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House Judiciary Committee Chairman Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, is seeking testimony from the senior counsel to the Manhattan District Attorney who previously worked at the Department of Justice.  In a Friday letter to Matthew Colangelo, Manhattan District Attorney senior counsel, Jordan asked for his voluntary cooperation in relation to the committee's investigation into the indictment of former President Donald Trump. "Given your history of working for law-enforcement entities that are pursuing President Trump and the public reporting surrounding your decision to work for the New York County District Attorney’s Office, we request your cooperation with our oversight in your personal capacity," Jordan wrote in the letter. "According to news reports, District Attorney Alvin Bragg hired you in December 2022 to ‘jump-start’ his office’s investigation of President Trump, reportedly due to your 'history of taking on Donald J. Trump and his family business.' You ha...

Reuters : Baidu sues “relevant” app developers and Apple over fake apps for its Ernie bot on the App Store; Ernie, launched in March 2023, doesn't have an official app   —  Chinese search giant touts product as answer to U.S.-developed ChatGPT chatbot  —  Baidu lodged lawsuits …

A judge upheld an 18-count indictment against "Dances with Wolves" actor Nathan Chasing Horse Friday. In an order issued late Friday afternoon, Clark County District Court Judge Carli Kierny said state prosecutors presented enough evidence for "a reasonable grand juror to conclude that the sexual assaults occurred" but found that there was no substantive testimony connecting Nathan Chasing Horse to the psilocybin mushrooms investigators found while searching his home. So, Kierny tossed the drug trafficking charge. CHASING HORSE PLEADS NOT GUILTY IN NEVADA TO SEX ABUSE CASE Chasing Horse pleaded not guilty to the charges in early March. He was indicted on charges of sexual assault of a minor, kidnapping, child abuse and lewdness. He has been held on $300,000 bail since Jan. 31 after he was arrested at his home in Las Vegas. The prosecution has accused Chasing Horse of portraying himself as a medicine man to gain access to young women and to take underage wive...

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y. , railed against a Texas judge's decision to halt Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval of the abortion pill mifepristone, warning that it "could throw our country into chaos."  "This right-wing MAGA judge, in his zeal to impose his own views on the American people, has suspended this long time FDA-approved medication over the agency and the drug manufacturer's opinion," Schumer told reporters on a press call Saturday. In a highly controversial ruling, Trump-appointed U.S. District Judge Matthew J. Kacsmaryk issued an injunction against the FDA's approval of mifepristone while a lawsuit challenging the drug's safety and approval proceeds through federal court. The order is set to take effect seven days from the ruling.  "Before Plaintiffs filed this case, FDA ignored their petitions for over sixteen years, even though the law requires an agency response within ‘180 days of receipt of the pet...

Bobby Allyn / @BobbyAllyn : NEW: Label on NPR's main account changed to “government funded,” and Elon tells me Twitter is “applying it to a larger number of institutions.”

Rob Lowe played the role of proud parent as he marked a major milestone for his son John Owen Lowe. Despite being attached at the hip while they work together on their new Netflix series, the 59-year-old actor got a chance to surprise his youngest child with a truly meaningful gift during an episode of "The Drew Barrymore Show." Lowe, who has 33 years of sobriety under his belt, gifted John his five-year chip in honor of his commitment to his own recovery efforts. ‘UNSTABLE’ STAR ROB LOWE'S SON ‘NOT SURPRISED’ BY HIS RACY PAST, TRAUMATIZED BY DAD'S SHIRTLESS SCENE "You guys have supported each other in amazing things, and I’ve been really honest with my kids who are younger, but they know my story," Barrymore by began sharing a few words on her own recovery story.  "They know I can’t drink, like it’s just not for me. It doesn’t work for me.  ROB LOWE'S SON JOHN OWEN SAYS HIS FATHER HELPED HIM GET SOBER: ‘HE NEVER GAVE UP ON ME’ "They k...

Paul Cattermole, a member of pop group S Club 7, has died. He was 46. "It is with great sadness that we announce the unexpected passing of our beloved son and brother Paul Cattermole," his family said in a statement to The Associated Press Friday.  According to the family, Cattermole was found in his home in Dorset, southwest England, Thursday, where he was pronounced dead. STARS WE'VE LOST IN 2023 "While the cause of death is currently unknown, Dorset Police has confirmed that there were no suspicious circumstances," the statement continued. SEX PISTOLS FRONTMAN JOHN LYDON'S WIFE DEAD AT 80 The S Club 7 official Instagram shared a statement after the news of the band member's death.  "We are truly devastated by the passing of our brother Paul," the statement began.  "There are no words to describe the deep sadness and loss we all feel. We were so lucky to have had him in our lives and are thankful for the amazing memories we hav...

Mick Mars countersued Mötley Crüe on Thursday and accused the band of forcing him to resign after he chose to stop touring. Mötley Crüe previously claimed that when Mars announced that he couldn't tour anymore, he was resigning from the band. However, Mars alleges that he told the band members that he could still play in a residency situation and could still record, according to court documents obtained by Fox News Digital. The guitarist just could no longer "physically handle the rigor of the roads." According to Mars, the band convened an emergency shareholders’ meeting immediately after his touring announcement in an attempt to throw him out of the band. MOTLEY CRUE'S TOMMY LEE: AMERICAN MUSICIAN AND BAD BOY FROM THE 80s, 90s AND NOW "It is beyond sad that, after 41 years together, a band would try to throw out a member who is unable to tour anymore because he has a debilitating disease," his attorney said in a statement to Fox News Digital. "M...

The House Oversight Committee issued subpoenas to banks asking for the Biden family's financial records. Fox News has confirmed that the Oversight Committee subpoenaed Bank of America, Cathay Bank, JPMorgan Chase, and HSBC USA N.A., as well as former Hunter Biden business associate Mervyn Yan, asking for financial records. Rep. Jamie Raskin, D-Md., the top Democrat on the Oversight Committee, complained that Committee Chairman James Comer , R-Ky., was trying to hide information regarding the investigation from Democrats on the committee. COMER DEMANDS BIDEN CORRECT HIS 'DISHONEST' DENIAL THAT FAMILY GOT $1M FROM HUNTER'S CHINA DEAL In a statement to Fox News, Comer said "Ranking Member Raskin has again disclosed Committee’s subpoenas in a cheap attempt to thwart cooperation from other witnesses. Given his antics with the first bank subpoena, the American people and media should be asking what information Ranking Member Raskin is trying to hide this time. No on...

Nathan Edwards / The Verge : Google plans to end support for the Dropcam and the Nest Secure home security system on April 8, 2024, as it shelves products it can't migrate to Google Home   —  Google is ending support for the Dropcam and the Nest Secure home security system in exactly one year, on April 8th, 2024.

"Wheel of Fortune" fans are yet again upset and disappointed over the actions of host Pat Sajak . During last night's show, a woman named Alexa was the lucky winner who made it to the bonus round for a chance to win a bigger prize. She failed to figure out the puzzle in time, but several viewers insist she did guess correctly and that Sajak just didn't hear her. When Alexa headed into the bonus round, she was given the category "What Are You Doing?" After choosing her letters, co-host Vanna White flipped over some blocks on the board, and Alexa was left with "__ST _IN_IN_ IT." ‘WHEEL OF FORTUNE’ FAILS: FANS THAT TOTALLY BLEW IT "I don't know," Sajak told her somberly. "Will it be enough? ‘Cause that’s all you're getting." Alexa immediately began shouting out answers, phrases like "Must Winning It" and "Best Winning It," but the buzzer went off, and she officially lost the round. "You know...

Colmon Elridge, the chairman of the Kentucky Democratic Party, prompted backlash during Christian Holy Week after he compared Republicans to Judas Iscariot, the disciple who betrayed Jesus to death.  "In the Christian scripture, today is Maundy Thursday. On the evening of this day, Jesus gave his most explicit commandment to love one another as he loved us. It is also the evening that Judas betrayed Jesus for 30 pieces of silver," Elridge tweeted Thursday evening, the day before Good Friday .  "As the modern day Pharisees (extreme GOP) seek to criminalize the humanity of others, excusing their own sins while abusing the law & scriptures to harm so many, often for the 30 pieces (millions) of silver to fill their campaign coffers, remember this . . . ," he continued. "The Pharisees are not the victors. Their victory lasted 3 days & it took 3 days for them to be delegated to eternal villainy.  "To Black & Brown folk, to Women & Girls, to t...

The Biden administration is moving to lock up vast swaths of federal lands eligible for energy development in an effort to combat climate change and reduce carbon emissions. The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) — which oversees 245 million acres of public lands and a subsurface mineral estate spanning 700 million acres — proposed a rule last week that would allow environmental organizations that are opposed to fossil fuel drilling and mining projects to lease land for conservation uses, thereby blocking resource development. "The process announced today could fundamentally change the way BLM approaches land management," said Athan Manuel, the director of Sierra Club’s Lands Protection Program. "As the largest manager of lands in the country, BLM must be a critical part of the U.S. strategy for taking on climate change and biodiversity loss." "We hope that this process leads to a new BLM that puts the needs of the climate and species ahead of profits for the...

The Biden administration is rolling out new Title IX rules to expand the meaning of sexual discrimination to include gender identity that would prevent schools and colleges from banning transgender athletes. Under the department’s proposed rule, no school or college that receives federal funding would be allowed to impose a "one-size-fits-all" policy that categorically bans transgender students from playing on sports teams consistent with their gender identity. Such policies would be considered a violation of Title IX. "The U.S. Department of Education (Department) proposes to amend its regulations implementing Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 (Title IX) to set out a standard that would govern a recipient’s adoption or application of sex-related criteria that would limit or deny a student’s eligibility to participate on a male or female athletic team consistent with their gender identity," the Education Department wrote . "The proposed regulatio...

Rapper Coolio died from the effects of fentanyl, according to the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner. He also had traces of heroin and methamphetamine in his system at the time of his death. Other significant conditions listed were "cardiomyopathy unspecified, asthma and recent phencyclidine use." His manner of death was ruled an accident. COOLIO, GRAMMY AWARD-WINNING RAPPER, DEAD AT 59 The "Gangsta's Paradise" rapper died on Sept. 28. He was 59.

Adult film actress Stormy Daniels described former President Donald Trump as a "king" who has "been dethroned" after his unprecedented surrender and arraignment this week in a New York City courthouse. "Part of me was, you know, finally, like he had to go in and be under the rule of someone else," Daniels told Piers Morgan in a 90-minute interview that will be available on Fox Nation Thursday at 4 p.m. ET. "He had to obey the judge and walk through like a, you know, the king has been dethroned. He's no longer untouchable, and nobody should be untouchable. It doesn’t matter what your job description is, whether you’re the president, like, you should be held responsible for your actions," she said. Trump pleaded not guilty to 34 counts of falsifying business records in the first degree in criminal court in Lower Manhattan on Tuesday afternoon. The charges are related to alleged hush-money payments made to Daniels ahead of the 2016 presiden...

Lance Whitney / ZDNet : Microsoft adds three Bing features to its SwiftKey keyboard beta for Android: web search results, a tone option in which AI rewrites text, and the AI chatbot   —  Android users who want to tap into some AI as they type on their phones can now do so with help from Microsoft.

For the first time, King Charles is opening up the archives for an investigation into the British royal family’s links to the transatlantic slave trade. The monarch, who will be crowned on May 6 , takes the issue "proudly seriously" and academics will be given access, a Buckingham Palace spokesperson announced Thursday. The statement was in response to an article, which was published by The Guardian newspaper, that revealed a document that showed a deputy governor of the slave-trading Royal African Company transferred 1,000 pounds of shares in the business to King William III, Charles’ ancestor, in 1689. The newspaper reported on the document as part of a series of stories on the royal family’s wealth and finances, as well as the monarchy’s connection to slavery. "This is an issue that his majesty takes profoundly seriously," a palace spokesperson told the outlet in a statement. "As his majesty told the Commonwealth heads of government reception in Rwanda l...

New Mexico's top prosecutor is seeking new authority to safeguard the rights of children in state custody amid allegations of inadequate care and protection. Attorney General Raúl Torrez has won the backing of the Democratic-led Legislature in his mission to create a civil rights division in New Mexico — in the spirit, he says, of anti-discrimination work initiated by the U.S. Department of Justice in the late-1950s to desegregate schools in the South. "We have state agencies that unfortunately have had a history of failing to adequately protect children in state custody," Torrez said this week ahead of a Friday deadline for the governor to authorize — or veto — the civil rights initiative. "Our primary focus would be on the protection of children and particularly vulnerable children who are the victims of child abuse." NEW MEXICO GOV. GRISHAM SIGNS BILL TO PROTECT ABORTION PROVIDERS Gov. Lujan Grisham expressed mixed feelings Wednesday about the bill, say...

Tori Spelling has a warning for fans after she developed a corneal ulcer on her left eye. On the most recent episode of her "9021OMG" podcast with "Beverly Hills 90210" co-star Jennie Garth, Spelling went into detail about how she developed the condition. "It's my fault. I did this to myself," she explained. "I have contacts, but I wear daily ones. So at the end of the day, kids, whatever, I can make all the excuses I want, I don't take them out. I sleep in them. It's not healthy, and you're supposed to change them." Garth asked, "How many days have you ever worn a daily eye contact?" ‘90210’ STARS TORI SPELLING, JENNIE GARTH VISIT BEACH HOUSE WHERE THEY FILMED SHOW:' 'LOOKS EXACTLY THE SAME' APP USERS WATCH HERE Spelling responded, "I’ve been known to go maybe 20 days," eliciting shocked gasps from Garth and their other host, Sisanie. "I know you guys. It's shaming. I tell my eye d...

Several Democrat lawmakers’ previous comments on the Chinese spy balloon that traveled across the continental United States in February did not appear to age well amid new information on the intelligence it gathered. According to several current and former U.S. officials in a Monday report, the Biden administration struggled to block the intelligence gathering of the Chinese spy balloon that ultimately fed information to Beijing in real time. Montana Democrat Senator Jon Tester, a critic of the administration's handling of the balloon, said in a February CNN interview that the balloon "doesn't put our national security at risk." DEMOCRATIC SENATOR SAYS HE WILL HOLD BIDEN ADMIN ‘ACCOUNTABLE’ FOR CHINA GATHERING INTEL ON SPY BALLOON FLIGHT’ After reading the report, the Montana senator tweeted on Monday that China’s spy balloon intended to violate U.S. airspace and that he intends to hold the Biden administration "accountable." Tester reiterated the twe...

Manish Singh / TechCrunch : India's Ministry of Electronics and IT says the government does not plan to regulate the growth of AI, calling it a “significant and strategic” sector   —  India does not plan to regulate the growth of AI within the South Asian market, identifying the sector as a “significant and strategic” area for the nation.

Katy Perry made a bit of a fashion statement amid her "mom-shaming" controversy on "American Idol." The singer wore a baseball cap with the word "MAMA" stitched on it on Monday, the day after contestant Sara Beth Liebe, who fans accused Perry of "mom-shaming," decided to leave the competition. Perry wore the hat while out shopping in Montecito, California, in an overall dressed down look, consisting of a gray sweatshirt, joggers, and rose-tinted aviator sunglasses. The 38-year-old is a mom to a daughter, Daisy Dove, with her fiancé, Orlando Bloom.  KATY PERRY ‘TRAUMATIZED’ ‘AMERICAN IDOL’ CONTESTANT WITH HARSH CRITIQUE: ‘IN MY NIGHTMARES’ Meanwhile, Liebe, who opted to leave the show during Hollywood week to be with her family, took to her social media to put the controversy to bed. "I don’t have anything else to say on this matter. I’m not even mad," the 25-year-old mom of three said. "If you watch my videos you’d know that...

Maine Attorney General Aaron Frey revealed that he has been in a relationship with one of his staffers for months. Frey made the announcement in a Tuesday statement, saying he should have come forward about the relationship sooner. MAINE AG AARON FREY SAYS NEW DNA TESTING HASN'T CHANGED HIS MIND REGARDING 1988 MURDER CONVICTION Frey went on to say the staffer in question will now be supervised by Maine's chief deputy attorney general, Christopher Taub, in order to avoid conflicts of interest "as this personal relationship continues." "This is to ensure that we have appropriate boundaries between us. I should have done this once we realized we had feelings for one another," Frey said. MAINE'S AG SUES MANUFACTURERS OVER FOREVER CHEMICAL CONTAMINATION "It was an error in judgment and for that I am sorry," he added. According to the Maine State Government Policy Against Harassment, "Supervisors who become personally involved with a s...

Abner Li / 9to5Google : Google says Play Store apps that allow account creation will soon need to offer an option to let users delete accounts and data from within the app and online   —  Google is continuing its work on Data safety in the Play Store by requiring that developers provide a way for users to delete their account data.

Sasha Luccioni / Wired : Instead of halting AI research, an unfeasible task, the industry must improve transparency and accountability by being open to external audits and to regulation   —  Tech leaders' Open Letter proposed a pause on ChatGPT.  But researchers already know how to make artificial intelligence safer.

Scarlett Johansson is getting candid about parenting, offering up anecdotes as a mother to two young children. "Three is really tough," Johansson explained of the toddler stage. "I remember my daughter — my daughter is 8½. … When she was two, I thought, 'This is great, I don't know what everyone is talking about.' And then she turned three, and it was like being in an emotionally abusive relationship." Johansson shares Rose with ex-husband Romain Dauriac , as well as son Cosmo, 1, with her husband, "Saturday Night Live" star Colin Jost. "I just was like, ‘Oh my God.’ It's crazy, it was just so tense. No reasoning. … Very intense emotional swings, and like so bossy and adamant and like it's just crazy. And also these huge mood swings — constant mood swings. … Those poor little guys, I feel bad for ‘em. It must be a lot. … You're like up and down constantly," she explained on "The Skinny Confidential Him & Her P...

Former President Donald Trump pleaded not guilty to charges brought by a Manhattan grand jury Tuesday afternoon in court in New York City after surrendering to the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office earlier in the afternoon. The former president of the United States, and the leading Republican presidential candidate for 2024, was indicted by a Manhattan grand jury Thursday after a years-long investigation by the Manhattan District Attorney's Office. Trump pleaded not guilty during his arraignment before Judge Juan Merchan, the trial judge presiding over the case, in the courtroom on the 15th floor of 100 Centre Street in New York City. The indictment was unsealed in court Tuesday. Trump has been charged with 34 counts of falsifying business records in the first degree.  Trump was not handcuffed, as some are during an arraignment, after making arrangements with the Manhattan District Attorney's Office. Detectives within the office handled the arrest of the former president...

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle worked a total of 52 hours a year on their foundation, averaging out to one hour per week. The revelation was made in 2021 tax filings from Archewell, the Duke and Duchess of Sussex’s nonprofit . The IRS 990 filing was recently posted on Archewell’s official website. Royal expert Hilary Fordwich told Fox News Digital the admission is "totally inconsistent" with the original statement the couple made in 2021. "They said, ‘We can all live a life of service. Service is universal,’" Fordwich explained. "One hour a week isn’t exactly ‘a life.’ There is a vast distinction between a ‘life’ of service to others versus a self-promoting and self-serving life." "The royal family indeed garners much of its respect and admiration from the public due to their focusing on the work of others while the Sussexes are clearly focused on their own issues," Fordwich alleged. "Prior to this tax return that might be construed as ...