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Jeff Bezos and his girlfriend Lauren Sanchez rang in the New Year with a raucous pool party in St. Barts alongside their nearest and dearest.

Kamala Harris’ first significant political role was an appointment by her powerful then-boyfriend Willie Brown, three decades her senior, to a California medical board that has been criticized as a landing spot for patronage jobs and kickbacks. Then 30, Harris was dating 60-year-old Willie Brown, at the time the Democratic speaker of the California State Assembly, when he placed her on the California Medical Assistance Commission in 1994. The position paid over $70,000 per year, $120,700 in current money, and Harris served on the board until 1998. The medical commission met twice a month, and Harris, a United States senator...

Hell hath no fury like a woman who won the popular vote yet lost the biggest prize of all: a historic presidency The Democratic 2016 presidential nominee, Hillary Clinton, has been making some rounds, at June graduations, women's global forums and some such. She makes jokes about walking in the woods and wishing she had flown from the White House. A growing chorus of opinion has sprung up saying she should go gentle into that good night, coming from corners like Vanity Fair and USA Today. On the contrary. Let's hear from Clinton every day, every move, every outrageous statement...

An actress on the Netflix original (hit) series 'House of Cards' says that in the course of doing research for the show -a story about a fictitious congressman, staring Kevin Spacey, and based on a BBC miniseries-  she was told by a "senior White House official that -as on the show- reporters DO sleep with their (married) sources... at least in this putrid regime. Robin Wright -who plays Claire Underwood, wife of Spacey's congressman character on the show- said that in the course of researching her role, she learned some surprising things (to her, anyway) about what goes on in D.C.  According...

Dear Friends, Below you will find the truth about Brad Carson's negative attack ads. I know this will help you as we enter the final days of the campaign. Thanks for all your hard work. Please feel free to distribute this information. The Truth About Brad Carson’s Attack Ads Brad Carson and the national Democrats are running ads alleging that Dr. Coburn committed Medicaid fraud. These charges are completely false. Last Friday, Senator Nickles said, "I've never seen such a blatant attempt at character assassination in a campaign." In fact, these attacks expose yet another of Brad Carson’s flip flops...

Scholar to scrutinize JFK presidency By BETSY COHEN of the Missoulian Was John F. Kennedy really a great president? Allen Matusow, a scholar of U.S. presidents, will give his answer Monday night in the next installment of the University of Montana's President's Lecture Series. Matusow will discuss Kennedy's tenure in office, his political legacy and recently released documents that shed more light on his presidency. Although it has been 40 years since Kennedy was assassinated, there has been no president - no person - in the past 50 years who has grabbed the public's attention and held it like John...