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Posted at 3:30 am on June 12, 2017 by Andrea Ruth I don’t know what Megyn Kelly is doing, but it’s not funny. I’ve been a Kelly fan since the early 2000’s when she joined Bill Hemmer on America’s Newsroom. I remember her talking about her surprise wedding shower when she married author, Douglas Brunt. I remember each one of her three pregnancies because I cheered her on through it all.

Posted at 4:00 am on June 12, 2017 by Jim Jamitis I thought I was through being surprised at the nonsense otherwise smart people will support in this era of Trump. Not so, apparently. I saw a tweet earlier today that expressed one of the most ridiculous thoughts I’ve seen in some time. That didn’t surprise me; It’s Twitter, ridiculous thoughts are par for the course.

Melania and Barron Trump have arrived in Washington, D.C., to live in the White House, after spending the first months of President Trump’s term in New York City while 11-year-old Barron finished the school year. “Looking forward to the memories we’ll make in our new home!” she said. Trump, who had spent the weekend at his golf club in New Jersey, deplaned Air Force One with his wife and son on Sunday evening, according to the White House press pool.  It was reported last wee

Actress Cynthia Nixon got a little political at the Tony Awards on Sunday night. Without naming names, the winner for best featured actress in a play said the story of “The Little Foxes” –of a family trying to get rich – is “eerily prescient,” appearing to call out President Trump. Nixon is an outspoken Trump critic.     The Hill 1625 K Street, NW Suite 900 Washington DC 20006 | 202-628-8500 tel | 202-628-8503 fax The contents of this site are ©2017 Capitol Hill Publishing Corp., a subsidiary of News Communications, Inc.

President Trump has reportedly given White House chief of staff Reince Priebus a deadline of July 4 for a shakeup of his White House staff, according to a new report.  Politico reports that Trump is considering bringing in former campaign manager Corey Lewandowski and deputy campaign manager David Bossie as senior adviser and deputy chief of staff, respectively, according to multiple sources.

Former Second Lady Jill Biden appeared at the Tony awards on Sunday night, presenting “Bandstand” to the crowd. She reportedly received a standing ovation when introducing the show to the crowd. Former Vice President MORE was also reportedly in the audience for the Tony's.    The Hill 1625 K Street, NW Suite 900 Washington DC 20006 | 202-628-8500 tel | 202-628-8503 fax The contents of this site are ©2017 Capitol Hill Publishing Corp., a subsidiary of News Communications, Inc.

The Democratic attorneys general of Maryland and Washington, D.C., will file a lawsuit Monday against President Washington Post. It would be the first suit if its kind brought by a government entity, the Post added. The lawsuit is scheduled to be announced at noon on Monday.   The Hill 1625 K Street, NW Suite 900 Washington DC 20006 | 202-628-8500 tel | 202-628-8503 fax The contents of this site are ©2017 Capitol Hill Publishing Corp., a subsidiary of News Communications, Inc.

SAN FRANCISCO — Travis Kalanick, the chief executive of Uber, visited Apple’s headquarters in early 2015 to meet with Timothy D. Cook, who runs the iPhone maker. It was a session that Mr. Kalanick was dreading. For months, Mr. Kalanick had pulled a fast one on Apple by directing his employees to help camouflage the ride-hailing app from Apple’s engineers. The reason?

SAN FRANCISCO — Facing accusations that Uber executives turned a blind eye to sexual harassment and other corporate misbehavior, the ride-hailing service’s board moved on Sunday to shake up the company’s leadership, ahead of the release this week of an investigation’s findings on its troubled culture. Uber directors were weighing a three-month leave of absence for Travis Kalanick, the chief executive who built the start-up into a nearly $70 billion entity, according to thre

Harvard has rescinded acceptance offers to at least 10 incoming freshmen who posted offensive jokes about school shootings, the Holocaust, bestiality and the death of children and minorities — among other obscene topics — to a private Facebook group. The jokes were posted in the form of memes, those photographs or images overlaid with captions that you see everywhere on the internet. That young people post offensive memes on Facebook is not news.