The flap over CNN White House correspondent Jim Acosta’s press pass raises larger questions about the troubling relationship between journalists and the Trump presidency. Fixing the problem will take more than simply ejecting members of the press who can’t behave. Rude reporters are nothing new. Recall the days when Sam Donaldson would shout questions at President Ronald Reagan, […]

My nickname for my daughter growing up was “Courtney Carter Munchkin.” I will always see my 7 year old little girl. It’s weird how she would run around the newsroom, and was even recorded in one of the NY1 promo’s stating “that’s my Dad.” They put her on a milk crate because she was so […]

Editor’s note: This column originally appeared as a blog post on Mitt Romney’s 2018 Senate campaign website.  When I was growing up, Americans got their news very differently than we do today. The newspaper was a central part of every day; in our house, the Detroit Free Press was delivered in the morning and the Detroit News in the afternoon. Both […]

Actress and model Kim Porter, who was a longtime girlfriend of Diddy, was found dead in her Los Angeles-area home on Nov. 15 at the age of 47. Sources told TMZ that Porter had been experiencing “flu-like symptoms” for the past several weeks and went into cardiac arrest. Following the news of her death, there was an outpouring of condolences on social […]

Florida Democratic candidate for governor Andrew Gillum officially conceded on Saturday to Republican Ron DeSantis, two days after a machine recount ended. The machine recount had DeSantis still leading by over 3,000 votes.  The Tallahassee mayor congratulated DeSantis on becoming the next governor. In a Facebook video, Gillum didn’t say what his plans for the […]

The Food Bank for New York City is one of the groups working to ensure that the citys residents stay fed year-round.To do so, they operate a 90,000 square-foot facility in the South Bronx from where they distribute the equivalent of 120 meals each minute to New Yorkers in need.“Its a tremendous number,” said Francisco […]

WASHINGTON – George Conway, the husband to Kellyanne, one of the president’s closest advisers, went into depth in an interview Friday about his views on the president and his wife’s role in the White House. George Conway, who has caught headlines for the last year or so over his comments and criticisms of the Trump administration, sat down […]

WASHINGTON – A federal judge ordered the White House on Friday to restore CNN reporter Jim Acosta’s press badge, which had been revoked Nov. 7 after a contentious exchange at a news conference with President Donald Trump. U.S. District Court Judge Timothy Kelly, a Trump appointee, said the White House had violated Acosta’s Fifth Amendment right […]

WASHINGTON – It’s been a whirlwind of excitement for newly elected lawmakers this week as they get acquainted with the building that will likely be a second home: the U.S. Capitol. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s first two days in the nation’s capital have been an adventure. The 29-year-old, who was the youngest Congresswoman ever elected, was mistaken for an intern her […]

WASHINGTON — A pre-winter storm blamed for five deaths moved slowly across the Midwest, Appalachian mountains and into the East Coast on Thursday, leaving a trail of closed schools, traffic headaches and power outages across much of the country. Outages were reported throughout the snow’s path. As of midday Thursday, roughly 400,000 customers were without power, mostly […]