Joy Behar and Vice President JD Vance on the set of 'The View.' In a remarkable moment of candor, Joy Behar said she encouraged JD Vance to run for president and that she was impressed with him because he's "intelligent." Meanwhile, Vance said he was surprised to have received a compliment from Behar, and that the ladies of The View were indeed vicious, but not as vicious as he had expected. Behar sat down with the show's executive producer who hosts the Behind the Table pod

Surveillance video showing Luigi Mangione allegedly shooting a healthcare CEO in the back. At a hearing in Manhattan on Tuesday, the judge in the Luigi Mangione murder case revealed that his defense lawyers plan to make an "affirmative psychiatric defense" at his trial later this year, and will argue that Mangione suffered an "extreme emotional disturbance" at the time UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson was fatally shot in the back in December 2024. Judge Gregory Carro reve

Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. Former secretary of state and multi-time failed presidential candidate Hillary Clinton took shots at former President Joe Biden on Monday, saying Biden made a "terrible mistake" by seeking re-election, and that had he not mounted a re-election bid, another candidate would've won the 2024 election against Donald Trump. Clinton's comments came during a discussion with David Remnick, the top editor of The New Yorker, at the 92nd Street

Former Vice President Kamala Harris. Kamala Harris on Tuesday at a conference in Austria made a bold prediction and said that she has "no doubt" Democrats will win the midterm elections in November. The former vice president and failed presidential candidate appeared alongside former California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger in Vienna for a fireside chat at the the Schwarzenegger Climate Initiative's Austrian World Summit. The discussion was ostensibly about climate change and en

Merlin Lu seen fleeing the scene of a cross he lit on fire in a Chicago park last week. A suspect been taken into custody by police for an alleged cross-burning in a city park last week after a 21-year-old college student came forward, admitted to having committed the crime and explained his motivation to a local TV news station. It wasn't clear on Tuesday whether the suspect in custody is the same individual who confessed to the crime on Tuesday. In a strange twist, Merlin

Former Southern Poverty Law Center director of intelligence Heidi Beirich. A former top executive at The Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) is accused of secretly steering more than a million dollars worth of donor funds to the member of a nearly defunct hate group who was also believed to be her live-in lover. According to Chadwick Moore of The New York Post, the superseding indictment brought against the SPLC earlier this month alleges that "Employee-2" channeled money acc

Dave Rubin and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis. Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis appeared at the live "Florida Man" edition of The Rubin Report Thursday night in Miami Beach, Dave Rubin asked him whether he's planning to run for president again in 2028. "I suspect you know what the question will be," Dave said to DeSantis near the end of the discussion. "They know what the question will be, too," he added, gesturing to the live audience. DeSantis chuckled and said, "It's probably a quest

Harry Enten. The blue wave many pundits are predicting for the midterm elections in November may not materialize, CNN polling guru Harry Enten said Monday, breaking down the numbers that many Democrats may find concerning. According to Enten's analysis of polls released in June, Democrats are clinging to a razor-thin lead over Republicans less than sixth months out from the midterms. And that slim lead has shrunk over the last five months. Enten highlighted polls conducted b

Bette Midler. Broadway and Hollywood icon Bette Midler on Sunday night performed at an event billed as a celebration of the First Amendment in New York City that took place at the same time President Trump was celebrating his 80th birthday at the White House with a UFC event. Midler faced a barrage of criticism on social media over the performance of a reimagined protest song from the 1940s. The performance took place at an event called Rise Up, Sing Out: A Concert for the Fi

Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard. Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard released evidence on Friday showing the U.S.-taxpayer-funded biolabs are being run in more than 30 countries around the world, including in places like Ukraine. Gabbard said the disclosure of the documents is the culmination of a months-long search throughout U.S. intelligence community files and, in the statement announcing the disclosure, revealed that the new evidence had been

Switzerland is holding a vote on capping the population. About one in three people living in Switzerland is foreign born, a dramatic increase of immigrants from 25 years ago, when the figure was one in five. Amid growing frustration with immigration, Switzerland is set to hold a controversial referendum vote on Sunday on whether to put a cap on the country's total population. The idea was proposed by the Swiss People's Party (SVP), Switzerland's conservative political party,

The numbers '86 47' seen appearing in a lawn on the National Mall. A shocking anti-Trump message is visible in a patch of grass on the National Mall, according to photos and video taken from the top of the iconic D.C. landmark. Photos captured on Thursday by a photographer for the newswire service Reuters show the faint markings that reveal the numbers "86 47" in the lawn beneath the Washington Monument. Moments after the images were shot, federal authorities arrived at the s

Jeff Metcalf, the father of slain teenager Austin Metcalf. Jeff Metcalf is speaking out about the killing of his son Austin Metcalf, whom a Texas jury ruled this week was murdered by Karmelo Anthony at a high school track meet last year. The grieving dad had been unable to speak publicly about the case due to a court-imposed gag order, which expired when jurors handed down a guilty verdict. Metcalf spoke with CBS News about the agony the case has brought him and his family as

U.S. Senator Eric Schmitt making a diving catch. The annual Congressional Baseball game at Nationals Park in Washington, D.C., provided a "web-gem" worthy highlight Wednesday evening when a Republican senator made a sensational diving catch down the left field line, robbing a Democrat of a hit in front of a sold-out crowd in the nation's capital. The play unfolded in the bottom of the third inning with Republicans leading 3-0. U.S. Representative Johnny Olszewski, a lefty fr

Jasmine Crockett accused jurors of racism in the Karmelo Anthony verdict. U.S. Representative Jasmine Crockett of Texas is blasting jurors who convicted a Texas teen of murdering another teenager at a track meet last year, and sentenced him to 35 years in prison on Tuesday, suggesting racism played a role in the guilty verdict. Crockett was asked by TMZ reporter Jacob Wasserman on Wednesday for her reaction to the verdict in which a Texas jury spent less than three hours deli

President Trump speaking with reporters in the Oval Office on Wednesday. President Donald Trump on Wednesday reacted to Democrat Graham Platner winning the senate primary in Maine, calling the scandal-ridden candidate a "thug" and throwing his support behind incumbent Senator Susan Collins. Trump's comments came during a question-and-answer session with reporters in the Oval Office just prior to Trump signing the $70 billion immigration funding bill passed by the House on Tu

Southern Poverty Law Center CEO Bryan Fair and U.S. Congressman Brandon Gill. The acting CEO of the Southern Poverty Law Center faced pointed questions from a congressman on Tuesday during a hearing with the House Judiciary Committee over his organization's incendiary positions on white supremacy and abortion, among other controversial declarations the beleaguered group has made in recent years. U.S. Representative Brandon Gill of Texas put Bryan Fair, the acting CEO of the S

A Harley-Davidson store marquee. The iconic American motorcycle brand Harley-Davidson promised amid a sharp backlash in 2024 to back off the extremist DEI policies it had implemented in the wake of the George Floyd riots of 2020, but the opposite of that has happened, says the person who called out the DEI excesses two years ago. Robby Starbuck, the conservative firebrand who exposed the DEI rot happening inside of Harley-Davidson back in 2024 and spearheaded the consumer re

Mug shot of Hector Deleon. The 51-year-old suspect arrested for allegedly going on a stabbing spree in New York City's Penn Station on Sunday had been arrested and released in recent weeks, and was released on cashless bail four years ago after a similar slashing attack in New Jersey. Police say Hector Deleon went on a crazed stabbing spree Sunday, injuring five people, including one victim who has come forward to show the slash mark left on his face from the attack, and des

Raj Bhakta on the campus of the defunct Green Mountain College. Entrepreneur and businessman Raj Bhakta is giving away the campus of the former Green Mountain College in Poultney, Vermont, which closed in 2019. Bhakta bought the campus the following year for about $5 million, but is now looking to give the entire property to a new owner for free -- on the condition that any new owner adheres to a goal involving "the revival of the United States, Western civilization and Chris