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Attorney General William Barr defended the Justice Department’s controversial decision to drop the case against former national-security adviser Michael Flynn, who earlier this year withdrew his guilty plea that he lied to the FBI about his Russian contacts. Barr was asked in a CBS interview released Thursday how he thinks history will judge his decision …
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“Too Hot to Handle” faves Harry Jowsey and Francesca Farago are turning their red-hot romance into a lifelong one, as the Netflix reality show stars recently got engaged via their Zoom reunion. “I should have rehearsed this,” Jowsey said as he got down on one knee with a blue Ring Pop in hand. “I just …
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The bad news keeps on coming at WME, Ari Emanuel’s glitzy Hollywood talent agency. Formerly known as William Morris Endeavor, the agency that represents stars like Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson, Rihanna, Matt Damon and Christian Bale will slash about 300 jobs, or 20 percent of its workforce, the company said late Thursday. The job cuts, …
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Workers with the least education have been hit particularly hard by the economic devastation caused by the coronavirus pandemic, the jobless rate for workers with a high school degree rose to more than twice the rate for those with a college degree in April. As the coronavirus caused states to issue lockdown orders and all …
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Several Senate Democrats are proposing a new coronavirus relief bill to supplement the initial direct cash payments provided to Americans as part of the phase-three CARES Act. Under the bill, introduced by Senators Kamala Harris (D., Calif.), Bernie Sanders (I., Vt.), and Ed Markey (D., Mass.), all Americans earning less than $120,000 per year would …
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U.S. unemployment hit 14.7 percent in April amid the coronavirus pandemic, the highest unemployment rate since the Great Depression. The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) reported Friday that the country lost 20.5 million jobs in April, “with particularly heavy job losses in leisure and hospitality.” The 10.3-point increase the unemployment rate from March to April …
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Tinsley Mortimer knows what she wants when it comes to jewelry. The “Real Housewife of New York,” 44, gushed about her enormous engagement ring from fiancé Scott Kluth while quarantined in Chicago with the Coupon Cabin CEO. “He did such a great job. I did say I wanted an oval,” Mortimer told Andy Cohen on …
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The coronavirus has the US economy coughing up a lung. The nation lost a record 20.5 million jobs in April as the pandemic caused the worst economic crisis since the Great Depression, the feds said Friday. The mass layoffs sent the unemployment rate up to 14.7 percent — the highest ever recorded since the government …
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The Justice Department has moved to withdraw its case against former Trump national security adviser Michael Flynn, citing “newly discovered and disclosed information,” according to a new court filing. The move, first reported by The Associated Press, comes less than an hour after the top prosecutor on the case, Brandon Van Grack, submitted his withdrawal …
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Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer said Wednesday that she supports banning firearms in the state Capitol after armed protesters demonstrated against the state’s strict lockdown measures last week. “There are legislators who are wearing bulletproof vests to go to work,” Whitmer told NBC News. “No one should be intimidated by someone who’s bringing in an assault …
Attorney General William Barr defended the Justice Department’s controversial decision to drop the case against former national-security adviser Michael Flynn, who earlier this year withdrew his guilty plea that he lied to the FBI about his Russian contacts. Barr was asked in a CBS interview released Thursday how he thinks history will judge his decision …
