Trump Giving Waivers So Appointees Can Get Around Ethics Rules: Report The Trump administration has secretly issued waivers to ethics rules in order to allow individuals who would violate ethics rules be appointed to jobs in the administration. According to a report by the New York Times, in collaboration with ProPublica, at least two of Donald Trump’s appointees in the White House may have violated ethics rules. “But evaluating if and when such violations have occurred has become almost impossible because the Trump administration is secretly issuing waivers to the rules,” The New York Times explained. “Trump is populating...

WATCH: Melissa McCarthy Nails Sean Spicer’s Hitler Apology Mess Melissa McCarthy reprised her role as White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer on SNL this week. This time McCarthy was playing Spicer dressed as the Easter Bunny. Spicer began the sketch by telling the children to sit down and shut up, “I’m sweating my Easter eggs off in this thing.” “Shut up so I can apologize,” Spicer said. “You all got your wish this week, didn’t ya? Spicey finally made a mistake.” Then came the Hitler mess… “Syria’s leader, what’s his name, what’s his name, I’ve got his name…Bazooka Phylicia...

WATCH: Alec Baldwin Returns As Trump, Jimmy Fallon Plays Jared Kushner Alec Baldwin returned to Saturday Night Live this week to reprise his role as Donald Trump. The sketch featured Trump having to pick between Steve Bannon and his son-in-law Jared Kushner. But the real surprise was that Jared Kushner was played by Jimmy Fallon. In reality show fashion Trump delivered a monolog and handed a photo to the winner. Trump eventually banished Bannon to hell. Then Jared took his place at the president’s desk while Trump sat down at the children’s desk to play with his toy. WATCH: Melissa McCarthy...

Judge Blocks Arkansas Plan To Execute 8 Inmates In 11 Days A federal judge has blocked the state of Arkansas from its plan to execute 8 inmates over the course of 11 days. According to the Associated Press, U.S. District Judge Kristine Baker on Saturday granted a preliminary injunction to block the planned eight executions the state scheduled before the end of April. Arkansas scheduled the executions because their supply of drugs to carry out the executions is expiring and Republican Governor Asa Hutchinson has said he wants to use the drugs before they spoil. The manufacturers of the drugs...

Donald Trump Has Paid Himself Almost $500,000 With Campaign Funds Since January Donald Trump is personally benefiting from campaign funds that are being directed to Trump properties. According to Federal Election Commission filings, Donald Trump’s 2020 re-election campaign has paid Trump-owned businesses almost $500,000 since January. The Wall Street Journal reported on Saturday that the almost $500,000 has gone directly to Trump-owned hotels, restaurants and golf clubs. Out of more than $6 million in campaign funds that have been spent since January 1, $274,013 was paid in rent at Trump Tower. Now you might be asking yourself, why does...

PHOTOS: Massive Turnout Around the Country For Tax March If there was any question about whether the American people care about seeing Donald Trump’s taxes, the Tax March protests in cities around the country sent a clear message. Tens of thousands of protestors showed up to Tax March rallies around the country as the American people demanded to see Donald Trump’s taxes.   Chicagoans took to the streets today to tell @realDonaldTrump: No more hot air! We need to see your tax returns! #TaxMarch pic.twitter.com/Wum5Uf4Vro — Trump Tax March (@taxmarch) April 15, 2017 Happy Taxday from L.A! #TaxMarch #showusyourtaxes...

Planned Parenthood President Will Join Bernie Sanders and Tom Perez On Dem Unity Tour Cecile Richards, the President of Planned Parenthood, will join Senator Bernie Sanders and DNC Chair Tom Perez on their national tour later this month, according to The Hill. She will join Sanders and Perez in Las Vegas on April 22 which is the final stop in the DNC unity tour. The news that the Planned Parenthood President will join Sanders and Perez makes clear that Democrats are trying to activate the party after Republicans and Donald Trump’s recent attack on Planned Parenthood.   Perez has...

ACLU Blasts Trump Decision Not To Release Visitor Logs, ‘Trump Admin Has Many Things It Is Trying To Hide’ American Civil Liberties Union calls out Trump for refusing to release White House visitor logs.  The American Civil Liberties Union, in a statement Friday, strongly blasted Donald Trump’s decision not to release White House visitor logs. The ACLU called the Trump White House’s decision “simply the latest in a series of efforts by President Trump to avoid public accountability.” “Elected officials work for the people and we deserve to see government business conducted in transparent daylight,” the ACLU statement said. The...

DeVos Pick For Civil Rights Office: White Woman Who Claims Anti-White Discrimination Donald Trump’s presidency has characterized as “opposite land” – an EPA head who doesn’t believe in protecting the enforcement, Rick Perry running the department he once forgot he wanted to abolish and Education Secretary who never went to public school, never sent her kids to public school and thinks there shouldn’t be public schools. And speaking of Betsy DeVos, Donald Trump’s Education Secretary just appointed a new acting head of the U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights. And in a shocking turn of events, she’s a white...

Nancy Pelosi Calls Trump’s Bluff On Obamacare Funding The Democratic Minority Leader says Obamacare funding is not optional.  In response to Donald Trump’s threat not to include Obamacare funding in the upcoming government funding resolution, Nancy Pelosi blasted Trump’s threat saying “must be included.” And Democrats are signaling that the Obamacare funding is non-negotiable for them in the budget negotiations setting up a potential government shutdown. An aide to Nancy Pelosi said, “The President’s comments on stopping the Cost Sharing Reduction payments will increase costs, is a threat to the good health of the American people and a threat to keeping government open.”...