More than a year after the Las Vegas massacre — the deadliest modern mass shooting in America — the Trump administration is using existing law to ban bump stocks, attachments that turn semi-automatic rifles into automatic weapons. The updated rule by the Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco Firearms and Explosives (ATF) …
Read More »What Does Rudy Giuliani Know?
Less than two weeks after joining President Trump’s legal team last April, Rudy Giuliani let slip to Sean Hannity that his client reimbursed Michael Cohen for the $130,000 he paid Stormy Daniels prior to the 2016 election. This contradicted Trump’s claim that he had no knowledge of the payment, which …
Read More »What's Next for Maria Butina?
Jailed Russian national Maria Butina has reached a deal with federal prosecutors to plead guilty to a charge of conspiracy to violate a prohibition on undeclared foreign agents, ABC and the Daily Beast report. In a version of the plea document to be filed with the court, Butina reportedly will …
Read More »Taylor Swift's 'Reputation' Is Grammys' Biggest Snub
Here lies Taylor Swift‘s reputation — or at least the final nail in the coffin of herReputation era. Since its release last November, Swift’s sixth album has kept a deserved hold on the pop narrative of the last year, but on Friday, the album and its singles were all suspiciously …
Read More »Bruce Springsteen Releases 'The Roxy 1975' Live Album
The newest chapter of Bruce Springsteen‘s ongoing live download series spotlights a show he played at The Roxy in West Hollywood, California on October 18th, 1975. Born To Run had come out a little less than two months before the show and the hype around the album was reaching a …
Read More »El Chapo Trial: Colombian Kingpin 'Chupeta' Describes Own Murders, Other Crimes
The brutality of the international drug trade was front and center this week at the trial of Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzmán, with one witness testifying in chillingly calm tones about dozens of gangland murders.The only catch? El Chapo wasn’t the murderer in question. In a riveting back and forth with …
Read More »Tommy Lee Fires Insults at 'Idiot' Travis Scott Over Similar Stage Design
In unlikely beef news, Mötley Crüe’s Tommy Lee took shots at Travis Scott over similar use of a circular stage roller coaster that Lee claims he pioneered. Scott has been spinning on one during hisAstroworld tour. On Wednesday, Lee posted videos from both a Mötley Crüe show on their “Final …
Read More »Smokey Robinson: I Regret Never Recording With Aretha Franklin
Smokey Robinson reveals in a new interview that, in the aftermath of Aretha Franklin, he regrets not recording in the studio with the Queen of Soul. “It was my close friend and I loved her very much; I still do. She was my buddy and she was one of those …
Read More »Gary Busey Talks Buddy Holly, Almost Dying and Releasing His First Solo Song at 74
“I’M GONNA TELL YOU HOW IT’S GONNA BE!” Gary Busey is pacing the studio at Rolling Stone‘s office, sing-shouting the lyrics to Buddy Holly‘s “Not Fade Away.” He will do this often, without warning, in the middle of a conversation or just randomly as he sees fit, paying tribute to …
Read More »What's Going On With This Julian Assange Indictment?
Now that the midterms are over, the White House has reportedly shifted its focus to panicking over the Mueller investigation. We know Trump has, at least. The special counselwent quiet in the months leading up to last Tuesday’s elections, and there have been indications that indictments could be coming soon. …
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