In a Beat exclusive, MSNBC Chief Legal Correspondent Ari Melber airs new “Santos Tapes,” from journalist and documentarian Blake Zeff. In the tapes – recorded in January and February before Santos was indicted – the GOP Congressman mulls a run for the White House.
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Elon Musk says he’ll step down as Twitter CEO. But he’s not going anywhere.
Clive Mason/Formula 1 via Getty Images A new chief executive won’t change the fact that Musk still owns the company. Elon Musk just announced that, in six weeks, he’s stepping down as the CEO of Twitter. But if you think that means the Elon-Twitter story is...
Continue reading...Toronto police find ‘no evidence’ of forcible confinement of 6-year-old Black student
Toronto police found “no evidence” to support laying charges against Toronto elementary school staff who allegedly forcibly confined a six-year-old Black student in a closet-sized room – a decision advocates say is “anchored in anti-Black racism.”
Continue reading...GOP lawmakers are now attacking Disney at the federal level
A bill backed by right-wing extremists such as Lauren Boebert and Marjorie Taylor Greene would remove special no-fly zones from Disney World and Disneyland.
Continue reading...New York man to be charged in subway chokehold killing of Jordan Neely
New York police officers respond to the scene where a fight was reported on a subway train, Monday, May 1, 2023, in New York. A man suffering an apparent mental health episode aboard a New York City subway died on Monday after being placed in a...
Continue reading...Biden cuts time for migrants to get lawyers, echoing Trump policy as Title 42 expires
U.S. border, United States-May 11, 2023-U.S. border patrol agents make contact with migrants hoping to cross into the United States from Tijuana, Mexico on May 11, 2023. Some migrants have been waiting a week in an area south of the second border wall in anticipation of...
Continue reading...TTC crews working to restore service following streetcar derailment in downtown Toronto
Traffic is heavy in Toronto downtown’s east area after a streetcar derailed at the intersection of King and Church streets Thursday afternoon.
Continue reading...George Santos is accused of breaking laws that help us have faith in our democracy
The DOJ charged Rep. George Santos with fraud, money laundering, theft of public funds and making materially false statements to the House of Representatives.
Continue reading...City council moves to keep cars out of High Park on weekends
City councillors have voted to ban cars from High Park on weekends, a departure from staff’s recommendation to close the park to cars on Sundays only.
Continue reading...Justice Jackson writes ruling for trans woman who fled violence in Guatemala
Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson wrote a Supreme Court opinion published Thursday siding with a transgender woman from Guatemala fighting her removal from the U.S.
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