Pelosi calls for VA Sec Wilkie to resign over 'extremely disturbing cover-up campaign of sexual assault

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President Trump’s last-minute about-face on the size of stimulus checks for most Americans to help deal with the economic harm caused by the coronavirus pandemic has turned Washington upside down only days before a new Congress is sworn in.  Trump’s negotiators had agreed to $600 per person in stimulus checks and had gotten that measure through both the Democratic-controlled House and the Republican-controlled Senate before Christmas.The bill the payments were wrapped into was a typically flawed

her departure from on Showtime with coveted supporting roles as a younger version of Kerry Washington’s character on, a forgery specialist on the Jordan Peele-produced alternate history series, and an astronaut in George Clooney’s ambitious film . And that’s just 2020, with next year promising to be even bigger thanks to, the anticipated Hulu miniseries led by Nicole Kidman and Melissa McCarthy.

A Washington state man allegedly shot at a gas station after being told he needed to wear a mask inside — and his bare face is what helped cops identify him, according to a local report. The suspect, whose name wasn’t released, went inside the Astro Express Mart in Ellensburg last Sunday without a face covering and apparently left fuming when he was told he needed to wear one, the Daily Record reported.

WASHINGTON -- Guest lineups for the Sunday news shows:ABC’s “This Week” — Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt.; Maryland Gov.

House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy accused Speaker Nancy Pelosi and other Democrats of "selective hearing" Wednesday night – after President Trump called for Congress to raise coronavirus stimulus checks from $600 to $2,000. "They’ve conveniently ignored @realDonaldTrump’s call to reexamine tax dollars wasted overseas while so many Americans are struggling at home," McCarthy wrote in a Twitter message.

A Los Angeles-based union sent a "field team" to campaign for Democrats in the Georgia Senate runoffs days before signing a petition calling for four weeks of "strict" stay-at-home orders in Los Angeles County last week, the Washington Free Beacon reported. Unite Here Local 11 posted about its ground game in Georgia on Dec.

Dr. Jill Biden defended her doctorate after the Washington Street Journal published an op-ed on December 11 written by Joseph Epstein, who said that the future First Lady should not use the “Dr.” honorific when her husband takes office because she isn’t a medical doctor. “That was such a surprise,” Dr. Biden told Stephen Colbert during her and President-elect Joe Biden‘s appearance on The Late Show. Even Stephen shared how shocked he was by the criticism the writer chose to dole out.

Heather Morris is calling out not just a fan, but her former co-star, for what she saw as an offensive tweet — but is she right on this one?!

Andrew Rannells is coming to the defence of “The Prom” co-star James Corden, who’s being hit with backlash for playing a gay character in the new Netflix musical from “Glee”/”American Horror Story” creator Ryan Murphy.

Rep. Mark Takano, D-Calif., called for the resignation of Veterans Affairs Secretary Robert Wilkie and his senior staff Thursday, following an inspector general report that showed VA officials attempted to discredit a Navy officer after she said she was sexually assaulted.

2 min read A US teen has found himself being supported by over 200,000 people after he was suspended from his Texas school for wearing nail polish. 17-year-old Trevor Wilkinson, a senior at Clyde High School in Clyde, Texas, found himself at the centre of controversy after he returned from Thanksgiving break with his nails painted.

Daniel Bryan tried to talk Artem Chigvintsev into having sex with pregnant Nikki Bella on the Thursday, December 10, episode of Total Bellas.“This is mildly uncomfortable for me to talk about, but Brie [Bella] asked me to talk to you about it because [Nikki] talked to her about it,” the professional wrestler, 39, told the Dancing With the Stars pro, 38, in Us Weekly’s exclusive clip.

, the reality show? HBO Max's new docusoap, follows the Hos, a wealthy Vietnamese American family in Houston, Texas, as they go through power struggles and family drama surrounded by luxury.Led by patriarch Binh and matriarch Hue, immigrants who achieved the American dream and built a multimillion-dollar empire in banking and real estate development, they attempt to control the lives of their children, son Washington and daughter Judy, who find themselves under pressure to live up to their