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Woody Allen ‘sad’ for Harvey Weinstein, warns of Hollywood ‘witch hunt’

Woody Allen is sounding the alarm against a Hollywood "witch hunt" in the wake of the allegations of sexual misconduct against movie producer Harvey Weinstein.

October 16, 2017

Boy Scouts’ admission of girls seen as expansion of ‘war on boys’

The Boy Scouts of America's board of directors on Wednesday unanimously approved a plan to open Cub Scouts to girls next year and to establish a program by 2019 that will allow girls to become Eagle Scouts, a historic policy shift that drew immediate criticism from a rival Scouting group.

October 11, 2017

Planned Parenthood says $100K donation from Harvey Weinstein ‘went unfulfilled’

Planned Parenthood says disgraced Hollywood executive Harvey Weinstein never made good on a $100,000 donation he pledged at a fundraiser for the nation's largest abortion provider earlier this year.

October 11, 2017

Boy Scouts to admit girls in new program

The Boy Scouts of America's board of directors on Wednesday unanimously approved a plan to open Cub Scouts to girls next year and to establish a program by 2019 that will allow girls to become Eagle Scouts, a historic policy shift that drew immediate criticism from a rival Scouting group.

October 11, 2017

Harvey Weinstein sat next to Hillary Clinton, pledged $100,000 at Planned Parenthood gala

At Planned Parenthood's 100th anniversary gala in May, disgraced Hollywood executive Harvey Weinstein pledged $100,000 in a charity auction and sat next to Hillary Clinton.

October 11, 2017

Mass shooting media reports inflate number, white men’s role

Whether you agree with the widely reported statistic that there have been nearly 300 mass shootings this year might depend on how you define "mass shooting."

October 10, 2017

Michael Wilbon compares Jerry Jones to a slave owner

On the same day that Jemele Hill was suspended from ESPN for tweeting about politics, another network personality, Michael Wilbon, compared Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones to a slave owner.

October 10, 2017

Matt Damon, Russell Crowe lobbied New York Times to kill Harvey Weinstein story in 2004: Ex-reporter

A former New York Times reporter says the paper of record "gutted" her story about film mogul Harvey Weinstein's alleged sexual misconduct in 2004, after actors Matt Damon and Russell Crowe lobbied the paper not to run the piece.

October 9, 2017

Tim Murphy in affair scandal to retire from Congress at end of term

The pro-life congressman who was caught asking his mistress to get an abortion says he will retire at the end of the term.

October 4, 2017

Tim Murphy, anti-abortion U.S. rep, asked girlfriend to get one: Report

A nominally pro-life congressman who admitted last month to having an affair asked his mistress to procure an abortion when he thought she was pregnant, text messages show.

October 4, 2017

Abortion after 20 weeks banned by House bill, but faces uphill Senate fight

For the third time in five years, the Republican-led House has passed legislation that would prohibit most late-term abortions when the fetus can feel pain.

October 3, 2017

CBS fires executive ‘not even sympathetic’ for Vegas victims because they’re ‘republican gun toters’

CBS has fired a top legal executive who said she felt no sympathy for the victims of the Las Vegas shooting because "country music fans often are republican gun toters."

October 2, 2017

Boise State students seek to fire professor who criticized transgender movement

Students are calling for the firing of a Boise State University political scientist who criticized feminism and the transgender rights movement.

October 2, 2017

Abortion ultrasound requirement in Kentucky struck down by judge; state appeals

Kentucky Gov. Matt Bevin has promised to appeal after a federal judge struck down a law that required doctors to perform ultrasounds and allow mothers to hear the heartbeat of the fetus before abortions.

September 28, 2017

Gov. Bruce Rauner signs bill permitting taxpayer-funded abortions in Illinois

Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner signed a bill Thursday overturning state laws that prohibited taxpayer dollars from financing abortions. Pro-life activists were quick to fire back that the Republican had caved in to the "abortion lobby" by opening it up to a fresh stream of revenue.

September 28, 2017

Doug Jones, Alabama Democrat running for Senate, says there’s a right to life ‘once a baby is born’

Doug Jones, the Democrat challenging former Alabama Chief Justice Roy Moore for the state's open Senate seat, says he supports a right to abortion up until the moment of birth.

September 28, 2017

Brad Wenstrup’s D.C. physician-assisted suicide opposition draws emotional arguments

Lawmakers, disability rights activists and doctors held an emotionally charged press conference Wednesday to announce the introduction of a House resolution opposing physician-assisted suicide.

September 27, 2017

Brad Wenstrup shouted down by Obamacare supporter

A man unhappy with the effort to repeal and replace Obamacare shouted down Rep. Brad Wenstrup, Ohio Republican, at a Capitol Hill press conference Wednesday called to discuss a House resolution opposing physician-assisted suicide.

September 27, 2017

House to vote on 20-week abortion ban next week

The House will vote next week on a bill banning late-term abortions when the fetus can feel pain, Republican leaders announced Tuesday.

September 26, 2017

Clarence Thomas gets spot in Smithsonian African-American history museum

Just in time to celebrate its first anniversary, the Smithsonian's National Museum of African American History and Culture has included a display featuring Justice Clarence Thomas, one of the U.S. Supreme Court's conservative stalwarts.

September 25, 2017