The White House is currently in the process of reviewing clemency applications and has signaled that President Joe Biden, who views the pardon power as a key tool for advancing equity, will issue acts of clemency before the middle of his presidential term, a source familiar with the matter tells CNN. The White House has…… MORE
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo will receive more than $5 million from his book about leadership during the Covid-19 pandemic, tax records released on Monday show, a considerable sum for a project under scrutiny by the state attorney general’s office. Cuomo’s contract with publisher Penguin Random House for “American Crisis: Leadership Lessons from the Covid-19…… MORE
New York Public Radio has fired commentator Bob Garfield, who co-hosted the WNYC show “On the Media,” for allegedly violating the company’s anti-bullying policy. The company announced the decision, which stemmed from a third-party investigation, on Monday. “This decision was made following a recent investigation conducted by an outside investigator that found that he had…… MORE
Most of the public wants to see the Roe v. Wade decision remain in place, polling on the issue finds, as the partisan divide on the issue of legalized abortion has widened in the past decade and a half. The Supreme Court announced Monday that it would take up a case that revolves around a…… MORE
The Justice Department was investigating threatening messages related to a parody Twitter account — @NunesAlt — that criticized Rep. Devin Nunes, in a previously unknown criminal investigation, according to federal court records made public on Monday. Twitter, in its fight to keep the user’s information secret, suggested the subpoena may be part of a government…… MORE
The class of 1970 at Jackson State University in Mississippi finally got to turn their tassels, over 50 years after their initial ceremony was delayed by a police shooting that left a dozen injured and two students dead. In May 1970, two students were killed and 12 were wounded when local law enforcement fired about…… MORE
Days are getting longer and warmer, summer is surely coming. For millions of children that signals the end of school and fun-filled days at camp. After the arrival of the pandemic triggered closings like dominoes last year, camp directors have been working for months to make this summer different. Across the country, the focus is…… MORE
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi extended the period in the House that allows for members to vote via proxy to July 3, the speaker announced in a letter Monday. The current proxy voting period had been set to expire Wednesday. The updated guidance comes as the House grapples with how to reopen amid loosening coronavirus restrictions…… MORE
A Houston businesswoman says she helped arrange for the return of India the tiger after being was contacted by investigators. Linda McIngvale, the owner of “the resort-style athletic” Club Westside, says she became acquainted with Victor Hugo Cuevas and his wife, Gia Cuevas, when they visited the establishment as guests of a past member of…… MORE
Senate Minority Whip John Thune predicted Monday that his chamber would pass a bill to establish a bipartisan commission probing the January 6 attack “in some form” and seemed content on focusing mainly on the events that transpired at the Capitol, splitting with other GOP leaders who want the investigation to dig into left-wing extremism…… MORE
Nick Jonas was hospitalized after injuring himself doing…something…Saturday night. It’s very weird. It’s a very big secret what he was doing but whatever it was, the injury was so bad that he had to be taken to the hospital in an ambulance. He’s said to be fine now. Bill Gates is rumored to have had…
Remember when Ellen owned those ‘toxic workplace’ rumors? Well, she’s backtracking. Now she’s claiming it was the ‘misogynistic press.’ She feels it was ‘too coordinated.’ So why did 3 people lose their jobs than? I know Chris has been waiting on this, we finally have a date for the ‘Friends’ reunion. The special will air…