Kimmel blasts CBS leadership over Scott Pelley firing as '60 Minutes' upheaval deepens
CBS fired veteran correspondent Scott Pelley from "60 Minutes" after a confrontation with the show's new executive producer, and ABC late-night host Jimmy Kimmel wasted no time turning the dismissal into a broadside against the network's leadership, calling them cowardly and accusing them of caving to political pressure. Kimmel devoted a chunk of his Wednesday-night […]
Hezbollah spurns ceasefire as Israeli border families endure relentless rocket fire
Two days after yet another ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah was announced, Yulia Bar-Dan stood outside her temporary home in Kibbutz Manara and heard the unmistakable sound of an interceptor streaking overhead. Minutes later, an alert lit up her phone: residents in northern Israel should take shelter. That is what a "ceasefire" sounds like on […]
E. Jean Carroll denies perjury after reported DOJ probe sparks public firestorm
E. Jean Carroll took to Substack on Thursday to deny she committed perjury in testimony connected to her two civil lawsuits against President Trump, a response that came roughly a week after CNN first reported the Department of Justice was probing the matter. But the situation grew more tangled when the U.S. attorney whose office […]
Bessent admits threatening to "kick his a**" in clash with Trump's DNI pick Bill Pulte
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent confirmed before the Senate Finance Committee that he once threatened to "kick his a**", referring to Bill Pulte, the man President Trump recently tapped as acting director of national intelligence. The admission came after months of rumors about a heated confrontation between two of the administration's most prominent figures. The exchange […]
House advances geothermal energy bill in rare bipartisan vote to cut federal permitting delays
The House approved the Geothermal Energy Advancement Act on Tuesday afternoon, sending a bipartisan permitting-reform package to the Senate that would force the Interior Department to process geothermal project applications within 60 days and carve out exemptions from a 55-year-old environmental review law that critics say has strangled domestic energy development. The bill passed by […]
Usha Vance calls for respect toward Supreme Court justices amid rising tensions
Second Lady Usha Vance, a former Supreme Court clerk who knows the institution from the inside, told ABC News that justices deserve to be treated with basic respect, a message that lands at a moment when criticism of the court has grown sharper from nearly every direction, including from within the White House itself. "I […]
