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Actress Taraji P. Henson compared Jussie Smollett’s fake hate crime sentence to the lynching of Emmett Till in a celebrity-endorsed plea for early release. Henson, who co-starred with Smollett on the Fox show “Empire,” took to Instagram in a display of hashtag activism to make her case. Rather than argue on the merits of innocence or guilt, Henson claims Smollett is facing excessive punishment. “I am not here to debate you on his innocence,” Henson wrote, “but we can agree that the punishment does not fit the crime.” 0:10 / 50:16 1 seconds... Henson then proceeded to compare the sentence...

Former FBI deputy director Andrew McCabe said Wednesday that the bureau's handling of an investigation into disgraced physician Larry Nassar was the worst “dereliction of duty that I have ever seen over the course of my 20-plus years with the FBI.” “It's just the — and the consequences, my god. The priority of the FBI is to protect the American people and uphold the Constitution and they failed in the most heinous and awful way, in a way that allowed upwards of now the numbers are somewhere in the range of 100 additional people, young women, to get victimized. I...

Former Acting Director of National Intelligence Richard Grenell is pouring cold water on new reporting from Bob Woodward, detailed in the Washington Post Tuesday, that General Mark Milley vowed to give China a heads up if President Donald Trump ordered an attack. He's also dismissing calls from Alexander Vindman, the "whistleblower" behind Trump's first impeachment over a phone call with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, for Milley to resign. From the Washington Post's reporting on Woodward's book: In the book’s account, Milley went so far as to pledge he would alert his counterpart in the event of a U.S. attack, stressing...

VIDEOMany have been shocked by the revelation of General Mark Milley working behind the back of President Trump in an act of outright insurrection. However, Milley does have at least one notable defender: General Jack D. Ripper.

Alexander Vindman was the NSC operative who worked with the CIA to frame Donald Trump by leaking a manipulated transcript of a presidential phone call. Today he tweeted this about General Mark Milley...

Alexander Vindman was the national security council operative who worked with the CIA to frame Donald Trump by leaking a manipulated transcript of a presidential phone call. Today he tweeted this about General Mark Milley: The Lieutenant Col. who broke chain-of-command and usurped his authority is complaining about the Joint Chief’s Chairman breaking chain-of-command and usurping his authority. Yeah, you really can’t make this up folks.

Two US parents accused of killing their daughter by making her drink more than two litres of soft drink and water in a cruel and bizarre act of punishment have pleaded not guilty to her murder. Father Randall Lee Vaughn, 41, and stepmother Mary Vaughn, 58, face charges of murder and child abuse following a two-year investigation into the death of 5-year-old Alexa Linboon. A discoloured and unresponsive Alexa Linboon was taken to an emergency room in the state of Tennessee on January 1, 2012, the Los Angeles Times reports. Alexa experienced seizures and was legally declared brain dead. She...