SOUR NOTE: The Justice department yesterday sued to break up Live Nation, the concert giant that also owns Ticketmaster thereby controlling a majority of the venues and sales.   The lawsuit joined by 29 states and the District of Columbia accuses Live Nation …

FLAG WAVING: Only a week after revealing that an upside down American flag was flown at the home of Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito, a sign of distress, the paper also reports that a revolution-era flag adopted by the Christian right …

WITHOUT WORDS: Donald Trump repeatedly vowed that of course he would testify in his New York criminal trial and of course he did not. The defense rested yesterday after calling just two witnesses, neither of them Trump.   The jury was dismissed …

TRUMP ON TRIAL: Donald Trump’s defense called two witnesses yesterday after the prosecution rested following about 17 hours of testimony from former lawyer-fixer Michael Cohen. The Trump lawyers are expected to wrap it up today.    Things quickly went south with the …

PRIME SUSPECTS: The chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court announced that he has requested arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Defense Minister Yoav Gallant, and leaders of Hamas for their conduct of the war in Gaza and Israel.   The request …

HEAVY WEATHER: It was a rough week in the Houston area where a storm bearing winds up to 100 mph ripped apart homes and businesses, killing four people. Windows were blown out of high rise buildings and the streets of Houston …

JUDICIAL DISTRESS: An upside down American flag, a sign of distress adopted by proponents of the “Stop the Steal” movement following the 2020 election, flew over the home of conservative Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito in a signal of political opinion …

IT’S DEBATABLE: In a move that must have thrilled the writers at Saturday Night Live, President Biden threw down the glove yesterday and challenged Donald Trump to debate. In a video released on social media Biden taunted, “Make my day, pal, …

TRUMP ON TRIAL: Donald Trump’s former lawyer Michael Cohen testified yesterday that the $130,000 payment he made to porn star Stormy Daniels for her silence was to protect his boss’s chances in the 2016 election and that he was reimbursed through …

TRUMP ON TRIAL: Donald Trump’s former fixer Michael Cohen testified in the former president’s criminal trial that Trump personally approved the $130,000 payment to buy the silence of porn star Stormy Daniels and approved the plan to reimburse Cohen for fronting …