Source: ANDREW HARNIK / Getty The Senate on Tuesday held its first hearing on the insurrection at the Capitol from Jan. 6 and invited testimony from key figures in law enforcement who were involved in the response to the domestic terrorism waged by far-right extremist supporters of Donald Trump. Capt. Carneysha Mendoza testifies about protecting…
Senators voted 78-20 to confirm Thomas-Greenfield to the post, which will be a Cabinet-level position The Senate confirmed President Joe Biden’s choice to lead U.S. diplomacy at the United Nations on Tuesday. The vote for Linda Thomas-Greenfield reflected a divide between the Biden administration’s determination to re-engage with the world body and former President Donald…
Authorities confirmed Shmurda was released from a New York prison amid speculation about whether he would attempt a music industry comeback Bobby Shmurda, a once up-and-coming rapper thanks to a hit music video that popularized the “Shmoney dance,” was paroled on Tuesday after spending more than four years behind bars for a drug gang conviction….
Source: The Washington Post / Getty If anyone thought Stacey Abrams would be silent in response to Kelly Loeffler‘s attempt to delegitimize her work in Georgia, you would be sorely mistaken. The lawyer and voting rights activist appeared on CNN Monday night where she addressed Loeffler’s newly formed voter rights organization, Greater Georgia. Loeffler, a…
Ineligible people were able to get appointments, then COVID-19 vaccines, at Cal State Los Angeles. In California, like many parts of the country, people of color have been vaccinated against coronavirus at much lower rates than their white counterparts. In order to counteract this, the state created a program specifically for the underserved to gain…
The lawsuit filed in federal court in the District of Columbia alleges that Lindell ignored repeated warnings from Dominion Dominion Voting Systems filed a $1.3 billion defamation lawsuit Monday against the founder and CEO of Minnesota-based MyPillow, saying that Mike Lindell falsely accused the company of rigging the 2020 presidential election. The lawsuit filed in…
Emma Coronel Aispuro, a 31-year-old former beauty queen, was arrested at Dulles International Airport in Virginia The wife of Mexican drug kingpin Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman was arrested in the United States and accused of helping her husband run his multibillion-dollar cartel and plot his audacious escape from a Mexican prison in 2015. Emma Coronel Aispuro, a…
Addressing the ‘grim, heartbreaking milestone’ directly and publicly, Biden stepped to a lectern in the White House Cross Hall and delivered an emotion-filled eulogy With sunset remarks and a national moment of silence, President Joe Biden on Monday confronted head-on the country’s once-unimaginable loss — half a million Americans in the COVID-19 pandemic — as…
Porsha Williams‘ mother unintentionally gave a master class on how to show out on your daughter and fans were living for the lesson. “The Real Housewives of Atlanta” cast member posted an image of herself and her “village” — her mother Diane Williams and sister Lauren Williams, posing together to promote their podcast. Fans were…
In prepared remarks, former Capitol Police Chief Steven Sund will describe a scene that was ‘like nothing’ he had seen in his 30 years of policing Testifying publicly for the first time about the Jan. 6 insurrection, former security officials are poised to cast blame on the Pentagon, the intelligence community and each other for…
