Politics
Former Trump lawyer John Eastman pleads not guilty in Arizona election case
Attorney John Eastman, the architect of a legal strategy aimed at keeping former President Donald Trump in power, gets out of an SUV to talk to reporters after a hearing in Los Angeles, Tuesday, June 20, 2023. Jae C. Hong | AP The attorney John Eastman pleaded not guilty Friday in the Arizona case charging […]
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Campus protests have called for schools to divest from Israel. Here’s how that would actually work
Student protests against the ongoing Israel-Hamas conflict have brought battalions of police in riot gear to college campuses, enraged some billionaire donors, and led to canceled graduation ceremonies. One constant refrain at these protests is the call for college endowment funds to divest from Israel and the many American companies that do business there. Tech […]
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Frontier Airlines does away with change fees in budget airline pricing overhaul
A Frontier Airlines plane lands at the McCarran International Airport in Las Vegas on Feb. 27, 2020. Elizabeth Page Brumley | Tribune News Service | Getty Images Frontier Airlines said it will stop charging customers a fee to change their flights, taking a page from larger competitors as the Biden administration issues stricter rules targeting […]
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Supreme Court Justice Alito urged to step off Trump election case over U.S. flag controversy
Associate Justice Samuel Alito poses during a group photo of the Justices at the Supreme Court in Washington, April 23, 2021. Erin Schaff | Pool | Reuters The chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee on Friday urged Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito to recuse himself from considering cases related to the 2020 election, including the […]
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Russia-Ukraine war live updates: Ukraine’s Kharkiv hit by drones during longest air raid alert of the war; Putin praises Russia-China cooperation
Kharkiv hit by several drone strikes during Ukraine’s longest air raid alert of the war The administrative building is on fire after a Shahed-136 unmanned kamikaze drone attack on the railway infrastructure on May 17, 2024 in Kharkiv, Ukraine. The air alert in Kharkiv on May 16-17 became the longest since the beginning of the […]
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IMF says U.S. should keep open trade, work with China to resolve disputes
International Monetary Fund (IMF) Managing Director, Kristalina Georgieva (R), with Director of Strategic Communications Julie Kozack, speaks at a press briefing on the global policy agenda during the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and World Bank Spring Meetings at IMF headquarters in Washington, DC, on April 13, 2023. Mandel Ngan | Afp | Getty Images The […]
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Modi’s strongman rule raises questions about India’s ‘democratic decline’ as he seeks a third term
Narendra Modi, India’s prime minister, center, during a campaign rally in Agra, Uttar Pradesh, India, on Thursday, April 25, 2024. Modi doubled down on his attacks against the main opposition party by using language critics say sows division between the country’s Hindu majority and Muslim minority. Photographer: Prakash Singh/Bloomberg via Getty Images Bloomberg | Bloomberg […]
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Former Facebook and Nike diversity manager gets 5 years in prison for $5 million fraud
Barbara Furlow-Smiles attends the 2020 Sisters’ Awards at Skirball Cultural Center on March 08, 2020 in Los Angeles, California. Robin L. Marshall | Getty Images A former diversity manager at Facebook and Nike was sentenced to five years and three months in prison for stealing more than $5 million from those companies that had been […]
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Trump lawyer yells at Michael Cohen in cross-examination over call about Stormy Daniels
Michael Cohen, a former attorney for Republican presidential candidate and former U.S. President Donald Trump, heads to court for second day of cross-examination at Trump’s criminal trial over charges that he falsified business records to conceal money paid to silence porn star Stormy Daniels in 2016, New York City, U.S., May 16, 2024. David Dee […]
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Here are the perks Trump’s top donors would receive during the Republican National Convention
ANAHEIM, CALIFORNIA – SEPTEMBER 29: Former U.S. President Donald Trump Former U.S. President Donald Trump speaks at the California GOP convention on September 29, 2023 in Anaheim, California. Presidential candidates set to speak at the convention include former President Donald Trump, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, South Carolina Sen. Tim Scott, and entrepreneur, Vivek Ramaswamy. The […]
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