Trump downplays Bannon’s campaign role amid reports of infighting

Amid a flood of reports detailing division among the upper echelon of his White House, President Trump on Tuesday night refused to firmly back his controversial chief strategist, Steve Bannon - going so far as to minimize Bannon's role in the underdog presidential campaign. Bannon, the former executive chair of Breitbart News, served as the Trump campaign's CEO during the final, successful push to Election Day.

Disney Is Creating A ‘Huggable’ Robot For Children

A subsidiary of the Walt Disney Company filed a patent February for a "huggable," "soft body," robot in hopes of eventually introducing a family-friendly therapeutic robot into the market. The inventors of Disney Enterprises say there is a "need for robots that can safely interact with humans, and, particularly, with children," because other designs do not account for comfortability and direct human contact, according to the official filing.

SEXIST: Obama-Biden National Security Aide Gossips About KT McFarland’s Work Attire

Obama administration senior officials waging war to rid the presidency of Donald Trump of conservatives danced a victory jig with the news that Deputy National Security Advisor K.T. McFarland was being removed from her position. One of those celebrating was Colin Kahl, whose Twitter bio reads, "Georgetown Prof.

Refugee Drags Woman from Tent – Forces Boyfriend to Watch As He Rapes Her in Germany

A refugee from Ghana has been arrested for dragging a young woman from her tent and raping her while she was on a camping holiday with her boyfriend. The young couple were on a camping trip in the Siegaue Nature Reserve, north of the former German capital of Bonn, when they were approached by a machete-wielding man at about 12.30am on Sunday last week.

How Gorsuch Is Preparing For His First Day At The Supreme Court

Neil Gorsuch will be formally invested Monday as the 101st associate justice of the Supreme Court, though there will be little time for fanfare. The steady stream of petitions and briefs that make up much of a judge's typical day will not abate for the high court's newest member, who was confirmed by the Senate on a 54-45 vote last week.

Exactly the Opposite of “Activist”

Or just CLICK THIS LINK to start shopping for anything. Don't worry - anything you buy through it will pay Daily Pundit a commission! Thanks! Neil M. Gorsuch joins the Supreme Court just in time to cast potentially significant votes in cases that pit religious liberty against gay rights, test limits on funding for church schools and challenge California's restrictions on carrying a concealed gun in public.

Coptic churches are devastated by double ISIS bombers as 38…

Blasts at Christian churches in Egypt kill dozens on Palm Sunday - Bombs targeted two Coptic churches in Egypt as the Christian faithful observed Palm Sunday, one of the most important days on the religion's calendar. - A powerful blast rippled through a Palm Sunday service Bombings at Egyptian Coptic churches kill 36, injure more than 100 - At least 36 people were killed and more than 100 injured in bomb attacks on two Coptic churches on Palm Sunday, in the latest assault on a religious minority increasingly targeted by Islamist militants.