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 -
What is actually known about hydroxychloroquine, the drug the president is fixated on recommending for COVID-19. Plus: The pandemic seems to be hitting people of color the hardest. - 2 days ago 5 Apr 20, 9:00pm -
Michigan’s governor joins The Ticket to discuss her state’s coronavirus response and her relationship with President Donald Trump. - 4 days ago 4 Apr 20, 2:00am -
Even as it’s called upon to aid the coronavirus response across the country, the military is struggling to contain the disease among its own personnel. - 4 days ago 3 Apr 20, 8:45am -
Congress passed a law suspending payments on federally held student loans until Sept. 30, but whether your loans qualify is tough to answer on your own.View Entire Post › - 2 hours ago 7 Apr 20, 1:32pm -
Democrats had tried to postpone the primary election, citing low voter turnout and the potential to spread the virus.View Entire Post › - 3 hours ago 7 Apr 20, 1:00pm -
Reproductive rights groups have sued five states, including Texas, Alabama, Oklahoma, Iowa, Indiana, and Ohio, for banning abortions as part of their coronavirus-mitigation strategies.View Entire Post › - 23 hours ago 6 Apr 20, 5:11pm -
"[T]he President’s dead of night decision puts our country and national security at even greater risk," said Rep. Adam Schiff, the top Democrat on the House Intelligence Committee, after news broke that Trump would be firing Michael Atkinson.View Entire Post › - 1 day ago 6 Apr 20, 12:13pm -
“I watched like three people die on Saturday — nothing we can do. Zero," one New York City doctor told BuzzFeed News.View Entire Post › - 3 days ago 4 Apr 20, 6:12pm -
Trump emphasized that wearing a mask to slow the spread of the coronavirus is voluntary under a new CDC recommendation.View Entire Post › - 4 days ago 4 Apr 20, 12:31am -
Acting Navy Secretary Thomas Modly resigned Tuesday after fanning the flames of a controversy over a coronavirus outbreak on board an aircraft carrier.In a tweet, Defense Secretary Mark Esper... - 3 hours ago 7 Apr 20, 12:39pm -
President Trump and members of the White House coronavirus task force will hold a press briefing late Tuesday afternoon.The briefing is scheduled to begin at 5 p.m.Watch live in the video above. - 3 hours ago 7 Apr 20, 12:30pm -
Michigan Democratic state Rep. Karen Whitsett credited hydroxychloroquine and President Trump for her speedy recovery from COVID-19, according to the ... - 4 hours ago 7 Apr 20, 12:22pm -
Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) suggested Tuesday that Democrats will demand certain conditions on new funding for small-business loans amid the coronavirus pandemic to ensure that minorities and underserved communities a... - 5 hours ago 7 Apr 20, 11:23am -
President Trump on Tuesday ripped into a Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) inspector general over a report that found hospitals faced a shortage of protective equipment and testing to combat the coronavirus pa... - 6 hours ago 7 Apr 20, 9:29am -
President Trump has replaced the Pentagon's top watchdog a week after he was named to lead a committee charged with overseeing the $2 trillion coronavirus relief package.Glenn Fine, who has served as acting Pentago... - 6 hours ago 7 Apr 20, 9:26am -
Racial disparities in education have long been an issue that black people want addressed and remedied. From redlining to a general lack of resources, schools in black communities have gotten the short end of the stick for some time. In Mississippi, a group advocating for education reform seeks to ta… - 23 mins ago 7 Apr 20, 3:30pm -
Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves has recently received criticism for his handling of the coronavirus crisis after having initially refused to shut down nonessential businesses in his state, a decision he reversed a day later.Read more... - 53 mins ago 7 Apr 20, 3:00pm -
Wisconsin voters face an impossible choice this Election Day: protect their health, or protect their voice at the ballot box. That difficult decision was placed at their feet this week thanks to the Supreme Court, which, in a partisan decision, ruled to toss out tens of thousands of absentee ballots… - 1 hour ago 7 Apr 20, 2:29pm -
On March 31, the Duke and Duchess of Sussex made their exit as senior members of the British monarchy final—and accordingly bid a fond farewell to their Sussex Royal brand identity and foundation, via a post on their highly popular Instagram account, writing:Read more... - 2 hours ago 7 Apr 20, 2:00pm -
She’s the face of Chicago—and in recent weeks, the star of countless memes since sternly yet effectively locking down the nation’s third-largest city in hopes of containing the coronavirus outbreak. But while Mayor Lori Lightfoot has successfully gotten Chicagoans to “stay home [and] save li… - 2 hours ago 7 Apr 20, 1:30pm -
An election observer cleans voting booths during a Democratic presidential primary election in Kenosha, Wisconsin, on April 7, 2020. | Kamil Krzaczynski/AFP via Getty Images Wisconsin’s April 7 election is still on despite public health warnings over the coronavirus. Despite Wisconsin being und… - 1 min ago 7 Apr 20, 3:53pm -
A polling official instructs voters waiting in line outside of a polling place at Riverside University High School on April 7 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. | Scott Olson / Getty Images Wisconsin’s election sends a message about much-needed voting reforms for November. Wisconsin held the first in-… - 3 mins ago 7 Apr 20, 3:50pm -
Getty Images Now more than ever, the coronavirus crisis has Americans living in tech billionaires’ world. There is something deeply frightening about relying on billionaires to save us in this crisis. But what if we have no better choice?The US government has repeatedly proven to be sluggish… - 53 mins ago 7 Apr 20, 3:00pm -
Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey. | Fairfax Media/Getty The Twitter and Square founder is making an unexpected and important philanthropic push in response to the coronavirus pandemic. Jack Dorsey is making the country’s most significant private gift to tackling the coronavirus and its consequences, pl… - 1 hour ago 7 Apr 20, 2:39pm -
Getty Images How a quirk of scientific jargon is confusing and endangering us. A single case of measles can cause 12-18 other cases, because measles is “airborne” — particles of the virus linger in spaces for hours after sick people breathe or cough them out. This characteristic is uncommon… - 2 hours ago 7 Apr 20, 2:20pm -
President Trump with US Defense Secretary Mark Esper (center left) and Acting Secretary Thomas Modly (center right) joins Naval Academy cadets during the Army-Navy football game in Philadelphia on December 14, 2019. | Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP via Getty Images Thomas Modly is now on his way o… - 2 hours ago 7 Apr 20, 2:16pm -
The Small Business Administration has touted thousands of loans totaling tens of billions of dollars ― but it’s not clear how much actual lending has happened. - 2 hours ago 7 Apr 20, 1:58pm -
Wisconsin isn't the only state trying to restrict voting rights right now. Republican officials in other states are blocking vote-by-mail and passing voter ID. - 3 hours ago 7 Apr 20, 1:20pm -
Stephanie Grisham, who held no regular news briefings during her eight months in the post, will become first lady Melania Trump’s chief of staff and spokesperson, the White House said. - 7 hours ago 7 Apr 20, 9:15am -
Go for a walk, they said. It will make you feel better, they said. Except, for some people, seeing so many other people — some walking, some running, all exhaling — has the opposite effect. - 10 hours ago 7 Apr 20, 6:00am -
The New York governor insists it’s vital for hospitals to share resources because the virus will “overwhelm the resources of any single community.” - 12 hours ago 7 Apr 20, 3:47am -
The six foot rule is not as important as "stay home as much as possible," but personal exceptionalism is still winning. - 3 hours ago 7 Apr 20, 12:34pm -
Amid an unprecedented economic collapse, a few landlords are deciding that doing the right thing means giving people a break. - 3 hours ago 7 Apr 20, 12:34pm -
Andy Cohen, host and moderator of the Real Housewives reunion episodes shares that the season 12 edition of the Atlanta cast reunion will take place virtually as the coronavirus pandemic has shut down almost all TV and film production. Cohen confirmed the remote production on his Sirius XM radio… - 54 mins ago 7 Apr 20, 3:00pm -
Tik Tok, the social media app that has spawned a new quarantine challenge every week, is supposed to be fun but for a 5-year-old Texas boy, it turned deadly. Jordan Allen Jr. was quarantined with his family in southwest Houston last Tuesday. Jordan and his father, Jordan Allen, Sr. were on the famil… - 1 hour ago 7 Apr 20, 2:35pm -
Michael Arceneaux’s memoir I Can’t Date Jesus is being adapted into a half-hour series by FOX TV. Deadline reported Tuesday that 20th Century Fox TV is developing an adaptation of Arceneaux’s I Can’t Date Jesus: Love, Sex, Family, Race and Other Reasons I’ve Put My Faith in Beyoncé with… - 2 hours ago 7 Apr 20, 1:40pm -
New mommy Gabrielle Union took to Instagram to show how that she and her new baby daughter Kaavia are twinning during their quarantine with matching afros.The post Gabrielle Union and Daughter Kaavia flaunt matching natural curls appeared first on TheGrio. - 3 hours ago 7 Apr 20, 12:56pm -
Tracy Morgan has never been known for keeping his opinion, or his most intimate moments to himself but he may have taken things to a new level when he was interviewed by Today about his time in quarantine. Morgan, who starred on both Saturday Night Live and 30 Rock as well as on his own […]The po… - 3 hours ago 7 Apr 20, 12:26pm -
People across these social media streets are not here for a video of Bhad Bhabie where her skin tone looks noticeably, ahem, darker.The post Bhad Bhabie accused of cultural appropriation, darkening skin appeared first on TheGrio. - 4 hours ago 7 Apr 20, 12:17pm -
"It is quickly becoming clear that Congress will need to provide more funding or this crucial program may run dry," McConnell said. - 8 hours ago 7 Apr 20, 7:24am -
The call occurred on the same day the president accused Biden of dodging the spotlight by pushing a ‘virtual convention.’ - 1 day ago 6 Apr 20, 10:48am -