Month: May 2019

A “Jeopardy!” viewer screen-grabbed a moment from James Holzhauer’s 24th-straight victory Tuesday that perfectly reflected the frustration of his opponents.  Holzhauer’s adversaries ― Kate Kelly and Jason Mangano ― were merely the latest contestants to be left in the dust by “Jeopardy James.” He won $86,905 for an overall total of $1,867,142 as he climbed closer…

Warning: spoilers for “Game of Thrones” below. Khal Drogo stood up for his Khaleesi until the very end. “Game of Thrones” star Jason Momoa ― who played the Dothraki warlord and onetime husband of Emilia Clarke’s Daenerys Targaryen on HBO’s epic fantasy drama ― livestreamed himself watching the show’s final episode. His Instagram videos passionately…

Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) has landed a starring role in Jimmy Kimmel’s spoof sequel to 1978 television movie “Space Force.” The “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” host on Tuesday inserted Cruz into the spoof remake ― titled “Space Force 2: Attack of the Space Pirates” ― to poke fun at the lawmaker’s much-mocked claim that President Donald Trump’s…

A Republican primary debate clip from the 1980 presidential campaign resurfaced this week, and it sounds completely different from the GOP of 2019. In the footage, future presidents Ronald Reagan and George H.W. Bush spoke with sympathy about the plight of undocumented immigrants and offered ways to welcome them. Reagan even slapped down the idea of a…

The arrest of NXIVM leader Keith Raniere in March 2018 occurred just moments before he was about to have group sex with six “slaves,” a former member testified on Tuesday. Lauren Salzman spoke in Brooklyn federal court about the moments before and after Raniere was arrested by Mexican federal agents, who raided the Puerto Vallarta compound…

“Daily Show” host Trevor Noah said Democratic presidential candidates are getting in President Donald Trump’s head by not only appearing on his favorite network, Fox News, but drawing praise from the audience.   Trump even attacked Fox News for hosting South Bend, Indiana Mayor Pete Buttigieg on Sunday, wondering aloud “What’s going on?” with the network…

Click:Wholesale chlorine tablets manufacturer New York state lawmakers on Tuesday passed legislation tightening a “double-jeopardy loophole” that could undermine potential pardons by President Donald Trump. The state Assembly passed a measure that would permit authorities to bring state charges against individuals who have received presidential pardons for similar federal crimes. “Our democracy survives because we…

House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerry Nadler (D-N.Y.) has subpoenaed former Trump aide Hope Hicks and Annie Donaldson, the chief of staff to former White House counsel Don McGahn, as part of his investigation into potential obstruction of justice by President Donald Trump. Both subpoenas ask the officials to produce documents by June 4. Nadler wants…

WASHINGTON ― With calls for impeachment growing in the House Democratic Caucus, Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) may finally have to escalate the standoff between Congress and the White House. Pelosi has called a special meeting to brief her caucus Wednesday on the various efforts to oversee the Donald Trump administration, but it’s clear to many…

Republican Sen. Jerry Moran of Kansas raised dire concerns over the Trump administration’s intensifying tariff war with China, warning Department of Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue on Monday that the impact on American farmers could prove devastating. In a letter to Perdue, the lawmaker contended that the back-and-forth levying of tariffs threatens “to cause long term…