January 2020

Bolton Revelations Anger Republicans, Fueling Push for Impeachment Witnesses

WASHINGTON — The White House and Senate Republican leaders struggled on Monday to salvage their plans to push toward a quick acquittal of President Trump this week in his impeachment trial, after a new account by his former national security adviser corroborated a central piece of the case against him. The newly disclosed revelations by

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Bowen Yang Opens Up About His Experience In ‘Gay Conversion’ Therapy

These days, Bowen Yang is praised for “bringing the queer agenda to television,” but the years before he embraced his sexuality were anything but an easy ride.  In an interview with The New York Times published Saturday, the actor-comedian revealed that he briefly attended reparative, or “gay conversion,” therapy sessions as a teenager in Colorado in

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Watchdog queries impact of £46m ‘Get Ready for Brexit’ campaign

Image copyright AFP/Getty Images A multi-million pound publicity blitz to prepare the public for leaving the EU appears to have had little impact, a spending watchdog has said. The National Audit Office said £46m was spent on the “Get ready for Brexit” campaign ahead of the UK’s expected departure at the end of last October.

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Basketball Hall Of Fame Says Kobe Bryant ‘Will Be Honored The Way He Should Be’

On the heels of NBA legend Kobe Bryant dying in a helicopter crash Sunday in Calabasas, California, the chairman of the Basketball Hall of Fame all but guaranteed Bryant’s enshrinement among the sport’s all-time greats. On Monday, Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame chairman Jerry Colangelo told reporter Shams Charania at The Athletic that the organization plans

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Pettifogging, Three Amigos and ‘Head on a Pike’: A Trump Impeachment Glossary

CrowdStrike An American cybersecurity company that investigated how Russians hacked Democratic National Committee servers in 2016. CrowdStrike is the subject of a false conspiracy theory, birthed on the dark web and promoted by Mr. Trump, that claims Ukraine, not Russia, interfered in the 2016 election. Derek Jeter Representative Hakeem Jeffries joked on Thursday about a

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