The producers behind Fox’s “Empire” have decided to remove actor Jussie Smollett’s character from the final two episodes of the season following his arrest this week. The decision, producers said, was made to “avoid further disruption on set.” “The events of the past few weeks have been incredibly emotional for all of us,” the statement…… MORE
House Democrats introduced a resolution Friday to block President Donald Trump’s effort to build a wall on the southern border through his emergency powers, setting up votes in Congress to rebuke the President’s proclamation. In a call with reporters, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Rep. Joaquin Castro, a Texas Democrat and the author of the…… MORE
A three-judge federal appeals panel on Friday expressed skepticism over the Trump administration’s reasoning for terminating the Obama-era Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program. The hearing in the US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit centered around the administration’s rationale to end DACA, not the legality of the DACA program itself. “Your…… MORE
A Florida firefighting crew decided to warm up an elderly woman’s meals — and our hearts. The crew from High Springs Fire Department responded to a Life Alert alarm activation on Thursday — but quickly realized it had been a false alarm. They stuck around to make sure the elderly woman was OK, and discovered…… MORE
The White House is “looking into” a federal judge’s ruling that the Justice Department violated the rights of sex crime victims while Labor Secretary Alex Acosta was a US attorney in Florida in 2008, press secretary Sarah Sanders told reporters Friday. Sanders called the case “very complicated” and defended prosecutors for making the best deal…… MORE
White House press secretary Sarah Sanders said Friday that the White House isn’t focused on bracing for the conclusion of special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation, despite reporting which suggests Attorney General Bill Barr is preparing to announce the completion of the investigation as early as next week. “Look, I think we’re always prepared for a…… MORE
On Friday morning, this exchange happened between White House press secretary Sarah Sanders and CNN’s Joe Johns: Johns: You said there was no need to collude with Russia but there have been so many indictments and contacts with Russians. How do you balance that? Sanders: It’s real simple to me. The President far and away…… MORE
The Trump administration could face a major shakeup soon in the lawsuit over immigrant families separated at the border. A judge presiding over the ACLU’s case is weighing a key question: Should the government be required to comb through a massive trove of records and identify potentially thousands of additional families who were separated? ACLU…… MORE
Oh nuts! The maker of the chocolaty hazelnut spread known as Nutella shut down the world’s largest factory that produces it because of a quality issue. Production at the factory, in Villers-Ecalles, France, was halted Tuesday, after a “quality defect” was detected in semi-finished products. “This defect does not correspond to our quality standards, so…… MORE
The political world is focused on the ever-growing Democratic 2020 field, all jockeying for their chance to beat President Donald Trump next November. But it looks increasingly likely that Trump is going to have to clear a major hurdle before he even gets there: A primary challenge from Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan. Hogan, who was…… MORE
