Americans have no idea how to recycle. Many even find the process to be more confusing than doing their taxes. That’s the upshot of a new study by the Grocery Manufacturers Association, which found that 92% of respondents were unclear about what they should put into the recycling bin. People either think that everything marked…

A primary election challenger to Rep. Steve King (R-Iowa) raised more than four times as much in campaign donations during the first quarter of the year, a threatening sign for an incumbent who often stokes controversy with white supremacist and racist rhetoric. King raised $61,666 in the first three months of 2019, according to campaign disclosure reports….

As President Donald Trump faces mounting pressure — and impending legal challenges — to release his tax returns, his potential 2020 competitors have been making their own returns public. Beto O’Rourke, the former Texas congressman who announced his candidacy for president last month, joined Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) in releasing a decade’s worth of tax…

Two House committees on Monday subpoenaed records from Deutsche Bank and other financial institutions as part of an investigation into Donald Trump’s financial dealings and possible foreign influence on U.S. politics. House Intelligence Committee Chair Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) said in a statement that the subpoenas of “multiple financial institutions” — including a “cooperative” Deutsche Bank —…

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Georgia Engel, who played the charmingly innocent, small-voiced Georgette on “The Mary Tyler Moore Show” and amassed a string of other TV and stage credits, has died. She was 70. Engel died Friday in Princeton, New Jersey, said her friend and executor, John Quilty. The cause of death was unknown because…

A transgender woman was assaulted to the point of unconsciousness in Texas on Friday in what authorities characterized as an apparent act of mob violence. Police said they are investigating the attack as a possible hate crime. The victim, identified by WFAA-TV and CBS Dallas, as 23-year-old Muhlaysia Booker, told authorities that a group of people attacked…

NEW YORK (AP) — The South Florida Sun Sentinel and the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette won Pulitzer Prizes on Monday and were recognized along with the Capital Gazette of Maryland for their coverage of three horrifying mass shootings in 2018 at a high school, a synagogue and a newsroom itself. The Associated Press won in the international…

Minutes after a fire began to engulf the Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris, Fox News anchor Shep Smith interviewed a man he described as a “French elected official” who immediately characterized the blaze as “the French 9/11” and said only the “politically correct will tell you that it’s probably an accident.” Actual French officials are…

Like many residents of South Bend, Indiana, Laura Jensen has known Pete Buttigieg for years. In 2012, just after he was first elected mayor, Buttigieg started visiting the preschool where she worked.  He would walk the halls and read books aloud to her students. It was a nice gesture, but what really impressed her were…

Hey, Asians, the dude’s got a point.  Comedian and “Daily Show” correspondent Ronny Chieng appeared on “The Tonight Show” over the weekend and made some pretty compelling arguments for why an Asian American would make an excellent president during his stand-up segment. He’s not wrong.  “Government shutdown? There’s no government shutdown with Asian people in…