Attorney and 2020 Election Challenger Lin Wood Gives Up Law License
Lin Wood, who filed legal challenges seeking to overturn President Biden’s 2020 election victory over former President Trump, is giving up his law license. Wood is apparently choosing to give up practicing law rather than face potential disbarment, as multiple states have been weighing disciplinary actions against him for pushing Trump’s false claims that he defeated […]
Additional Aspects of Mar-a-Lago Search Warrant May be Unsealed
A U.S. Magistrate Judge’s filing Wednesday revealed that additional aspects of the search warrant on former President Trump’s country club residence, Mar-a-Lago, may be unsealed as soon as late next week. “Multiple media organizations ask to unseal the affidavit in support of the search warrant for 1100 S. Ocean Boulevard, Palm Beach, Florida,” said Judge […]
January 6 Suspect Taranto Threatened Explosion Day Before Arrest at Obama Home
Taylor Taranto, a suspect charged in the deadly January 6 2021 insurrection on the U.S. Capitol, threatened to detonate an explosive at a government building the day before he was arrested near the home of former President Obama. In a court memo filed Wednesday, federal prosecutors revealed that the 37-year-old from Washington state was streaming live […]
Special Counsel Subpoenas Arizona Secretary of State
Special Counsel Jack Smith subpoenaed the Arizona Secretary of State’s Office as recently as May, according to state officials. The subpoenas had not been publicly known. On Wednesday a spokesperson for Arizona Secretary of State Adrian Fontes confirmed that the outside legal firm which represents the office complied with the subpoenas. U.S. Attorney General Merrick […]
Five Separate Mass Shootings Mar July 4th
At least three people were killed and another 23 injured in mass shootings across five municipalities on the 4th of July, according to the non-profit Gun Violence Archive. Mass shootings occurred in Lansing, Michigan; Charlotte, North Carolina; Shreveport, Louisiana; Edgewood, Maryland; and Akron, Ohio as the United States celebrated Independence Day. The Gun Violence Archive defines mass shootings […]
Ukraine & Russia Accuse the Other of Planning to Attack Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Plant
Ukraine and Russia traded accusations Wednesday, each saying the other country was planning to attack the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant amid their 16-month-long war. Just this past Friday the Ukrainian Defense Intelligence Directorate had said that the Russians stationed at Zaporizhzhia were “gradually leaving” the site of the largest nuclear power plant in Europe. On […]
July 4th was Earth’s Hottest Day on Record
With an average global temperature of 62.92 degrees Fahrenheit (17.18 degrees Celsius), July 4th was the hottest day since records were first collected 44 years ago. It took just 24 hours to break the previous hottest-day record on July 3. Bill McGuire, professor emeritus of geophysical and climate hazards at University College London, called […]
Texas Attorney General Won’t Testify at his Impeachment Trial
A lawyer for suspended Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton (R) said late Monday that his client would not testify at his upcoming impeachment trial in the state Senate. The statement is an indication that Paxton would fight any efforts to compel his testimony. The GOP-led state House voted in May to impeach Paxton and suspend […]
Federal Judge Limits Biden Administration’s Contact with Social Media
A U.S. District Court judge’s temporary injunction on Tuesday limited officials from the Biden Administration from communicating with social media platforms about “protected speech.” The ruling from Judge Terry A. Doughty of the U.S. District Court in Louisiana emerged out of litigation initially filed last year by Missouri’s then-Attorney General Eric Schmitt. Doughty’s injunction bars […]
“Grateful” Zelensky thanks U.S. for Support ahead of July 4th
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky wished the U.S. a “Happy Birthday” and offered gratitude for supporting his country’s war against Russia in an op-ed Monday in the Wall Street Journal. “America’s Founders upended history when they forged a republic based on individual freedom and political pluralism, pledging to live as ‘free and independent states.’ It was, […]
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