide Legal Defense For Illegal Aliens

It's not like cities and counties and states have an issue with the "crumbling infrastructure" or anything. Remember this ? Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti and County Supervisor Hilda Solis in December announced the creation of a $10-million legal aid fund to "hire lawyers to defend local immigrants without legal status."

The steady decline of Americaa s death rows

Arkansas executed two inmates on April 24 in back-to-back lethal injections, which marks the country's first double execution in 17 years. When the state of Arkansas announced plans to carry out eight executions in an 11-day period in April , it drew intense international scrutiny that flared until well after the final lethal injection in the series at the end of the month .

This day in history, May 6, 2017

On May 6, 1937, the hydrogen-filled German airship Hindenburg burned and crashed in Lakehurst, N.J., killing 35 of the 97 people on board and a Navy crewman on the ground. In 1910, Britain's Edwardian era ended with the death of King Edward VII; he was succeeded by George V. In 1941, Josef Stalin assumed the Soviet premiership, replacing Vyacheslav M. Molotov.

With book, Ivanka Trump must walk complicated ethical line

The focus of intense public interest, the first daughter and unpaid White House adviser has somewhat sought to limit her profile. But this week she came out with "Women Who Work: Rewriting the Rules for Success," a book that developed from a women-friendly marketing campaign by her lifestyle brand.

Samantha Bee’s show briefly upstages correspondents’ dinner

Comedian Samantha Bee talks to reporters ahead of her "Not the White House Correspondents' Dinner" event in Washington, Saturday, April 30, 2017, held hours before the traditional White House Correspondents' Association gala. President Donald Trump said early in his presidency he would not be attending the latter dinner, the first in decades that a president has done so.

Bill Maher to Elizabeth Warren: – They don’t like you, Pocahontas’

That's what Bill Maher said to Senator Elizabeth Warren with a laugh Friday night on his show, "Real Time with Bill Maher" as the two discussed why it seems many blue-collar workers are for Trump and not her. It was an awkward moment for the senior senator from Massachusetts, who didn't even crack a smile, as she promoted her 11th book, "This Fight Is Our Fight."