Here’s Why Lawmakers Are Backing Off Transgender Bathroom Bills In 2018

Lawmakers, especially those in the South, are backing away from legislative efforts to impose transgender bathroom bills in schools, businesses and elsewhere in an effort to focus resources and energy on less contentious issues. Few social bills, including transgender bathroom bills, have been introduced in states so far in 2018 and those that have been pending have seen little movement.

Donald Trump is a racist, a bigot and a boor. But un-American? Hardly

After Donald Trump's vulgar comments about immigrants from "shithole" countries in Africa and the global south were reported last week, the president was almost universally condemned by critics as a racist. Nearly three years after Trump announced his candidacy and began his xenophobic campaign, mainstream media outlets, which until now have been reluctant to use that term to describe the president, finally acknowledged what has long been obvious.

Bannon out as chairman of Breitbart News, loses radio show

Former White House chief strategist Steve Bannon is stepping down as chairman of Breitbart News Network after a public break with President Donald Trump. Breitbart announced Tuesday that Bannon would step down as executive chairman of the conservative news site, less than a week after Bannon's explosive criticisms of Trump and his family were published in a new book.

Michael Douglas Gets Out Front Of Potential Harassment Story To…

I'm Proud We Published the Trump-Russia Dossier - Exactly one year ago BuzzFeed published what's now known simply as "the dossier": a set of reports put together by a former British intelligence officer named Christopher Steele during the 2016 presidential campaign.

Bannon tries to make amends as aides defend Trump’s fitness

Faced with a growing backlash, President Donald Trump's former chief strategist released a statement Sunday reaffirming his support for the commander in chief and praising Trump's eldest son as "both a patriot and a good man." Bannon infuriated Trump with comments to author Michael Wolff describing a June 2016 meeting at Trump Tower in New York between Donald Trump Jr., Trump campaign aides and a Russian lawyer as "treasonous" and "unpatriotic."

Bannon contrite as aides defend Trump’s competence

President Donald Trump's former chief strategist released a statement Sunday reaffirming his support for the commander in chief and praising Trump's eldest son as "both a patriot and a good man." Bannon infuriated Trump with comments to author Michael Wolff describing a June 2016 meeting at Trump Tower in New York between Donald Trump Jr., Trump campaign aides and a Russian lawyer as "treasonous" and "unpatriotic."

With new cartoon, no such thing as Trump fatigue for Stephen Colbert

Stephen Colbert, right, executive producer of the Showtime animated series "Our Cartoon President," takes part in a panel discussion on the show with fellow executive producer Chris Licht at the Television Critics Association Winter Press Tour on Jan. 6, 2018, in Pasadena, Calif. Stephen Colbert, right, executive producer of the Showtime animated series "Our Cartoon President," takes part in a panel discussion on the show with fellow executive producer Chris Licht at the Television Critics Association Winter Press Tour on Jan. 6, 2018, in Pasadena, Calif.

Hotel staff interacted with Las Vegas shooter more than 10 times before massacre

Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino staff interacted with Las Vegas shooter Stephen Paddock more than 10 times in the days leading up to the October 1 massacre that claimed 58 lives. During Paddock's stay at the hotel, room service and housekeeping "had contact with Paddock or entered his suite more than 10 times," according to a statement sent to CNN from MGM Resorts International, which owns the Nevada hotel.

Mandalay Bay Staff Had Multiple Interactions With Las Vegas Shooter Before Massacre

Staff at the Mandalay Bay hotel interacted with Las Vegas mass shooter Stephen Paddock just days before he killed 58 people and injured 500 others at a music country concert on the strip last October, MGM Resorts International told The Las Vegas Review Journal on Friday. "Mandalay Bay staff, room service and housekeeping had contact with Paddock or entered his suite more than 10 times over the course of his stay, including the three days leading up to October 1," an MGM Resorts spokesperson said in response to emailed questions about any future changes in hotel room policies from the Review Journal.

BA-BOOM. FBI Launches a New Investigation of Pay-to-Play By the Clinton Foundation

Back in January 2016, there were reports that the FBI, based on emails recovered during the investigation of the Clinton email scandal, had opened a "public corruption" investigation on the Clinton Foundation. If you are sentient being, you were not shocked about the words "corruption" and "Clinton foundation" appearing in close proximity to one another.

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.

Trump Embarrasses White House Staff With NY Times Interview

After I returned home from New York to see my family for the holidays in my first weeklong vacation in almost four years , I read some of Trump's insane interview with Michael Schmidt from The New York Times at Mar-A-Lago, and it was truly terrifying. Can you imagine any president of the U.S. conducting an interview with a major news service where none of his aides or staffers were present or even knew it was happening? As word trickled back to the White House, advisers worked to reach the president, with Trump's personal aide interrupting at one point to hand him a cellphone with White House communications director Hope Hicks on the line; she checked in on the interview from afar.

FBI Russia probe helped by Australian diplomat tip-off: NYT

Trump campaign adviser George Papadopoulos told an Australian diplomat in May 2016 that Russia had political dirt on Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton, the New York Times reported on Saturday. Then-Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton at a campaign rally in Raleigh, North Carolina, U.S. November 8, 2016.

Australian diplomat’s tip a factor in FBI’s Russia probe

An Australian diplomat's tip, and not a ,dirty dossier, from a former MI6 spy, appears to have triggered FBI probe into Russian meddling in the US election In May 2016, Trump campaign adviser George Papadopoulos met an Australian diplomat for a night of heavy drinking at a London bar He told Alexander Downer, the Australian high commissioner to the United Kingdom, that Russia had obtained dirt on Hillary Clinton Trump backers have alleged the Russia probe was ignited by a salacious dossier compiled by former British spy Christopher Steele An Australian diplomat's tip, and not a 'dirty dossier' from a former MI6 spy, appears to have helped persuade the FBI to investigate Russian meddling in the US election.