State Rep. Jason Spencer (R-Woodbine) of Georgia was featured on Sacha Baron Cohen’s “Who Is America?” Sunday night shouting racial slurs, flashing his naked buttocks, and making fun of Chinese people. Baron Cohen, “disguised” as Israeli terrorism expert Col. Erran Morad, convinced Spencer to participate in an anti-terrorism training video meant for elected officials to […]
Donald Trump is considering stripping a half-dozen former national security officials of their security clearances, White House press secretary Sarah Sanders said Monday, calling their public commentary about the ongoing Russia probe inappropriate. The list of former officials includes former CIA Director John Brennan, former Director of National Intelligence James Clapper, former FBI Director James […]
The Made in America Festival isn’t leaving Philadelphia, or the Benjamin Franklin Parkway. After days of controversy, the Kenney administration said Monday the mayor had reached an agreement with Jay-Z’s entertainment company to continue to host the festival here and address Kenney’s concerns about holding the large-scale outdoor Labor Day weekend event. The mayor is […]
District Attorney Larry Krasner joined Solomon Jones for an exclusive interview to discuss the controversial Rittenhouse Square stabbing that has spurred protests. College student Mike White is being held without bail in the stabbing death of Developer Sean Schellenger. A preliminary hearing is scheduled for August 1st. Click the link below to hear the interview.
A recent decision not to charge a man who shot and killed another man in a convenience store parking lot because of Florida’s “stand your ground” law prompted protest Sunday night. Protesters gathered at the Circle A store on Sunset Point in Clearwater — the scene of the shooting. During a press conference Friday, Pinellas […]
The 17 people who died in the duck boat tragedy last week in southwestern Missouri were not wearing life jackets when found, a source with knowledge of the investigation told CNN Sunday. The Ride the Ducks Branson amphibious vessel had 31 people on board when it set sail Thursday on Table Rock Lake near the […]
The first trial prosecuted by special counsel Robert Mueller will offer the clearest public view yet of what his investigators have on President Donald Trump’s former campaign manager, Paul Manafort, with a catalogue of evidence and testimony undercutting the president’s repeated claims that the Russia investigation is a “witch hunt.” Trump, his lawyers and some […]
The image from Table Rock Lake that onlookers say they will never forget is the heads, one after another, bobbing in the dark water. One would pop up on the surface and then disappear. As a boat packed with tourists capsized during a storm in a popular summertime region of southern Missouri, Table Rock Lake […]
In a case that has elements of race and class, 20-year-old college student Michael White, who is black, has been charged with murder and possession of an instrument of crime in the stabbing death of real estate developer Sean Schellenger, who was white. White turned himself in to police at 2 a.m. on Saturday, less […]
President Donald Trump hopes to welcome Russian President Vladimir Putin in Washington this fall, White House press secretary Sarah Sanders said in a statement Thursday. “President Trump asked (national security adviser John Bolton) to invite President Putin to Washington in the fall and those discussions are already underway,” Sanders tweeted Thursday, hours after Trump tweeted […]
Philadelphia’s tax on soda and other sweetened drinks was upheld on Wednesday when the state’s highest court rejected a challenge by merchants and the beverage industry. The Supreme Court ruled the 1.5-cent-per-ounce levy is aimed at distributors and dealers and does not illegally duplicate another tax. The four-justice majority said the state taxes sales at […]
The Made in America festival is a multicultural platform that represents strength, freedom of speech, and perseverance for artists and music lovers. Philadelphia, an iconic city, represents those ideals. The location is integral to the pulse of the festival. The [Benjamin Franklin] Parkway is a cultural arts center that is symbolic to the more than […]