Al Franken slams Gorsuch over a ‘absurd’ dissent in frozen trucker case: ‘It makes me question your judgment’

Associated Press/Pablo Martinez Monsivais Sen. Al Franken of Minnesota blasted Supreme Court nominee Neil Gorsuch during his confirmation hearing Tuesday over a 2016 dissent, calling the ruling “absurd” and saying it made him question Gorsuch’s judgment. Gorsuch was the only judge on the 10th Circuit to issue a dissent in the so-called “frozen trucker” ruling […]

Barcelona scored 3 goals in the final 7 minutes to complete the most absurd comeback in Champions League history

Laurence Griffiths/Getty FC Barcelona pulled off the single most stunning comeback in UEFA Champions League history on Wednesday, rallying back from a 4-0 first-leg deficit against PSG to win the second leg of their Round of 16 clash 6-1 and advance 6-5 on aggregate. Most stunningly, Barcelona needed — and then scored — three goals in the […]

‘Disingenuous and absurd’: White House slams resurfaced reports of Trump meeting with the Russian ambassador

Alex Wong/Getty Images The White House on Tuesday shot down resurfaced reports suggesting President Donald Trump met with Russian Ambassador Sergey Kislyak in April, calling the accounts “disingenuous and absurd.” As revisited Tuesday by the liberal-leaning AmericaBlog, a report in the Wall Street Journal last May said Trump and Kislyak interacted at a reception that preceded a […]

WHITE HOUSE: Russia-Ukraine ‘peace plan’ controversy is an ‘absurd, misleading attempt to distract’

REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque The controversy surrounding the role President Donald Trump’s lawyer played in pushing a “peace plan” for Russia and Ukraine on the National Security Council is “an absurd attempt to distract” from Trump’s reforms, the White House told Business Insider on Tuesday. Trump’s personal lawyer, Michael Cohen, was at the center of a New York Times report […]

Old drug gets an absurd price hike to $89,000 per year

Martin Shkreli doesn’t have a monopoly on jacking up drug prices. Marathon Pharmaceuticals has received FDA approval for an old drug used to treat Duchenne muscular dystrophy, deflazacort, and in the process has raised the price to ridiculously high levels. You could previously import the generic medicine for about $ 1,200 per year, but it […]