Stephen A. Smith walked onto The View and did something the panel clearly was not prepared to handle: he treated politics like reality instead of a group therapy session. The ESPN personality and independent commentator appeared Wednesday after spending more than four hours at a White House dinner with President Trump, Bill Maher, and Kid Rock the previous Thursday. The dinner itself was not the main event. Smith’s decision to challenge the panel’s constant hostility toward President Trump was.Smith told the hosts they were going to have to deal with President Trump until 2028. “He’s not going away.” Sunny Hostin responded, “Well, he may get impeached and convicted.” That prompted Smith to deliver the sort of reply rarely heard on a program where impeachment talk is treated like a universal solution to every political problem.“Hold on a minute… He’s been impeached TWICE,” Smith said. “I’m so SICK and tired of us acting like that’s going to do something.” He continued, “Whether you like him or not, he’s the president of the United States of America. He’s not going away until 2028.”That is not exactly a complicated civics lesson, but apparently it was needed. Impeachment has already happened twice, and President…

Kyle Kennedy, the granddaughter of Robert F. Kennedy and Ethel Kennedy, has died at 42. According to her obituary, she “passed away peacefully” on September 21, 2026, at her home in Westwood, Massachusetts.Kyle was one of Robert F. Kennedy Sr. and Ethel Kennedy’s 34 grandchildren, but her obituary offers much more than a brief note about a famous family. It describes a woman devoted to her children, committed to education, and determined to keep moving forward through serious medical challenges.Born in Washington, DC, Kyle spent most of her life in Massachusetts. She attended Milton Academy, where she excelled academically and received awards for her Latin scholarship. She later studied history at Georgetown University and spent a semester in Florence, Italy, developing a lifelong love of Tuscan Renaissance art and learning to make pasta dishes from scratch. Priorities, apparently, included both intellectual achievement and a properly prepared dinner.Kyle earned a Master of Science in Early Education from Pace University and a Master of Education in Education Policy and Management from the Harvard University Graduate School of Education. After college, she joined Teach for America and taught for two years in New York City public schools. She later became an advocate for…