President Trump’s former private attorney met Wednesday with top New York prosecutors investigating the commander-in-chief’s family business and charitable organization. Michael Cohen sat down with federal prosecutors from the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York and offi… - 1 hour ago 17 Oct 18, 2:40pm -
New laws requiring NYPD officers to identify themselves and receive consent before conducting some searches are set to go into effect Friday — and police reform advocates are worried the de Blasio administration is already trying to wriggle out of the rules. “We have very big concerns about the.… - 3 hours ago 17 Oct 18, 12:40pm -
ALBANY – New York in 2017 sent more than $24 billion more in taxes to the federal government than it got back in services, a new report from state controller Thomas DiNapoli said. The state was just one of 11 states that sent more to Washington than it received, with only New Jersey, Massachusetts… - 3 hours ago 17 Oct 18, 12:35pm -
The city spent $200,000 on its botched effort to increase voter turnout that included mailing some 400,000 voters letters that were so confusing and in some cases inaccurate that many voters thought they were being scammed. A portion of the money — $20,000 — went to Civis Analytics, a third-part… - 5 hours ago 17 Oct 18, 11:05am -
Special counsel Robert Mueller is expected to present key findings of his investigation into Russian election interference to top Justice Department officials following the November midterms, according to a report Wednesday. Mueller is close to concluding two major aspects of the probe that have... - 6 hours ago 17 Oct 18, 9:45am -
It took only seven minutes for Jamal Khashoggi’s killers to cut off his fingers and decapitate him after he entered the Saudi Consulate, according to an audiorecording described by senior Turkish officials on Wednesday. The disturbing new details of the Saudi Arabian writer’s alleged death two..… - 8 hours ago 17 Oct 18, 8:15am -
To combat the growing federal deficit, Trump said he would ask each of his Cabinet secretaries to cut five percent from their budget proposals next year. - 1 hour ago 17 Oct 18, 2:58pm -
The attorney general has stepped up the hiring of immigration judges, ordered them to hear more cases, and shown a preference for those who’ve previously been prosecutors. - 8 hours ago 17 Oct 18, 8:05am -
The Senate next year could be more MAGA-oriented than ever—and the next senator from Utah isn’t likely to change that. - 9 hours ago 17 Oct 18, 7:32am -
President Donald Trump praised a federal judge’s decision to throw out Stormy Daniels’ defamation lawsuit against him, calling her "Horseface," and threatening to "go after" her. - 1 day ago 16 Oct 18, 2:40pm -
Attempts to discourage migrants from journeying to the U.S.-Mexico border often don’t take into account the conditions they’re fleeing from. - 1 day ago 16 Oct 18, 1:21pm -
The fight for the retiring speaker’s House seat in Wisconsin is a study in contrasts, both ideological and personal, between Republican Bryan Steil and Democrat Randy Bryce. - 1 day ago 16 Oct 18, 9:05am -
If there's a Democratic sweep in November, politically moderate suburban women will be a big reason why. "Now I’m Democratic," said one Michigan woman. "I’ve never been before."View Entire Post › - 3 hours ago 17 Oct 18, 7:25pm -
Iowa, Ohio, Michigan, Wisconsin, Minnesota, and Pennsylvania are nowhere near as promising for Republicans as they seemed in 2016.View Entire Post › - 3 hours ago 17 Oct 18, 7:00pm -
Climate scientists called Trump’s climate comments “disturbing,” “nonsense,” “disappointing,” and “sad.”View Entire Post › - 1 hour ago 17 Oct 18, 2:48pm -
"Denver does not remember liking some of these pages or being a part of these groups," a spokesperson told BuzzFeed News about the Republican candidate's current and former "likes" of racist, sexist, and trollish Facebook groups.View Entire Post › - 3 hours ago 17 Oct 18, 12:44pm -
Hof, 72, was following a path into Republican politics that would’ve been unthinkable just a few years ago.View Entire Post › - 3 hours ago 17 Oct 18, 12:43pm -
A prominent evangelical leader told viewers to "cool down the tempers of those who are screaming blood for the Saudis" and not risk a $100 billion arms deal over the apparent death of Saudi-born journalist Jama... - 51 mins ago 17 Oct 18, 3:11pm -
Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman has been caught in an international firestorm over his alleged involvement in the disappearance and suspected death of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, who was last seen entering the Saud... - 3 hours ago 17 Oct 18, 1:25pm -
A new lawsuit challenging the Affordable Care Act has a new starring role in Democratic advertisements across the country, as candidates warn their Republican opponents would seek to end the law's protections for those wi... - 4 hours ago 17 Oct 18, 12:06pm -
A white woman in Florida became the subject of mockery on social media after she was recorded calling the police on a black man who was attending his son's soccer game.The unidentified woman is shown in videos post... - 5 hours ago 17 Oct 18, 11:25am -
The Trump administration on Wednesday announced its intent to withdraw from a little-known United Nations agency that governs global postal rates, another move against international institutions the president has long acc... - 9 hours ago 17 Oct 18, 7:24am -
Neil Quilliam says the U.S. and European governments must move beyond rhetoric and implement sustained diplomatic measures to persuade Riyadh that political reform is its only option. - 10 hours ago 17 Oct 18, 6:00am -
So remember last week when we discussed how much we would love for Cardi B to appear in a reboot of the popular 90s sitcom The Nanny? And remember how we told you that Fran Drescher was also in favor of the idea? Well, apparently Fran is about her business because the latest news is that she is acti… - 2 mins ago 17 Oct 18, 4:00pm -
Earther The Biggest Organism on Earth Is Dying, and It’s Our Fault | Jalopnik The 2019 Yenko Camaro Is a 1,000 HP Monster You Can Buy at the Dealership | Kotaku Obama Does Not Care About Pokémon | Lifehacker How to Not Get Fooled by Ikea’s Mind Games | The Takeout Pizza Hut launches $5 men… - 53 mins ago 17 Oct 18, 3:09pm -
What do you do if you are a white woman who suddenly becomes the star of a viral video on social media which shows you harassing a black man who lives in your building and was just trying to get home to his apartment one Friday night—especially if that video leads to you being fired from your job?… - 1 hour ago 17 Oct 18, 3:00pm -
Today is national black poetry day and I am, among many things, a black poet. I could link to Maya Angelou’s “Phenomenal Woman” or some other literary poets, but there are these things called books that you should totally check out.Read more... - 2 hours ago 17 Oct 18, 2:30pm -
Colin Kaepernick has done more than most to increase the urgency for criminal justice reform and racial equality. He has withstood being vilified by those who care more about a quiet state of injustice than an uncomfortable peace, including President Donald Trump. He has lost the ability to use his… - 2 hours ago 17 Oct 18, 1:46pm -
When did birthday cake get so vanilla? 3 Musketeers recently announced its first new flavor in six years. It is called “Birthday Cake,” and according to the press release, it features “vanilla-flavored nougat and colorful sprinkles covered in rich milk chocolate.”This certainly sounds cake-… - 32 mins ago 17 Oct 18, 3:30pm -
The suit wasn’t the empowering part — her words were. Lady Gaga was honored as one of Elle’s Women in Hollywood Monday night, yet her acceptance speech wasn’t about her film acting debut in A Star Is Born, the critically beloved movie that’s already garnering pretty serious Oscar buzz. I… - 2 hours ago 17 Oct 18, 2:30pm -
A pseudoscience lifestyle brand and a tech giant can get a lot from teaming up. Tucked into a blog post published on Google’s website last week, amid news about the launch of the company’s third-generation Pixel smartphone, was the information that the tech giant is “joining forces” with Gwy… - 2 hours ago 17 Oct 18, 2:00pm -
Retail stores use many tactics to get shoppers to make unplanned purchases. Researchers estimate that 50 percent of purchases are unplanned. These purchases present an opportunity for retailers who can entice consumers to deviate from their shopping lists.One of the most effective ways to influence… - 2 hours ago 17 Oct 18, 1:50pm -
Pat Robertson urged caution over US-Saudi relations A major evangelical leader has spoken in defense of US-Saudi relations after the apparent killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi in a Saudi consulate, saying that America has more important things — like arms deals — to focus on.Pat Robertson,… - 2 hours ago 17 Oct 18, 1:40pm -
The Trump administration sees a group of thousands of Hondurans as a threat to the US’s “border and sovereignty” — but they haven’t even reached Mexico yet. The Trump administration is threatening to cut off aid to the government of Honduras — and possibly Guatemala and El Salvador as we… - 3 hours ago 17 Oct 18, 1:25pm -
The acting administrator seems set to become the longest-serving person not confirmed as an agency head by the Senate. - 4 hours ago 17 Oct 18, 11:36am -
Slate is a multimedia digital publishing company focused on covering culture, technology, politics, current events, and business. Over the past 20 years our smart, witty takes have been recognized with numerous accolades and have won us industry recognition, including the National Magazine Award for… - 1 day ago 16 Oct 18, 1:39pm -
Time leaped forward on this day in 1582 following the formal adoption of the Gregorian calendar in Italy, Spain, and Portugal, where the date was advanced overnight from Oct. 4 to Oct. 15. You may use the comment thread on this page to discuss the spread of Pope Gregory’s time-tracking standard or… - 3 days ago 14 Oct 18, 9:01pm -
In an Oct. 12 Brow Beat, Hailey Gavin misidentified the Aladdin character Iago as Lago. She also misstated when the film will be released. It’s May 24 not March 24.In an Oct. 12 Music, Carl Wilson misstated that the Leonard Cohen song “Democracy” seemed to express anti-abortion sentiments. It… - 6 days ago 12 Oct 18, 1:02am -
On or about this day in 1829, an early steam locomotive called the Rocket defeated several competing designs, including a horse-powered entrant, in the Rainhill Trials, thus winning the right to service a new rail line connecting the English cities of Liverpool and Manchester. You may use the commen… - 10 days ago 7 Oct 18, 9:01pm -
In a October 5 Jurisprudence, Dahlia Lithwick and Susan Matthews misidentified that an Alito had clerked for the Supreme Court when in fact the clerkship was for Kavanaugh.Due to a photo provider error, an Oct. 3 Brow Beat misidentified a photograph of another actress as being of Fan Bingbing. Th… - 13 days ago 5 Oct 18, 1:07am -
This week, Slate Group Chairman Jacob Weisberg says farewell to the magazine he joined as a writer 22 years ago. As Slate writer, editor in chief, and chief executive officer, Weisberg wrote thousands of stories and recorded scores of podcasts; in many ways, as Slate’s current Editor-in-Chief Juli… - 15 days ago 2 Oct 18, 1:12pm -
The American Meteorological Society took issue both with Trump’s statement about the motivations of climate scientists, and his reluctance to accept their conclusions. - 5 hours ago 17 Oct 18, 11:04am -
The decision to free the insurer from tougher federal oversight was long expected as the Trump administration seeks to roll back regulations it sees as strangling economic growth. - 6 hours ago 17 Oct 18, 10:22am -
Investigators have said they think Jayme Closs may have been home when her parents were killed and was taken in the moments after the attack, but they have not released further details. - 6 hours ago 17 Oct 18, 9:46am -
Everything in the media from earnest rolling instructions to “C-Day” to whether or not Brad Wall will “blaze that good good dank sticky icky.” - 6 hours ago 17 Oct 18, 10:26am -
Former President Barack Obama says you ain’t gotta go home, but you gotta get straight to the polls this election. In a new video with ATTN:, Obama reads seven excuses people give for why they’re not going to cast their ballots– and shuts each one down perfectly. “Excuse #1: I don’t care a… - 3 hours ago 17 Oct 18, 1:07pm -
Jill Scott went on social media to post lessons she's learned from past relationships, which include knowing her self-worth.The post Jill Scott opens up on Instagram about the type of men she refuses to date appeared first on theGrio. - 4 hours ago 17 Oct 18, 12:25pm -
Republican U.S. Senate candidate John James is full of apologies after he made a "terrible error" and unintentionally showed what appears to be a swastika in his first campaign ad.The post Black GOP Senate candidate apologizes for ‘accidentally’ showing swastika in campaign ad appeared first on… - 4 hours ago 17 Oct 18, 12:06pm -
Thanks to surveillance video, police in Florissant, Missouri have been able to disprove an account on social media about an alleged assault at a gas station.The post Police say video proves white Missouri man lied about Black man assaulting him appeared first on theGrio. - 5 hours ago 17 Oct 18, 11:03am -
A Georgia Police chief is defending the officer who twisted the arm of a 12-year-old who was trying to sell his music CDs at a mall. Chief Michael Register says the officer was within his rights to touch the boy and says the boy was trespassing by selling CDs. An activist posted the video which wen… - 5 hours ago 17 Oct 18, 11:02am -
October means many things: the real start of Fall, a nudge that the holidays are just around the corner and the year is headed toward the finish line. In October, we also see the reemergence of the pink ribbon, a reminder that breast cancer can affect anyone, and the fight to find new treatments… - 6 hours ago 17 Oct 18, 9:33am -
For the third time this year, the attorney and 2020 presidential prospect has rolled a grenade into the Trump White House. - 23 days ago 24 Sep 18, 3:38pm -
Every week political cartoonists throughout the country and across the political spectrum apply their ink-stained skills to capture the foibles, memes, hypocrisies and other head-slapping events in the world of politics. The fruits of these labors are hundreds of cartoons that entertain and enrage r… - 27 days ago 21 Sep 18, 2:26am -
Rob Porter, Gary Cohn and Chris Christie are accusing the veteran journalist of creating a misleading portrait of the West Wing. - 36 days ago 11 Sep 18, 10:56am -