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‘I will follow the law,’ Bondi says after Democrats storm out of Epstein files briefing

March 19, 2026 by WDNY Radio

(WASHINGTON) — House Oversight Committee Democrats said Wednesday that Attorney General Pam Bondi refused to commit to complying with a subpoena that compels her to testify at a closed-door deposition over the Jeffrey Epstein files on April 14.

Frustrations boiled over Wednesday evening as Democrats stormed out in protest of a closed-door briefing on the files — characterizing it as a “fake hearing.” Republicans chided Democrats for a “premeditated” stunt.

Rep. Robert Garcia, the top Democrat on the committee, told reporters, “She refused on multiple occasions to commit to following the subpoena that Chairman [James] Comer actually just put out. I asked her repeatedly that question. Other members asked her that question, and she would not commit to it. It is outrageous. It’s infuriating, and it’s continuous — this White House cover up of the Epstein files.”

Republicans, however, contended that Bondi actually stated that she would “follow the law” regarding her subpoena.

“She said she’s going to stick to the law, whatever the law is, that’s what it is. So, I’m not the attorney but that was a legal answer, and that’s what she’s required to do as the attorney general,” Rep. Tim Burchett, R-Tenn., said. “It was all staged, you could tell it, because it just built up to it.”

Asked after the briefing if she would comply with the subpoena, Bondi replied, “I made it crystal clear. I will follow the law.”

Congressional subpoenas carry the weight of law behind them — defying one could result in a charge of contempt of Congress. But Democrats would need a handful of Republicans to vote with them to hold Bondi in contempt and the Department of Justice typically does not prosecute its own attorney general.

The attorney general admonished Democrats, who she said did not ask any substantive questions.

“We were there to answer questions. It’s the evening. We came at their convenience. We gave them as, really, as much time as they wanted,” Bondi said. “We sat there saying, ‘anything you want to ask us, ask us, anything you want to ask us.'”

After the briefing, Comer told reporters that he does not believe Bondi should sit for a deposition — even though the committee approved the subpoena.

“I personally don’t see any reason for her to do a deposition. She’s the sitting attorney general. She’s turning over documents. I think the Democrats want to do this to embarrass her,” he said.

Comer stressed that he did not vote for the subpoena to bring her in for a deposition.

“I want to bring in the bad guys for the deposition,” Comer emphasized. “I want to bring in the men who have abused women. I want to bring in anyone who is involved in the prosecution and or lack of prosecution, of Epstein Maxwell and and some of these other guys. So that’s where I think our time and energy should be spent.”

Comer and Rep. Summer Lee, D-Pa., told reporters that they had a heated exchange, with the chairman acknowledging he scolded Lee to stop “bitching.”

“She was just complaining about the format,” Comer said. “The attorney general and [Deputy Attorney General Todd] Blanche and all the top brass at the DOJ in here to answer questions, and yet they don’t ask a single question.”

Scoreboard roundup — 3/18/26

March 19, 2026 by WDNY Radio

NEW YORK) — Here are the scores from Wednesday’s sports events:

NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION
Warriors 99, Celtics 120
Thunder 121, Nets 92
Trail Blazers 127, Pacers 119
Raptors 139, Bulls 109
Jazz 111, Timberwolves 147
Clippers 109, Pelicans 124
Hawks 135, Mavericks 120
Nuggets 118, Grizzlies 125
Lakers 124, Rockets 116

NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE
Devils 6, Rangers 3
Penguins 5, Hurricanes 6
Senators 1, Capitals 4
Stars 2, Avalanche 1
Blues 1, Flames 2
Flyers 3, Ducks 2

Trisha Yearwood will take over the Opry Sunday to raise money for breast cancer

March 19, 2026 by WDNY Radio

Trisha Yearwood is hosting her second Band As One Nashville Concert for the Cure on Sunday, and expectations are high for several reasons.

The first is the progress Trisha’s seen since losing her mother to breast cancer in 2011.

“I’ve watched friends in treatment [for the same cancer as my mother] take a drug … that helped them survive longer, that I know could’ve helped her, you know, and so I feel like everything that we can do to kind of keep that progress going forward, it’s so important,” Trisha tells ABC Audio.

The second is how successful the first year was.

“I loved how this community came together and raised so much more money than we were expecting last year,” she says. “Now I have big expectations for this year.”

Reba McEntire, Ashley McBryde, Charles Kelley, Hailey Whitters, Luke Nelson, The War & Treaty, The Band Loula and Rissi Palmer are all set to play the benefit, as it moves from the Ryman to the larger Grand Ole Opry House in 2026.

“It kinda reminds you of the Opry,” Trisha says, “because you have a house band and, you know, it’s not a heavy lift for anybody. You get to come out and do a couple songs and go home. … It’s like a who’s who … of artists that — I mean anybody who had the time in their schedule said yes, you know, I think because everybody’s affected by it.”

Tickets are on sale now, with proceeds going to Susan G. Komen, one of the leaders in the fight against breast cancer.

How Miley Cyrus managed to avoid ‘child-star syndrome’ during ‘Hannah Montana’ years

March 19, 2026 by WDNY Radio

We’ve all heard the sad stories of the struggles that former child stars have endured: being robbed of their money by greedy family members, drug and alcohol addiction, mental health problems and — as the 2024 docuseries Quiet on Set: The Dark Side of Kids TV exposed — actual abuse at the hands of the adults in charge. But Miley Cyrus didn’t have to deal with that, despite her Hannah Montana fame, and in her Variety cover story, she explains why.

First, there was the money issue. As the daughter of Billy Ray Cyrus, who was already a hugely successful country star, Miley wasn’t responsible for paying bills in her family. “My parents didn’t need me to be famous to survive or to be stable,” she tells Variety.

“What happens to a lot of these kids is their parents want it more than they do, or the kids become responsible for the entire income of the family. That was never my job. Every penny I ever made went into my bank account because my parents were good.” 

Then, there was the fact that Billy Ray co-starred with her on Hannah Montana, playing her dad. As Variety notes, his dressing room was connected to Miley’s, and between them, there was an office where Miley’s grandmother managed her fan club. The presence of family, Miley says, kept her safe.

“My dad was on set every single day, so there was nothing that could happen that he wouldn’t know about,” she explains. “There was never a time where I was going to be alone in that dressing room.” 

And while Miley has had experiences with drugs and alcohol, she never went to rehab and became sober on her own.

“My life is so beautiful. It never feels like I’m swimming upstream anymore,” she tells Variety.

Alicia Keys, Swizz Beatz sign on as executive producers of ‘Black Is Beautiful: The Kwame Brathwaite Story’

March 19, 2026 by WDNY Radio

Alicia Keys and Swizz Beatz have joined the team behind the film Black Is Beautiful: The Kwame Brathwaite Story, according to Deadline. They will serve as executive producers, joining Wayfarer Studios CEO Jamey Heath, Misfits Entertainment’s Andee Ryder, The Creative Coalition’s Robin Bronk, and The Kwame Brathwaite Archive’s Kwame S. Brathwaite and Robyn Brathwaite.

According to Deadline, Black Is Beautiful: The Kwame Brathwaite Story follows Kwame Brathwaite, and his work as a photographer and activist. He helped launch the Black Is Beautiful movement, and captured images of both everyday people and celebrities.

Among those he photographed are Stevie Wonder, Muhammad Ali, Marvin Gaye, Roberta Flack, Nina Simone and The Jackson 5.

The news comes after Alicia surprised fans with a performance at Grand Central Terminal’s 50th anniversary celebration.

“Performing with just strings, piano, bass, and guitar in that massive, iconic space was pure magic. Every train I’ve ever run to catch flashed through my mind as I looked out and saw a sea of faces sharing this once-in-a-lifetime moment with me. I love you all so much!” she said on Instagram.

It also follows Swizz’s announcement that Westies, a show for which he serves as a consulting producer, is heading to MGM+.

“From the dream team that gave you @godfatherofharlem!!!!!! We hope you’re ready for our new show THE WESTIES,” Swizz wrote.

The Westies premieres on July 12.

Pearl Jam’s Mike McCready prepares ‘my version of a rock opera’ with ‘Farewell to Seasons’ project

March 19, 2026 by WDNY Radio

Pearl Jam guitarist Mike McCready is releasing a new graphic novel called Farewell to Seasons, which is set in the Seattle music scene of ’80s and ’90s. It will be accompanied by a soundtrack of original music, which McCready tells ABC Audio he wanted to sound like “my version of a rock opera.”

“I wanted to push myself to be able to write something that’s specifically about something,” McCready says. “Not just a song, but a whole story.”

While he’s known for shredding songs like “Even Flow” and “Alive,” Farewell to Seasons showcases another aspect of McCready’s musical repertoire.

“I wanted to write something where I sang on it,” McCready says. “To be honest with you, I took four years of singing lessons and I wanted it to be good, so I’ve been working on it for a long time. And I feel really good about it now.”

The Farewell to Seasons soundtrack is presented as a piece written by David Williams, a character in the graphic novel. To bring that to life, McCready recorded with musicians including Duff McKagan of Guns N’ Roses, Stefan Lessard of Dave Matthews Band, drummers Mike Musburger, Chris Friel and Nate Yaccino, and vocalist Molly Sides.

“It’s not necessarily any genre really,” McCready says. “It’s just, I want it to be part of the mythology of the story.”

Farewell to Seasons and its soundtrack are due out in October, and are available to preorder now. As for McCready’s day job, he says Pearl Jam is still looking to find a new drummer following the 2025 departure of Matt Cameron.

“The four of us are ready to keep doing stuff, but we don’t have anybody in line right now,” McCready says. “I’m excited when that happens, because we’ll get right into it when we do.”

Lindsey Buckingham says reissue of ‘Buckingham Nicks’ was a ‘pleasant surprise’

March 19, 2026 by WDNY Radio

Back in September, Lindsey Buckingham and Stevie Nicks reissued their only studio album as a duo, 1973’s Buckingham Nicks. In a new video, Buckingham explains why he felt the time was right for the rerelease.

In a video posted to Buckingham’s social media accounts, the Rock & Roll Hall of Famer calls the reissue “a pleasant surprise on a number of levels.”

“We had talked about releasing it a couple of times earlier in maybe the 10 or so years previous and couldn’t really agree on anything,” he says. “But I think you have to look at the timing of it as something that perhaps was meant to be. That now, as we sort of have evolved into this point in our respective careers and lives, I think both Stevie and I are able to appreciate the arcs that we’ve both experienced individually and together for 50-something years.”

He says the reaction to it “was just a completion of the circle, a completion of the karma.”

“And there’s just a lot of good energy flying around anyway in both our lives, and even the way we’re beginning to interact again,” he says, referring to his previous estrangement from Nicks. “And so I think the timing of the release of Buckingham Nicks was right and seems to be resonant with what’s going on in our lives.”

While Buckingham Nicks wasn’t a commercial success, shortly after the release Mick Fleetwood heard a track from the album and was so impressed he invited Buckingham to join Fleetwood Mac. Buckingham insisted his then-girlfriend Nicks come with him, and the pair officially joined the band on New Year’s Eve 1974.

Still got hockey fever? ’Shoresy’ sets the tone

March 19, 2026 by WDNY Radio

If you finished your umpteenth rewatch of Heated Rivalry and are still craving more hockey drama, try giving Shoresy a shot.

The Canadian series, which streams on Hulu in the U.S., follows the Sudbury Blueberry Bulldogs, a hockey team that plays in the senior NOSHO league. While the Persimmon Pomapoos would sound tougher, the Blueberry Bulldogs are led by the notorious Shoresy, played by series creator Jared Keeso, who’s known for his hard hits, incessant chirping, and increasingly creative and profane mom jokes.

That premise might not suggest a lot of emotional weight, but Shoresy has a surprising amount of heart, which has kept fans returning for five seasons.

“I love the unique mix of raw, risky, edgy, oddball humor that’s also laced with so much intelligence,” Tasya Teles, who plays team owner Nat, tells ABC Audio. “Then you have these really heartfelt stories and speeches and life lessons that they weave throughout each episode.”

Shoresy is a highly stylized show, featuring wordless close-up montages of the players alongside scenes of rapid-fire dialogue and repeated turns of phrase. To bring that stylized world to life, the Shoresy cast fittingly mirrors a hockey team.

“It’s because we’ve become such a cohesive unit,” Teles says. “Everybody knows each other in such an intimate way, we all move together as one, and it just makes it really easy.”

Throughout the show’s five seasons, you also get to know the Shoresy characters away from the rink as they pursue romantic relationships — you start an episode, and there’s Shoresy, being good to Laura Mohr — but at its core, the series is about the value of hockey and the good it does for the local community.

“There’s so much integrity and honor and selflessness that hockey players have and maybe isn’t seen,” Teles says.

Disney is the parent company of Hulu and ABC News.

Music notes: Sabrina Carpenter, ‘Golden’ and more

March 18, 2026 by WDNY Radio

Sabrina Carpenter responded on social media to someone who believes that her song “Manchild” is a diss at all men. A clip of Sabrina singing the song at Lollapalooza Chile, with fans shouting out the lyric “Useless!,” prompted someone to write, “women are always like ‘men are useless’ but sabrina carpenter is like 4 foot 11, she cant even climb into a mid size SUV without help.” Sabrina wrote back,”yes i can ?”

Thanks to its win and performance at the Oscars on Sunday, the KPop Demon Hunters hit “Golden” and the movie’s soundtrack are way up in streams and downloads. Billboard reports that “Golden” experienced a 608% increase in sales since the Oscars, while sales of the soundtrack increased 282%.

David Archuleta will release his DEVOUT EP on March 27, featuring songs he wrote to accompany his memoir of the same name. You can preorder the three-song EP now. He says in a statement the tracks are “a bit more raw, more vocally focused, and really about telling the story to complement the story I tell in my memoir. “

Doja Cat has new music coming. She tells Vogue for an April cover story that she’s got another project on the way, which will either be a standalone EP, or a deluxe version of her most recent album, Vie. She tells Vogue that she hopes it will “surprise people,” adding that it’s “bubbly” and “futuristic.”

Foo Fighters tease new Your Favorite Toy song, ‘Caught in the Echo’

March 18, 2026 by WDNY Radio

Foo Fighters are teasing a new song from their upcoming album, Your Favorite Toy.

The track is called “Caught in the Echo” and will arrive Friday. You can hear a 30-second preview now via the Foos’ Facebook.

“Caught in the Echo,” which opens the album, will be the third cut to be released off of Your Favorite Toy, following the single “Asking for a Friend” and the title track. The record will arrive in full on April 24.

Foo Fighters will play a one-off show in Bridgeport, Connecticut, on April 28, followed by headlining sets at the Welcome to Rockville and BottleRock Napa festivals in May. They’ll launch a full North American stadium tour in August.

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