Evie Fordham

WASHINGTON - House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has gained the most media buzz compared to her fellow Democrats, but the second-most newsworthy Democrat is a freshman congresswoman from New York: Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. Ocasio-Cortez…

JAPAN - A thief or group of thieves has stolen $118,000 worth of bonsai trees including a prized 400-year-old Shimpaku tree from a bonsai master’s garden near Tokyo, Japan. Seiji Iimura’s family has been creating and tending bonsai…

WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump defended his plan to build a southern border wall on Twitter Sunday by citing the CEO of Gallup, who wrote that “open borders could potentially attract 42 million Latin Americans” on Friday. …

WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump praised the “outstanding” members of the military wounded in Syria and Afghanistan he met at Walter Reed in a tweet Saturday as he continues to push for withdrawal of U.S. troops from those regions. …

WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump weighed in Saturday on the “hatred and scorn” coming from House Democrats questioning acting Attorney General Matthew Whitaker during a hearing Friday. “The Democrats in Congress yesterday were…

NEW YORK - Coca-Cola and Delta felt the need to apologize Thursday after giving airline passengers Diet Coke-branded napkins that encouraged them to exchange phone numbers. The front of the napkin read, “Because you are on a plane…

WASHINGTON - House Democrats pushed legislation during a hearing Thursday to require presidents and presidential candidates release tax returns in order to get President Donald Trump’s tax returns. “We have been called, we have been…

INDIANA - Former Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz took numerous digs at President Donald Trump while teasing a possible 2020 presidential run while speaking at Purdue University in West Lafayette, Indiana, Thursday. “The only thing I…

WASHINGTON - House Democrats continued pushing their far-reaching voting reform bill during an Oversight and Government Reform Committee hearing Wednesday while Republican committee members said the legislation would only perpetuate…

NUREMBERG - A German auction house will sell a watercolor painting by Adolf Hitler Saturday, and it comes with a high starting price: about $51,000. Auktionshaus Weidler in Nuremberg is selling more than 30 pieces “signed or…

WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump touted the “single largest decline” in drug prices in 46 years during his State of the Union speech Tuesday night. “Already, as a result of my Administration’s efforts, in 2018 drug prices…

WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump shared his administration’s plan “to defeat AIDS in America and beyond” during his State of the Union speech Tuesday. “No force in history has done more to advance the human condition than…

WASHINGTON - Presidential candidate Sen. Kamala Harris announced she is giving a speech before President Donald Trump’s State of the Union address Tuesday evening. Harris’s speech will be livestreamed on Facebook starting at 7:45…

WASHINGTON - The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC) released its list of 32 House Republicans it will target ahead of the 2020 election Monday after picking up 40 seats in the 2018 midterm elections. Some of the…

WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump listed what he wants to get out of this week’s trade talks with Chinese officials in Washington, D.C., via Twitter Thursday. Looking for China to open their Markets not only to Financial…

WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump vowed to stop a migrant caravan from entering the U.S. with “more troops” on Twitter Thursday as the group heads north from Central America. “More troops being sent to the Southern Border to stop…

WASHINGTON - Talks between Chinese and top White House officials will continue Thursday even after a uniformed Secret Service officer was injured as one person was arrested for attempting to “impede the progress” of the Chinese…

BOSTON - Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey spoke out about the state’s lawsuit against Purdue Pharma and members of the Sackler family in an interview with CBS News Thursday. “They don’t want to accept blame for this. They…

WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump responded Saturday to news of his confidant Roger Stone’s Friday indictment with a list of Democrats and justice officials he wants to see in trouble for alleged lying. “If Roger Stone was indicted for…

WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump continued to hammer on the need for a southern border wall Saturday after announcing Friday that he will support a deal to temporarily reopen the government without any funding for the wall. …

NEW YORK, NY - Walmart and CVS Health’s pharmacy benefit management (PBM) division announced they’re parting ways Tuesday, meaning that most people who have CVS Health drug plans will no longer be able to pick up their prescriptions at…

NEW YORK, NY - President Donald Trump deflected when television host Jeanine Pirro pressed him on what it would take for him to use emergency powers to fund a border wall during a phone interview on her show “Justice with Judge…