Sen. John Kennedy still seems shocked that the FBI is willing to take a second look at candidates who admit to bestiality ... because chicken fornicators aren't getting a job offer from him.
Charlie caught up with the Senator from Louisiana on Capitol Hill after Tuesday's bizarre exchange between him and FBI Director Kash Patel ... and he said he still doesn't totally understand why the agency had to get into bestiality in the first place.
Sen. Kennedy says it should be obvious ... if a candidate shows up to a job interview with his office and says they're into legs and breasts AND wings -- then they're not getting a position from him, regardless of whether his bylaws specifically state it or not.
Rep. Rashida Tlaib is raking Ed Sheeran and Robert Kraft over the coals after Macklemore was kicked off Ed's tour for his pro-Palestine rhetoric ... telling us she has no respect for Ed or Kraft.
Charlie caught up with the Representative from Michigan on Tuesday ... and she says she instantly lost respect for Ed when he dropped Macklemore from his remaining tour dates amid mounting pressure.
Rep. Tlaib says it always feels like Palestinians are always an exception ... claiming other groups get full-throated support during humanitarian crises -- but not Palestinians.
Jean Smart was riding high after her big Emmys win ... until the conversation turned to A.I. and Donald Trump.
We caught up with the acclaimed actress in L.A. after Monday night's awards show, and she admitted she's stressed about the emerging technology ... not just for acting, but for the state of the world.
Jean's got some strong words for the President ... namely, his position that there doesn't need to be any guardrails for A.I.
Rep. Haley Stevens' congressional career is coming to an end ... but her personal life's clearly making her feel groovy -- because she busted a move while giving deets on her engagement!
Jacob caught up with the Michigan Rep Tuesday ... and she's obviously feeling herself on the Hill these days -- busting a couple dance moves when Jacob's ringtone started playing.
Then, she dove into gossip ... laying out the romantic-comedy saga surrounding her relationship with Jason Turkish -- a disability rights lawyer based in the Great Lakes State.
Rep. Nancy Mace is calling for Lindsay Clancy to be publicly executed ... saying the Massachusetts mom accused of killing her three children "should be dead too."
The South Carolina congresswoman made the explosive comments while discussing Clancy's case and her attorney's recent push to have the charges resolved without another trial.
Jacobcaught up with Mace who argues Clancy should face the ultimate punishment and says she should be publicly executed ... saying "Her children are dead, she should be dead too."
John Calipari already knows which NBA star he'd send from the hardwood to Capitol Hill ... and he's picking and rolling with Stephen Curry.
Our intrepid producer Jacobcaught up with Coach Cal on Monday and asked which NBA player he'd like to see run for office, and he didn't hesitate -- Steph.
The legendary basketball mind, who has led six NCAA teams to the Final Four and coached in the NBA, says Curry would be a natural because he cares about people, is bright and energetic, and isn't shy about standing behind what he believes.
Bernie Sanders says the A.I. arms race is getting way too dangerous for countries to keep playing chicken ... and he wants the U.S. and China to hit the brakes together.
Charlie got the Senator from Vermont in D.C. Monday and asked what happens if China beats America to superintelligence ... and Bernie's answer was basically, nobody wins.
As you know the A.I. warnings are piling up ... Tristan Harris told us A.I. could threaten nuclear security, while ex-Anthropic researcher Jacob Coxon warned it could wipe out humanity by the end of the decade.
Bernie says President Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping need to use their upcoming meeting to negotiate a ban on superintelligence and a pause on advanced A.I. development.
President Donald Trumpwas cracking jokes about First Lady Melania Trump's absence during his trip to Ireland.
The prez told reporters in Dublin Saturday ... "My wife is here in spirit. She's watching right now. She said to say hello" to a couple people Trump said she's friendly with ... before adding, "I said, 'Well, why don't you want to come with me?' She said, 'Well, that's a seven-hour trip. Maybe I'm not that friendly.'"
The president added that he told her to "put on your Make America Great Again hat and come on."
While the first lady may have been a no-show for the president's visit to the Emerald Isle, joining him was none other than his ever-present aide Natalie Harp.
Kash Patel apparently wanted to unleash the FBI's resources on his internet bullies ... because he ordered aides to respond to his social media critics ... including a user with an offensive handle who criticized the Jeffrey Epsteininvestigations.
According to FBI records obtained by the Daily Beast, the FBI director was directing aides to respond to troll tweets with the Bureau's accomplishments.
You can see in the screenshot ... Patel flagged a post from a handle with the r-slur in the name in a series of messages from February.
Patel and an official go back and forth about whether or not the account is an "Epstein didn't kill himself" bot ... and that's when Patel hits him with the directive.
President Donald Trump gave a rousing speech at the Pentagon to honor 9/11 victims ... saying America remains committed to fighting terrorism in their memory.
POTUS took the stage Friday against a backdrop of American flags ... promising to never forget all the people killed on that tragic day a quarter-century ago.
President Trump administered a loyalty oath at the Republican midterm convention ... demanding people pledge to him -- "the greatest president" -- that they'll vote in November.
POTUS gave a rousing speech in Dallas, Texas, Thursday night ... during which he had the crowd raise their right hands and make a promise.
Trump tells the crowd to repeat after him ... then starts by saying, "I pledge to the greatest president in the history of the United States that loves us so much he can't even breathe..."
JD Vance dissed a man waving a Mexican flag during the VP's speech at the Republican convention in Texas -- and the Veep even took a shot at Mexico!!!
President's Trump's second-in-command took the stage Thursday night in front of a packed house at the GOP midterm convention in Dallas -- and things got rowdy when one dude dressed in a purple shirt started waving a Mexican flag.
JD almost immediately spotted and addressed the flag-waving man as security surrounded him and folks in the audience started chanting "USA."
President Trump laid into an ABC News reporter who dared to ask him a question related to the $40 trillion national debt ... and the shocking moment was all caught on camera.
Trump took questions from reporters on the tarmac after he landed in Dallas, Texas, to attend Thursday night's Republican National Convention ... and things got really tense when ABC's Rachel Scott fired off a zinger about our whopping national debt.
In the clip, Rachel asks Trump why he needs to offer each American a $5,000 check to incentivize them to vote Republican in the midterms if his economic policies are working, suggesting the prez is simply buying votes.
Lauren Boebert went to bat for her son Tyler in court Thursday ... asking a judge to punish him for his identity theft case without derailing his future as a young father.
The Colorado Congresswoman spoke during Tyler's sentencing hearing ... telling the judge she was there "as Tyler's mother" and "as a granny to his son" ... and insisting, "He's not a bad kid, he's not a bad man."
Lauren acknowledged Tyler was given a second chance with a deferred sentence, but failed to stay out of trouble ... later pleading guilty last week in a separate child abuse case.
Jimmy Kimmel is blaming President Trump for getting his TV interview with James Talarico spiked, claiming the commander-in-chief sicced the Federal Communications Commission on his bosses.
That's right ... Jimmy went to town on the prez during his monologue for Wednesday's episode of "Jimmy Kimmel Live!," kicking things off by saying that he was supposed to interview Talarico -- a Democrat running for a Senate seat in Texas -- on his Thursday broadcast ... but it won't air on TV because of alleged threats from Trump's FCC.
Jimmy also explained that for the 20-plus years he's been doing his show, he has interviewed many politicians, including Hillary Clinton and Trump, "with no problem at all."
