Amy Russo
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Buzz Aldrin Tells Trump NASA Program Is 'Great Disappointment'
The Apollo 11 astronaut lamented that the agency's spacecraft currently can't even enter lunar orbit.
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Michelle Obama Speaks Out After 'Send Her Back' Chants
"We must remember it’s not my America or your America," the former first lady said. "It’s our America."
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Rep. Elijah Cummings Says Racists Told Him To 'Go Back,' Too
“We were taunted. Stones were thrown at us. Bottles,” the congressman recalled. “And they totally said the same words."
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NC Restaurant Vows To Donate All Sales From Day Of Trump Rally To Immigration Group
Matt Scully, owner of The Scullery in Greenville, North Carolina, said he and his wife wanted to celebrate diversity.
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Angela Merkel Voices 'Solidarity' With Congresswomen Trump Attacked
"I firmly distance myself from that, " the German chancellor said of the president's racist attacks on four members of Congress who are women of color.
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Tennessee Governor Now Says He'll Work To Change Law Honoring KKK Grand Wizard
Last week, Bill Lee said he hadn’t “looked at changing" a law to declare an annual Nathan Bedford Forrest Day. Now he says he's considering action.
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Trump To 'Take A Look' At Google For 'Treason' After Fox News Segment
The president parroted baseless claims made by tech giant billionaire Peter Thiel, who was featured on the network.
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Biden Says He Will Challenge Trump To Push-Ups On Debate Stage If Mocked
The former vice president shared how he'd hypothetically respond to an attack on his mental health during a presidential debate.
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Kellyanne Conway Rejects Husband's Op-Ed Labeling Trump Racist
"I go by what people do, not what other people say about them," the White House counselor said.
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Ex-ICE Chief Thought About 'Beating' Congressman During Hearing On Immigration
Thomas Homan said he considered assaulting a lawmaker who questioned whether he was racist.
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Pink Defends Photo Of Kids Running In Holocaust Memorial As 'Celebration Of Life'
"Please keep your hatred and judgment to yourselves," she wrote in the caption of a photo showing her children at the Berlin monument.
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New York City Could Be Headed For Another Blackout As Heat Wave Looms
Temperatures could creep up to nearly 100 degrees, threatening to overload the electrical grid.
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Lindsey Graham Smears Democratic Congresswomen As 'Anti-America' Communists
Aside from telling Trump to “knock it down a notch,” the GOP senator largely reinforced the president’s bigotry on “Fox & Friends.”
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LA Times Editorial Board Skewers 'Bigot-In-Chief' Trump For Racist Tirade
"This is the definition of demagoguery," the board wrote.
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Meghan Markle Shares Warm Hug With Beyoncé At Lion King Premiere
The singer is known to be a fan of the Duchess of Sussex. In London, she finally got to meet her.
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Ocasio-Cortez Rips Trump's Racist Attack: Our Power 'Makes You Seethe'
She pointedly noted she was born in the U.S. after a xenophobic Trump rant targeted her and Reps. Rashida Tlaib, Ayanna Pressley and Ilhan Omar.
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Feds Warn Alien Seekers Not To Try Their Luck At Area 51
More than half a million Facebook users have signed up to besiege the Nevada site to "see them aliens."
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7 Gray Whales Found Dead In Alaska Over Holiday Weekend, Pushing Toll To 22
The animals showed signs of emaciation, which may have been triggered by lack of food due to melting sea ice.