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  The controversial conservative, who has spent most of her 4 years on the daytime talk show being mocked or scolded by her co-stars, announced Thursday that she’ll be leaving the program at the end of the month. “This was not an convenient decision,” McCain stated at the top of the show Thursday. “It took a lot of thought and advice and prayer and talking to my family and my co-stars.” Late Sen. John McCain’s daughter stated that the COVID-19 pandemic, during which she left New York and went to Washington, D.C. with her husband, Ben Domenech, changed her point of view on life. Now, she said, she wants to raise daughter Liberty, who was born in September, at home. “This show is one of the hands-down greatest, most exhilarating, extraordinary privileges of my whole life,” the 36-year-old said. “It is a privilege to work alongside such strong, brilliant, intelligent, amazing broadcasters like the 4 of you. You are the most gifted women on all of television.” After her announcement, “...

 Despite rumors and condolences from fellow musicians, New York-bred rap pioneer Biz Markie is still alive, according to his publicist. “Biz is still under medical care, surrounded via professionals who are working hard to provide the quality healthcare possible,” the publicist told the Daily News Thursday. “Biz’s spouse and family are touched by the outpouring of love and admiration from his friends, peers and followers alike. At this time, we ask for your persisted thoughts and prayers during this challenging time.” The 57-year-old Harlem-born rapper, known best for his 1989 single “Just a Friend,” has struggled with his health for years, dating back to a diabetes diagnosis in 2010. Three years later, he informed the Daily News that he had dropped about one hundred forty pounds in an effort to control his weight and manage his health. “I walk. I do the treadmill, I stroll round the mall,” Biz informed The News at the time. “I do a little crunches with my stomach, not that much.” ...

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Thursday assigned Republican Rep. Liz Cheney and seven Democrats to a new pick out committee to investigate the violent Jan. 6 rebellion at the Capitol. Rep. Bennie Thompson, chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee, will lead the panel. It will inspect what went wrong round the Capitol when lots of supporters of then-President Donald Trump broke into the building, hunted for lawmakers and interrupted the congressional certification of Democrat Joe Biden's election victory. Cheney, R-Wyo., stated in a assertion that she is "honored" to serve on the committee and that "Congress is obligated to behavior a full investigation of the most serious assault on our Capitol since 1814." The House approved the panel on Wednesday over the objections Republicans. Cheney, who was eliminated from GOP leadership this year because of her criticism of Trump, was one of only two Republicans who supported forming the committee. Pelosi, D-Calif...

 The Supreme Court on Thursday upheld balloting restrictions in Arizona in a decision that could make it more difficult to challenge other voting limits put in place by Republican lawmakers following last year's elections. The court, by a conservative-majority 6-3 vote, reversed a lower court ruling in determining that Arizona's rules on who can return early ballots for another individual and for the state's refusal to count ballots cast in the wrong precinct are not racially discriminatory. The federal appeals court in San Francisco had held that the measures disproportionately affected Black, Hispanic and Native American voters in violation of a part of the landmark Voting Rights Act regarded as Section 2. Justice Samuel Alito wrote for the conservative majority that the state's interest in the integrity of elections justified the measures. The court rejected the concept that displaying that a state regulation disproportionately affects minority voters is sufficient t...

The Trump Organization's longtime chief monetary officer, Allen Weisselberg, surrendered to authorities early Thursday ahead of an anticipated court appearance on the first criminal indictment in a two-year investigation into business practices at Donald Trump's company. Weisselberg was photographed walking into the the complex that houses criminal courts and the Manhattan district attorney's office at around 6:20 a.m. with his lawyer. New York prosecutors were expected to announce an indictment Thursday accusing Weisselberg and Trump's namesake organisation of tax crimes associated to fringe benefits for employees. The case against Weisselberg — a loyal lieutenant to Trump and his real estate-developer father, Fred — could give prosecutors the means to pressure the executive into cooperating and telling them what he is aware of about Trump's business dealings. In a statement, Weisselberg legal professionals Mary Mulligan and Bryan Skarlatos stated he "intends ...