Anthony Weiner’s wife pleads for lenient sentencing for his sex crime conviction

Huma Abedin at the 2017 CFDA Fashion Awards at Hammerstein Ballroom in New York CIty, June 5, 2017. The wife of Anthony Weiner, a disgraced ex-congressman who sent sexual materials to a 15-year-old girl, pleaded with a federal court to show leniency when sentencing her husband, whom she is divorcing.

Hillary Happened

So someone has ghost-written another Hillary Clinton memoir. My biggest question when I picked it up was: Did Hillary stiff the writer out of the final payment as she did Barbara Feinman , real author of It Takes a Village ? You don't have to read any further than the cover of the book to answer the question posed by its title: What Happened : Hillary Clinton.

New Yorker releases cover it would have run, had Clinton won

Hillary Clinton did not win the presidency last November, but The New Yorker was ready with a cover if she had defeated Donald Trump to claim the White House. The magazine released the would-be cover, titled "The First" and created by artist Malika Favre, on its website Wednesday after the release of Clinton's new memoir -- " What Happened " -- and New Yorker editor David Remnick's interview with the former first lady and secretary of state.

The Latest: A few hundred people protest Berkeley speech

14, 2017. Several streets around the University of Calif... . Protesters shout before a speaking engagement by Ben Shapiro on the campus of the University of California Berkeley in Berkeley, Calif., Thursday, Sept.

Trump renews talk of ‘bad dudes’ opposing white supremacists

14, 2017, en route to Washington. . Sen. Tim Scott, R-S.C., the only African-American Republican serving in the Senate, talks to reporters about his plan to meet with President Donald Trump to discuss race and Trump's widely criticized response to last mon... .

Trump says GOP leaders ‘on board’ in immigration talks

13, 2017, file photo, House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., leaves a meeting with Speaker of the House Paul Ryan, R-Wis., and and members of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus at the Capi... . Rep. Josh Gottheimer, D-N.J., left, and Rep. Tom Reed, R-N.Y., right, listen as President Donald Trump speaks during a meeting with a bipartisan group of lawmakers in the Cabinet Room of the White House, Wednesday, Sept.

Bernie Sanders, the Man With Single-Payer Clout

Vermont independent Sen. Bernie Sanders bashed special interest groups when introducing the so-called Medicare for All Act of 2017. The seismic shift in support for Sen. Bernie Sanders ' plan to transform the U.S. health care system into a single-payer program indicates the reach the Vermont independent has within the Democratic Party.

A Blue Badger in Trump Country

Later, Baldwin heard from constituents concerned about President Donald Trump's proposed cuts to the very same USDA program. She vowed to fight those and other suggested funding reductions from her perch on the Senate Appropriations Committee.

Hillary Clinton shows off ‘alternative nostril breathing’

Breaking Bad-obsessed 15-year-old 'school gunman' simulated shootings on YouTube: Teen posted videos 'before killing hero best friend who tried to stop him and wounding three girls in rampage' Trump does a deal with Democrats on Obama's 'Dreamers': The President agrees to protect young immigrants from deportation in return for enhanced border security that DOES NOT include the wall 'It was strange for me': Harrison Ford breaks his silence on Carrie Fisher revealing they had an affair while filming Star Wars in 1976 'They run away when they see us': Clowns plan rally outside movie theater because horror movie It is destroying their livelihoods Top Obama official ADMITS she 'unmasked' Trump team's names from intelligence and says she did it because they had a secret meeting with an Arab prince Boyfriend is charged with murdering missing pregnant teacher just two days after he tearfully ... (more)

The Latest: Weiner seeks leniency at his sexting sentencing

Former congressman Anthony Weiner and his estranged wife, Huma Abedin, have appeared before a New York City judge to ask for privacy in their divorce case. Lawyers for disgraced former New York congressman Anthony Weiner say a 15-year-old North Carolina girl he sexted had hoped to influence the presidential election.

Pharma Bro Martin Shkreli has bail revoked, heads to jail

A judge jailed former pharmaceuticals company CEO Martin Shkreli on Wednesday after finding that he violated his bail on a securities fraud conviction with a social media posting she agreed posed a threat to Hillary Clinton. Defense attorneys had argued at a hearing in federal court in Brooklyn that the post by Shkreli, offering a $5,000 bounty to anyone who could grab him one of Clinton's hairs while she's on a book tour, was political satire.

‘Pharma Bro’ has bail revoked, heads to jail after offering $5K bounty on Clinton’s hair

Former pharmaceutical CEO Martin Shkreli speaks during an interview by Maria Bartiromo during her "Mornings with Maria Bartiromo" program on the Fox Business Network, in New York on August 15, 2017. Former pharmaceutical CEO Martin Shkreli speaks during an interview by Maria Bartiromo during her "Mornings with Maria Bartiromo" program on the Fox Business Network, in New York on August 15, 2017.