February 2020

AP FACT CHECK: Trump’s exaggerations on Roger Stone sentence

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump is misrepresenting the Justice Department’s handling of the legal case of his confidant, Roger Stone. He’s suggesting rampant bias in the department’s initial recommendation to a federal court that Stone be sentenced between seven and nine years in prison, claiming that all four prosecutors are former members of special counsel […]

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John Oliver Returns In Top Form To Trash Donald Trump And Family

After running a clip of Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) saying that Trump learned “a pretty big lesson” from the trial (which she later amended to “hopes” he learned a lesson), Oliver got personal. (See the clip below.) “What are you talking about Susan? Of course he hasn’t learned his lesson,” the host snapped. “Trump never

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HQ Trivia: Quiz app ends with drunken broadcast after ‘running out of money’

It’s 2018 and people are gathering around a phone to take part in the day’s round of HQ Trivia, a real-time quiz app where players can win real cash. Two years later, and HQ Trivia has gone bankrupt and shut down, its presenters drinking and swearing during its last live broadcast. The final game’s prize

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LeBron James On Kobe Bryant’s ‘Presence’ At All-Star Game: ‘He Was Definitely Here’

LeBron James said “you could definitely feel” the presence of the late Los Angeles Lakers legend Kobe Bryant at the NBA’s 2020 All-Star Game on Sunday. At an event rife with tributes to Bryant, who died last month in a helicopter crash, James talked to reporters after his team of All-Stars ― aptly named Team LeBron ―

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