Olivia Dean opens up about taking on Ticketmaster after a single mom’s heartbreaking message
Olivia Dean is the advocate fans need when it comes to concert ticket price gouging. The rising British pop star, who’s nominated for Best New Artist at the 2026 Grammys, recently pulled back the curtain on what prompted her to blast Ticketmaster last month over its resale policies publicly. And it all started with a […]
President Trump installs ‘Presidential Walk of Fame’ with plaques mocking former presidents Obama, Biden, and more
President Donald Trump’s latest White House renovations include plaques underneath portraits of former US presidents. Located in a walkway outside of the West Wing, the White House describes the addition as “a tribute to past Presidents, good, bad, and somewhere in the middle, who served our Country, and gave up so much in so doing,” […]
US government admits role in causing helicopter-plane collision that killed 67 in Washington
The U.S. government admitted Wednesday that the actions of an air traffic controller and Army helicopter pilot played a role in causing a collision last January between an airliner and a Black Hawk near the nation’s capital, killing 67 people. It was the deadliest plane crash on American soil in more than two decades. The official response […]
Trump touts recovered economy in address to the nation, but Black Americans aren’t feeling it
President Donald Trump sought to sell a positive outlook on the economy during an evening address to the nation from the White House on Wednesday. “11 months ago, I inherited a mess, and I’m fixing it,” said Trump, who blamed the Biden Administration for driving up costs. “The last administration and their allies in Congress […]
4 Republicans defy Speaker Johnson to force House vote on extending ACA subsidies
WASHINGTON (AP) — Four centrist Republicans broke with Speaker Mike Johnson on Wednesday and signed onto a Democratic-led petition that will force a House vote on extending for three years an enhanced pandemic-era subsidy that lowers health insurance costs for millions of Americans. The stunning move came the same day that House Republican leaders pushed […]
FBI Deputy Director Dan Bongino says he plans to resign next month as bureau’s No 2 official
WASHINGTON (AP) — FBI Deputy Director Dan Bongino said Wednesday that he will resign from the bureau next month, ending a brief and tumultuous tenure in which he clashed with the Justice Department over the handling of the Jeffrey Epstein files and was forced to reconcile the realities of his law enforcement job with provocative claims he made in his […]
Thousands of fans join tribute to reggae pioneer Jimmy Cliff in his native Jamaica
The instructions on Wednesday were clear: no serious, sad or long faces. And the crowd filing into a gymnasium in Jamaica’s capital largely obliged as they honored reggae giant Jimmy Cliff. “Jimmy didn’t want a sad or somber occasion,” said Olivia Grange, Jamaica’s culture minister. “He gave so much of his life to delivering music.” The […]