Month: April 2019

An employee of United Airlines accused of using a racial slur toward a black customer is facing a misdemeanor charge of disorderly conduct.  Houston police issued Carmella Davano a citation for disorderly conduct on Feb. 26, after United customer Cacilie Hughes alleged that the airline agent had called her a monkey ― a historically racist…

Sen. Kamala Harris (D-Calif.) said she supports adding a third gender option on federal ID forms while speaking Tuesday at a town hall at Keene State College in New Hampshire. Asked by a member of the American Civil Liberties Union about adding the option, Harris replied, “Sure,” according to Politico and the New York Daily News. …

Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) said Monday that, if she were to receive the Democratic presidential nomination in 2020 and face off with President Donald Trump, she has no interest in participating in his tactic of name-calling.  At a CNN town hall, Warren described her experience running against a long-term incumbent Republican in 2012, and how…

Rising to fame during last year’s midterm elections, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) is among the four women featured in a new Netflix documentary who challenged congressional incumbents in 2018. The trailer for “Knock Down the House,” released Monday ahead of the film’s May 1 premiere, promises a behind-the-scenes, fly-on-the-wall look at the groundbreaking campaigns of…

President Donald Trump’s approval rating plunged to below 40% after Thursday’s release of a redacted version of special counsel Robert Mueller’s report, according to two new polls.  A Reuters/Ipsos survey, conducted Thursday afternoon to Friday morning, found that Trump’s approval rating had dropped to 37% ― a decline of 3 percentage points from a similar poll…

  WASHINGTON ― The Internal Revenue Service has until 5 p.m. Tuesday to hand over copies of President Donald Trump’s tax returns or else face a legal battle. Congressional Democrats set the deadline earlier this month after the Trump administration said it needed more time to respond to their original request for six years of…

House Democrats aren’t the only ones who seem conflicted about whether lawmakers should move forward with impeachment proceedings against President Donald Trump. Last night, five leading candidates vying for the 2020 Democratic nomination weighed in on Trump’s culpability following the release of special counsel Robert Mueller’s report on the 2016 election. Sens. Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.),…

Who says you shouldn’t meet your heroes? In Ariana Grande’s case, receiving some support from Jim Carrey after she quoted his thoughts on depression seemed to make her day. On Saturday, the “7 Rings” singer showed her love for the “Dumb and Dumber” star in her Instagram stories by sharing a bunch of black-and-white photos…

Rising to fame during last year’s midterm elections, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) is among the four women featured in a new Netflix documentary who challenged congressional incumbents in 2018. The trailer for “Knock Down the House,” released Monday ahead of the film’s May 1 premiere, promises a behind-the-scenes, fly-on-the-wall look at the groundbreaking campaigns of…

HONOLULU (AP) — Hawaii’s iconic Waikiki Beach could soon be underwater as rising sea levels caused by climate change overtake its white sand beaches and bustling city streets. Predicting Honolulu will start experiencing frequent flooding within the next 15 to 20 years, state lawmakers are trying to pass legislation that would spend millions for a…