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Reporter Says Omarosa Manigault Threatened Her at the White House
It looks as though Omarosa Manigault is throwing her weight around in the office and becoming a bully just like President Colt 45. According to the Washington Post, April Ryan, a White House reporter with American Urban Radio, says that Manigault physically intimidated her outside the Oval Office last week. Ryan told the Post that…
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National Security Adviser Michael Flynn Resigns After Revelation He Lied About Talks With Russian Ambassador
National security adviser Michael Flynn resigned Monday night after it was revealed he lied to Vice President Mike Pence and other top White House officials about conversations he had with the Russian ambassador to the United States. From the New York Times: Mr. Flynn, who served in the job for less than a month, stepped…
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2 Young Girls Among 27 People Shot in Chicago This Weekend
Gun violence in Chicago continues to outpace last year’s numbers as 27 people, including two young girls, were shot this past weekend. The Chicago Tribune reports that the girls, 11 and 12, remained in critical condition and on life support Monday after being shot in separate South Side attacks 30 minutes and 4 miles apart…
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ACLU: Tech Firms Need to Help Lobby for Surveillance Reform in Light of Trump Presidency
The American Civil Liberties Union is asking tech companies to help push for surveillance reform in the U.S., warning that there is an added urgency now that newly elected President Donald Trump has demonstrated that he is hostile to the privacy of foreign travelers. From TechCrunch: Late last week one of the ACLU’s staff attorneys…
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Senate Confirms Steve Mnuchin as Trump’s Treasury Secretary
Former OneWest Bank head Steve Mnuchin was confirmed as treasury secretary late Monday by the Senate in a 53-47 vote. Politico reports that Sen. Joe Manchin of West Virginia was the only Democrat to vote for the man progressive groups have branded the “foreclosure king” for his tenure at OneWest Bank, formerly known as IndyMac.…
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19-Year-Old Makes History as Youngest Person to Run for Office in Ga.
A 19-year-old Spelman College student is making history as the youngest person to run for office in Georgia after the DeKalb Board of Elections allowed her name to be added to the ballot for the new city of Stonecrest’s election for City Council. Fox 5 Atlanta reports that Mary Pat Hector’s candidacy was challenged by…
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Jerry Sandusky’s Son Charged With Child-Sex Crimes: Report
The child-molesting apple appears to fall not far from the child-molesting tree. Jeffrey Sandusky, son of former Penn State football coach and convicted child molester Jerry Sandusky, was charged with child-sex crimes in Pennsylvania Monday. According to the New York Daily News, Jeffrey Sandusky is facing 14 counts including “six counts of communicating with a…
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If Nick Cannon Leaves America’s Got Talent, Does It Make a Sound?
Nick Cannon is a comedian. And I’m not talking about that hair thing that he’s taken to wearing lately or his rap career; like, Nick Cannon really believes himself to be a comedian. And so do the people at Showtime apparently, because they gave Cannon a stand-up comedy special, and his current boss, NBC, isn’t…
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Titus Gets a Sip of ‘Lemonade’ in Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt Season 3 Teaser
What could make this Monday less Monday feeling? Watching Titus get his lemonade on in Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt’s season 3 teaser trailer. Netflix released the hilarious trailer to announce the May 19 premiere on the streaming service. Wearing a ruffled dress and swinging Beyoncé’s “Hold Up” music-video bat, Titus (Tituss Burgess) is busting windows and…
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Mother, Son Charged With 1st-Degree Murder in Frank Ancona’s Death
Updated Monday, Feb. 13, 2017, 5:12 p.m. EST: Malissa Ancona, wife of Frank Ancona, and Paul Edward Jinkerson Jr., stepson of Frank Ancona, have been charged with first-degree murder in his death. They have both been charged with “abandonment of a corpse, first-degree murder and tampering with physical evidence,” KMOV.com reports. Updated Monday, Feb. 13,…