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Jimmy Kimmel took a break from taking a break for something he normally does at work: trolling President Donald Trump. Kimmel, who is on vacation from “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” through Labor Day, posted a photo on Instagram showing himself and his family holding signs while attending a protest against the president. “Summer family vacation! #goodtrouble,” he wrote. “May every day be another wonderful secret.” That’s a reference to a birthday message Trump allegedly wrote in 2003 to his then-friend Jeffrey Epstein, who would later be convicted of sex crimes

Ellen DeGeneres has confirmed that she left the United States permanently because of President Donald Trump’s election. DeGeneres, 67, moved to the Cotswolds with her wife, Portia de Rossi, 52, and has no intention of returning. The “comedian” explained the reason for the move while speaking to Richard Bacon at the Everyman theatre in Cheltenham over the weekend. “We got here the day before the election and woke up to lots of texts from our friends with crying emojis, and I was like, ‘He got in’.’ ‘And we’re like, ‘We’re staying here,'” DeGeneres confessed. DeGeneres claimed that back in the...

Ellen DeGeneres has confirmed she left the US because of President Trump in a candid new interview. The comedian and presenter, 67, now lives in the Cotswolds with her wife Portia de Rossi, 52, and told how they are 'staying here' for good now. This weekend she spoke with broadcaster Richard Bacon at the Everyman theatre in Cheltenham where she opened up about the huge life changes. She also said she and Portia - who first wed in 2008 - were considering tying the knot again in the UK after some moves in the US to reverse the right to...

This week, The Wall Street Journal reported that Mr. Trump gave Mr. Epstein a note for his 50th birthday in 2003 that included a sketch of a naked woman and a cryptic reference to a “secret” the two men shared.In the swirl of money and sun-tanned women that was their Palm Beach-and-Manhattan set, Donald J. Trump and Jeffrey Epstein spent nearly 15 years mingling side-by-side as public friends. There were lavish dinners with boldface names at Mr. Epstein’s mansion on the Upper East Side and raucous parties with cheerleaders and models at Mr. Trump’s private club and residence at Mar-a-Lago....

Saturday is the one year anniversary of Trump’s historic third nomination as the Republican presidential candidate and the gripping nomination speech where he told a rapt audience about his brush with death not long before. The chairman of the Republican Party remembers it this way: “Just days after surviving an assassination attempt, President Trump accepted his third nomination for President, showcasing his unwavering commitment to our nation and to the American people,” said Michael Whatley. “President Trump campaigned on a bold vision for America: creating a strong economy, a strong border, and a strong America. One year later, President Trump...

Tourists, international students and business travelers may be required to pay a $250 fee when visiting the United States on a non-immigrant visa. The new provision applies solely to visitors from countries that require a non-immigrant visa for entry, as outlined in the “big, beautiful” spending bill signed by President Trump, according to the Envoy Global law firm. No formal start date has been announced to begin the collection of the “visa integrity fee.” Starting in 2026, the $250 price could increase to accommodate inflation, per the law firm. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem will be tasked with determining the...

Bands pull out of Denver's Punk in the Park festival over political donations Denver7 is getting to the bottom of alleged political donations by the festival organizer that caused backlash among performers Two bands have withdrawn from the Punk in the Park festival, citing political donations from the event's organizer as the reason for their decision. By: Jaclyn AllenJul 18, 2025 DENVER — Punk in the Park, a three-day punk rock festival held at the National Western Stockyards, kicked off with controversy overshadowing the packed lineup of 40-plus bands. As severe weather briefly disrupted the first night of performances, the...

...The protest addressed issues such as voter suppression laws, including "The Save Act,....The protest coincided with the anniversary of Congressman and civil rights activist John Lewis's passing, with participants nationwide taking action to defend democracy and honor his legacy of "good trouble."...More than 1,600 similar protests were planned to occur across the country...

President Donald Trump on Thursday said that he has directed Attorney General Pam Bondi to release relevant grand jury testimony related to the disgraced, late financier Jeffrey Epstein.

CBS' "The Late Show with Stephen Colbert" will be ending in 2026, the network announced Thursday. "'THE LATE SHOW with STEPHEN COLBERT' will end its historic run in May 2026 at the end of the broadcast season," CBS said in a statement. "We consider Stephen Colbert irreplaceable and will retire 'THE LATE SHOW' franchise at that time. We are proud that Stephen called CBS home. He and the broadcast will be remembered in the pantheon of greats that graced late night television." CBS said it was "purely a financial decision against a challenging backdrop in late night," adding, "It is...

"CBS has announced that The Late Show with Stephen Colbert will end in May 2026, bringing the show’s historic run—and the Late Show franchise itself—to a close."Colbert addressed the show’s cancellation himself while taping tonight’s show."

Portland, Ore. — Federal police officers enraged anti-ICE agitators after using a Donald Trump impersonation voice to issue official orders to vacate ICE facility property.

CBS News Capitol Hill correspondent Scott MacFarlane told podcaster Chuck Todd on Wednesday about how traumatized he was by Trump rallygoers blaming the media for the assassination attempt against President Donald Trump in 2024. MacFarlane said he had personal trauma from the crowd’s immediate rage in response. "For those of us there, it was such a horror because you saw an emerging America," MacFarlane told Todd on his podcast. "And it wasn't the shooting, Chuck. This was – I got diagnosed with PTSD within 48 hours. I got put on trauma leave, not because, I think, of the shooting, but...

President Donald Trump on Wednesday embraced the FBI’s decision to open a conspiracy probe into a decade of alleged intelligence abuses and weaponized law enforcement, suggesting it could be led by a special prosecutor and even delve into “credible evidence” in the Jeffrey Epstein case in order to give Americans a greater dose of transparency and accountability. He also vowed to declassify two highly sensitive pieces of intelligence to help further the prosecutor's efforts. “Well, I'm happy that they did that,” Trump said during a wide-ranging interview with the Just the News, No Noise television show when asked about the...

Miami-Dade County Public Schools will no longer offer citizenship courses that have helped thousands of immigrants prepare for the naturalization... ... For more than a decade, Miami-Dade County Public Schools partnered with Catholic Legal Services, under the Archdiocese of Miami, to help students in the citizenship courses prepare...

VIDEODid you know the Liberal Pink Hat Lady is also a New Age theologian? Here she is in her official Witch shirt hyping Magic Stones as a way to counter the evil Trumpocalypse. And since we are at almost the six month mark of President Donald Trump's presidency that means we are only 1/8 of the way into his Golden Age return which means we still have 7/8 remaining.Moral of the story. If you are a liberal suffering from extreme TDS and can't tolerate political diversity you can take solace in magic stones, Tarot cards, and burning incense in special...

Frustrated that prominent Democrats have not fought harder, former President Barack Obama said in a speech that his party’s leaders needed to step up.Former President Barack Obama has a stern critique for members of his party: Too many have been cowed into silence.In private remarks to party donors on Friday night, Mr. Obama scolded Democrats for failing to speak out against President Trump and his policies, suggesting they were shrinking from the challenge out of fear of retribution.“It’s going to require a little bit less navel-gazing and a little less whining and being in fetal positions. And it’s going to...

EAST PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — After driving through a downpour to take her son to day camp, Darleen Reyes told camp administrators the rain would have kept her away but her son insisted on going. As she marked her son’s name present on a clipboard at the Boys & Girls Club camp, she laughed about braving a flash flood warning to get there. Before kissing his mother goodbye, Aiden Cazares, 8, explained to a reporter, “I wanted to see my friends and not just sit at home.” Then he ran off to play. Aiden’s one of 1.4 million children and...

Billionaire business mogul Mark Cuban fired back at the Democratic Party for having no other political message beyond repeating how "Trump sucks."

As a warming planet delivers more extreme weather, experts warn that the Trump administration is dismantling the government’s disaster capabilities.In an effort to shrink the federal government, President Trump and congressional Republicans have taken steps that are diluting the country’s ability to anticipate, prepare for and respond to catastrophic flooding and other extreme weather events, disaster experts say. Staff reductions, budget cuts and other changes made by the administration since January have already created holes at the National Weather Service, which forecasts and warns of dangerous weather. Mr. Trump’s budget proposal for the next fiscal year would close 10 laboratories...