Yes, ‘Clinton: The Musical’ Is A Very Real Thing
Kerry Butler’s next role will take her to the White House — the Clinton White House, that is. The Tony Award-nominated star of “Xanadu” said Thursday she will play Hillary…
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Obama to rally Democrats in Philly to kill sequester in budget
READ: White House drops 529 college savings proposal In his speech to House Democrats in Philadelphia on Thursday evening, a White House official said the President “will announce that his…
White House’s Dismay Over Netanyahu Visit Extends to Ambassador
WASHINGTON — The Obama administration, after days of mounting tension, signaled on Wednesday how angry it is with Israel that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu accepted Republican leaders’ invitation to address Congress on…
Only 1% black CEOs at 500 biggest companies
Corporate America’s diversity problems are well-documented. Silicon Valley has been roundly criticized for being mainly white and male, and data show Wall Street hires mostly white and male bankers. Corporate…
Drone company looks to restrict flight areas in D.C.
A mana government intelligence agency employee, no lesstook to the top of his G Street building late at night to show off his drone to a female companion. He had…
15 Wedding Dresses Ordered Online That Look Nothing Like The Real Thing
While online shopping is always risky, buying a wedding dress online may be biggest gamble of them all. Still, many brides-to-be will scour the internet in search of tempting discounts…
100% Of The Women Of Color Interviewed In STEM Study Experienced Gender Bias
Being a woman in STEM research is tough, but it’s significantly worse for women of color. According to a recent report conducted by the University of California’s Hastings College of…
States Move to Make Citizenship Exams a Classroom Aid
PHOENIX — Like high school civics students around the country, the juniors and seniors in Darcy White’s government class here will have to take a final exam. But these students…
Steve Scalise To Meet With Civil Rights Leader
WASHINGTON — House Majority Whip Steve Scalise (R-La.) has agreed to meet with the head of a civil rights organization who criticized the congressman for speaking to a white supremacist…
Scholars To Fox News: Writing About White People Doesn’t Make You Racist
A Fox News host raised alarm bells Friday over a university course that studies whiteness, saying that the titles of the books used in the class make it clear that…
HUFFPOST HILL – GOP Proudly Driving Department It Created Into The Ground
The guy who flew a drone onto the White House grounds was sloshed, making it the third most dangerous thing ever visited upon the White House by a drunk (the…
Obama Will Drop Proposal To End College Savings Accounts: Report
President Obama, facing angry reprisals from parents and from lawmakers of both parties, will drop his proposal to end popular college savings accounts known as 529s, but will keep an…
Garcia White Wins Reprieve 1 Day Before Scheduled Execution
Texas’ top criminal court called off Wednesday’s scheduled execution of a death-row inmate linked to five killings in Houston, though attorneys said the court didn’t immediately explain its decision. The…
White House drone operator worked for U.S. intelligence agency
The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agencya little-known but enormous agency with a broad mission that ranges from supporting U.S. combat efforts to aiding security planning for the Olympicssaid Tuesday that one of…
These Dogs Are Not Very Good At Making Snow Angels, But Bless Their Hearts For Trying
Everyone loves a snow day and dogs are no exception. Check out this video of New York Instagram pups doing their best to make four-legged snow angels in the fluffy…
Man Flying Drone That Landed On White House Grounds Had Been Drinking: Report
The man who accidentally crashed a “quad copter” drone on the White House grounds earlier this week had been drinking before the incident, the New York Times reports. – “Part…
A Chanel for All Seasons
PARIS — As the fashion crowd gathered at the Grand Palais on Tuesday morning, snowstorms were pummeling the Eastern Seaboard of the United States, closing airports and wreaking international travel…
Man Who Crashed Drone at White House Was Drinking, Officials Say
WASHINGTON — The man who was operating a drone that crashed on the White House grounds early Monday has told Secret Service investigators that he had been drinking at an…
As in 2012, Romney Can Do No Right in Murdoch’s Eyes
The usually grim-faced media mogul practically swooned in his seat. Moments after Jeb Bush delivered what many in the audience described as an unremarkable talk at a conference in Washington,…
Terror, drugs and the White House: Drones are everywhere
It is ironic that a drone could strike down near the White Houseas one did Monday morningsince the issue of drone strikes is one that will follow President Barack Obama…
Was ‘The Lion King’ Copied From A Japanese Cartoon? Here’s The Real Story
Ever since “The Lion King” debuted a little more than 20 years ago, everything the light touches has been its kingdom. The movie is one of the most cherished Disney…
8 Things You Didn’t Know About Color That Almost Seem Too Ridiculous To Be True
You likely take the various colors around you for granted, assuming there’s nothing special about the blue of your jeans or anyhing potentially disgusting about the browns of that painting…
How To Eat As A 50-Something Woman
How does a smart, engaged, healthy, 50-something woman eat? After spending a couple of days up in the White Mountains with four women whom I love (but are not related…
Mitt Romney’s Poverty Points Explored
The following post first appeared on FactCheck.org. Mitt Romney said that under President Obama “there are more people in poverty in America than ever before.” That’s true, but the poverty…
Southern Baptist Leaders Call For Integrated Churches
Leaders in nation’s largest Protestant denomination are preaching that integrated churches can be a key driver of racial justice in society. But that could be a hard sell to those…
East Coast Snow Storm Snarls Travel, Forces Millions To Hunker Down In Northeast And New England
Tens of millions of people along the Philadelphia-to-Boston corridor rushed to get home and settle in Monday as a fearsome storm swirled in with the potential for hurricane-force winds and…
Indiana’s Pence launches government news site
“At times, Just IN will break newspublishing information ahead of any other news outlet. Strategies for determining how and when to give priority to such ‘exclusive’ coverage remain under discussion,”…
White Clergy Spark Debate By Telling Cops #UseMeInstead For Target Practice
A group of clergy members wanted to change the conversation when they heard that a Florida police department was using mug shots of young black men as targets for shooting…
Could drones be used against U.S.?
A small drone crashed onto the White House grounds on Monday. Described as a 2-foot-long quadcoptera drone with four propellersthe event raises some troubling questions about the possibility that terrorists…
Koch-Backed Network Aims To Spend Nearly $1 Billion On 2016 Elections
A network of conservative advocacy groups backed by Charles and David Koch aims to spend a staggering $889 million in advance of the next White House election, part of an…