Politics
Salman Rushdie stabbed in neck in NY attack, ‘Satanic Verses’ scribe airlifted to hospital
Author Salman Rushdie is tended to after he was attacked during a lecture, Friday, Aug. 12, 2022, at the Chautauqua Institution in Chautauqua, NY. Joshua Goodman | AP Author Salman Rushdie was attacked while on stage for a panel in western New York Friday. The New York State Police released a statement regarding the incident: […]
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Trump Organization, ex-CFO to face October criminal tax fraud trial in New York
Trump Organization chief financial officer Allen Weisselberg arrives for his arraignment hearing in New York State Supreme Court in the Manhattan borough of New York City, New York, U.S., July 1, 2021. Brendan McDermid | Reuters A New York state judge on Friday refused to dismiss criminal tax fraud charges against Donald Trump’s namesake company […]
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DOJ plans to retry Philip Esformes despite Trump commuting sentence of Florida nursing home owner
Philanthropist Philip Esformes attends the 15th annual Harold & Carole Pump Foundation gala at the Hyatt Regency Century Plaza on August 7, 2015 in Century City, California. Tiffany Rose | Getty Images A highly unusual move by the Justice Department to retry Florida nursing home owner Philip Esformes on health-care fraud criminal charges after then-President […]
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House to vote on major climate, tax and health bill, teeing up huge win for Biden
Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., arrives for a news conference with members of the Congressional delegation who traveled to Taiwan and the Indo-Pacific region, in the Capitol Visitor Center on Wednesday, August 10, 2022. Tom Williams | CQ-Roll Call, Inc. | Getty Images The House is expected to pass a sweeping tax, health […]
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U.S. is ‘not going anywhere,’ Middle East envoy says, as China’s Xi expected to visit Saudi Arabia
US President Joe Biden being welcomed by Saudi Arabian Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman at Alsalam Royal Palace in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia on July 15, 2022. Anadolu Agency | Anadolu Agency | Getty Images U.S. President Joe Biden’s administration on Friday refuted claims that a forthcoming visit by Chinese President Xi Jinping to Saudi Arabia […]
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Biden senior advisor Anita Dunn has to divest investment portfolio worth between $16.8 million and $48.2 million to avoid conflicts
White House senior advisor Anita Dunn is being forced to divest an investment portfolio worth an estimated $16.8 million to $48.2 million that ethics attorneys say poses significant conflicts of interest in her new role. The political and communication’s strategist will also have to recuse herself from a myriad of domestic and international issues that […]
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Trump faces a slew of investigations and lawsuits — and they’re heating up as he weighs White House run
Former U.S. President Donald Trump speaks at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) held at the Hilton Anatole on August 06, 2022 in Dallas, Texas. CPAC began in 1974, and is a conference that brings together and hosts conservative organizations, activists, and world leaders in discussing current events and future political agendas. Brandon Bell | […]
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Zelenskyy slams Ukrainian officials for revealing tactics; details of Crimea airbase blasts emerge
Eleven rockets hit Ukraine’s Kramatorsk at 2 a.m., mayor says Eleven Russian rockets struck the eastern Ukrainian city of Kramatorsk, its mayor Oleksandr Honcharenko reported via his Facebook page. “Private homes were destroyed. There is no information about victims. Occupiers destroy everything in their path – a terrorist tactic,” he wrote in a translation provided […]
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Justice Department seeks to unseal Trump raid search warrant, Attorney General Garland says
Attorney General Merrick Garland said Thursday that the Justice Department has asked a federal judge to unseal a search warrant used by the FBI to raid the Florida home of former President Donald Trump three days earlier. The decision came after days of pressure by Republican lawmakers and other allies of Trump on the Justice […]
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CDC eases Covid guidance as U.S. has more tools to fight the virus and keep people out of the hospital
A sign outside of a hospital advertises COVID-19 testing on November 19, 2021 in New York City. On Friday vaccine advisers to the US Centers for Disease Control (CDC) and Prevention voted unanimously in recommending a booster shot of the COVID-19 vaccines for all adults in the United States six months after they finish their […]
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