On Saturday afternoon a Kentucky man was arrested after he assaulted Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) at Paul’s residence. It is being reported that the Kentucky lawmaker suffered minor injuries from the altercation. According to police, 59-year-old Rene A. Boucher “intentionally assaulted Paul causing minor injury.” The police responded to a call at the senator’s home…
On the first 5 minutes of his monologue Jimmy Kimmel took on the controversy story of United Airlines dragging a passenger off a plane because the flight was overbooked.
Democrats in Congress have long argued that the ongoing intelligence committee investigations into Russia’s interference in the presidential election and the Trump campaign’s ties to the Kremlin are unlikely to get to the bottom of the issue. Now a group of “Never Trump” Republicans are planning to pressure GOP leaders to establish a bipartisan select…
President Donald Trump will allegedly donate his presidential salary to an undetermined charity at the end of the year, White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer told reporters during a Monday press briefing. In November, Trump promised to forgo the $400,000 salary, telling 60 Minutes that “I’m not going to the take the salary.” However, federal…
On her visit to Chris Matthews’ “Hardball” show on Thursday night, Kellyanne Conway make up a fictional “massacre” when justifying the President’s ban on refugees and immigrants from seven majority-Muslim countries. “I bet it’s brand new information to people that President Obama had a six-month ban on the Iraqi refugee program after two Iraqis came…
Thousands of people of all races and creeds gathered on Thursday for a Muslim funeral service in Muhammad Ali’s hometown in Kentucky to pay their respects to a man who fought in the ring and sought peace outside it. The jenazah, or funeral in Arabic, was set to begin at noon EDT (1600 GMT) at…
Bernie Sanders won Oregon’s presidential primary and battled Hillary Clinton to a razor-thin margin in Kentucky, vowing to stay in the race until the end as Clinton aimed to blunt his momentum and prepare for a fall campaign against Republican Donald Trump. Tuesday’s primary in Kentucky was too close to call with Clinton leading Sanders…
Primary Day For Kentucky And Oregon – WATCH LIVE HERE Polls have opened in the Kentucky primary Tuesday as Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton eye the state’s 60 Democratic delegates. Approximately 20 percent voter turnout is expected in the Bluegrass State, the Lexington Herald Leader reported. Presumptive Republican nominee…
Jon Stewart returned to The Daily Show for the first time since passing the torch to new host Trevor Noah in August to provide an update on a cause he has been supporting for years: Funding healthcare for 9/11 first responders. Stewart popped up in the second half of the show (“Are you lost?” new…
Republican candidate and Tea Party favorite Matt Bevin was elected Kentucky’s next governor Tuesday, becoming only the second Republican to win the state’s highest office in 40 years. Bevin, a relative political novice, defeated Democrat Jack Conway to replace outgoing Gov. Steve Beshear, also a Democrat. Bevin fiercely opposed his predecessor’s expansion of Medicaid under…
A man suspected of killing a Kentucky trooper was shot and killed by state police early Monday morning, police confirmed to FoxNews.com. Authorities said 25-year-old Joseph Thomas Johnson-Shanks, of Missouri, was located in a remote rural area near I-24 around 7 a.m., following an all-night manhunt. Johnson-Shanks was armed with a handgun and did not…
The Supreme Court on Monday rejected a Kentucky county clerk’s request to deny issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples. The high court ruled against Rowan County Clerk Kim Davis in her appeal to refuse issuing same-sex marriage licenses based on her Christian convictions. Davis had turned away couples in the days following the U.S. Supreme…
Sen. Rand Paul is expected to launch his bid for the White House on Tuesday with a rally in downtown Louisville, Kentucky. The Tea Party favorite and frequent antagonist of the leaders of his Republican Party is ready to test how much change voters want, both for their government and for the GOP. After the…
Kentucky authorities said, teenage sweethearts from Kentucky suspected of carrying out a multi-state crime spree over the past two weeks after running away from home were captured in Florida on Sunday. Dalton Hayes, 18, and Cheyenne Phillips, 13, were found by the U.S. Marshals Service and local law enforcement early Sunday in Panama City, Florida,…
A seven-year-old girl walked through the woods and sought help from a nearby home after a plane crash which reportedly killed her parents, sister and cousin on Friday. A Piper PA-34 that carried two adults and three children was en route to Mount Vernon, Illinois from Key West, Florida on Friday evening. The pilot reported…
A Kentucky pastor who starred in a reality show about snake-handling in church has died — of a snakebite. Jamie Coots died Saturday evening after refusing to be treated, Middleborough police said. On “Snake Salvation,” the ardent Pentecostal believer said that he believed that a passage in the Bible suggests poisonous snakebites will not harm…
Alison Lundergan Grimes leads Mitch McConnell in the 2014 Kentucky Senate Race, according to a new poll released by a pair of liberal groups. The results—compiled by Public Policy Polling—state that Grimes, Kentucky’s Secretary of State, tops McConnell 45-44 among Kentucky voters. The poll also said that 51 percent of Kentucky voters disapprove of McConnell’s…
