The former New Jersey attorney general Gurbir Grewal testified at U.S. Senator Bob Menendez's corruption trial on Thursday that the lawmaker sought to intervene in a local criminal case, including a meeting that Grewal's deputy described as "gross." Federal prosecutors in Manhattan have said Menendez sought to have Grewal, the state's top prosecutor from 2018 through 2021, intervene in cases involving two associates of insurance and trucking businessman Jose Uribe. In exchange, Uribe...

Campaigning in a state powered by the service industry, Donald Trump said Sunday that his administration would eliminate taxes on tipped income as a “first thing” if he is reelected. “For those hotel workers and people that get tips, you’re going to be very happy. Because when I get to office, we are going to not charge taxes on tips,” Trump said during a rally in Las Vegas. Any change to the taxation of tipped income would require an act of Congress. When asked for more detail...

The man and the woman arrived at the Washington steakhouse one evening in May 2019 and took a table on the patio, near where five diners already were seated and seemed to be enjoying themselves. Jackets were off, laughter was heard and wine was being poured. A cigarette dangled from one man’s hand. But there was something else that stood out: Among the five were Senator Robert Menendez of New Jersey and his future wife, Nadine Menendez. The couple who had arrived late appeared to be on a...

Former President Donald Trump said he would eliminate taxes on tipped income if he wins a second White House term, an effort to appeal to voters in the battleground state of Nevada, where he held his first rally Sunday since the historic conviction in a New York hush money trial. “Hotel workers and people that get tips, you’re going to be very happy because when I get to office, we are going to not charge taxes on tips,” Trump said at the Las Vegas rally. “...

Donald Trump promised a massive break to hospitality workers at his first post-conviction rally in Nevada on Sunday — vowing to nix taxes on employee tips if re-elected. “When I get to office, we are going to not charge taxes on tips, on people making tips,” the Republican former president and 2024 presidential candidate, 77, claimed to the crowd in sweltering Sunset Park, where temps topped 100 degrees. The declaration drew a roar from the gathering, which vastly exceeded the...

Donald Trump used his first rally since his criminal conviction to rail against migrants entering the United States illegally, echoing harsh characterizations in the “Project 2025” policy blueprint for a second term drafted by some of his allies. The political world was watching the former president and presumptive Republican presidential nominee closely Sunday as he rallied loyalists in sweltering Las Vegas for the first time since a jury in New York found him guilty on 34 counts of...

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Melissa Etheridge is the subject of a two-part docuseries, “I’m Not Broken,” that will air July 9th and 10 th on Paramount+.The film is centered around a show Etheridge played at the Topeka Correctional Facility in Kansas, as well as the bond she formed with five incarcerated women who sent letters to Etheridge that were used as inspiration for a song that also drew on the death of Etheridge’s own son from opioid addiction.Prior to its arrival on Paramount+, “I’m Not Broken” will premiere June 14 th at the Beacon Theatre as part of the Tribeca Film Festival. The post “I’m Not Broken” – A Melissa Etheridge Documentary appeared first on RockinTown.