Chelsea Handler said she wouldn't have Melania Trump on her TV show because she "can barely speak English." The first lady not only speaks English but also French, Italian, German and Slovene. Handler speaks profanity, vulgarity and smut.



Billionaire Donald Trump's presidential salary must be cramping his style. His Florida resort, Mar-a-Lago, is doubling its membership fees.



"I was raised Catholic, became Episcopalian and found out later my family was Jewish. I stand ready to register as Muslim." Former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright. But the strongly partisan Democrat is not about to become a Republican.

Builder Donald Trump. Reality TV star Donald Trump. Now he's President Donald Trump. And he's letting no  grass grow under his feet. While engaging in inaugural festivities and other traditional activities, he made a special trip to the CIA, talked on the phone with foreign leaders and signed dozens of executive orders.

Chief executives commonly have "to do" lists. President Trump has an "undo" list, focusing on reversing many of his predecessor's actions. He targeted Obamacare, telling agencies to ease the burden of the law where possible while "repeal and replace" legislation was being perfected. He also withdrew the U.S. from the Trans-Pacific Partnership and reinstated a ban on promoting abortions overseas.

Presidential wannabe Ted Cruz has become more of a team player in the U.S. Senate. Not only is he supporting Trump administration appointees and issues, politico.com reports the Texas Republican is hosting a weekly pick-up basketball game "to get his fellow senators to like him.

Donald Trump gave an indication of how he'll work with Republican members of Congress as President when he saved them from their own stupidity. In a tweet, he pointed out what a bad impression it would make with voters for the House majority to make its first order of business gutting the Office of Congressional Ethics.

Joe Biden is still being frisky in his final days as vice president. During the swearing-in ceremony on the Senate floor, he gave the wife of Sen. Chuck Grassley a full kiss on the lips.

The new Senate Minority Leader, Democrat Chuck Schumer of New York, fired his opening shots after virtually declaring war against the incoming president by poking fun at Donald Trump's main campaign theme, "Make America Great Again." Never mind that a Democratic president, Bill Clinton, used the slogan in his 1992 presidential campaign.