
In Thursday’s episode of the ABC series “Scandal,” the main character Olivia Pope (Kerry Washington), wife of the Republican U.S. President, undergoes an abortion while the Christmas hymn “Silent Night” plays in the background.
by Daniel Nussbaum20 Nov 2015, 9:46 AM PST0

Patricia Oliver, the attorney who uncovered Jerry Brown’s use of state oil and gas experts to search for oil on his family’s private property, told Breitbart News on Thursday that the California governor should “just confess.”
by Joel B. Pollak5 Nov 2015, 9:21 AM PST0

As Theranos, Inc. was preparing for one of Silicon Valley’s biggest IPO’s when its pin-prick blood test for thousands of diseases was approved by the FDA on July 15, the company was rocked on October 15 by a Wall Street Journal article citing “unnamed” former employees claiming Theranos inflated its testing effectiveness to the FDA.
by Chriss W. Street23 Oct 2015, 12:43 PM PST0

Last week, a former Chicago Public Schools (CPS) CEO was indicted on charges that she took bribes while steering up to $23 million in no-bid contracts to a consulting firm she once worked for, and some wonder if Emanuel’s office had a hand in that scandal. But the mayor’s office is blocking the release of records that could shed light on that relationship.
by Warner Todd Huston12 Oct 2015, 6:17 PM PST0

Former Scandal co-star and singer Columbus Short was waiting to perform at Los Angeles’ Infusion Lounge at Universal City Walk Wednesday, when he was detained and arrested by bounty hunters.
by Kipp Jones20 Aug 2015, 10:34 AM PST0

Obama apologists have recently been trotted out en masse to absurdly portray the Obama presidency as an entirely scandal-free citadel of piety. It is, they assure us, the political equivalent of the Vestal Virgins who guard the sacred flame. As Obama, himself, has insisted, there is not a “scintilla of scandal” to be seen.
by Tom Fitton9 Jun 2015, 9:39 AM PST0

The FIFA scandal now enters into the reaction phase as corporate sponsors begin to warn soccer’s governing body that unless the corruption ends their sponsorship will.
by Warner Todd Huston28 May 2015, 12:28 PM PST0

On Tuesday, California Governor Jerry Brown signed onto a pact between 12 regions in seven countries, including four U.S. states, binding each to reduce greenhouse gas emissions drastically. The goal of the cuts is to keep the rise in global average surface temperatures below 2º Celsius. However, recent revisions by the Inter-Governmental Panel on Climate Change suggest global temperatures are projected to rise by less than 1º C over 30 years–and perhaps by less than 0.5º C.
by Michelle Moons20 May 2015, 4:00 AM PST0

ANAHEIM, California—Mention of 2016 Presidential candidate Hillary Clinton has been noticeably absent from California’s 2015 Democrat convention as the party faithful flocked to the Saturday speech from Senator Elizabeth Warren, considered by many a Clinton alternative.
by Michelle Moons16 May 2015, 3:42 PM PST0

TV mega-producer/showrunner Shonda Rhimes was inducted into the National Association of Broadcasters Hall of Fame on Monday at an event honoring diversity in television.
by Daniel Nussbaum14 Apr 2015, 1:25 PM PST0

Seven months after a Sacramento Bee investigation revealed how State of California departments play a personnel shell game to pad their budgets with millions in tax dollars earmarked for staffing salaries, an audit released Friday on the Department of Finance’s website confirmed that phantom employees are very widespread, and some of the cash allocated for salaries has been used to pay for raises and other unauthorized spending instead.
by Chriss W. Street13 Apr 2015, 4:00 AM PST0

Scandal star Kerry Washington was honored with the Vanguard Award at Saturday night’s GLAAD Media Awards in Beverly Hills, and used her acceptance speech to call for the employment of more LGBT people in the entertainment industry.
by Daniel Nussbaum22 Mar 2015, 2:48 PM PST0

Sen. Rand Paul tees off on potential presidential opponent Hillary Clinton. “I think she clearly broke the law,” with her private email server, the Kentucky Republican says in an exclusive interview.
by Matthew Boyle15 Mar 2015, 11:42 AM PST0

In a conversation with Breitbart Editor-in-Chief Alex Marlow on Breitbart News Saturday radio program, former Ambassador John Bolton called the lack of security on Hillary Clinton’s private email server the “800 pound gorilla” of the scandal that has surrounded the former Secretary of State in recent days.
by Michelle Moons14 Mar 2015, 4:21 PM PST0

Kerry Washington is set to continue her small-screen hot streak in a new film for HBO.
The Scandal actress is set to play Anita Hill in the pay cabler’s upcoming film, Confirmation, according to the Hollywood Reporter.
by Daniel Nussbaum12 Mar 2015, 4:16 PM PST0

When the dust settled in the University of Illinois clout abuse scandal, not only were the institution’s president and regents fired, but a statewide officeholder, the house speaker, a state senator, a congressman, and two state representatives found themselves in hot water and their political careers in ruins. Texas legislators should pay attention.
by Michael Quinn Sullivan17 Feb 2015, 10:25 AM PST0

What was supposed to be Her Year has in fact turned out to be five-alarm disaster for Lena Dunham, the creator of HBO’s “Girls.” A year ago, closing out 2014 had to look pretty exciting to the 28 year-old.
by John Nolte17 Jan 2015, 6:27 AM PST0

Despite the kind of publicity and hysteria usually reserved for big-budget summer films, Lena Dunham’s HBO dramedy “Girls” earned its worst premiere ratings to date with a paltry (even for “Girls”) 680,000 viewers. By comparison, season 3 debuted to 1.1
by John Nolte14 Jan 2015, 10:42 AM PST0

The editorial boards of two major newspapers, USA Today and the Chicago Tribune, have called on House Majority Whip Steve Scalise to resign his post in House GOP leadership after Speaker John Boehner and Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy came out in a last-ditch bid to save Scalise on Tuesday.
by Matthew Boyle30 Dec 2014, 8:49 PM PST0