Stephen Colbert Announces 2020 Run on Russian TV

While in St. Petersburg to film segments for 'The Late Show,' Stephen Colbert made a very big announcement on a Russian late-night show. As he revealed on Twitter in a trolltastic message to President Donald Trump on Thursday, Stephen Colbert is currently "on assignment" in Russia for an upcoming broadcast of The Late Show .

Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch’s $1.675M home includes…

In anticipation of his move to Washington, Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch recently listed his family's Boulder County home for sale. And interest in the $1.675 million home, located 10 miles from Pearl Street Mall and surrounded by open space with stunning mountain views, is already high, listing agent Deborah Read Fowler said..

Trump begs lawmakers to pass Trumpcare as another says ‘no’

President Donald Trump made calls to fellow Republicans in the U.S. Senate on Friday to mobilize support for their party's healthcare overhaul while acknowledging the legislation is on a "very, very narrow path" to passage. Five Republican senators have announced they will not support the bill, which is designed to repeal and replace Obamacare, in its current form.

‘He tweeted his way to treason’: Internet mocks Trump for …

In a rare Friday evening tweet, President Donald Trump appeared to finally admit that Russia interfered in the 2016 presidential election - and in characteristic fashion, somehow managed to twist that on former President Barack Obama. In response, Twitter users did what they do best - gave him hell for it.

Trump indicates tweet on tapes was meant to affect Comey testimony

President Donald Trump appeared to acknowledge Friday in an interview that his tweet hinting of taped conversations with James Comey was intended to influence the fired FBI director's testimony before Congress, and he emphasized that he committed "no obstruction" of the inquiries into whether his campaign colluded with Russia. The interview, with Fox & Friends , was shown one day after the president tweeted what most people in Washington had already come to believe: that he had not made recordings of his conversations with Comey.

Another Hollywood Star ‘Joked’ About Killing Trump, But No One’s Laughing

Actor Johnny Depp on Thursday became the latest US celebrity to invite controversy by making a thinly veiled allusion to the killing of President Donald Trump, asking the crowd at the Glastonbury arts festival in England, "When was the last time an actor assassinated a president?" The comments, interpreted as a nod to the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln by John Wilkes Booth more than 150 years ago, sparked widespread condemnation.

Trump adviser who called for Hillary Clinton to be “shot for…

On the same day that the White House demanded Johnny Depp apologize for his comments joking about the assassination of Donald Trump, the president hosted a former campaign adviser who called for Hillary Clinton to be "shot for treason." "was sitting in one of the first two rows in the audience" in the East Room on Friday during a signing ceremony for a law promoting accountability at the Department of Veterans Affairs, according to a White House pool report.

Trump reaches out to lawmakers on healthcare as another says ‘no’

President Donald Trump made calls to fellow Republicans in the U.S. Senate on Friday to mobilise support for their party's healthcare overhaul while acknowledging the legislation is on a "very, very narrow path" to passage. FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Donald Trump delivers remarks as he hosts a Congressional picnic event, accompanied by First Lady Melania Trump, at the White House in Washington, U.S., June 22, 2017.

WaPo: Obama admin ‘choked’ on Russia, former official says

A former Obama official said the previous administration "sort of choked" in its effort to punish Russian President Vladimir Putin over his attempts to influence the U.S. presidential election in Donald Trump's favor, The Washington Post reported Friday. "It is the hardest thing about my entire time in government to defend," the former senior Obama administration official told the Post.

Donald Trump Wants You To Think He Threatened James Comey With…

Now, the president wants us to know the real reason he use tapes to threaten the former FBI director - who claims he was fired after refusing to drop the Michael Flynn investigation . It was to keep Comey from changing his story! In an interview with Fox News , Trump said it "wasn't very stupid" to paint himself as the moral authority by threatening the FBI head with recordings he didn't actually make.

Assessing How the Obama Administration Handled the Russian Story

The Washington Post has an important story today about how the Obama administration handled the intelligence they were receiving on Russian attempts to influence the 2016 election. This has been a source of concern for many over the last few months and, with the publication of this story, people like Charles Pierce have let loose their frustrations and accused Obama of "choking."

Sean Spicer: Where’s the ‘meanness’ in Republican healthcare bill?

Responding to Barack Obama, who appealed to his Facebook followers with the claim that the bill unveiled by Senate Republicans on Thursday is "not a health care bill," White House press secretary Sean Spicer reminded the former president on Friday that Obama's signature legislation is "dead." Obama claimed that the GOP bill betrays a "fundamental meanness at the core of the legislation," and urged senators to oppose it.

Capitol Report: Obama learned in August that Putin was directing…

Former President Obama was shown a report about hacking with sources deep inside the government of Russian President Vladimir Putin. President Barack Obama learned last August that Russian President Vladimir Putin was directly involved in the cyber campaign designed to defeat Hillary Clinton and elect Donald Trump, the Washington Post reported Friday.

Op-Ed Contributor: Why We Must Make a Mockery of Trump

Let's look on the bright side: The spectacle of ireful Donald Trump supporters disrupting Shakespeare in the Park's production of "Julius Caesar" and the subsequent tweetstorm of abuse directed at any company with Shakespeare in its name prove that plays retain the power to shock and enrage. Who said the theater is all anodyne, feel-good musicals? I didn't see the production that turned Julius Caesar into a Donald Trump look-alike, so I can't comment on the accuracy of the impersonation or the violence against the president that some people believe it meant to incite.

Sean Spicer gives the media alcohol at White House party

Earlier, the Press Secretary was seen in what appeared to be a serious call as he sat off to the side by himself Sean Spicer couldn't be blamed for needing a drink or two after a tumultuous week, but on Thursday night he was the one giving them out to members of the media. This week, the embattled Press Secretary was tasked with trying to explain away why the White House's daily briefings were now off-camera and without audio.

US Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, Republican of Kentucky,…

Democrats formed a united front against the controversial measure, blasting it as a "war on Medicaid," the health care program for lower income Americans, and calling it worse than one that passed the House of Representatives in May. For the past seven years, Republicans have worked to repeal of the landmark health reforms of Trump's Democratic predecessor Barack Obama. Members from both parties agree the repeal effort has never been closer to fruition.