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After months of negotiating custody agreements and finances, Donald Trump Jr. and Vanessa Trump finalized their divorce at the end of 2018, according to a joint statement they released on Friday. Trump Jr. and Vanessa had been married for more than…

According to new data released by the IRS on Friday, tax refunds are lower than they were last year for the third week in a row. 2018 was the first tax year under the GOP-backed Tax Cuts and Jobs Act — and as a result, the average 2019 tax refund is…

It's been nearly two years since Special Counsel Robert Mueller was appointed. After a number of high-profile arrests, pleas, and at least one conviction, the former FBI director is expected to submit his report soon. But for an ordinary citizen…

Over the weekend, climate change policy took center stage after a video of Dianne Feinstein addressing the Green New Deal in front of a group of kids went viral. In the video, the children ask Feinstein to support the deal, and in response, she…

It's no secret that Donald Trump's 2016 election victory galvanized scores of women like Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez into running for office. But what would life look like for the freshman congresswoman if she hadn't opted to journey a political…

The president's reality show background — and the larger than life qualities it has given his time in office — has been a topic of conversation since the beginning of the 2016 election cycle. But less talked about is the publicity launching pad it…

The upcoming U.S.- North Korea summit in Vietnam is centered around striking a deal to denuclearize the Korean peninsula. But there's another topic that advocates want the leaders of both nations to discuss while they're at it — North Korea's human…

The Democratic People's Republic of Korea is a country that keeps its political affairs tightly under the wraps. As a result of this remarkable amount of secrecy, people may have questions about how politics take place in the country, including how…

On Feb. 15, President Donald Trump declared a controversial national emergency to allocate funds to build a wall along the southern U.S. border. Amidst chatter about when it's appropriate for a president to declare a national emergency, you may be…

Donald Trump was inaugurated as president of the United States on Jan. 20, 2017. Since then, he has run an administration vastly different than that of his predecessor, Barack Obama. Moreover, Trump has killed many Obama policies that were once…

Following the death of a 45-year-old Mexican man on Monday, three migrants have now died in the custody of U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) in three months. Their deaths have brought more attention to the conditions at CBP facilities, as…

After his first candidate for the position withdrew from consideration, President Donald Trump nominated Kelly Craft as the new UN ambassador. According to The Washington Post, Craft is currently the U.S. ambassador to Canada, as well as a major…

Bustle’s “What’s Missing” gives space to important insights that are being left out of the conversation around the most talked about news of the day. In this op-ed, writer and community organizer Clarissa Brooks unpacks what’s missing from the…

On Friday, the Trump administration announced a new rule proposing dramatic changes to Title X, a federal program that facilitates reproductive health care access for millions of low-income Americans. The Trump administration's Title X changes…

After nearly two years of inquiry, special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation into allegations of Russian meddling in the 2016 election may be wrapping up soon. According to multiple media outlets, Mueller may hand in his final report as early…

On Friday, prosecutors in Cook County, Illinois, charged R. Kelly with 10 counts of aggravated criminal sexual abuse, the Chicago Sun-Times reported. Citing court records and unnamed sources, the Sun-Times reported that Kelly's first court date is…

It's not every day that your conference call is interrupted by an eager, slobbering bulldog. But then again, there's been nothing ordinary about the past year for New York's 14th congressional district representative. A video of a bulldog bowling…

Roughly a month after she described an alleged attack against Empire actor Jussie Smollett as a "modern day lynching," a Democratic presidential candidate and California senator is commenting on new developments in the case. Sen. Kamala Harris said…

He might not be president any more, but he's still at the forefront of one particular trend: outerwear, apparently. While attending a much-hyped Duke-North Carolina NCAA basketball game on Wednesday evening, Barack Obama wore a bomber jacket with…

It's Thursday and one freshman congresswoman in particular is getting attacked from the right. This time the push-back came in the form of a Times Square ad criticizing Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and blaming her for lost jobs after Amazon decided…