Michael Cohen, President Trump’s embattled former lawyer and fixer, was set to testify before Congress on February 7th. Then, late last month, he backed out, citing fear over threats from his former boss. A day after Cohen reconsidered voluntarily appearing before Congress, the Senate Intelligence Committee left him with no …
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Saturday Night Live couldn’t have asked more from Jason Momoa. As with all great hosts, Momoa threw himself into every moment, and his natural charisma shone throughout. The show itself rarely met Aquaman’s energy, however, with a middling effort in the middle week of its December run. It stumbled badly …
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A man was arrested in Plantation, Florida, Friday morning in connection with a string of pipe bomb packages mailed to prominent Democratic figures.Department of Justice spokeswoman Sarah Isgur Flores confirmed on Twitter that a suspect was in custody and the DOJ will hold a press conference at 2:30 p.m. ET …
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This new piece of legislation sounds audacious at first. It tells companies like Amazon: if you pay your workers so poorly that they have to go on food stamps, the government is going to hit you with a 100 percent tax on such subsidies. Sponsored by Bernie Sanders and California …
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Aretha Franklin’s genius took so many forms — as a singer, a songwriter, an album-crafter, a live performer. But the Queen was also one of history’s most audacious Beatle fans. Nobody ever sang the Beatles like Aretha. Since she was one of the few Sixties musicians as famous and revered …
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“Anthem of the Sun was our vehicle,” Grateful Dead drummer Mickey Hart said of the band’s 1968 LP. “It was our springboard into weirdness.” The Dead’s 1967 self-titled debut introduced the world to a band striking an exuberant midpoint between roots, blues and psychedelic rock, but the album didn’t quite …
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Harvey Weinstein has broken his silence for the first time since he was accused of sexual assault and misconduct by dozens of actresses. “Yes, I did offer them acting jobs in exchange for sex, but so did and still does everyone,” Weinstein said to columnist Panagiotis “Taki” Theodoracopulos in an …
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