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SimpleImages/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Special counsel Jack Smith on Wednesday asked a federal appeals court to pause his appeal of the dismissal of President-elect Donald Trump’s classified documents case. The move is part of Smith’s winding down of his two cases against Trump — the classified documents case and the federal election interference case […]
FBI (WASHINGTON) — Federal authorities are offering a $25,000 reward in connection with a series of arson incidents involving ballot boxes in Washington state and Oregon during early voting last month. The FBI said Wednesday it is seeking the public’s assistance in identifying a suspect sought in three incendiary fires. The agency is offering a […]
Photo by Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Tulsi Gabbard — a military veteran and honorary co-chair of President-elect Donald Trump’s transition team — has been chosen by Trump to be his director of national intelligence. Gabbard left the Democratic Party in 2022 after representing Hawaii in Congress for eight years and running for the […]
Courtesy Sue Benedict (OWASSO, Okla.) — The U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights (OCR) announced Wednesday that Owasso Public Schools in Oklahoma has “entered into an agreement to remedy violations of Title IX” concerning sexual harassment in its schools following the February death of LGBTQ+ student Nex Benedict. The OCR states that its […]
Maria Moratti/Getty Images Nicole Kidman is down to collaborate with Martin Scorsese, as long as he’s down to tell a story about women. The actress told Vanity Fair in an interview released Wednesday that she would like to work with the iconic director, under one condition. “I’ve always said I want to work with Scorsese, […]
Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — President-elect Donald Trump announced on Wednesday that he has chosen Rep. Matt Gaetz as his pick for attorney general, a move that, if he’s confirmed by the Senate, would place a firebrand and one of Trump’s most loyal allies at the head of the Justice Department. “Matt is […]
Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — A Bronx man who helped Daniel Penny restrain Jordan Neely on a New York City subway car last year ”jumped in and tried to help” so Penny could release his chokehold, according to the man’s testimony Wednesday at Penny’s manslaughter and negligent homicide trial. Eric Gonzalez, who is […]
Al Drago/Bloomberg via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — In the wake of Donald Trump’s Election Day triumph, Republicans hope to leverage their control of the White House and Congress to pass a sweeping new agenda for the U.S. Key to making that happen is the Republicans’ Senate leader, a role that’s been held by Mitch McConnell for […]
Skylar Simone is back with new music, releasing her new song, “WhatsInIt4Me.” The song, which interpolates Busta Rhymes and Mariah Carey‘s “I Know What You Want,” finds Skylar sharing her expectations of a man and letting him know he has a “lot to prove.” “Baby boy what’s in it for me?” she asks on the track, letting […]
Caroline Purser/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — President Joe Biden and President-elect Donald Trump met in the Oval Office on Wednesday, resuming a tradition that Trump himself flouted in 2020. The two men, seated by a roaring fire, shook hands before reporters and news cameras. Biden spoke first, calling for a “smooth transition” and telling Trump he […]
