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For years, the McConnell and Chao families have cultivated a relationship that enriches the couple and grants status to the Chaos’ shipping company. For decades, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell and his wife Elaine Chao have maintained a glaring conflict of interest, conducting extensive government business despite the Chao family’s deep ties to China through a maritime shipping company. Now, former President Donald Trump is calling attention to the top Republican’s problematic China ties, while most of Washington remains silent. “Why do Republicans Senators allow a broken down hack politician, Mitch McConnell, to openly disparage hard working Republican candidates for...

HBO’s Veep star Julia Louis-Dreyfus is raising money to help women receive abortions, saying she will match $10,000 in donations to dozens of abortion organizations across the country. “I’m really angry. How about you?” the multiple Emmy-winning celebrity tweeted Tuesday.

Michael Richards exploded in anger as he performed at a famous L.A. comedy club last Friday, hurling racial epithets that left the crowd gasping, and TMZ has obtained exclusive video of the ugly incident.

Labor Unions Fail "Enron Test": By David Keene The scandals at Enron and Global Crossing shook Washington as well as the markets and the investor community because, in each instance, corporate executives and their cohorts in the reporting and accounting world figured out how to either avoid reporting what they were up to or to hoodwink everybody by filing incomplete or misleading reports with regulators and those who follow their activities. The result was a demand for increased corporate transparency and, eventually, the passage of legislation requiring thorough and understandable disclosure. That meant that those most likely to be hurt...

For the hell of it... I'm conducting a survey. What was your favorite Seinfeld episode? I need a good laugh.