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WATCH: Drunk CEO brags about his wealth as he spews racist slurs at California bartender

During her shift this Tuesday night at a bar in Fresno, California, Rebecca Hernandez found herself on the receiving end of racist slurs from an intoxicated man. Since she was with only one other co-worker in the bar and feared for her safety, she took out her phone and started recording the incident on video.

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Prosecutor spills details about Bill Barr's 'unprecedented, unnecessary and unexplained' efforts to oust him

Geoffrey Berman, the man who until recently served as the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, told members of Congress on Thursday about Attorney General Bill Barr's "unprecedented, unnecessary and unexplained" efforts to oust him.

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Legal experts weigh in on Supreme Court rulings on Trump's financial records

The U.S. Supreme Court, on July 9, handed down two anxiously awaited decisions dealing with access to President Donald Trump’s financial records — one in Trump v. Vancethe other in Trump v. Mazars.

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Megachurch denies throwing 'COVID-19 parties' after death of Florida teen

A Florida megachurch at the center of a major controversy surrounding the death of a local teenager is denying claims that it was throwing "COVID-19 parties."

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Stylist fired for refusing to cut Black girl’s hair: ‘She made fun of the color of my skin’

A Massachusetts stylist was fired after insulting a Black family who had scheduled haircuts.

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Fox News host shuts down Trump spokesman's attempt to paint Biden as a child molester

During a segment on Fox News this Thursday, White House deputy press secretary Hogan Gidley tried to shift the topic of discussion to Joe Biden's alleged inappropriateness with children -- an attempt that was immediately shut down by host Sandra Smith.

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GOP lawmaker rails against removing bust of infamous KKK-loving Confederate general: '3,000 Blacks were at his funeral!'

Republican Tennessee State Sen. Joey Hensley on Thursday morning made a number of historically dubious claims in his defense of keeping a bust of Nathan Bedford Forrest, an infamous Confederate general whom many historians believe was the first elected Grand Wizard of the Ku Klux Klan.

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'Everybody down': What happened at the Seattle CHOP shooting that killed a teenager and led to the area's shutdown?

SEATTLE — Just before two teenagers were shot at the Capitol Hill Organized Protest in the early morning hours of June 29, the scene outside the closed Seattle police East Precinct was one of confused chaos.People ran. They yelled. There were unconfirmed reports of multiple shooters and multiple vehicles involved. The shooting killed 16-year-old Antonio Mays Jr., left a 14-year-old boy in serious condition with gunshot wounds and effectively ended the city’s waning tolerance toward the protest zone known as CHOP. Seattle police have given few details about the shooting and said the crime scene w...

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WATCH: White woman calls the cops on Black man for sitting in his car in front of his house

Yet another "Karen" video has emerged on social media, this time showing a woman harassing a Black man for the simple act of sitting in car in front of his own house.

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‘If I’m Trump -- I’m scared right now': MSNBC's Neal Katyal says Trump's taxes will likely come out before election

MSNBC legal analyst Neal Katyal on Thursday argued that President Donald Trump has reason to worry about the Supreme Court's ruling that he could not simply ignore subpoenas for information about his personal finances.

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Internet celebrates Joy Reid taking MSNBC nighttime anchor slot

Joy Reid will be the new anchor for MSNBC's 7 PM hour starting July 20, and the internet is celebrating. The veteran journalist has been an MSNBC anchor, host, political correspondent, analyst, and commentator for over six years.

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Biden beats Trump to the punch with massive 'Buy American' spending package -- and GOP allies are fuming

Some of President Donald Trump's "economic nationalist" allies are furious that Joe Biden beat the White House to the punch with a "Buy American" policy push.

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Fox News pundit: Tax returns ruling against Trump is 'a win for him' and 'will help the president'

Fox News pundit Katie Pavlich argued on Thursday that a Supreme Court ruling which opened the door for prosecutors to obtain Donald Trump's tax returns is actually "a win" for the president.

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