Donald Trump‘s former fixer and personal attorney, Michael Cohen, has provided documentation to the Manhattan district attorney’s office about not only the Stormy Daniels hush money payment but also regarding a payment to former Playboy model Karen McDougal, Cohen’s attorney said. “Michael Cohen submitted a lot of documentation, not only …
Read More »Trump to 'Deliver Remarks' from Mar-a-Lago after New York Arraignment
Donald Trump is expected to surrender to authorities for arraignment in Manhattan on Tuesday following his indictment in the Stormy Daniels hush money case, and the former president has announced he intends to “deliver remarks” that evening, according to a campaign press release. Trump has been using the investigation to …
Read More »Trump's Team Blasts His Lawyer as 'Dumb' 'Loudmouth'
Donald Trump hasn’t surrendered to authorities yet. But his lawyers are already fighting —with themselves. Days after the former president’s indictment at the hands of Manhattan prosecutor Alvin Bragg, some of Trump’s lawyers are taking aim at Joe Tacopina, his co-lead defense attorney in the Bragg case. A source familiar …
Read More »Twitter Spite-Removes New York Times' Verified Badge
The alleged April 1 apocalypse for “legacy” Twitter users came and went without the mass purge of blue checkmarks, but one notable account didn’t make it out unscathed: In a probable spite move by Elon Musk, the New York Times — after making clear they would not pay for Twitter …
Read More »Jim Jordan Is Cool With Defunding the Police — as Long as it's the FBI and DOJ
Republicans love to claim they are the “party of law and order,” and many in the GOP made a big stink when progressives called to defund the police following multiple police shootings of unarmed Black Americans. But some Republicans’ loyalty to cops only lasts until law enforcement does something they …
Read More »The Beatles' 'Red' And 'Blue' Albums at 50: Celebrating the Greatest 'Greatest Hits' Records Ever
Fifty years ago, The Beatles released the Red and Blue Albums, officially titled 1962-1966 and 1967-1970. The anthologies came out on April 2, 1973, and became the foundation of the Beatles legend for the next few decades. Arguably the most influential greatest-hits albums in history. The gateway drug into the …
Read More »This Streaming Superstar Met Andrew Tate — And Started Platforming White Supremacists
Last December, Adin Ross traveled to Dubai to meet his new mentor, Andrew Tate. The 22-year-old streamer already had an audience rivaling the 36-year-old alpha male lifestyle guru — 7.2 million Twitch subscribers, plus 3.5 million on YouTube — but Tate offered something more than clout: advice. A month before, …
Read More »'SNL' Weekend Update Tackles Trump Indictment: 'Man We All Knew Was Criminal May Be Criminal'
Saturday Night Live’s Weekend Update focused on former president Donald Trump’s indictment during a segment that also served as an April Fools’ Day prank between the anchors. “Great news for conservatives: New York is finally cracking down on crime,” co-anchor Colin Jost said. “Former president Donald Trump was indicted for …
Read More »Dan Crenshaw Wants to Solve School Shootings with 'More Guns'
In the wake of yet another school mass shooting — this time in Nashville, Tenn. — Rep. Dan Crenshaw asserted that putting more guns in schools would prevent these tragedies from occurring. “If we had a minimum of two armed guards or police officers at every single school in America, …
Read More »How a Remote Florida Park Became a Bluegrass Hotbed for Everyone from Sierra Hull to Del McCoury
The first time Grammy-winning Americana/bluegrass act Steep Canyon Rangers played the Spirit of the Suwannee Music Park in Live Oak, Florida, the group was adorned in full suits and encircling a lone microphone. “It was probably around 2004,” Rangers singer-banjoist Graham Sharp tells Rolling Stone backstage at the recent Suwannee …
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