Behind closed doors at the swanky Sea Island Resort this past January, a Republican financial official from Kentucky claimed that JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon called her cell phone early in the morning in early 2023, “absolutely furious,” and threatened to oust her in the next election after she put …
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The new boss at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau had a jarring message for staffers Monday morning, in an internal memo leaked to Rolling Stone: “Stand down from performing any work task.” The message came from Russell Vought — a Project 2025 architect who was confirmed by the Senate last …
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Banks isn’t holding back on her new album. On Friday, the musician released her single “Best Friends” and announced her fifth studio LP, Off With Her Head, out Feb. 28. The new track details the growing pains of a fading friendship. Meanwhile, the album itself is set to be a …
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Have you heard the one about the MMA fighter who helped mastermind the biggest heist in British history? Pat Kondelis did. Then the multiple Emmy winner turned the Lee Murray story into a captivating four-part documentary for Showtime. Catching Lightning, premiering April 9,is by turns sly, brutal, and quite funny, …
Read More »Banks Slithers into the Driver's Seat of Her Destiny as She Announces LP 'Serpentina'
“You know when you have cheerleaders that just want what’s good for you?” asks Banks. “This is what’s good for me.” It took a pandemic lockdown filled with “isolation in the best way possible” for Banks to shed her old skin and learn to live life in the present moment. …
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