One Oklahoma Official Allegedly Caught on Tape Discussing “Hanging” has Resigned

An Oklahoma county commissioner has resigned after he was apparently caught on tape making racist remarks and referencing “hanging,” the governor’s office confirmed Wednesday. Gov. Kevin Stitt (R) said Sunday he was seeking the resignations of four county officials after a local newspaper reporter revealed the recording. The governor’s office said McCurtain County Commissioner Mark […]

Family of Tyre Nichols Sues the City of Memphis

The family of police beating victim Tyre Nichols sued the criminally-charged police officers and the city of Memphis on Wednesday, blaming them for the 29-year-old’s death. The five former officers—Tadarrius Bean, Demetrius Haley, Emmitt Martin III, Desmond Mills Jr. and Justin Smith—have been charged with second degree murder after Nichols suffered a beating amid what […]

Moscow Court Rejects Appeal of Imprisoned Kremlin Critic

A Moscow court on Wednesday rejected an appeal from a prominent Russian dissident who’s serving an 8-1/2 year prison sentence for criticizing the war in Ukraine. Ilya Yashin, one of the few Kremlin critics who has not fled Russia, was convicted in December of spreading false information about the military, which President Vladimir Putin declared […]

American Patriot Missiles Arrive in Ukraine

U.S.-made Patriot missile systems that were promised last year have arrived in Ukraine, Defense Minister Oleksii Reznikov said Wednesday. The U.S. had agreed in October to send the surface-to-air systems, which can target aircraft, cruise missiles and shorter-range ballistic missiles, the last of which Russia has used to bombard Ukrainian neighborhoods and its power grid. […]

Truce Falls Apart in Sudan

Air strikes rocked Sudan’s capital of Khartoum on Wednesday, shattering a fragile 24-hour truce between clashing forces in that country. Five days of fighting so far between Sudan’s two top generals, Abdel-Fattah Burhan and Mohammed Hamdan Dagalo, have sparked a humanitarian crisis as the citizens of Sudan have been left “paralyzed” without food, water or […]

Ex-Trump CFO Weisselberg Released from Jail

Former Trump Organization chief financial officer Allen Weisselberg was released from jail on Wednesday, according to the New York City Department of Corrections.  Weisselberg had been sentenced in January to five months at Rikers Island for his role in a decades-long tax fraud scheme after testifying as New York state’s star witness against the former […]

Georgia DA: Fake Electors are Incriminating Each Other

The office of Fulton County, Georgia District Attorney said Tuesday that some of the 2020 Presidential Election’s fake electors have implicated each other in potential criminal activity. The assertions from D.A. Fani Willis’ office were revealed in a new court filing. Willis is also seeking to disqualify their lawyer, Kimberly Bourroughs Debrow, who is currently […]

Biden Blasts McCarthy’s Debt Plan as “Huge Cuts” to U.S. Programs

President Biden on Tuesday panned the plan proposed by House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) to swap spending cuts in exchange for agreeing to raise the debt ceiling. The House Republicans’ plan includes limiting federal spending increases to 1% a year for ten years. Biden lambasted the proposal as requiring “huge cuts to important programs” that […]

Alleged Pentagon Leaker Hearing Regarding Detention Postponed

A federal magistrate judge postponed a hearing Wednesday for the Air National Guardsman accused of leaking dozens of classified Pentagon documents online. Jack Teixeira was set to appear at a court hearing Wednesday about whether he should remain behind bars, but U.S. District Magistrate Judge David Hennessy ordered a delay of about two weeks to […]

Anti-Abortion Doctors Urge Supreme Court to Keep Mifepristone Restrictions

A group of doctors who oppose abortion asked the Supreme Court Tuesday to keep a lower court’s restriction on mifepristone in place. The pill mifepristone can be used along with another medication, misoprostol, to end a pregnancy. Currently about half of all abortions in the U.S. are medication abortion.  The Supreme Court is set to […]

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