Rachel Kennedy

Shep Smith Resigns at Fox

10/11/2019 Rachel Kennedy 17

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The worst movies of the century so far, ranked

10/11/2019 Rachel Kennedy 18

We’re talking hilariously bad. Some movies are so bad, they’re good. These are not those films. These are the lowest-rated flicks — with at least 10 critic reviews — since 2000, according to the movie review MORE

Free Chat Friday, Week 41

10/11/2019 Rachel Kennedy 36

Happy Friday, News Viewers. . . .What a week! (she said, again…..) It’s nearly over, and I just found out it’s been National Newspaper Week all week. While we have a President who’s tried his MORE

Lindsey Graham dishes on Trump in hoax calls with Russians

10/10/2019 Rachel Kennedy 19

Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham has in the last year become something of a congressional point man for President Donald Trump’s negotiations with Turkey, leading discussions on everything from Ankara’s purchase of a Russian missile system over the MORE

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Houston Rockets Nike merchandise disappears from China stores

10/10/2019 Rachel Kennedy 15

Houston Rockets sneakers and other merchandise were pulled from several Nike (NKE.N) stores in major Chinese cities amid the furor surrounding a tweet from the team’s general manager in support of anti-government protests in Hong MORE

Chris Cuomo Shares A Republican Quote That Could Haunt GOP Lawmakers

10/09/2019 Rachel Kennedy 16

CNN’s Chris Cuomo reached into the Republican Party’s past to find a quote that could haunt GOP lawmakers today as the impeachment inquiry against President Donald Trump gets underway in Congress. In 1950, Sen. Margaret MORE

Simone Biles Breaks Record at World Championships as U.S. Wins Another Team Title

10/08/2019 Rachel Kennedy 8

Simone Biles won a record 21st medal at the world gymnastics championships on Tuesday as the United States women retained their team all-around title. It was the 15th world championship gold of Biles’s career, and MORE

Supreme Court Considers Whether Civil Rights Act Protects L.G.B.T. Workers

10/08/2019 Rachel Kennedy 9

In a pair of exceptionally hard-fought arguments on Tuesday, the Supreme Court struggled to decide whether a landmark 1964 civil rights law bars employment discrimination based on sexual orientation and transgender status MORE

Trump Invites Turkish President To U.S.

10/08/2019 Rachel Kennedy 27

A day after President Donald Trump threatened to “ruin the economy of Turkey” if it goes too far with a planned invasion of northern Syria, he announced on Tuesday that he’s invited Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to MORE

Trump wins delay in New York court fight over producing his tax returns

10/07/2019 Rachel Kennedy 2

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit on Monday granted President Donald Trump a last-minute reprieve in his effort to prevent New York prosecutors from obtaining his tax records. The stay was issued MORE

Trump administration pulls troops from northern Syria as Turkey readies offensive

10/07/2019 Rachel Kennedy 2

The United States began withdrawing American troops from Syria’s border with Turkey early Monday, in the clearest sign yet that the Trump administration was washing its hands of an explosive situation between the Turkish military MORE

How President Pence Would Blow Up 2020

10/06/2019 Rachel Kennedy 0

If the Senate were to remove President Donald Trump from office—which could happen only on a bipartisan vote—the 2016 election results wouldn’t be overturned. Democrats wouldn’t control the White House. America’s reward for convicting Trump MORE

Trump’s Escalating Verbal Violence: We’ve Been Here Before…

10/05/2019 Rachel Kennedy 0

Over the weekend, in a rage over impeachment, President Trump accused Representative Adam Schiff of “treason,” promised “Big Consequences” for the whistle-blower who sounded the alarm about his phone call with President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine and shared a warning — MORE

The Best Economic News No One Wants to Talk About

10/05/2019 Rachel Kennedy 1

Stop me if this sounds familiar: For most American workers, real wages have barely budged in decades. Inequality has skyrocketed. The richest workers are making all the money. Earnings for low-income workers have been pathetic this entire MORE

The Rise and Fall of Donald Trump’s Mini-Me

10/05/2019 Rachel Kennedy 0

He promised to run government like a business and basked in his nouveau riche success. He rode a wave of populism that boosted his fame within the Republican party. Then he squandered it all when MORE

Oneyear after the slaying on Oct. 2., 2018, of Khashoggi, a U.S. resident and critic of Saudi Arabia’s government who disappeared inside the country’s diplomatic offices in Turkey, his remains have yet to be found. A United Nations report concluded that MORE

The Beatles’ Abbey Road Turns 50 Years Old

10/01/2019 Rachel Kennedy 16

The existence of Abbey Road is practically a miracle — when the Beatles emerged from the Let It Be sessions, the group was fraught with tension and on the verge of breaking up. They were arguing not only over music MORE

Runner killed while finishing 50K race in southeast Kansas

10/01/2019 Rachel Kennedy 11

Thomas Stanley, 33, of Andover, was less than a quarter mile (0.4 kilometer) from finishing the FlatRock trail race at the Elk City State Park when he was struck around 2:15 Saturday, said race director MORE

Live Upcoming: Trump Welcome Ceremony for Joint Chiefs of Staff, 11:30 a.m. EDT

09/30/2019 Rachel Kennedy 10

Mattel, Maker of Barbie, Debuts Gender-Neutral Dolls

09/29/2019 Rachel Kennedy 23

Mattel, the company that conquered the doll world by dividing it into idealized Barbies and Kens, is introducing a new line of gender-neutral dolls for boys, girls and children in between.The new line, introduced on Wednesday and MORE

A Woman Created 369 Fake Instagram Accounts to Harass Her Business Rivals

09/29/2019 Rachel Kennedy 22

The threats came from 369 Instagram accounts and 18 different email addresses. But they were all controlled by one woman. FBI agents say fitness trainer and mother of four Tammy Steffen used those accounts to MORE

Kamala Harris Calls For Impeachment Inquiry Into Brett Kavanaugh

09/28/2019 Rachel Kennedy 5

Presidential contender Sen. Kamala Harris (D-Calif.) called for a formal impeachment inquiry into Brett Kavanaugh on Friday in the wake of a new sexual misconduct claim against the Supreme Court justice. “I write to urge the House Judiciary MORE

Former ICE Head Thomas Homan Loses It During House Hearing

09/27/2019 Rachel Kennedy 2

Former Immigration and Customs Enforcement acting Director Thomas Homan showed his true colors during a congressional hearing Thursday, angrily lashing out because he wanted to continue speaking after a time limit. Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D-Wash.), vice MORE