Hollywood publicist Howard Bragman dead at 66
February 12, 2023 GMTHoward Bragman, a beloved Hollywood publicist who specialized in crisis relations and whose clients have included Monica Lewinsky, Cameron Diaz, Ricki Lake, Sharon Osbourne and Chaz Bono, has died after a short battle with leukemia.
Lucianne Goldberg, key figure in Clinton impeachment, dies
October 27, 2022 GMTNEW YORK (AP) — Lucianne Goldberg, a literary agent and key figure in the 1998 impeachment of President Bill Clinton over his affair with Monica Lewinsky, has died at the age of 87.
Goldberg's son, political commentator and author Jonah Goldberg, posted Thursday on Twitter that his mother died Wednesday at her home.
Lewinsky says Starr’s death painful ‘for those who love him’
September 14, 2022 GMTNEW YORK (AP) — Monica Lewinsky had a tempered, compassionate response to the death of Ken Starr, the former independent counsel whose investigation of Bill Clinton helped reveal her affair with the president and, she once wrote, made her life a “living hell.”
Vernon Jordan, activist, former Clinton adviser, dies at 85
March 2, 2021 GMTATLANTA (AP) — Vernon Jordan, who rose from humble beginnings in the segregated South to become a champion of civil rights before reinventing himself as a Washington insider and corporate influencer, has died, according to a statement from his daughter...
Linda Tripp, whose tapes exposed Clinton affair, dies at 70
April 8, 2020 GMTWASHINGTON (AP) — Linda Tripp, whose secretly taped conversations with former White House intern Monica Lewinsky provided evidence of an affair with President Bill Clinton that led to his impeachment, died Wednesday...
Hear the one about Trump? You’ve probably heard a lot
November 9, 2018 GMTNEW YORK (AP) — Did you hear the one about President Trump? Or, more precisely, did you hear all 3,128 jokes...
Lewinsky storms offstage after ‘off limits’ Clinton question
September 4, 2018 GMTJERUSALEM (AP) — Monica Lewinsky said Tuesday that she stormed offstage at a Jerusalem speaking event because of an interviewer's "off limits" question about former President Bill Clinton.
The former White House intern turned anti-bullying activist tweeted that there were agreed-upon parameters regarding the topics of her televised conversation Monday night with a well-known Israeli news anchor, following a conference speech she gave about the perils of the internet...
Kavanaugh in memo pushed graphic sex questions for Clinton
August 20, 2018 GMTWASHINGTON (AP) — Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh suggested that attorneys preparing to question President Bill Clinton in 1998 seek graphic details about the president's sexual relationship with Monica Lewinsky...
The Clinton do-over
July 8, 2018 GMTI’ve been outspokenly critical of former President Bill Clinton’s recent responses to questions about his relationship with Monica Lewinsky. So I’ve been asked if the recent Clinton “do-over”on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert show changed my opinion.
Bill Clinton says ‘Today’ interview wasn’t his ‘finest hour’
June 6, 2018 GMTWASHINGTON (AP) — Former President Bill Clinton is acknowledging that his combative response earlier this week to questions about Monica Lewinsky wasn't his "finest hour...
Bill Clinton bristles at questions on Lewinsky, #MeToo
June 4, 2018 GMTWASHINGTON (AP) — Former President Bill Clinton says the #MeToo movement is overdue. Just don't ask him about Monica Lewinsky...
Real-life ‘gladiator’ salutes ‘Scandal,’ show she inspired
April 19, 2018 GMTLOS ANGELES (AP) — Olivia Pope's journey comes to an end Thursday on "Scandal," but real-life Washington power players and others remain in need of a determined "gladiator" to rescue them from crises...
Lewinsky calls Clinton affair a ‘gross abuse of power’
February 27, 2018 GMTNEW YORK (AP) — Monica Lewinsky says the affair that led to impeachment proceedings against President Bill Clinton "was not sexual assault" but "constituted a gross abuse of power...
Talk turkey about Clinton, Trump sexual misconduct: Darcy cartoon
November 19, 2017 GMTTalk turkey about Clinton, Trump sexual misconduct: Darcy cartoon
CLEVELAND, Ohio-- In the discussion about men in power engaging in sexual misconduct, Presidents Donald Trump and Bill Clinton are the elephant and donkey in the room, with their pants down and groping hands out.
KATHLEEN PARKER: Behavior of leaders at the top seeps down into nation’s culture
November 7, 2017 GMTWASHINGTON -- Twenty-five years ago on Nov. 3, 1992, William Jefferson Clinton was elected president of the United States -- and Hillary Clinton is still trying to take his place.
Eyes on Russia probe leaves Washington’s to-do list undone
June 7, 2017 GMTWASHINGTON (AP) — You've probably heard all about what's happening in Washington. This is a story about what isn't...
Duterte slams Chelsea Clinton again for rape joke criticism
June 1, 2017 GMTMANILA, Philippines (AP) — Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte lashed out at the daughter of former U.S. President Bill Clinton in an expletive-laden speech for a second straight day Thursday after she criticized a comment he made about rapes committed by soldiers.