July 4th fireworks donor lobbied President Trump on tariffs and won a reprieve
Nosyrevy/iStock(WASHINGTON) — President Donald Trump’s Fourth of July celebration will feature $750,000 of donated fireworks from an Ohio retailer who has lobbied the White House against expanded tariffs on Chinese imports. And last week, the same day
Federal judge blocks Trump order of indefinite detention of asylum seekers
VallarieE/iStock(WASHINGTON) — A federal judge has halted a Trump Administration order that allowed for the indefinite detention of people who came to the U.S. to seek asylum, in a ruling that the White House said Wednesday was
Brad Pitt on why he’s taking fewer acting roles: “It’s a younger man’s game”
George Pimentel/WireImage(LOS ANGELES) — Brad Pitt is set to star in Quentin Tarantino’s Once Upon a Time in Hollywood later this month, but he admits he isn’t taking on as many acting roles these days. In a
Rami Malek had certain conditions before accepting James Bond villain role
ABC/Rick Rowell(LONDON) — Before Rami Malek accepted the role of the new villain in the upcoming James Bond film, he had some conditions that needed to be met. The Egyptian-American actor tells U.K.’s The Daily Mirror that
Alex Morgan's tea cup World Cup goal pose causes Brits to freak out
Maddie Meyer – FIFA/FIFA via Getty Images(LYON, France) — Another win for the U.S. women’s national team, another round of calls of “arrogance.” In what has become a theme throughout this World Cup for the defending champions,
A smart drug implant – controlled from a smartphone – could treat chronic disease
Halfpoint/iStock(NEW YORK) — Arthritis. Diabetes. Heart disease. Over 130 million Americans deal with the burden of chronic disease every day. But there’s a tiny new hope to get drug treatments in a big new way. Though everybody
US women's soccer jersey is No. 1 Nike seller as team gears up for World Cup finals
Ira L. Black/Corbis via Getty Images(NEW YORK) — The defending World Cup champs have another No. 1 to add to their impressive record — this time in jersey sales. Nike’s U.S. Women’s National Team home shirt is
Trump insists effort to add citizenship question to census 'absolutely moving forward'
liveslow/iStock(WASHINGTON) — A day after the Justice Department announced that the 2020 census would be printed without the citizenship question President Donald Trump wanted, he insisted on Wednesday that the effort to add the question is “absolutely
'It's time for car companies to wake up': Women now the focus of the industry
Martin Dimitrov/iStock(NEW YORK) — Sales of automobiles in the U.S. are in a slump. Could women be the answer to the industry’s woes? Automakers that may have once struggled to connect with female buyers are increasingly looking
Pharrell offers 'guaranteed' internships to 2019 graduating class of Harlem Charter School
Jim Bennett/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — Pharrell is offering some New York City high school students the opportunity of a lifetime. Over the weekend, the mega-producer delivered a rousing keynote speech at the graduation ceremony for Harlem Children’s