I t’s midday at the dawn of the 21st century — Wednesday, June 18, 2003 — in New York City’s Flatiron District, the gateway between uptown wealth and downtown cool. We’re on the west side of Madison Square, and 33-year-old Shawn Carter is busy. Several hours from now, he’ll host …
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Former SNL cast member Kristen Wiig joined the show’s “five-timers club” on Saturday, with her monologue featuring appearances by a number of other former hosts, some of whom haven’t had that gig five times but wore jackets of their own nonetheless. Wiig, whose most recent Saturday Night Live appearance was …
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In a column last week, Ohio Secretary of State Frank LaRose (R) criticized “cravenly partisan” officials who sought to keep former President Donald Trump off their state ballots for inciting the deadly Jan. 6 assault on the U.S. Capitol. On Friday, LaRose warned Democrats that President Joe Biden may not …
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Donald Trump said Saturday he is willing to go to jail, but not for the crimes he’s accused of committing. The presumptive GOP candidate said he wanted to violate the expanded gag order against him in his upcoming hush money trial. In fact, he would be willing to make himself …
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Joe Biden’s campaign boasted a blockbuster month in fundraising this past March, raising almost 50% more than Donald Trump and the Republican National Committee combined. The Biden-Harris campaign generated more than $90 million dollars in March, thanks in part to ritzy high-profile fundraisers like the $25 million Radio City Music …
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