Six years ago today, Washington Post journalist Jamal Khashoggi was brutally murdered by the Saudi Arabian government. The US government has since declassified some information on Khashoggi’s murder, including its judgment that Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince and Prime Minister Mohammad bin Salman approved the order to “capture or kill” Khashoggi. But far too much remains…
A nonprofit is biting back against the MAGA group who spread baseless rumors that Haitian immigrants were swiping and eating people’s pets in Springfield, Ohio. Donald Trump, JD Vance and Elon Musk were all sued Friday for allegedly causing Haitians “from Florida to California” to suffer from emotional distress, harassment, and threats of violence. The…
President Joe Biden fumed at Donald Trump on Monday while rejecting another one of the former president’s false claims, this one relating to relief efforts for Hurricane Helene. Biden was in the Oval Office holding a virtual meeting with North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper when he was asked by a reporter about Trump baselessly accusing…
Former president Donald Trump openly admitted that he “hated” to pay his workers overtime at the Trump organization and would even replace those who spoke out about it—comments the Harris campaign immediately seized upon. Speaking at a rally in Erie, Pennsylvania, Trump, who has used a proposal to end taxes on tips as a key…
Among an estimated millions of Americans worried about the upcoming presidential election results, Bill Maher said he isn’t one of them. Maher made the admission on the Friday episode of his HBO show, Real Time With Bill Maher, to the shock of his panelists which included Israeli historian Yuval Noah Harari, writer Fran Lebowitz and…
A team of Iranian hackers impersonated Ginni Thomas, wife of conservative Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, in an effort to extract information from people close to former President Donald Trump, CNN reported. An indictment unsealed on Friday alleges that the three Iranian men gained access to the email account of a Trump campaign official this…
Shares of former President Donald Trump’s media startup on Monday tumbled more than 10 percent, taking the stock down to its lowest point since the company went public six months ago. The Trump Media & Technology Group stock, which trades under the ticker DJT, closed 10.3 percent lower on Monday, settling at $12.15 a share…
Former president and 2024 Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump was in rare form Monday night, going on a number of bizarre tangents at a Pennsylvania rally—including an extended riff on the decline of late night TV and his once cordial relationship with Oprah Winfrey. Trump also added notable twists, including speculation that Kamala Harris was…
Donald Trump, who has taken credit for abolishing women’s constitutional right to abortion with the overturning of Roe v. Wade, vowed in a lengthy Truth Social post on Friday night to “PROTECT WOMEN AT A LEVEL NEVER SEEN BEFORE”. The Republican presidential candidate appears to be trying to strike a more moderate position on women’s…
Elon Musk amplified a flurry of false claims and misinformation Wednesday in a period of online activity which, even by his own standards, was fairly unhinged. The billionaire edgelord is no stranger to a reckless post, already attracting the ire of the White House this week over a tweet in which he wrote “no one…