The Walt Disney Company has announced its donation of $1 million to the OneOrlando Fund today. The fund was established by Mayor Buddy Dyer with the purpose of offering help to anyone affected by the attacks at the Pulse Nightclub in Orlando over the weekend. The corporation has also announced a matching policy for any …
Following a moment of silence on the House floor in remembrance of the victims of the Orlando attack at a gay nightclub, House Democrats staged protests Monday evening. Speaker Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) led the House in the moment of silence, and afterwards the chamber erupted into shouting as Democrats voiced their frustration regarding the lack …
Presumptive Democratic presidential nominee and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton broke from President Barack Obama on Monday, referring to the terrorist attack in Orlando as “radical Islamism,” perhaps in an effort to counter Republican nominee Donald Trump’s accusations and both she and Obama are weak on addressing terrorism. Monday morning on NBC’s Today, Clinton said that …
The Tony Awards were hosted by James Corden on Sunday night, and made history by awarding all four of its musical acting awards to performers of color. The awards went to one star of The Color Purple and three Hamilton castmembers for the 70th Tonys. Leslie Odom Jr. earned the best actor in a leading role in …
Although Hillary Clinton has already been crowned the presumptive Democratic nominee in the 2016 presidential race, Senator from Vermont Bernie Sanders picked up another superdelegate this weekend. Jean Lemire Dahlman, a Montana Democratic National Committeewoman, has announced her plans to support Sanders as a superdelegate at the Democratic National Convention this summer in Philadelphia. The news …