Former Vice President Joe Biden stopped stalling and finally announced early Thursday that he’s running for the White House in 2020, becoming the most high-profile Democrat to enter an already overcrowded primary field. The long-awaited announcement from the ex-right-hand man to President Barack..… - 25 Apr 19, 5:45am -
Some local politicians have vowed not to take campaign cash from the real estate industry, but Queens Borough President Melinda Katz is bucking the trend. Katz, who is running for the office of Queens district attorney, received a $25,000 contribution from Tyler Morse, head of MCR Development,... - 7 Apr 19, 10:30am -
Mayor de Blasio is pulling a Cuomo. Hizzoner announced plans to turn to a panel of experts for better options to fix a crumbling section of the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway — after initial proposals that would have closed the Brooklyn Heights Promenade were met with local outrage. The move comes... - 3 Apr 19, 12:27pm -
Who is clamoring for Mayor de Blasio to run for president? Pretty much nobody, according to a new Quinnipiac poll. A whopping 76% of New Yorkers polled said de Blasio should not run for president — with just 18% supporting a bid. The feeling was as universal among New Yorkers as their contempt... - 3 Apr 19, 11:26am -
Crime in New York dropped in all seven major categories in March, helping push the city’s overall crime rate to an all-time low for any quarter in at least 25 years, the NYPD said Tuesday. Every reported index crime — murder, rape, robbery, felony assault, burglary, grand larceny and grand larce… - 2 Apr 19, 3:33pm -
Mayor de Blasio blew the deadline on Tuesday to name a new chair for the beleaguered New York City Housing Authority. The search for a new leader is part of the city’s deal with the U.S. attorney for Southern District of New York and the federal department of Housing and Urban Development to fix..… - 2 Apr 19, 7:27am -
Impeachment is likely dispiriting for the crop of lawmakers who, after dropping out of the 2020 race, find themselves sitting silently as one among 100. - 12 hours ago 28 Jan 20, 9:00am -
For all the drama-free predictability of impeachment, one wildcard still hangs over the proceedings. Plus: C-SPAN is so hot right now—and that’s not a good thing. - 1 day ago 27 Jan 20, 11:00am -
Facebook has traded moral accountability for commercial gain, the former secretary of state tells The Atlantic. Clinton says Zuckerberg’s reasoning is “Trumpian.” - 3 days ago 25 Jan 20, 2:37pm -
Senators now have 16 hours to ask questions of both legal teams. What happens after that is up in the air.View Entire Post › - 1 hour ago 28 Jan 20, 9:55pm -
Mondaire Jones, who is vying to become the first openly gay black congressman, is running in a crowded field to replace Lowey.View Entire Post › - 1 hour ago 28 Jan 20, 7:30pm -
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is gaining fans in Iowa as she campaigns for Bernie Sanders. "I would love to see her run for president one day."View Entire Post › - 7 hours ago 28 Jan 20, 1:25pm -
The information revealed by Trump’s former national security adviser — that the president withheld aid for Ukraine for political gain — isn’t new. But the messenger is, and it could influence the impeachment trial.View Entire Post › - 21 hours ago 27 Jan 20, 11:58pm -
The former mayor is launching a coalition targeting Jewish voters and building a platform in keeping with traditional Democratic rhetoric on Israel.View Entire Post › - 23 hours ago 27 Jan 20, 9:40pm -
The recently relaunched magazine has hired Peter Beinart, suggesting a power shift in the politics of American Jewish media.View Entire Post › - 24 hours ago 27 Jan 20, 8:36pm -
NPR is demanding answers from the State Department over its decision to remove one of the outlet's reporters from a press group traveling with Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on a trip to Europe and Central Asia... - 2 hours ago 28 Jan 20, 6:18pm -
Republican senators emerged from a caucus meeting Tuesday voicing confidence they will win a vote later this week that would block new witnesses from being called and end President Trump's impeachment trial thi... - 3 hours ago 28 Jan 20, 5:27pm -
The retired Navy SEAL who was accused of several war crimes stemming from a 2017 Iraq deployment posted a video to social media on Monday attacking his former SEAL teammates who made allegations against him.The thr... - 10 hours ago 28 Jan 20, 10:43am -
President Trump on Tuesday complimented Secretary of State Mike Pompeo for his handling of a dispute with an NPR reporter, making light of the incident and saying that the top diplomat "did a good job on her."Trump... - 11 hours ago 28 Jan 20, 9:52am -
House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) in a closed-door meeting of his conference on Tuesday admonished Republicans for insufficient fundraising, telling the members, "We're getting our ass kicked."... - 12 hours ago 28 Jan 20, 8:56am -
President Trump on Tuesday lashed out at Fox News for having Democrats on air, predicting it would mark "the beginning of the end" for the network.The president bemoaned that Fox was "trying to be so politically co... - 12 hours ago 28 Jan 20, 8:05am -
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), is a government agency that terrorizes innocents, separates families and now drives people to suicide. Read more... - 3 hours ago 28 Jan 20, 6:00pm -
There are a few things you probably shouldn’t say, like, ever really. Tonight, we’re going to talk about one of those things. Read more... - 4 hours ago 28 Jan 20, 5:00pm -
If there are two things the modern Republican party loves, it’s voter suppression and racism. Yes, yes I know the common refrain is “We’re just trying to protect against voter fraud!” but come on now. Luckily, a federal court has stepped in to prevent yet another egregious voter fraud law fr… - 5 hours ago 28 Jan 20, 4:00pm -
Lately, the Mississippi prison system has been doing a lot to challenge my assumption that HBO’s Oz was a complete work of fiction. The sheer violence and harsh living conditions inmates suffer alone is enough for Mississippi prison stories to inspire another season or two of the show.Read more... - 7 hours ago 28 Jan 20, 1:30pm -
US President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu take part in an announcement of Trump’s Middle East peace plan at the White House on January 28, 2020. | Mandel Ngan/AFP via Getty Images The proposal attempts to solve the intractable problems between Israelis and Palestin… - 5 hours ago 28 Jan 20, 3:40pm -
President Donald Trump’s personal lawyer Jay Sekulow heads to the Senate chamber for the impeachment trial on January 28, 2020. | Mark Wilson/Getty Images The big question now: Will senators vote for more witnesses? In arguments that intermittently advanced conspiracy theories, attacked the whi… - 5 hours ago 28 Jan 20, 3:10pm -
White House senior adviser Jared Kushner at a press conference with President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on January 28, 2020, in Washington, DC. | Alex Wong/Getty Images Kushner’s main talking point on the peace deal highlights the whole problem with it. Senior W… - 6 hours ago 28 Jan 20, 3:00pm -
Cristin Milioti and Andy Samberg in Palm Springs. | Chris Willard/Sundance Institute Starring Andy Samberg and Cristin Milioti, the movie broke records when it was acquired at Sundance for $17.5 million … and 69 cents. Nyles (Andy Samberg) is a nihilistic dirtbag stuck in Palm Springs for a wed… - 6 hours ago 28 Jan 20, 3:00pm -
The Facebook logo reflected in a window looking out over a smoggy city. | Ed Jones/AFP via Getty Images The “Off-Facebook Activity” tool lets you see — and somewhat control — what other sites and apps tell Facebook about you. Facebook users just got a new glimpse into — and a little… - 6 hours ago 28 Jan 20, 2:50pm -
The lawyer's remarks to CBS come as the Senate clashes over whether to call Trump's former national security adviser to testify in the impeachment trial. - 2 hours ago 28 Jan 20, 6:11pm -
The Fox News legal analyst torched GOP senators for turning on Bolton, a longtime Republican, after his bombshell allegations about Trump. - 4 hours ago 28 Jan 20, 4:49pm -
The Senate majority leader spoke with Republican senators in a closed-door meeting about Democrats' efforts to call John Bolton to testify in the impeachment trial. - 5 hours ago 28 Jan 20, 3:54pm -
The last time Republicans did this, in 1974, they voted in a committee to protect Nixon just before the release of the Watergate tapes. It didn't end well for them. - 5 hours ago 28 Jan 20, 3:29pm -
“I’m not going to make judgments now,” the former Vice President told reporters. “I just think that it depends upon how we treat one another between now and the time we have a nominee.” - 5 hours ago 28 Jan 20, 3:20pm -
Introduced by GOP Rep. Nancy Barto, the measure would apply to elementary and high schools, as well as colleges and universities, but only to female teams. - 5 hours ago 28 Jan 20, 3:18pm -
The EPA is holding a hearing Tuesday to consider approval of an open-pen fish farm in the Gulf of Mexico. It could be the first in federal water in the contiguous United States. - 11 hours ago 28 Jan 20, 9:34am -
The governor singled out Parchman’s Unit 29, where three inmates have been discovered hanging in their cells in little more than a week. - 13 hours ago 28 Jan 20, 7:30am -
The government is assessing daily whether to suspend all flights if the virus becomes a bigger threat to the United States. - 14 hours ago 28 Jan 20, 6:22am -
Fotis Dulos, 52, is accused of killing his estranged wife, whose disappearance in spring 2019 set off a statewide search and shocked the affluent community where she lived. - 17 hours ago 28 Jan 20, 3:04am -
Gwyneth Paltrow’s new show 'The Goop Lab' is also providing a large audience for John Amaral, a 'somatic energy practitioner' who has implied that he’s seen tumors disappear under his treatment. - 6 hours ago 28 Jan 20, 2:48pm -
"She still just seemed very distraught and was shaking and didn’t really want to pursue it or talk about it," Mimi Haley's ex-roommate testified. - 6 hours ago 28 Jan 20, 2:41pm -
A new study backs up what a lot of trans people already knew: Trans men have no more trouble getting pregnant via assisted reproductive technology than cis women do. - 6 hours ago 28 Jan 20, 2:21pm -
Google search trends illustrate that we're surrounded by very, very confused people when it comes to the rapidly spreading illness. - 8 hours ago 28 Jan 20, 12:21pm -
The troubled former NFL player, although not out of trouble, can travel freely while his trial approaches on charges of attacking a motoristThe post Judge frees NFL star Antonio Brown from house arrest appeared first on TheGrio. - 6 hours ago 28 Jan 20, 2:35pm -
Pete Buttigieg says his low poll numbers among African American voters has been something that even Black candidates have gone through. But they, nor he, have had the support among Blacks that Joe Biden hasThe post Pete Buttigieg addresses low support among Black voters as primary season looms appe… - 7 hours ago 28 Jan 20, 1:55pm -
The temblor struck about 86 miles north of Montego Bay and could be felt as far away as Mexico and Florida. No reports of injuries or damageThe post Magnitude 7.7 earthquake hits between Cuba and Jamaica appeared first on TheGrio. - 7 hours ago 28 Jan 20, 1:28pm -
The 'Queen and Slim' actress says the racism in America made her reconsider raising a child in the states, possibly choosing Canada insteadThe post Jodie Turner-Smith says she and husband Joshua Jackson won’t raise kids in America appeared first on TheGrio. - 8 hours ago 28 Jan 20, 1:01pm -
Actor Daniel Kaluuya says he is growing tired of always talking about race.The post Actor Daniel Kaluuya says he ‘happens to be Black’ but is tired of talking about race appeared first on TheGrio. - 8 hours ago 28 Jan 20, 12:16pm -
Kobe Bryant would often tell his longtime friend, Tracy McGrady, that he wanted to “die young” and be “immortalized.”The post Before Kobe Bryant had kids, he told longtime friend Tracy McGrady he wanted to ‘die young’ appeared first on TheGrio. - 9 hours ago 28 Jan 20, 11:13am -
Removing Trump is almost impossible. But slowing down the process will give the public time to absorb the ample evidence of his misconduct. - 55 days ago 5 Dec 19, 2:13am -
Low-dollar, repeat contributions are a great talking point for campaigns. They’ve also resulted in a massive financial windfall for credit card processors. - 65 days ago 25 Nov 19, 2:18am -
He’s not officially on the ballot, but he’s desperate for proof that voters love him enough to take down a popular Democrat. - 74 days ago 16 Nov 19, 3:34am -