According to a former U.S. official with knowledge of the situation, President-elect Donald Trump is again receiving intelligence briefings after turning them down during his campaign. According to the sources, the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) started providing briefings soon after the election, following a tradition started by President Harry Truman near the end of his administration. Regarding whether Trump was now accepting the offer of the briefings, the ODNI did not answer. According to an ODNI official, the agency is following the custom of giving the president-elect intelligence briefings, which has been in place since 1952. The briefings were first covered by The Washington Post. The fact that Trump had started getting the briefings could not be verified b...

The social justice division of Jay Z's Roc Nation entertainment firm, Team Roc, filed a lawsuit on Tuesday, alleging that Kansas City, Kansas, has broken public records laws by neglecting to "timely produce" police data pertaining to decades-old claims of misbehavior and abuse by the police. The lawsuit, which was filed in Wyandotte County District Court in collaboration with the Midwest Innocence Project, claims that following Roc Nation's November 2023 records request, the Kansas City Police Department has failed to provide significant documents pertaining to complaints against current and former detectives and officers. The lawsuit, initially received by NBC News, states that "communities in Kansas City, Kansas, particularly minority and immigrant communities, have been subjected to an ...

According to records, the man who is suspected of killing three people in a gruesome stabbing spree on Monday was free on bond for other alleged crimes in New Jersey and had been freed from a New York City jail a month prior. Mayor Eric Adams of New York City was immediately wondering why the homeless guy, 51, Ramon Rivera, was released after the three killings, just hours after he was arrested. "There is a serious question that we need to look at about why he was out on the streets after being sentenced a few months ago, and he has some serious mental health issues that should have been examined," Adams told reporters on Monday. According to authorities, Rivera is currently facing three charges of first-degree murder. According to records, he was released on October 17 from a New York Cit...

On Tuesday, New York prosecutors informed the court presiding over Donald Trump's hush money prosecution that the president-elect's attorneys should delay his sentence until they submit additional legal reasons requesting that the case be dismissed. Judge Juan Merchanto's approval would be required for the Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg's office's plan to become official. Prosecutors had previously asked Merchan to grant extensions. While acknowledging that they are in new area when it comes to sentencing a president, prosecutors said they would contest Trump's attempts to have the case dismissed. They also admitted that Trump's sentencing may need to occur after his term in office. The public recognizes that the inauguration of the defendant will bring up hitherto unheard-of lega...

Joe Douglas was fired by the New York Jets on Tuesday, the team confirmed. In 2019, Douglas, then 48, was in the last year of a six-year deal he had signed to run the Jets' front office. After a 3–8 start to the season, New York fired him. In a statement, owner Woody Johnson stated, "I want to thank Joe for his commitment to the Jets over the last six years and wish him and his family the best going forward." After serving as the Philadelphia Eagles' vice president of player personnel for three years, Douglas was hired by the Jets. Since Douglas took over as general manager, New York has a 30-64 record in 94 games. Douglas has failed in both of his attempts to play quarterback. Douglas used the second overall pick in the 2021 NFL Draft to choose quarterback Zach Wilson. However, Wilson had...

On Tuesday, New York prosecutors informed the court presiding over Donald Trump's hush money prosecution that the president-elect's attorneys should delay his sentence until they submit additional legal reasons requesting that the case be dismissed. Judge Juan Merchanto would need to approve the Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg's office's application for it to become official. Prosecutors had previously asked Merchan to grant extensions. While acknowledging that they are in new area when it comes to sentencing a president, prosecutors said they would contest Trump's attempts to have the case dismissed. They also admitted that Trump's sentencing may need to occur after his term in office. The public recognizes that the inauguration of the defendant will bring up hitherto unheard-of l...

According to church officials, a New York City monsignor who caused controversy by permitting pop sensation Sabrina Carpenter to record a video in his church was stripped of his duties after he reportedly embezzled about $2 million in church funds. Bishop Robert J. Brennan of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Brooklyn announced in a statement on Monday that Monsignor Jamie Gigantiello of Our Lady of Mount Carmel Annunciation Parish no longer has any pastoral leadership or governance responsibilities at the parish. According to NBC New York, the decision came following an examination of the parish's subpoena in the context of New York City Mayor Eric Adams' corruption scandal. According to the Diocese, the inquiry "uncovered a pattern of serious violations of Diocesan policies and protocols by ...

On Tuesday, New York prosecutors informed the court presiding over Donald Trump's hush money prosecution that the president-elect's attorneys should delay his sentence until they submit additional legal reasons requesting that the case be dismissed. Judge Juan Merchanto would need to approve the motion from Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg's office on Tuesday for it to become official. Prosecutors had previously asked Merchan to grant extensions. The DA's office requested last week that the judge temporarily halt the proceedings while it assessed the effect of Trump's election victory on the case, casting doubt on Merchan's tentative plan to sentence Trump later this month on 34 felony counts of falsifying business records. According to prosecutor Matthew Colangelo, the motion was m...