Dave Chappelle’s Sincere Plea on Saturday Night Live
No matter how much has changed over the past decade, one thing remains true: Saturday Night Live never brings in Dave Chappelle for a filler episode. The comedian has now hosted the show four times in just more than eight years,...
Read MoreNew Jersey attorney general announces effort to block Trump’s birthright citizenship order – video
New Jersey Democratic attorney general Matthew Platkin said that he’s leading a group of states, the district of Columbia and the city of San Francisco, in filing a lawsuit blocking president Trump’s executive order ending the...
Read MoreAnother brush fire ignites in Santa Ana River bottom in Riverside County
Jurupa Valley fire crews are back on scene battling a brush fire in the Santa Ana River bottom, after having extinguished a blaze in a similar location last week. Click here to see original...
Read More‘If There’s One Person Who Keeps Their Word, It’s Donald Trump’
The mood of a Donald Trump rally typically follows a downhill trajectory, beginning with hot pretzels and Andrew Lloyd Webber and concluding with grievances aired and retribution promised. But last night at Capital One Arena,...
Read MoreHelp us share the stories of what you lost in the Eaton and Palisades fires
The Times is collecting stories and images of what was lost in the fires from affected communities in Altadena, Pasadena, Sierra Madre, Pacific Palisades, Topanga, Malibu and others. Click here to see original...
Read MoreFires consumed area larger than Italy of Brazil’s wilderness in 2024 – report
New report says more than 30m hectares burned, 79% more than in 2023, after country saw worst drought on recordAfter enduring its worst drought on Click here to see original...
Read MoreTrump defends pardons for violent rioters at AI news conference
In his first news conference since returning to the Oval Office, Trump defended supporters who were convicted of violent crimes — and condemned political opponents Click here to see original...
Read MoreSouthern California red flag warning extended to Thursday night
The National Weather Service on Tuesday extended its red flag warning for Southern California until Thursday evening. Click here to see original...
Read MoreRachel Maddow Shows How To Pump The Brakes On Trump
PoliticusUSA is ad-free and completely reader-supported. You can support our work by becoming a subscriber.Subscribe nowRachel Maddow devoted the first half of her show on Tuesday to the concept of
Read More‘Once in a lifetime’ winter storm brings heavy snow and chill to southern US
New Orleans and Houston see record snow leading to closed highways and canceled schoolsA “once in a lifetime” winter storm sweeping through the southern United States on Tuesday dumped snow at levels millions of residents had...
Read More‘Sounds likely’ the US will sanction Russia if Putin does not negotiate on Ukraine: Trump – video
Fielding questions from reporters in Washington, newly inaugurated president Donald Trump said it ‘sounds likely’ that the US would impose sanctions on Russia if they refuse to take part in negotiations on the war in...
Read MoreThe First Known Photograph of a U.S. Presidential Inauguration
John Wood / Library of CongressOn March 4, 1857, James Buchanan was sworn in as the 15th president of the United States, at the first presidential-inauguration ceremony to ever be photographed. John Wood, who worked as the...
Read MoreChina’s economic need and soft diplomacy spur about-face on visa-free entry
It was once a privilege afforded to only Singapore, Brunei and Japan but now travel rules have been relaxed for dozens of countries. But are Click here to see original...
Read MoreTrump’s Inauguration Ratings Down Bigly From Biden’s
Photo by: WILL OLIVER/picture-alliance/dpa/AP Images The television ratings for President Donald Trump’s second inauguration are in, and they dropped 27% from President Joe Biden’s in 2021 and were nearly 20% lower than Trump’s...
Read MoreStephanie Gilmore extends break from World Surf League to ‘focus on healing’
Eight-time world surfing champion to sit out second seasonReigning WSL men’s champ John John Florence also steps awayEight-time world champion Stephanie Gilmore has abandoned plans to return to full-time competition on the...
Read MoreSheriff’s Dept. launches Looter Suppression Team in Eaton fire neighborhoods
The Los Angeles Sheriff’s Department launched a Looter Suppression Team for the Altadena area scorched by the Eaton fire. Click here to see original...
Read MorePlease Don’t Make Me Say My Boyfriend’s Name
Dale Carnegie, the self-made titan of self-help, swore by the social power of names. Saying someone’s name, he wrote in How to Win Friends and Influence People, was like a magic spell, the key to closing deals, amassing...
Read MoreMichelle Doesn’t Want to Go to Barack’s Work Thing
No constitutional scholar or judge has ever questioned the American right to skip a spouse’s annoying work thing. Has anyone ever had a good time at one of these horrible events? You’re clutching your little plastic cup of wine...
Read MoreTrump says immigration authorities can arrest people at churches and schools
Administration overturns policies that for more than a decade restricted enforcement from ‘sensitive areas’US immigration authorities will be able to arrest migrants at schools, churches and hospitals after the Trump...
Read MoreRepublicans are back to playing dumb, as Trump does the unforgivable
Fearing the wrath of Dear Leader, congressional Republicans are either refusing to comment on Donald Trump’s disgusting pardons of violent Capitol insurrection convicts, or are flat-out lying about what Trump actually did...
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