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Attorney General William Barr said he would be “vehemently opposed” to President Trump pardoning former National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden, a move Trump suggested over the weekend that he was mulling. “He was a traitor and the information he provided our adversaries greatly hurt the safety of the American people,” Barr told the Associated Press. …
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The pro-abortion group EMILY’s List and a PAC run by allies of Senator Chuck Schumer (D., N.Y.) funded a Democrat-linked PAC that attempted to boost Kris Kobach in the Kansas GOP Senate primary, according to documents filed with the Federal Election Commission. Kobach, the former attorney general for the state of Kansas, lost the primary …
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California Governor Gavin Newsom has been receiving his full monthly salary, though he pledged to take a pay cut in May in solidarity with state workers who saw a 10 percent cut in pay as a result of budgetary fallout of the coronavirus. While elected state officials are exempt from such pay cuts, Newsom promised …
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David Pecker has pulled out of American Media for good. The 68-year-old media tycoon — whose 20-year reign as the owner of the National Enquirer got mired in scandals over “catch and kill” tactics to bury damaging stories about President Trump — has stepped down as chief executive of the supermarket tabloid’s owner, the company …
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TikTok is preparing to mount a legal challenge as early as Monday to President Trump’s executive order prohibiting transactions with the popular short video app and its Chinese parent ByteDance, according to people familiar with the matter. Trump issued an executive order on Aug. 14 that gave ByteDance 90 days to divest the US operations …
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Apple on Friday asked a federal judge in California to deny a request by “Fortnite” maker Epic Games to be kept in the iPhone maker’s App Store as a dispute between the two over Apple’s in-app payment rules plays out. In a filing before US District Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers in Oakland, Calif., Apple called …
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Talk about good genes. Sailor Brinkley-Cook snapped a few poolside Instagram photos on Thursday, clad in a taupe one-piece swimsuit ($110) from the Sports Illustrated Swim collection. The 22-year-old blond beauty was the spitting image of her supermodel mom, Christie Brinkley, who back in 1977 posed for Vogue wearing a similar peach maillot while lounging …
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Pharmacy giants and tech titans are in a crowded battle to deliver your prescriptions — but a startup coming off a coronavirus-fueled growth spurt thinks it can beat them. Consumers wary of waiting in packed drugstores have turned to digital pharmacy services like Capsule, a New York-based company that’s seen a surge of new customers …
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Rosie O’Donnell wants Kanye West to treat his bipolar disorder. The Yeezy designer and presidential hopeful tweeted out on Friday a list of states where his name will appear on the election ballot, to which the former “View” co-host responded with concern — and even mentioned his late mother, Donda. “ye – u must take …
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Distressed investment firm Marble Ridge Capital plans to wind down its funds after a government report called into question the actions of its managing partner, Dan Kamensky, during the Neiman Marcus Group bankruptcy, the firm said. “After much consideration, and in light of the operating environment, we have made the difficult decision to commence an …
Attorney General William Barr said he would be “vehemently opposed” to President Trump pardoning former National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden, a move Trump suggested over the weekend that he was mulling. “He was a traitor and the information he provided our adversaries greatly hurt the safety of the American people,” Barr told the Associated Press. …
