Joey Chestnut, a legendary competitive eating celebrity, has responded to the Nathan’s Hot Dog Eating Contest’s announcement of banning him from this year’s competition by signing on to compete in Netflix‘s live hot dog eating contest airing on Labor Day. Netflix will reignite a longtime rivalry between Chestnut and fellow competitive eater Takeru Kobayashi by […]
Former world No. 1 tennis star Billie Jean King met with lawmakers on Capitol Hill on Wednesday to discuss legislation that would award her the Congressional Gold Medal. Reps. Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA) and Mikie Sherrill (D-NJ) introduced the bipartisan legislation in March. Fitzpatrick’s office touted King as having played an “instrumental” role in the passage […]
Pope Francis will bring a group of world-famous comedians to the Vatican on Friday, June 14. The names of the invited American comedians include Jimmy Fallon, Stephen Colbert, Conan O’Brien, Chris Rock, and Whoopi Goldberg. Other comedians from Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, France, Germany, Mexico, Poland, Portugal, Spain, Switzerland, the United Kingdom, Ireland, and Italy will […]
SpaceX and its CEO Elon Musk are being sued by eight former employees who alleged that they were fired after raising concerns about sexual harassment and gender discrimination at the company. In 2022, the eight employees wrote an open letter criticizing Musk for lewd statements he made in person and on X, formerly Twitter. The […]
Tucker Carlson announced he will host a tour with celebrities for 15 live arena shows in various cities starting in September. “The one thing we know for certain is that the United States is going to be one intense place this fall into this presidential election, so we thought: What better time to hit the […]
An attempt by Senate Democrats on Wednesday to impose new ethics rules on the Supreme Court was blocked by Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC). Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Dick Durbin (D-IL) sought a unanimous consent request to pass legislation championed by him and Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) to implement a code of conduct for the high […]
The Democratic National Committee is demanding independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. release more medical records after he disclosed that his doctors found a dead parasitic worm in his brain over a decade ago. On Wednesday, a press release from the DNC slammed Kennedy for not disclosing further medical records to voters. “In an […]
Democrats are dismissing first son Hunter Biden’s guilty verdict as both a normal legal outcome and evidence that Republicans’ cries of a “two-tiered system of justice” should be put to rest — despite some GOP members blasting the conviction as an “illusion of equal justice.” Biden was found guilty on three felony counts related to […]
Attorney General Merrick Garland responded on Wednesday to the House voting almost entirely along party lines to hold him in contempt of Congress, calling the move “deeply disappointing.” Garland said it transformed contempt, a rare move lawmakers use as a last resort to enforce subpoenas, from a “serious congressional authority” into a “partisan weapon.” Republicans initiated contempt proceedings […]
Democrats are issuing a stark warning for President Joe Biden that emphasizing his recent executive order to limit asylum-seekers without also advancing legal protections for Dreamers could hurt his reelection prospects. Reps. Sylvia Garcia (D-TX), Delia Ramirez (D-IL), Pramila Jayapal (D-WA), and Sen. Alex Padilla (D-CA) held a press conference with a group of Dreamers […]
