Barack and Michelle Obama are now Washington homeowners. The former president and first lady bought the nine bedroom, eight-and-a-half bathroom home in D.C.’s historic Kalorama neighborhood that they had been renting since leaving the White House in January. They closed on the $8.1 million purchase…

LeBron James’ Los Angeles home was vandalized with a racial slur on Wednesday morning, an incident that the LAPD is investigating as a hate crime. On the eve of the NBA Finals, James spoke about the incident during a press conference Wednesday afternoon. He stressed that “racism will always be a…

Like what you read below? Sign up for HUFFPOST HILL and get a cheeky dose of political news every evening! Both Hillary Clinton and Kathy Griffin criticized President Trump this week — at last, some good news for the guy. Trump is planning on pulling the U.S. out of the Paris Agreement — he’ll be in…

One of the most common misconceptions about feminist work is that it is a movement solely for and about women and that men are excluded as allies or beneficiaries. But in truth feminist issues are not just “women’s issues,” they are human issues. Ultimately it is about the right of each of us to…

Quitting the Paris Agreement, as President Donald Trump is reportedly poised to do this week , will have steep political and economic costs. But for an embattled president, it does do one thing: It fulfills a campaign promise popular with his base. If Trump does indeed pull the U.S. from the deal,…

Speculative fiction queen Margaret Atwood has done so much great work, and she’s getting recognized more and more these days. She’s lending her newly heightened cachet to a worthy cause: Encouraging New York Public Library patrons to sign a petition in support of continued funding for the city’s…

Rep. Don Beyer (D-Va.), who spearheaded the letter, raised similar concerns in April. | AP Photo More than 40 House Democrats are urging the White House to revoke Jared Kushner's security clearance "to protect national security" until the FBI resolves its investigation of potential collusion between…

Story highlights President Donald Trump is weighing whether to add more US troops in Afghanistan The White House and Congress are divided on whether to increase the US military presence there Afghanistan was little more than an afterthought during the presidential campaign (CNN) A suicide bombing in…

Musician and gun rights activist Ted Nugent addresses a seminar at a National Rifle Association convention in Pittsburgh in 2011. (Gene J. Puskar/Associated Press) At a time of strong partisan divide, when one side messes up, the other pounces like a bird of prey. That happened after comedian Kathy…

As President Donald Trump continues his crusade against what he brands “fake news,” 60 percent of those who voted for him view the media as their “enemy,” according to a new Huffpost/YouGov poll . That’s up from the 51 percent of Trump supporters who gave that answer in a February survey . Overall,…

WASHINGTON, May 31 (Reuters) - President Donald Trump is expected this week to delay relocating the U.S. Embassy in Israel to Jerusalem from Tel Aviv, U.S. officials and a diplomatic source said on Wednesday, despite his campaign pledge to go ahead with the controversial move. With a deadline for a…

“Tell everyone on the train I love them.” Those were the reported last words of Taliesin Myrddin Namkai-Meche, 23, who died from a stab wound on Friday, May 26, according to a bystander. The recent college grad was one of the victims in a hate-fueled attack on a train in Portland, Oregon, that…

Photo by staff photographer Ricardo Ramirez Buxeda shows road heading into Orlando International Airport. Story: https://t.co/NGVjAWzfZq pic.twitter.com/iiSjzq45OO — Orlando Sentinel (@orlandosentinel) May 31, 2017 A man with a fake gun was taken into custody at the Orlando International Airport…

Next year, about 14 million more Americans could be uninsured if the House-passed version of health care becomes law, according to the Congressional Budget Office analysis, a more pressing issue than the estimated 23 million expected to be affected by 2026. In addition to the individual burdens of…

Scott Pelley reportedly has been booted from the anchor desk at “CBS Evening News.” The New York Post, which broke the story on Tuesday evening, said Pelley will remain with the network at “60 Minutes.” The newspaper’s Page Six said his office was cleared out earlier in the day, while he was away on…

WASHINGTON — Michael Dubke, the White House communications director, announced on Tuesday that he is resigning, as President Trump weighs a broader shake-up of his staff in the face of multiple investigations. Mr. Dubke, a veteran Republican strategist who served three months in the role, said that…

A “Back To The Future” fan who purchased a DeLorean because of the film found out Doc Brown was right: “serious s**t” does happen when the car reaches 88 mph. Spencer White of Saugus, California, purchased a DeLorean a month ago after pining for the 1980s-era sports car for 10 years. The car is best…

Stories about women in entertainment dominated the 2017 Cannes Film Festival news cycle, as Sofia Coppola became the second woman to win the award for best director award, and jury member Jessica Chastain spoke out about the “disturbing” depictions of women in cinema. Chastain’s choice of adjective…

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump has been handing out his cellphone number to world leaders and urging them to call him directly, an unusual invitation that breaks diplomatic protocol and is raising concerns about the security and secrecy of the U.S. commander in chief’s communications. Trump has…

In late October of 1996, after spending two weeks curled up in the fetal position in excruciating pain from a Crohn’s disease flareup, I shook my husband awake at 2 a.m. and in complete seriousness asked him to bring me a big kitchen knife. “Huh?” he asked, groggily. “What for?” “I just need to cut…

President Trump and Chancellor Angela Merkel of Germany at the dedication of NATO’s new headquarters in Brussels last week. Stephen Crowley/The New York Times WASHINGTON — The last time relations between the United States and Europe were this bad — in the spring of 2003, during the buildup to the…

(CNN) An apologetic Kathy Griffin took to Instagram Tuesday to issue a mea culpa for participating in a photo shoot that featured her holding up a bloody head resembling President Donald Trump. "I'm a comic," she said. "I cross the line. I move the line, then I cross it. I went way too far. The…

One of Tennessee’s most conservative state senators has announced her candidacy for governor on a record that includes strong support for President Donald Trump and criticism of same-sex marriage, pornography and allowing transgender students to use the bathroom of their choice. Republican Mae…

No, the Tiger Woods you met in that Jupiter, Florida, police report is not the Tiger Woods presented to you by Tiger, his sponsors and his reps. That Woods was a new and improved human being since his extramarital sex scandal from hell, a better father and friend, with or without golf in his life.…

A new study finds 52 genes that are related to intelligence — a rousing success in a field that has often struggled to find correlations between smarts and genes. The 52 genes, though, account for only about 5 percent of the variation in intelligence scores among different people. That’s because…

An interceptor rocket that is part of the United States’ ballistic missile defense program launched during a flight test from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California on Tuesday. Lucy Nicholson/Reuters WASHINGTON — An upgraded American interceptor rocket collided with a mock intercontinental…

In the world of competitive spellers, Sylvie Lamontagne is known as a juggernaut. She placed fourth in last year’s Scripps National Spelling Bee, and ninth in 2015. Last summer, she traveled to California and won the Spelling Bee of China’s North America Spelling Champion Challenge, a contest for…

Cohen has remained close to Trump since leaving the president’s company in January. | AP Photo President Donald Trump’s longtime personal attorney has turned down a request to be interviewed and provide documents in the congressional probe into Russian interference into the 2016 election. Michael…

(CNN) Timothy Loehmann, the Cleveland police officer who fatally shot 12-year-old Tamir Rice in 2014, was fired Tuesday not for the shooting but because investigations of the incident found he'd broken rules when he applied to the force. The officer who was with Loehmann, Frank Garmback, will be…

Story highlights Current Senate rules mandate that in order to pass cloture on a vote, a 60% threshold is needed Republicans have instead opted to try to pass tax reform and health care via a process known as reconciliation Washington (CNN) President Donald Trump urged Republicans Tuesday to change…

Story highlights Zahir Janmohamed: There is nothing surprising about encountering bigotry in Portland Despite its liberal veneer, Portland is also home to individuals who repeatedly attack people of color, writes Janmohamed Zahir Janmohamed is the Policy Director for the Asian Pacific American…

Big congratulations go out to all the lovely couples who tied the knot this month! Below, May wedding pics from our readers that are cause for celebration. And remember: If you go to a wedding or get married yourself, hashtag your photos #HPrealweddings or e-mail one to us afterward and we may…

WASHINGTON ― Officials at the Office of National Drug Control Policy under President Barack Obama wanted to take a more lenient stance on marijuana, with one former official telling HuffPost that staff pushed to ease federal prohibitions against the drug. But they never made that case directly to…

There are moments in a presidency that call for what we Beltway toffs refer to as “the staff shake-up.” Sometimes, a White House needs a turn-of-the-page in a media narrative that’s fallen into a malaise. On other occasions, stale thinking calls for some new warm bodies to rejuvenate the scene with…

Americans give President Donald Trump generally positive marks for his first official trip abroad, according to a new HuffPost/YouGov poll , although most still say he doesn’t have the respect of other world leaders. Forty-six percent of Americans approve of Trump’s handling of his international…

A poodle is lucky to be alive after a good Samaritan found him locked inside a suitcase discarded off a road in Canada over the weekend, authorities said. The tiny animal, since named Donut, was heard crying inside the blue, hard-shelled luggage on Sunday by a dog walker in Vancouver, British…

A federal appeals court ruled on Tuesday that a transgender high school student in Wisconsin has both a constitutional and statutory right to use the bathroom that aligns with his gender identity. The ruling , by the U.S. Court of Appeals for 7th Circuit in Chicago, is the first of its kind and…

Addiction and drug overdoses claim one life every four minutes in America. In the time it takes to order a latte, someone dies—from an illness that is highly treatable. The addiction crisis is the result of social prejudice; criminal justice policies that incarcerate people with addiction instead of…

After a journalist’s racist tweet about the Japanese Indy 500 winner went viral this past weekend, a former colleague took to social media to sound off. Gil Asakawa, a former executive producer at The Denver Post’s website, recently responded to his old colleague Terry Frei’s remarks about racer…

At the White House’s first press conference in nearly two weeks, press secretary Sean Spicer dodged nearly every question reporters asked him before abruptly ending the briefing. Spicer spent around 11 minutes Tuesday on a preamble largely detailing President Donald Trump’s recent international…