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Former first daughter Chelsea Clinton on Wednesday dispelled rumors of a potential run for Congress to replace retiring Democratic New York Rep. Nita Lowey. "I'm not considering running for Congresswoman Lowey's seat," Clinton, a Manhattan resident, said during a Wednesday appearance on the talk show "The View," adding that she did, however, "understand why people are asking." When asked if she would ever run for office, the former first daughter replied, "I don't know, but right now, the answer's no." "Maybe, maybe, but not now," she added.

HYDE PARK – Former First Daughter Chelsea Clinton was presented by her mother, Secretary of State and former First Lady Hillary Clinton, with the Eleanor Roosevelt Val-Kill Medal for her contributions to education and children’s welfare. She was one of four others to receive the prestigious honor, which the elder Clinton won in 1995. The other recipients were the chief executive officer Celebrity Cruises Lisa Lutoff-Perlo, who was the first woman to lead one of Royal Caribbean Cruises’ brands; Zainab Salbi, Yahoo! News and Public Broadcasting System personality and founder of Women for Women International; and John W. and Gloria...

It may appear Hillary and Chelsea Clinton always see eye-to-eye, but in a recent interview one topic cracked the facade of the like-minded mother-daughter power duo. The one issue Hillary and Chelsea don't appear to agree on entirely is transgender self-identification. In an interview with The Sunday Times, journalist Decca Aitkenhead asked the Clintons if someone with a beard and a penis can ever be a woman, to which Chelsea replied emphatically, 'Yes.' However, as Aitkenhead describes it, Hillary looked 'uneasy', and blamed generational gaps for being less accepting. 'Errr. I'm just learning about this,' Hillary responded. 'It's a very...

The retirement of longtime New York Rep. Nita Lowey could open the door for a political newcomer with big political name — Chelsea Clinton. “Is Chelsea Clinton going to make her move?” one New York Democrat asked shortly after learning of Lowey’s retirement. Page Six first reported in 2016 that the former first daughter was being groomed for the 17th district seat. The district includes Rockland County and portions of Westchester, including the Chappaqua home of Bill and Hillary Clinton. “Chelsea would be the next extension of the Clinton brand,” a source said at the time. A spokesman for the...

Convicted pedophile Jeffrey Epstein’s friend, former partner and alleged madam, Ghislaine Maxwell, was reportedly “very close” to Bill Clinton, who recently went on the record through a spokesman to say he “knows nothing” about Epstein’s crimes. A Politico report from Sunday about the Maxwell-Clinton connection cited a number of anonymous individuals. One of those said to be familiar with the situation claimed that the British socialite Maxwell was not only “incredibly close” to Chelsea Clinton, but also “had her own relationship with Bill Clinton and was very close to him”: Maxwell first grew close with the Clintons after Bill Clinton...

Suburban New York Democrats want the Clinton machine back in Congress. Top officials in the Westchester County Democratic Party were pitching Chelsea Clinton Wednesday on launching a 2020 bid for Nita Lowey’s seat in light of the longtime congresswoman’s retirement announcement, according to a party source familiar with the matter. The source, who spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss closed-door deliberations, cautioned that Clinton hasn’t personally expressed interest, but said local party leaders were reaching out to her within hours of Lowey, 82, announcing she won’t run for reelection next year. “If you’re a Clinton and you need a...

House Appropriations Chairwoman Nita Lowey, whose panel controls federal discretionary spending, announced Thursday that she will retire after the 2020 election... The district includes the New York City suburbs White Plains and Chappaqua and has been solidly Democratic.

Hillary Clinton refused to let global politics or a couple of debilitating earthquakes get in the way of her daughter's big day. Bryan Rafanelli, the event planner tasked with creating Chelsea Clinton's picture perfect wedding, said in an interview with Page Six that the former first lady made herself available for the 'three-hour tastings' - despite the fact that she was also serving as Secretary of State. 'It was amazing that’s how devoted they were in this one moment in time,' said Rafanelli. 'For their only daughter, they were like, "We’re gonna be present for this" … and they showed...

Hillary and Chelsea Clinton appeared on Good Morning America Tuesday to promote their new book, The Book of Gutsy Women, and host Amy Robach wrapped up the interview with a question playing on the book's title, per Politico and CNN. "Can I ask you, what's the gutsiest thing you've ever done?" Robach asked Hillary Clinton, which caused the former secretary of state to pause for just a split second, then reveal: "Ah, boy, I think the gutsiest thing I've ever done—well, personally, make the decision to stay in my marriage." Of course, Clinton ranked running for president as the gutsiest...

Is Hillary about to try AGAIN? Clinton is joined by daughter Chelsea as she slams Trump as an 'illegitimate president' and a 'corrupt human tornado' at the start of a week packed with media appearances, sparking rumors she is entering the 2020 race Hillary Clinton bashed Donald Trump as an 'illegitimate president' She also lamented in an interview that she lost in 2016 to a 'corrupt human tornado' The new criticism comes as Trump is found at the center of a new scandal involving his conversation with the Ukrainian President this summer Clinton was joined by her daughter Chelsea Clinton...

After we get done with Hunter Biden, can we look into Chelsea Clinton? Just askin' ML/NJ

Two years after the cancellation of her talk show, Chelsea Handler is back on Netflix, this time delivering a documentary-style dive into the concept of white privilege. “Hello Privilege, It’s Me Chelsea” dropped on Friday the Thirteenth, promising to explore how white privilege has benefited Handler’s life. When Chelsea first introduced her fans to the project on Instagram—taking a break from her usual marijuana smoke-filled cooking escapades—it seemed puzzling. Handler is, after all, the stand-up comedienne who penned the book “Uganda Be Kidding Me” and released a comedy special by the same name just five years ago.

HYDE PARK, N.Y. — Chelsea Clinton will be among this year's five recipients of the Eleanor Roosevelt Val-Kill Medal, and her famous mother will be on hand to present the honor. The medals will be bestowed during a ceremony starting at 11:30 a.m. Sunday, Oct. 13, at the Eleanor Roosevelt National Historic Site, 106 Val-Kill Park Road, Hyde Park. The medal recipients are chosen by The Eleanor Roosevelt Center at Val-Kill, a nonprofit educational organization that pays tribute to the legacy of “The First Lady of the World.” Clinton will receive her medal from her mother, Hillary Rodham Clinton. Hillary...

Chelsea Handler stars in a new Netflix documentary the features the former talk show host traveling the country apologizing for her white privilege and endeavoring to finally learn “how to be a better white person to people of color, without making it a thing.” “I’m clearly the beneficiary of white privilege. And I want to know what my personal responsibility is moving forward in the world we live in today where race is concerned,” Handler confesses at the top of the hour-long documentary, called Hello, Privilege. It’s Me, Chelsea, the dropped on the streamer Friday.

In a short video clip promoting their new book, “The Book of Gusty Women: Favorite Stories of Courage and Resilience,” Hillary Clinton and Chelsea Rodham Clinton explained what they believed defined a “gusty” woman. While the tweet was liked more than 33,000 times, there are a number of comments criticizing their message, including one from Juanita Broaddrick. “Give me a damn break, Hilly,” she tweeted in response. “You wouldn’t know gutsy if it kicked you in the A$$. You’ve been shielded and protected all your life. Be assured, I will never give up telling the world about you and your...

Chelsea Clinton left the hospital today with her new son Jasper in tow, moments after her mother Hillary Clinton arrived to help her home. Chelsea and her husband Marc Mezvinsky, 41, welcomed their third child on Monday morning, but the mother-of-three stayed at Lenox Hill Hospital on Manhattan's Upper Easy Side for three days before returning to her Gramercy apartment on Thursday morning. The 39-year-old was photographed walking out of the hospital in a blue dress with white polka dots, beaming as she carried the swaddled newborn to the car. Chelsea appeared in great spirits as she headed outside on...

Since Jeffrey Epstein’s latest arrest on sex trafficking charges, a who’s who of the rich and powerful - notably Donald Trump, Prince Andrew and Bill Clinton - have rushed to downplay their associations with the financier who is accused of abusing underaged girls. Now Chelsea Clinton has joined her ex-president father on this who’s who list. Her representative issued a statement to Politico over the weekend denying reports that the former First Daughter was close friends with Ghislaine Maxwell, Epstein’s ex-girlfriend and the alleged “madam” who has been accused of helping him procure underaged girls for sex. **SNIP** Politico said...

Chelsea Clinton announced the birth of her third child with husband Marc Mezvinsky on Monday morning. "This morning we welcomed our son, Jasper Clinton Mezvinsky," the author and former first daughter wrote Monday on Twitter. "We are overflowing with love and gratitude and can't wait to introduce him to his big sister and brother," she added. Her parents, former President Bill Clinton and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, chimed in on Twitter to welcome their new grandchild. "Bill and I are so thrilled," Hillary Clinton wrote in response to her daughter's tweet. "Hillary and I are overjoyed and grateful...

Former President Bill Clinton’s connection to since-convicted pedophile Jeffrey Epstein was established through British heiress and longtime Epstein pal Ghislaine Maxwell, who also became a friend of former first daughter Chelsea, according to a new report Sunday. Clinton’s family grew close with Maxwell after Clinton left office in early 2001, Politico reported. “The Clintons were relatively intimate with her,” a friend of Maxwell’s told the Web site. A person familiar with the relationship also described Maxwell as “the contact between Epstein and Clinton.” “She ended up being close to the family because she and Chelsea ended up becoming close,” the...

Former Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton and Chelsea Clinton plan to create a Hollywood production company, according to a Thursday Bloomberg report. The Clintons have met with studios about financing, per Bloomberg, which said that the former secretary of State and her activist daughter "plan to focus on stories by and about women." Discussions about the formation of the yet-to-be-named company are said to be in the early stages. Hillary and Chelsea Clinton's potential foray together into Hollywood film and television projects comes almost one year after former President Obama and former first lady Michelle Obama agreed to produce films...