Day: April 8, 2025

DNC launches new ‘war room operation’ to keep up with GOP’s digital media dominance

3:23 am April 8, 2025

The Democratic National Committee launched a new “war room operation” initiative Monday aimed at combating the right’s dominance in digital media. The new initiative intends to leverage influencers, opposition research, policy matter experts, appearances on podcasts and a revamped rapid response program aimed at challenging the narratives pushed by the Trump administration online. Newly […]

Charlie Sheen’s ex Denise Richards admits she lied to their kids to hide star’s scandalous behavior

2:33 am April 8, 2025

Denise Richards shielded the truth from her two daughters with Charlie Sheen while the actor was personally and professionally struggling. Richards, 54, admitted she may have “sheltered” her kids too much from the realities of what their father was going through while they were growing up. The reality TV star recalled the lengths at which […]

Texas track meet stabbing suspect told Austin Metcalf ‘see what happens’ as tent dispute turned deadly: docs

2:31 am April 8, 2025

The 17-year-old accused of fatally stabbing a fellow teen at a Texas track meet warned him, “touch me and see what happens,” according to a police report that has provided new details about the tent-side dispute. Authorities have charged Karmelo Anthony, a student-athlete from Frisco Centennial High School, with murder after he allegedly stabbed 17-year-old […]

Colorado Dems ram abortion, transgender bills through on limited Sunday session debate: ‘Unprecedented’

2:14 am April 8, 2025

The Colorado Democratic House majority pushed through a slate of controversial gender and abortion bills on Sunday, curtailing floor debate in what Republican lawmakers called an “unprecedented” tactic. “It should alarm every American that Colorado’s Majority used a Sunday — a day typically reserved for family and prayer — to force through four of the […]

Reporter’s Notebook: Power player on Capitol Hill

1:59 am April 8, 2025

Whether or not congressional Republicans are able to pass President Donald Trump’s “big, beautiful bill” of tax and spending cuts may hinge on one person. Not a swing vote. Not someone like Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., or Rep. Thomas Massie, R-Ky., who occasionally bucks their party. But someone you’ve probably never heard of. After all, […]