When President Trump declared a national emergency over COVID-19 last Friday, he did so under the National Emergencies Act, which was also cited in his national-emergency ruse to fund the border wall in February 2019, and the Stafford Act, a 1988 disaster-relief law that allows the government to funnel the …

House Democrats and the Trump administration have reached a legislative deal to help Americans deal with the fallout and health concerns resulting from the coronavirus. The agreement, made on Friday and called the Families First Coronavirus Response Act, will include free coronavirus testing, paid emergency leave, jobless benefits, increased food …

Chris and Rich Robinson — as the acoustic duo Brothers of a Feather — delivered a three-song set of Black Crowes classics during the brothers’ performance at this year’s Love Rocks NYC benefit. Ahead of the band’s Shake Your Money Maker 30th anniversary reunion tour, the Robinson brothers performed the …

Marco “Tainy” Masís first made a name for himself producing reggaeton classics alongside his mentors, the legendary duo Luny Tunes. Eventually, he’d play a critical role in the making of Grammy-nominated hits by Latin pop titans like J Balvin and Bad Bunny. But this Friday, the acclaimed Puerto Rican producer …

My Chemical Romance has postponed their upcoming Japanese concerts in light of concerns about the COVID-19 pandemic. In a Twitter statement, the recently reunited band confirmed they will no longer be performing in Japan at the end of March. “The promoter of our Japan shows suggested that we postpone the …

Update: The inaugural Campfire Gathering set for March 16th and 17th in Dripping Springs, Texas, has been postponed. Organizers said in a statement that they are committed to rescheduling: “The team is currently hard at work to secure new dates for later this year with more information forthcoming. All tickets …

Sharon Van Etten gazes into the void on her somber new song “Staring at a Mountain.” The track, which premiered at Entertainment Weekly, highlights the credits of Eliza Hittman’s new film Never Rarely Sometimes Always. “I am so tired, I fell right through/I looked into a darkness no one knew,” …

Mart Crowley — best known for penning The Boys in the Band, a play about a group of gay and bisexual friends in New York City — has died at age 84. The playwright died Saturday night in Manhattan of complications from heart surgery, according to friend David Cuthbert, via …

Whenever she’s working on an essay, Jia Tolentino pretends nobody will read it. “I don’t know if it’s a self-protective impulse, or like a chip missing, but I tend to only think about making myself happy,” she says. “The reward is satisfying whatever itch made me write in the first …

Hamilton Leithauser gets a haircut from Maggie Rogers in the teaser for “Isabella.” The singer-songwriter also announced a new album, The Loves of Your Life, out April 10th via Glassnote Records. The clip follows the video for “Here They Come,” in which Leithauser took a brutal beating from Ethan Hawke …