Mitch McConnell returning to Senate after head, rib injury
Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post via Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell is returning to Congress on Monday, nearly six weeks after suffering a concussion and a fractured rib from a fall at a Washington hotel.
The Ke…
DOJ accuses China of spying on, harassing dissidents inside US
Matt Anderson Photography/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — The FBI on Monday revealed what it said is evidence of expanding espionage and security activity by the Chinese government on U.S. soil.
The Justice Department announced three cases suggesting more…
‘New Girl’ comes to Peacock with “Roommates Wanted” ad, as Zooey Deschanel talks reboot potential
Fox(NOTE LANGUAGE) New Girl, the beloved Fox sitcom that ran from 2011 to 2018, has found a new place to crash.
Peacock has announced that all seven seasons of the show, which starred Zooey Deschanel, Jake Johnson, Max Greenfield, Hannah Simone, Lamor…
Judge denies Trump’s request for delay in E. Jean Carroll defamation, battery trial
Creativeye99/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — A federal judge in New York on Monday denied former President Donald Trump’s latest attempt to delay the trial in the defamation and battery case brought by former Elle columnist E. Jean Carroll.
Carroll sued Tru…
McCarthy tells Wall Street House GOP will vote on debt ceiling increase with spending cuts
Timothy A. Clary/AFP via Getty Images(NEW YORK) — Speaking at the New York Stock Exchange on Monday, House Speaker Kevin McCarthy said the House will vote in “the coming weeks” on legislation to raise the debt ceiling and cut federal spending as he co…
Republican lawmakers demand TikTok ban for members of Congress
Photo by Mike Kline (notkalvin)/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — A group of Republican lawmakers on Monday called for a ban on the use of TikTok by their colleagues in Congress, escalating an attack on the China-based social media app over data security fea…
SEGA buys ‘Angry Birds’ gaming company Rovio for lots of gold rings
Rovio — Paramount PicturesSEGA, the company that created Sonic the Hedgehog, has acquired Rovio, the company behind the Angry Birds phenomenon, in a deal worth $775 million.
That’s a lot of gold rings.
In a statement, Rovio CEO Alexandre Pelletier-N…
Family of Ralph Yarl, teenager shot after going to wrong house to pick up his siblings, demands justice
Courtesy of Ralph Yarl’s Family(KANSAS City, Mo.) — A 16-year-old Black teenager was shot on Thursday night by a homeowner in Kansas City, Missouri, after he accidentally went to the wrong address to pick up his siblings, police said.
Kansas City pol…
When are social media threats a crime? Supreme Court to decide
joe daniel price/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — A convicted stalker from Colorado is asking the Supreme Court this week to toss out the law that put him in prison for sending hundreds of messages on social media to a singer-songwriter who felt threatened …
Jordan, House Republicans hold New York City hearing to focus on crime, attack Bragg
Alexander Spatari/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — House Republicans have taken their attack on Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg to New York City, holding a hearing on what they say is a local crime crisis, a move Democrats have lambasted as a “politic…