Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative journalist Seymour “Sy” Hersh has a new memoir out, Reporter, that details his role in some of the biggest stories in recent American history, including the Mai Lai massacre in Vietnam and abuses at Abu Ghraib in Iraq. In Reporter, however, Hersh also acknowledges a major story…
It’s been eight months since Puerto Rico was first devastated by Hurricane Maria in September 2017, and the situation has yet to improve—leaving in its waste toxic, unlivable conditions for much of the U.S. territory. Women are especially vulnerable.
On Thursday, Heather Locklear pleaded not guilty to a charges of battery against police officers and resisting arrest, which originated with her recent domestic violence arrest.
It is certainly tough to imagine that anyone working with Ryan Zinke would have a bad personality and criminal history, but bear with me for a moment as I relay the tale of Kevin Sabo, acting chief of the Office of Congressional and Legislative Affairs at the Bureau of Reclamation in the Interior Department.
Jaelynn Willey, the 16-year-old girl shot at her Maryland high school earlier this week, died on Thursday evening according to a statement from the St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office. “Jaelynn Rose Willey died surrounded by her family,” the Sheriff’s office said. “It is with heavy hearts and great sadness we provide…
The White House has declined a request from Trey Gowdy (R-SC), Chair of the House Oversight Committee, for information on former aide Rob Porter, Talking Points Memo reports.
Oregon Governor Kate Brown signed legislation on Monday that closes the state’s so-called “boyfriend loophole.”
Donya Fiorentino, ex wife of Gary Oldman, has spoken out after Oldman’s Best Actor win at the Academy Awards on Sunday, referencing her past abuse allegations against him and shaming the Academy for rewarding accused abusers.
Police arrived at the Thousand Oaks, California, home of former Melrose Place star Heather Locklear Sunday night after her brother called 911 to report a domestic dispute between Locklear and her boyfriend, whose name has not yet been revealed. (A Radar Online story from October identified her latest boyfriend as…
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“Rob Porter is a man of true integrity and honor,” White House Chief of Staff John Kelly said in a statement earlier this week. Kelly was defending former White House aide Porter, who resigned last week after two of his ex-wives, Colbie Holderness and Jennifer Willoughby, detailed his physical and emotional abuse to…
The White House Chief of Staff position, like so many jobs within the Trump administration, appears to be one that no man can hold for long. A little more than just six months after he replaced Reince Priebus, retired four-star marine general John Kelly is reportedly willing to resign over his handling of the domestic…
How many ways can the president show that he hates women? An infinite number of ways, it seems. Today, in his first remarks since former aide Rob Porter resigned amid multiple reports of domestic abuse, Trump called Porter’s resignation “very sad.” He did not reference Porter’s alleged victims, but did indicate that…
Staff secretary Rob Porter was allowed to serve as an aide to Donald Trump despite the fact that White House officials, including Chief of Staff John Kelly and Counsel Donald McGahn, knew that Porter’s two ex-wives had made domestic violence allegations against him, according to a Thursday report.
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Rob Porter, a senior White House official who oversaw Donald Trump’s schedule, has resigned following allegations of domestic abuse. Porter has denied the allegations.
A man who had previously been arrested on domestic violence charges twice and released pending trial, shot and killed his ex-girlfriend on the street on Tuesday, NBC New York reports. Law enforcement sources told NBC New York that Kareem Dawson, 31, chased after and shot Tiffany Wilson, 28, who was the mother of his…
Well, hooo-ly shit. In a startling update to the long-mysterious case of actress Natalie Wood’s 1981 drowning death, Los Angeles County investigators have told CBS News’ 48 Hours that they believe then-husband Robert Wagner is a “person of interest” in the case, which was reopened in 2011 after initially being ruled…
For the past 29 years, the Minnesota Coalition for Battered Women has released an annual Femicide Report, which publicizes domestic violence and homicide in the state. This year, the report included information about the 24 Minnesotans who died as a result of domestic violence in 2017. The report recommended increased…
Fear that gun laws will never change is one of the most dispiriting narratives that emerges after every mass shooting in America. But a few bipartisan strides on the local level are giving people hope.
