In two major developments this week, President Donald Trump has been labeled in the parlance of criminal investigations as a major subject of interest, complete with an opaque legal code name: “Individual 1.” New evidence from two separate fronts of special counsel Robert Mueller III’s investigation casts fresh doubts on Trump’s version of key events […]
President Donald Trump is sending an unmistakable and daringly public message to his jailed ex-campaign chairman, Paul Manafort, that his defiance of special counsel Robert Mueller could eventually see him walk free from jail. And Trump’s move — delivered in an interview with the New York Post on Wednesday — is more than just an […]
Former Donald Trump fixer Michael Cohen, best known for his involvement in paying off por star Stormy Daniels in connection with a nondisclosure agreement in connection with an alleged sexual liaison with Donald Trump, is in federal court this morning where he is expected to plead guilty to lying to Congress about the Russia investigation. […]
As a drug crisis has moved Kensington to the center of a debate on how best to treat addiction, we’ve largely failed to see the connection to the crisis taking place on America’s southern border. Right now in the heart of Kensington, a throng of homeless heroin addicts is gathered beneath a bridge on Emerald […]
Advocates for Democrat Stacey Abrams filed a federal lawsuit on Tuesday alleging far-reaching U.S. voting rights violations during the Georgia governor’s contest she lost this month to a Republican who ran the election as secretary of state. Abrams, who sought to become the nation’s first female African-American governor, pledged to fight for electoral changes after […]
Facebook has a “black people problem,” according to a former black manager at the company. On Tuesday, the manager, vocal diversity advocate Mark Luckie, made public a memo he sent to Facebook’s global staff before leaving the company on November 16. In the memo, Luckie said black people make up some of the most active […]
Malcolm Jenkins and other Eagles players posted $25,000 — matched by $25,000 from the Eagles Social Justice Fund — to bail out nine Philadelphians so they could be home with their families ahead of Thanksgiving. The bailout was paired with a resource fair, so those who were released could gain access to workforce training and […]
After the Pennsylvania Supreme Court on Monday refused to hear her appeal, disgraced former Attorney General Kathleen Kane has exhausted her legal options and must begin serving her jail sentence. Kane, 52, the first woman and first Democrat to be elected to the state’s top law enforcement job, was convicted two years ago on perjury […]
Rep. Beto O’Rourke said Monday that he would not rule out a run for president in 2020, backtracking on recent statements that he would not seek the White House. O’Rourke, who rocketed to national fame with his campaign to unseat Sen. Ted Cruz, indicated Monday that he and his wife are discussing the possibility. “Amy […]
President Donald Trump is seizing on an attempt by 500 migrants to rush the southern border to use immigration as an issue to bolster his presidency at a critical political moment. Trump spent weeks ahead of the midterm elections warning that the United States was about to experience an invasion from a migrant caravan trekking […]
Like everyone else in the place Sunday, Cre’Von LeBlanc knew where Eli Manning was going to throw the football on that third-and-4 play at the Philadelphia 11-yard line in the fourth quarter. Right at him. Right at the man he had the unenviable task of covering. Right at Odell Beckham Jr. “Everybody in the stadium […]
The holiday shopping frenzy has officially begun with the five-day stretch that starts on Thanksgiving and crosses the finish line Cyber Monday. And in the age of Amazon, retailers are increasingly turning to tech to make shopping, whether online or in an actual store, as quick and simple as possible. This year marks the first […]