Former Trump CFO Weisselberg May Face New Charges if he Doesn’t Cooperate with D.A.
The Manhattan district attorney’s office is weighing new charges against former Trump Organization chief financial officer Allen Weisselberg if he doesn’t cooperate with its investigation of former President Trump, the New York Times reported Friday. Weisselberg was released from jail on April 19. He was sentenced in January to five months at Rikers Island for his […]
Zelensky to Attend G-7 in Person
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is set to visit the Group of Seven (G-7) Summit in Hiroshima, Japan in person on Sunday. It was initially reported that Zelensky would attend the meeting of the seven major industrial democracies—Canada France, Germany, Italy, Japan, United Kingdom, and the U.S.—only virtually. Oleksiy Danilov, secretary of Ukraine’s National Security and […]
Dianne Feinstein Suffered Previously-Undisclosed Complications During Illness
During her months-long absence from Congress, Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) suffered complications from shingles that were not previously disclosed, the New York Times reported Thursday. The 89-year-old Feinstein returned to the Senate on May 10 in a wheelchair after being hospitalized in early March with shingles. According to the Times, the illness spread to her […]
Disney Pulls Out of $1 Billion Florida Development Deal Amid Feud with DeSantis
Walt Disney CEO Robert Iger on Thursday announced, along with Josh D’Amaro, Disney’s theme park and consumer products chairman, that the entertainment giant was pulling the plug on a nearly $1 billion office complex that was set for construction in Orlando. The move comes less than a month after the Walt Disney Company filed suit […]
Russia Extends Detention of former U.S. Consulate Staffer
A Russian court on Thursday extended by three months the detention of Robert Shonov, a former staffer at the U.S. Consulate in Vladivostok. Shonov, a Russian national, was arrested earlier this week in Vladivostok and is being held at the Lefortovo detention center in Moscow. It’s the same detention center where Wall Street Journal reporter […]
FBI Revokes 3 Agents’ Security Clearances Over January 6
The Federal Bureau of Investigation revoked three agents’ security clearances over issues related to the January 6, 2021 insurrection upon the U.S. Capitol, ABC News reported Thursday. According to a letter sent Wednesday from the FBI to Congressional investigators obtained by ABC, one of the agents—Brett Gloss—was among the mob at the Capitol while two […]
U.S. Urban Populations are Growing, Reversing Pandemic-Era Trend
New estimates released Thursday from the U.S. Census Bureau shows a slight increase—0.4% nationally—in U.S. urban populations, reversing many drops during the Covid pandemic. Because the 20 largest U.S. metros had lost population amid urban flight during the pandemic, urban growth had ticked up only 0.1% across the country in 2021. Many of those top […]
Supreme Court Shields Twitter & Google from Terrorism-Related Content
The Supreme Court on Thursday ruled in favor of Twitter and Google, blocking two lawsuits filed under the Anti-Terrorism Act that alleged the internet sites’ content had assisted terrorists in their bad acts. In the case Twitter v Taamneh, the Court ruled that the “Plaintiffs’ allegations are insufficient to establish that these defendants aided and […]
Confidence in Supreme Court Drops to Lowest in 50 Years: Survey
Confidence in the Supreme Court sank to its lowest point in a half century in 2022, according to the General Social Survey. Conducted by NORC at the University of Chicago, the General Social Survey has been measuring confidence in the Supreme Court since 1973—the same year Roe v Wade legalized abortion nationwide. In 2022, the […]
Montana Becomes First State to Ban TikTok Outright
Montana Gov. Greg Gianforte (R) signed legislation Thursday to ban TikTok, making his the first U.S. state to outright bar the Chinese-owned video sharing app. The law makes it illegal for app stores from Google and Apple to offer TikTok within the state. However it will not impose any penalties on consumers who use the […]
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