Author: Stephanie Moffat

Obama to Receive JFK ‘Profile of Courage’ Award Former President Obama will accept the John F. Kennedy “Profile in Courage” Award on the 100th anniversary of Kennedy’s birth. And the winner of the 2017 #ProfileInCourage Award is… https://t.co/X8xXhlq9Y1 pic.twitter.com/0PJUmlAO7H — JFK Library (@JFKLibrary) March 2, 2017 Caroline Kennedy, Kennedy’s daughter, and her son, Jack Schlossberg, will present the award to Obama this spring. “President Obama has embodied the definition of courage that my grandfather cites in the opening lines of ‘Profiles in Courage’: grace under pressure,” Schlossberg said in a statement. “Throughout his two terms in office, he represented...

Alec Baldwin Would Stand In for Trump at Correspondents’ Dinner Alec Baldwin stopped by Jimmy Kimmel to talk about his Donald Trump impersonation. “To me, Trump is someone who he’s always searching for a stronger, better word and he never finds it,” Baldwin explains. Baldwin added that he would be willing to step in for Trump during the White House Correspondents’ Dinner. “It should be the one the president hates seeing do it the most,” Kimmel said about Baldwin filling in. “And that’s undoubtedly you.” What Baldwin didn’t add is that yesterday it was announced the Baldwin will be...

Sen. Chuck Schumer Calls for Sessions’ Resignation Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer joined other Democrats to call for Attorney General Jeff Sessions to resign and be investigated by the Department of Justice’s inspector general to determine whether he compromised an investigation into Russian influence. “It would be better for the country if he resigned,” Schumer told reporters. “You have to be above reproach.” Schumer said there was nothing wrong with Sessions meeting with the Russian ambassador, but that he transgressed by misleading lawmakers about whether he met with Sergey Kislyak in July and September. “If there was nothing wrong...

Senator Joe Manchin, a Democrat from West Virginia, told The Daily Beast on Thursday that Jeff Sessions should resign as attorney general if he lied about his contacts with Russia’s ambassador during the 2016 election. Manchin was the only Democratic senator to confirm Sessions as attorney general. This is following other top Democratic lawmakers, including House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer calling on Sessions’ recusal and resignation. Pelosi, Top Democrats Call For Sessions To...

Seth Meyers Mocks Media’s Obsession of Trump’s Tone in Congress Speech Dear media, “Let’s not get fooled again. We’ve been here with Trump before,” Seth Meyers warned in his Closer Look segment. Meyers takes a deep dive into the media’s obsession with Trump’s “tone” during the Joint Address to Congress – explaining how the media “salivated over the possibility of a more presidential Trump.” The late night host broke it down – Trump “spent the last year and a half lowering the bar when it comes to public speaking,” the fact that he “managed to sustain a muted tone that...