Disney/Scott KirklandHear a little of Dobie Gray s "Drift Away" on Dustin Lynch and Jelly Roll s new single, "Chevrolet"? Well, that was every bit intentional."I guess it s our rendition of Drift Away. Jelly Roll and I got approached to do a remake of that song that s been around forever, with a new lyric over that classic melody," Dustin tells ABC Audio. "We re so honored to be a part of that.""Our new lyric is Chevrolet. We both drive Chevy trucks, and it s a song that I ve lived and continue to love to live," he shares.While releasing new songs can be nerve-wracking for Dustin, having Jelly on it got him pretty fired up."You know, it s always scary putting out new music. When you got a guy on fire like Jelly Roll to put a song out with, that song just raises its hand. It s like, OK, yeah, we ll put it out. And that s doing big things for us," shares Dustin. "Chevrolet" is currently approaching
Kevin Dietsch / Staff/Getty Images(TEXAS) Texas Democratic Rep. Henry Cuellar and his wife were indicted Friday on charges of conspiracy and accepting nearly $600,000 in bribes from foreign entities, the Justice Department announced.Prosecutors allege Cuellar and his wife, Imelda Cuellar, began accepting the roughly $600,000 in bribes beginning as early as December of 2014 from an oil and gas company owned by Azerbaijan s government as well as a bank headquartered in Mexico City.While Cuellar s wife allegedly propped up sham front companies on the promise of providing consulting services to the two companies in order to launder the payments, she "performed little to no legitimate work under the contracts" all while Rep. Cuellar was promising to use his office for the benefit of Azerbaijan s foreign policy as well as influencing "high-ranking" officials in the executive branch to benefit the Mexico City bank, according to the indictment.According to the indictment,
Catherine Falls Commercial/Getty Images(NEW YORK) A worse-than-expected jobs report on Friday offered the latest evidence of an economic slowdown that could help ease inflation and trigger interest rate cuts. The trend, however, threatens to downshift the nation’s brisk economic growth.Employers hired 175,000 workers last month, falling short of economist expectations of 240,000 jobs, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics data showed. The unemployment rate ticked up to 3.9%, which remains near a 50-year low.The hiring in April marked a steep slowdown from the previous month and delivered the lowest monthly reading so far this year.Economists who spoke to ABC News characterized the fresh data as a mild cooldown that may ease fears of stubborn inflation fueled by an economy running too hot.The slowdown, they added, could help allow the Federal Reserve to cut interest rates this year without worrying about triggering a rebound of rapid price increases.“This is the jobs report the Fed woul