Andrew Blake

Miami beaches to close for July 4 weekend following spike in coronavirus cases

Beaches in southern Florida will be closed during the July 4 weekend under an emergency order set to be signed Saturday amid a statewide spike in confirmed novel coronavirus cases.

June 27, 2020

‘The Simpsons’ says White actors will no longer voice non-White characters

"The Simpsons" will no longer use White actors to voice characters of color, the producers of the long-running animated television series announced Friday.

June 27, 2020

Harry H. Rogers, KKK leader accused of driving truck into protesters, charged with hate crimes

Harry H. Rogers, a Ku Klux Klan leader accused of driving a truck into a group of anti-racist protesters in Richmond, Virginia, was charged with four counts of hate crimes Thursday.

June 26, 2020

Bipartisan bill aims to create new cybersecurity position within White House

A bipartisan group of House members has proposed creating a new Senate-confirmed position within the White House, the national cyber director.

June 26, 2020

James Carville unconcerned about Biden’s choice for VP: ‘I don’t care. Pick Sarah Palin’

James Carville quipped Thursday he would support former Republican politician Sarah Palin if she ran on his party's ticket against President Trump in November. The veteran Democratic strategist named dropped the former GOP vice presidential contender to illustrate how unconcerned he was that Mr. Biden needs to pick the perfect running mate to boost his chances in November.

June 26, 2020

Tom Cotton opposes statehood for D.C.; says ‘naked power grab’ would ‘rig the rules of Democracy’

Sen. Tom Cotton, Arkansas Republican, spoke out strongly Thursday against granting statehood to Washington, D.C., ahead of the House of Representatives voting on the matter Friday.

June 26, 2020

Tucker Carlson proposes domestic terrorist designation for Antifa leaders, statue destroyers

Fox News host Tucker Carlson called Thursday evening for the Trump administration to consider Americans caught toppling historic monuments and statues to be domestic terrorists.

June 26, 2020

Andrew Yang rips ‘desperate’ Donald Trump for referring to coronavirus as ‘kung flu’

Andrew Yang criticized President Trump late Wednesday over his recent usage of the contentious phrase "kung flu" to refer to the novel coronavirus first discovered in Wuhan, China.

June 25, 2020

Fox News requires faces masks for attendees of Trump town hall hosted by Sean Hannity

Fox News has made face coverings mandatory for people attending the cable network's televised town hall with President Trump taking place Thursday in Green Bay, Wisconsin.

June 25, 2020

Julian Assange case: 10 major developments since WikiLeaks publisher’s arrest

The superseding indictment unsealed against WikiLeaks publisher Julian Assange this week is the latest in a growing list of developments to emerge since he was arrested last April. Here is a list of 10 key moments in the Australian's case that have transpired in the 14 months that followed as he remains jailed in London fighting a U.S. extradition request.

June 25, 2020

Roger Stone asks to delay prison sentence until September, says DOJ is unopposed to extension

Roger Stone formally requested to push back the start of his federal prison sentence another couple of months because of the ongoing novel coronavirus pandemic.

June 24, 2020

Ken Burns, ‘The Civil War’ documentarian: ‘Confederate monuments have to go’

Ken Burns, the famed documentarian behind "The Civil War" miniseries, spoke in support Tuesday of taking down Confederate statues amid rekindled calls for their removal.

June 24, 2020

Twitter permanently bans account of website that published hacked police documents

Twitter on Tuesday banned the account belonging to Distributed Denial of Secrets, a website that recently published a trove of internal police documents obtained in a data breach.

June 24, 2020

Republicans propose bill to end ‘warrant-proof’ encryption

Republicans on the Senate Judiciary Committee introduced a bill Tuesday taking on the encryption technology that major tech companies use to secure customer data.

June 24, 2020

Tulsa police arrest woman in ‘I Can’t Breathe’ shirt for refusing to leave Trump rally

Tulsa police arrested a woman in an "I can't breathe" shirt after she refused to leave the area near where President Trump's campaign rally is set to take place later Saturday.

June 20, 2020

Six members of Trump team in Tulsa test positive for coronavirus ahead of campaign rally

President Trump's campaign announced Saturday that six staffers working on his rally in Tulsa, Oklahoma, tested positive for COVID-19, the disease caused by the novel coronavirus.

June 20, 2020

Roger Stone seeks to postpone start of prison sentence as June 30 surrender date looms

Roger Stone said Friday his attorneys will file an emergency motion in federal court to try to push back the start of his 40-month prison sentence from its current date of June 30.

June 20, 2020

Twitter bans Katie Hopkins, a British commentator retweeted by Donald Trump

Twitter said Friday it permanently suspended Katie Hopkins, a conservative British commentator whose posts on the platform had been shared by President Trump on several occasions.

June 20, 2020

Dinesh D’Souza suggests knocking down statues of former U.S. presidents Wilson, FDR and LBJ

Dinesh D'Souza proposed toppling statues of several former Democratic presidents Friday in response to monuments across the country coming down following George Floyd's killing.

June 20, 2020

Ulysses Grant statue toppled in San Francisco

Protesters on Friday toppled a statue in San Francisco of former President Ulysses S. Grant, who famously led the Union Army to victories that crippled and ultimately brought down the Confederacy.

June 20, 2020