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Posted at 8:00 pm on June 22, 2017 by Jim Jamitis Robert Murray, who heads up America’s biggest coal company, is suing comedian John Oliver over a segment on his comedy show Last Week Tonight. Oliver is often the subject of clickbait headlines about how he TOTALLY DESTROYED someone or something in one of his satirical news rants.

Posted at 8:30 pm on June 22, 2017 by Andrea Ruth Actor Johnny Depp took to the microphone at the Glastonbury Music Festival on Thursday to lambast President Donald Trump. Depp responded to the crowd saying, “Can we bring him here?

Saudi Arabia and several other Arab nations have demanded that Qatar shutter the broadcasting network Al-Jazeera, cut diplomatic ties with Iran, and close Turkey's air base in the country, the Associated Press reported Thursday night. The list of demands was released by Kuwait, which is helping mediate the dispute.

Former FBI Director James Comey was spotted at the New York Times building on Thursday with his wife, but the two didn't visit the offices of the paper — they were attending a ceremony for a non-profit on another floor.  The Daily Mail first reported the images of Comey in the building, however later in the evening, Times reporter Maggie Haberman tweeted that he was in the building for a Court Appointed Special Advocate (CASA) ceremony in another office within the building — not meeting with reporters.   CASA is a non-profit that is focused

Sean Hannity spoke about the murder of late Democratic National Committee (DNC) staffer Seth Rich during his Thursday radio program, ending a temporary hiatus from the topic. Hannity brought up the murder while speculating about leaks of damaging DNC emails that he believes may have come from "dissatisfied, disgruntled" staffers within the group.  "My guess is there are a lot of angry, disgruntled, whistleblowing truth tellers within the DNC that were there that saw the collusion, that saw that the fix was in against

In an interview with "Fox and Friends" scheduled to air Friday, President Trump says he is bothered by special counsel Robert Mueller's relationship with former FBI Director James Comey. "Well he's very, very good friends with Comey which is very bothersome," Trump told Fox News when asked if Mueller should recuse himself.

Sen. MORE (R-Ky.) on Thursday blasted House Republicans for keeping their ObamaCare repeal and replace legislation under wraps. “I have been told that the House Obamacare bill is under lock & key, in a secure location, & not available for me or the public to view,” Paul tweeted. “This is unacceptable.

At a Father’s Day breakfast, my 5-year-old son and his classmates sang a song about fathers, crooning about “my dad who’s big and strong” and “fixes things with his hammer” and, above all else, “is really cool.” Now, there’s nothing wrong with most of these qualities in and of themselves.

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