Appeals Court rules to keep abortion pill on market, but with limitations
The conservative 5th Circuit Court of Appeals on Wednesday erased a lower court’s ruling that would have taken the abortion pill mifepristone off the market, though it upheld some limitations on its access. The Circuit Court’s three-judge panel’s ruling will not impact current availability to the drug, as the Supreme Court has already ruled that it […]
Fulton County D.A. Fani Willis proposes March 4 trial date in Trump’s Georgia Election case
Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis has asked a judge to set a trial date of March 4, 2024 for former President Trump and 18 co-defendants in her case related to Georgia’s 2020 election. According to the court filing, Wills also asked to schedule arraignments for the 19 co-defendants for Tuesday, September 5. A grand […]
Fundraiser for George Santos charged with wire fraud & identity theft
Samuel Miele, a fundraiser for Rep. George Santos (R-NY) has been charged with four counts of wire fraud and one count of identity theft amid allegations he impersonated a top aide to House of Representatives leadership. The indictment against Miele was handed up by a federal grand jury in Brooklyn on Tuesday, and it was unsealed […]
Local Kansas newspaper’s lawyer says all items seized in police raid to be returned
An attorney for Kansas newspaper The Marion County Record said all items seized in a police raid over the weekend will be returned. Bernie Rhodes said authorities told him that nothing was accessed from the seized computers, cellphones and reporting materials, though his team plans to independently confirm that claim. A search warrant to raid […]
U.S. Treasury sanctions North Korea-Russia weapons trades
The U.S. Treasury Department on Wednesday announced sanctions against three businesses linked to a scheme to transfer weapons from North Korea to Russia. The latest sanctions come as Russia’s war against neighboring Ukraine is nearly 18 months old. The sanctions target three businesses linked to Ashot Mkrtychev, a Slovakian national. The U.S. previously sanctioned Mkrtychev […]
Ex-FBI agent pleads guilty to conspiracy with sanctioned Russian oligarch
Former FBI agent Charles McGonigal pleaded guilty Tuesday to one count of conspiracy after admitting he had worked for Russian oligarch Oleg Deripaska. McGonigal, who led the FBI’s counterintelligence division in New York before retiring in 2018, entered his plea in federal court in Manhattan in exchange for having charges against him dropped. The former […]
Biden to meet with wildfire survivors in Hawaii on Monday
The White House said Wednesday morning that President Biden and the First Lady are set to travel to Hawaii Monday to meet with survivors of this past week’s devastating wildfires. Biden first announced Tuesday at a Bidenomics event in Milwaukee that he planned to visit Hawaii, but it was not until the next morning that […]
Biden to mark one-year anniversary of Inflation Reduction Act
President Biden is set to speak Wednesday afternoon from the White House to mark the one-year anniversary of his signing the Inflation Reduction Act and explain what the law has achieved so far. The bill focused in part on climate initiatives in providing billions of dollars in tax credits to consumers to help them purchase electric vehicles […]
Cargo ship leaves Odesa amid Russian threat upon the Black Sea
A merchant ship departed from the Ukrainian port of Odesa Wednesday, despite threats of Russia targeting vessels in the Black Sea. The cargo ship, the Hong-Kong flagged “Joseph Schulte,” co-owned by a German company and an unnamed Chinese bank, had been stuck in the port since Russia invaded Ukraine in February 2022. It’s reportedly carrying […]
Giuliani says he’s effectively out of cash after defending Trump
Former Trump attorney Rudy Giuliani said in court Monday that he’s effectively out of cash and facing six figures’ worth of legal bills and sanctions after working for the former President. Not including standard legal fees, the former Mayor of New York City faces nearly $90,000 in sanctions from a judge in a defamation case […]
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