Sections
About Emerald City
Footer 3
After months of pandemic restrictions, a US cruise line is set to sail once again starting next month.Here's what you need to know to Get Up to Speed and On with Your Day.(You can also get "5 Things You Need to…
On Tuesday, New York City mayoral candidate Andrew Yang argued that a New York Daily News cartoon presenting him as a tourist in his own city was racist -- portraying him as somehow a foreigner in a place where he…
Manhattan prosecutors pursuing a criminal case against former President Donald Trump, his company and its executives have told at least one witness to prepare for grand jury testimony, according to a person familiar with the matter -- a signal that…
The mother of fallen US Capitol Police Officer Brian Sicknick met with more than a dozen Republican senators Thursday, urging them to vote to establish a commission to investigate the January 6 insurrection. But even after those meetings, which two…
The realities of a narrow Senate majority are coming into focus as Democrats approach the holiday weekend and a turn in the season still grappling with how to pass key items in their agenda from voting rights and gun control…
Former Republican Sen. John Warner, who represented Virginia in the US Senate for three decades and was widely respected for his views on military affairs, has died. He was 94.Warner died peacefully on Tuesday evening of heart failure, surrounded by…
Former Republican Sen. John Warner, who represented Virginia in the US Senate for three decades and was widely respected for his views on military affairs, has died. He was 94.Warner died peacefully on Tuesday evening of heart failure, surrounded by…
People are getting back to traveling, which means flights are filling up -- and plane ticket prices are going sky-high.Here's what you need to know to Get Up to Speed and On with Your Day.(You can also get "5 Things…
Last week, GOP Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene went on Twitter and compared Covid-19 mask mandates to Jews being forced to wear yellow stars in Nazi Germany (Greene actually said "gold stars," but Jews persecuted in the Holocaust were being identified…
Last week, GOP Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene went on Twitter and compared Covid-19 mask mandates to Jews being forced to wear yellow stars in Nazi Germany (Greene actually said "gold stars," but Jews persecuted in the Holocaust were being identified…
Late Monday night, just days after a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas took effect, actor Mark Ruffalo issued a surprising statement over Twitter."I have reflected & wanted to apologize for posts during the recent Israel/Hamas fighting that suggested Israel is…
Republican Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia, who is under fire for likening vaccine requirements to the treatment of Jews in Nazi Germany, once harshly condemned comparisons of migrant detention camps to the Holocaust as an "embarrassment to our country"…
Manhattan's top prosecutor has convened a grand jury that is expected to decide whether to indict former President Donald Trump should prosecutors present criminal charges in their probe of the Trump Organization, two people familiar with the matter told The…
Sen. Joe Manchin implored GOP senators to get behind a bill to establish a 9/11-style commission to investigate the January 6 Capitol attack, but he bluntly said he wouldn't support any effort to gut the filibuster if Republicans succeed in…
A second person has been arrested in connection with the attack on a Jewish man near Times Square during protests in New York City last week, the New York Police Department said Monday.The NYPD arrested Faisal Elezzi, 25, and is…
The FBI and other law enforcement are investigating a package with white powder sent Monday to Republican Sen. Rand Paul's home in Kentucky, according to the FBI Louisville office's spokesman Tim Beam."FBI Louisville is working with the Warren County Sheriff's…
A Republican-ordered audit of the 2.1 million votes cast last year in Arizona's Maricopa County resumed Monday amid the escalating intra-party fight between state senators who sought the audit and county officials who have called it a sham.Meanwhile, in Georgia's…
Michigan Democratic Gov. Gretchen Whitmer has apologized for breaking the state's public health protocols after a photo surfaced on social media of her at a restaurant Saturday seated at tables that had been pushed together with at least 12 friends."Throughout…
In an interview last week with the Christian Broadcasting Network, Georgia Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene had this to say about the ongoing mask mandate in Congress:"You know, we can look back at a time in history where people were told…
With just four legislative days left before the Senate's week-long Memorial Day recess, it's still unknown when Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer bring the legislation to create a commission to investigate the January 6 Capitol Hill riot to the floor…
