DOJ raises conflict of interest issues with Trump aide’s attorney in classified documents case
The Department of Justice is gearing up a potential disqualification of an attorney representing Trump aide Walt Nauta in its case regarding the former President’s handling of classified documents. Nauta worked for Trump in the White House as a valet and continued to work as an aide to the former President after Trump left office […]
2 Members of “Tennessee Three” seek to win special election
Two members of the so-called “Tennessee Three” who were ousted from their state House seats amid gun protests following a school shooting, were set to compete for their seats in a special election Thursday. Tennessee state Reps. Justin Jones and Justin Pearson, both Black, were initially expelled on April 6 while Rep. Gloria Johnson, […]
Lawsuit asks newly-liberal Wisconsin Supreme Court to toss GOP-drawn maps
A lawsuit filed Wednesday in Wisconsin asks the state Supreme Court to toss out Republican-drawn legislative maps as unconstitutional. The Wisconsin Supreme Court flipped to liberal control on Tuesday for the first time in 15 years, after the Democratic Party spent $8 million to get liberal Justice Janet Protasiewicz elected last month and tilt its […]
Striking writers & studios to hold first talks in three months
Striking Hollywood writers were set to hold talks Friday with the studios for the first time in three months. Some 11,500 unionized movie and television writers with the Writers Guild of America (WGA) went on strike in May after contract negotiations with the trade association Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers (AMPTP), which bargains […]
Suspended Texas A.G. Paxton to appear in court amid securities fraud case
Suspended Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton (R) was set to appear in court in Harris County Thursday on charges of securities fraud. Paxton was initially indicted in the case back in 2015. In June, a judge ruled that the trial be moved to Houston from his hometown near Dallas, a victory for the prosecution. If […]
DC security officials bracing for crowds, congestion at Trump’s Thursday arraignment
Washington DC security officials have been preparing for former President Trump’s scheduled Thursday arraignment on four criminal charges related to his efforts to overturn the 2020 Election. Trump’s latest arraignment is scheduled for 4pm ET Thursday at the E. Barrett Prettyman federal courthouse on Constitution Avenue in DC. Already news media organizations were setting up camp […]
DeSantis-controlled Disney district abolishes diversity programs
The Florida district taken over by the DeSantis Administration from Disney on Tuesday abolished its diversity, equity and inclusion programs. The Central Florida Tourism Oversight District was formerly known as Reedy Creek when it was controlled by the Walt Disney Company starting in 1967. In a statement, the new controllers said that its diversity, equity […]
Russia’s targeting Ukrainian grain exports driving up food prices
Russia’s abandonment of an agreement to allow Ukraine to export grain, and subsequent attacks on Ukrainian port cities, is driving up global food prices, including in the U.S. On Wednesday, Russian attacks on the Ukrainian port of Izmail, across the Danube River from Romania, destroyed buildings and halted ships that were preparing to arrive to […]
Judge Assigned to Trump 2020 Election Case not Likely to be Sympathetic
Judge Tanya Chutkan, of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia, has been appointed to preside over former President Trump’s criminal case related to the 2020 Election. Trump was indicted Tuesday by Special Counsel Jack Smith on four criminal counts related to his actions surrounding attempts to overturn the election and the […]
Identifying the Co-Conspirators in Trump Indictment
Former President Trump was indicted Tuesday on four criminal counts related to his actions surrounding attempts to overturn the 2020 election and the related January 6, 2021 insurrection on the U.S. Capitol. The unsealed indictment names six co-conspirators. Unlike Special Counsel Jack Smith’s initial and superseding indictments of Trump related to his handling of classified […]
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