Fox sued over 2020 election coverage for allegedly harming investors
New York City’s pension funds and the state of Oregon on Tuesday filed suit against the Fox Corporation, alleging Fox News’ broadcast falsehoods about the 2020 election—which exposed the cable channel to defamation lawsuits—harmed investors. The lawsuit, filed in the Delaware Court of Chancery, is reported to be the most significant shareholder action since Fox […]
Kim Jong Un offers North Korea’s “unconditional support” to Russia
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un offered Vladimir Putin his country’s “full and unconditional support” for the Russian President’s “sacred fight” against Ukraine. After taking a day-long train trip from Pyongyang to Vladivostok, Russia just over North Korea’s border, Kim sat down with Putin for about two hours at a remote Siberian rocket launch facility […]
Former Cops indicted on federal charges in Tyre Nichols case
Five former Memphis police officers were indicted Tuesday on federal civil rights charges in the January 7 beating death of 29-year-old Tyre Nichols. The five former officers—Tadarrius Bean, Demetrius Haley, Emmitt Martin III, Desmond Mills Jr. and Justin Smith—have already been been charged with second degree murder at the state level in Tennessee after Nichols […]
U.S. clears way for swap of U.S. prisoners in Iran
The Biden Administration on Tuesday announced it had cleared the way for the release of five American citizens imprisoned in Iran. In exchange for the Americans’ freedom, the U.S. is offering a blanket waiver for international banks to transfer $6 billion in frozen Iranian money from South Korea to Qatar without fear of U.S. sanctions. […]
Trump faces 14th Amendment challenge in 2nd state: Minnesota
A group of voters in Minnesota filed a lawsuit Tuesday to block former President Trump from the 2024 Presidential ballot. The Minnesota lawsuit follows one filed in the state of Colorado. In each case, the plaintiffs hope to invoke a provision in the 14th Amendment that says no American official who has taken an oath to […]
McCarthy opens impeachment inquiry into President Biden
House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) on Tuesday opened an impeachment inquiry into President Biden regarding allegations surrounding the President’s son, Hunter Biden. McCarthy’s announcement came as he House returned from August break amid threats of a government shutdown at the end of the month. Far-right House Republicans, like members of the Freedom Caucus as well […]
Red Cross declares national blood shortage following natural disasters
The American Red Cross announced Monday that the national blood supply had reached critically low levels following “back-to-back climate disasters.” In a press release the Red Cross said that the national blood supply had dropped “nearly 25%” since early August, which is when devastating wildfires charred Maui, “potentially threatening the medical care of patients with an […]
House returns amid shutdown and Biden impeachment threats
The House of Representatives was set to return from August break Tuesday amid a looming government shutdown deadline and threats to impeach President Biden. House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) is expected to tell his fellow Republicans at a special conference meeting Thursday that opening a Biden impeachment inquiry is the next logical step in an […]
Alabama asks Supreme Court to step in again in redistricting case
Alabama on Monday asked the U.S. Supreme Court to step in again and let it keep its latest redrawn Congressional lines after a lower court tossed its new map. Alabama has already lost once in the Supreme Court. In a 5-4 ruling in June, the Justices struck down a previous version of Alabama’s Congressional map, […]
Trump attorneys request recusal of DC Federal Judge
Attorneys for former President Trump on Monday filed a motion to recuse U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan from their client’s federal trial related to attempts to overturn the 2020 election. Trump’s attorneys assert that past statements by Judge Chutkan about Trump and his connection to the deadly January 6, 2021 insurrection on the U.S. Capitol […]
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