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    Dominique Mosbergen

    Dominique Mosbergen

    Senior Reporter, HuffPost

  • U.S. Imposes Visa Restrictions On Chinese Officials Over Muslim Abuses

    The move comes a day after the Commerce Department blacklisted 28 Chinese companies, citing concerns about the detention and abuse of Muslim minorities.

  • Samuel Little Is The Most Prolific Serial Killer In U.S. History, FBI Says

    Little has confessed to strangling 93 women. The FBI has verified at least 50 of the claims and believes all of Little's confessions are "credible."

  • Elizabeth Warren Has A Plan For Brett Kavanaugh

    The Democratic 2020 presidential candidate is targeting misconduct in the federal judiciary, including the Supreme Court.

  • Harvey Weinstein's Ex-Assistant Says He Told Her He 'Liked Chinese Girls' Before Assault

    In an emotional op-ed, Rowena Chiu described how Weinstein attempted to rape her in 1998 and why she stayed silent until Me Too.

  • 33 Horses Have Died At Santa Anita Racetrack Since December

    Ky. Colonel, a 5-year-old gelding, died of a suspected heart attack on Saturday. It was the third equine death at the California racetrack in three weeks.

  • Alex Trebek Says He's 'Hanging In' There Amid New Round Of Chemotherapy

    In a Friday interview, the longtime "Jeopardy!" host said he's “not afraid of dying.”

  • Giuliani Reportedly Contacted Imprisoned Manafort To Bolster Ukraine Conspiracy Theory

    The president's attorney has been peddling a baseless claim that Ukraine colluded with Hillary Clinton and others to undermine Donald Trump in 2016.

  • Trump Campaign, RNC Raise $125 Million In The Third Quarter Of 2019

    GOP officials claim the impeachment inquiry into Trump “supercharged” the president’s fundraising efforts.

  • House Democrats Warn State Department To Halt All Interference In Impeachment Inquiry

    House committee leaders' letter suggests Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is attempting to "cover up illicit activity and misconduct."

  • First Lady Delivers Emotional Commencement Address At Chicago High School

    Obama grew up near the school, and during her emotional commencement address, she said she wanted to share “the real story” about the South Side, a story about resilience and courage in the face of adversity. “I know that many of you have already dealt with some serious losses in your lives,” Obama told the students. Just the week before, the honor student had performed at an event in Washington D.C. to celebrate President Barack Obama’s inauguration.

  • Air Force Announces First Ever Female F-35 Fighter Jet Pilot

    Meet?Lt. Col. Christine Mau, the first woman to fly the?F-35 Lightning II fighter jet. Lt. Col. Christine Mau, 33rd Operations Group deputy commander, puts on her helmet before taking her first flight in the F-35A on Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., May 5, 2015. Mau took to the skies in an F-35 from Florida’s Eglin Air Force Base on Tuesday, the Air Force announced.

  • Another White House Fence Jumper Taken Into Custody

    An intruder carrying a “suspicious package” climbed the White House fence on Sunday night, but was quickly arrested, the U.S. Secret Service said. According to the Washington Post, the incident occurred about 10:25 p.m. on the south side of the White House complex, which faces the Washington Monument.

  • Texas CEO: Women 'Shouldn't Be President' Because Of 'Different Hormones'

    A female CEO in Texas has come under fire this week for saying a woman “shouldn't be president” because of “different hormones” and “biblical sound reasoning. Cheryl Rios, CEO of Dallas marketing and public relations firm Go Ape Marketing, wrote on Facebook that she'd move “to Canada” if Hillary Clinton became head of state. With the hormones we have, there is no way [a woman] should be able to start a war,” she wrote in her post, per KTVT.

  • Edward Snowden Is In The White House, According To Google Maps

    Edward Snowden is in…?the White House? Become a founding member of HuffPost Plus today. As The Verge pointed out on Tuesday, a?hack of the map app?has brought one “Edwards Snow Den” to?1600 Pennsylvania Avenue.

  • America's Largest Gaming Convention Threatens To Leave Indiana Over Anti-Gay Bill

    Organizers of Gen Con, said to be the?largest gaming convention in the U.S., have threatened to take their event -- and potentially millions of dollars -- out of Indiana if Governor Mike Pence (R) signs a controversial religious freedom bill into law. Senate Bill 101 will prohibit state and local governments from “substantially burdening someone’s religious beliefs, unless that entity can prove it’s relying on the least restrictive means possible to further a compelling governmental interest," MSNBC reports. Supporters of the bill say that the legislation will protect people and business owners with strong religious beliefs from government interference.

  • Ron Paul Says U.S. 'Likely Hiding Truth' About MH17 Crash

    The U.S. government?"knows a lot more" than it's letting on about the Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 crash and is "likely hiding [the] truth,"?according to former Rep. Ron Paul (R-Texas). In an Aug. 7 post on his news site, Voices of Liberty, Paul said he believes the U.S., with all its intelligence-gathering capabilities, should have a clear idea of what happened on July 17 when MH17 was shot down over Ukraine, killing all 298 people on board. "The U.S. government has grown strangely quite on the accusation that it was Russia or her allies that brought down the Malaysian airliner with a buck anti-aircraft missile [sic]," the former GOP presidential candidate wrote.

  • Utah To Fight Same-Sex Marriage Ruling

    In May, a federal judge ordered Utah to recognize hundreds of gay marriages performed in December and January. Utah Gov. Gary Herbert and Attorney General Sean Reyes?filed notice in federal court?on Wednesday that the state would?appeal U.S. District Judge Dale A. Kimball's ruling?validating more than 1,200 same-sex marriages, Fox 13 reports. Kimball had ruled that the state must legally recognize the hundreds of same-sex marriages?performed during a 17-day period beginning Dec. 20, 2013, when the state's ban on gay marriage was?briefly overturned.

  • Putin Goes On Sexist Rant About Hillary Clinton

    Russian President Vladimir Putin had some choice words for Hillary Clinton during an interview this week, calling the former Secretary of State a "weak" person who's "never been too graceful in her statements." Putin's comments Tuesday came in response to questions posed by French journalists regarding remarks Clinton reportedly made earlier this year in which she compared the Russian leader's aggression in Ukraine to Adolf Hitler's tactics in the 1930s. "It's better not to argue with women," Putin said, per a transcript of the interview posted online by the Kremlin.

  • Rep. Marsha Blackburn: Republicans Have 'Led The Fight For Women's Equality'

    Days after the Paycheck Fairness Act was blocked by Senate Republicans, Rep. Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn. has stepped forward to defend her party, insisting the GOP has long "led the fight for women's equality." I find this war on women rhetoric almost silly,” Blackburn said Sunday, when asked on CBS' "Face the Nation" if Republicans were against equal pay for women.

  • A Year After Sandy Hook, Our Kids Are Still Dying From Guns

    Released just days before the?Dec. 14 anniversary?of the?Sandy Hook Elementary shooting?that took the lives of 20 young students in Newtown, Conn., last year, a video produced by the?American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP)?highlights the continued toll gun violence is taking on our nation and its children. "This is clearly a public health issue,"?AAP president Thomas McInerny says?in the powerful new video. "Sixty years ago, children died from things like polio and meningitis and diphtheria and then we discovered that we could prevent these diseases.