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11/08/2023

The judge overseeing special counsel Jack Smith's Jan. 6 case against former President Donald Trump says Trump has a right to free speech -- but it's not absolute. Judge Tanya Chutkan is hearing arguments this morning on the terms of a protective order Smith is seeking against the former president. Smith is seeking the protective order -- which he wants in place prior to his team turning over to Trump's attorneys materials gathered during the discovery process so they can prepare Trump's defense -- "to prevent is the improper dissemination or use of discovery materials, including to the public," according to a…...

The judge overseeing special counsel Jack Smith's Jan. 6 case against former President Donald Trump says Trump has a right to free speech -- but it's not absolute. Judge Tanya Chutkan is hearing arguments this morning on the terms of a protective order Smith is seeking against the former president...

11/08/2023

Dangerous wildfires are spreading rapidly on Maui due to very dry conditions stemming from a drought combined with powerful trade winds being squeezed across Hawaii. At least 53 people have died from the wildfires on Maui and much of the historic town of Lahaina has been "destroyed," according to officials. A state of emergency has been declared for the whole island, while all nonessential travel to the popular vacation destination is being discouraged, officials said....

Dangerous wildfires are spreading rapidly on Maui due to very dry conditions stemming from a drought combined with powerful trade winds being squeezed across Hawaii. At least 53 people have died from the wildfires on Maui and much of the historic town of Lahaina has been destroyed, according to of...

10/08/2023

By Katelyn Polantz and Tierney Sneed, CNN CNN — Federal prosecutors who’ve brought the 2020 election interference criminal case against Donald Trump are seeking to start to the trial on January 2, 2024, days before the anniversary of the attack on the US Capitol and the Iowa caucuses. The special counsel’s office said in a filing Thursday that its presentation of evidence in the trial would take “no longer than four to six weeks,” meaning that Trump may need to spend his weekdays in court before a jury in the crucial first two months of a presidential election year, as primary voting begins for Republicans....

10/08/2023

Walt Nauta and Carlos De Oliveira are expected to appear in court Thursday. By Katherine Doyle FORT PIERCE, Fla. — The Mar-a-Lago property manager charged in a new indictment alongside Donald Trump over the handling of classified government documents had to once again delay his arraignment in a Florida court on Thursday after he was unable to secure a local lawyer in time....

Walt Nauta and Carlos De Oliveira are expected to appear in court Thursday. By Katherine Doyle FORT PIERCE, Fla. — The Mar-a-Lago property manager charged in a new indictment alongside Donald Trump over the handling of classified government documents had to once again delay his arraignment in a...

10/08/2023

CBS MORNINGS Mayor Eric Adams: Migrant crisis in New York City is a "national issue" BY ANALISA NOVAK AUGUST 10, 2023 / 11:08 AM / CBS NEWS New York City Mayor Eric Adams is urging the federal government to take swift action to address the unprecedented surge in the city's migrant population, emphasizing the need for a comprehensive approach to tackle the issue that is straining resources and causing asylum seekers to…...

CBS MORNINGS  Mayor Eric Adams: Migrant crisis in New York City is a national issue BY ANALISA NOVAK AUGUST 10, 2023 / 11:08 AM / CBS NEWS New York City Mayor Eric Adams is urging the federal government to take swift action to address the unprecedented surge in the city's migrant population, empha...

10/08/2023

What we're covering At least 36 people have been killed in "unprecedented" wildfires that are raging across Maui, officials said Wednesday. More than 11,000 customers on the island of Maui continue to grapple with power outages as the Hawaiian Electric Company deploys additional crews to help with restoration efforts. Most of the fires on Maui – fueled in part by violent winds associated with Hurricane Dora, churning hundreds of miles away – …...

10/08/2023

CNN — The lifestyle Justice Clarence Thomas has enjoyed over the last three decades bankrolled by gifts and hospitality from his wealthy friends is more extensive than previously known, according to a new ProPublica report, and has included numerous flights on private planes, skybox tickets to sporting events, stays at luxury resorts, and a standing invitation to play at a high-end private golf club in Florida....

CNN —  The lifestyle Justice Clarence Thomas has enjoyed over the last three decades bankrolled by gifts and hospitality from his wealthy friends is more extensive than previously known, according to a new ProPublica report, and has included numerous flights on private planes, skybox tickets to...

10/08/2023

Editor’s Note: Peter Bergen is CNN’s national security analyst, a vice president at New America, a professor of practice at Arizona State University, and the host of the Audible podcast “In the Room with Peter Bergen,” also on Apple and Spotify. Laura Tillman is a producer of the podcast. The opinions expressed in this commentary are their own. View more…...

Editor’s Note: Peter Bergen is CNN’s national security analyst, a vice president at New America, a professor of practice at Arizona State University, and the host of the Audible podcast “In the Room with Peter Bergen,” also on Apple and Spotify. Laura Tillman is a producer of the podca...

10/08/2023

An FBI agent's supervisor told him to halt an investigation into Rudy Giuliani and cut ties with any informants who reported on the corruption of former President Donald Trump's associates in August 2022, a 22-page whistleblower complaint obtained by Insider shows. The 14-year veteran of the bureau, whose tenure includes a long-term assignment to Russia-centered counterintelligence, alleged in the statement that his bosses interfered with his work in "a highly suspicious suppression of investigations and intelligence-gathering" seeking to shield "certain politically active figures and possibly also FBI agents" who were tied to Russian and Ukrainian oligarchs....

10/08/2023

‘SMALL YARD, HIGH FENCE’: President Joe Biden has signed a narrowly focused executive order aimed at curbing U.S. investment in critical Chinese national security-related technologies, including artificial intelligence, quantum computing, semiconductors and microelectronics. The executive order cites the threat from “countries of concern” that are “acquiring and diverting the world’s cutting-edge technologies, for the purposes of achieving military dominance,” and which “significantly enhances their ability to conduct activities that threaten the national security of the United States.” But in an annex, only one such country is named: China, as well as its special administrative regions of Hong Kong and Macau....

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09/08/2023

Special Counsel Jack Smith sought and obtained a search warrant for Donald Trump’s Twitter account, , on Jan. 17, 2023, according to newly revealed court documents. Twitter’s initial resistance to complying with the warrant resulted in a federal judge holding the company, now called X, in contempt and levying a $350,000 fine. A federal court of appeals upheld that fine last month in a sealed opinion....

09/08/2023

Ohioans voted down a proposal that would have made it harder to pass future proposed constitutional amendments in the state, including one in November about abortion rights By Adam Edelman Ohio voters overwhelmingly rejected a Republican-backed ballot measure Tuesday that would make it harder to enshrine abortion rights in the state constitution, delivering a major win for reproductive rights supporters....

Ohioans voted down a proposal that would have made it harder to pass future proposed constitutional amendments in the state, including one in November about abortion rights By Adam Edelman Ohio voters overwhelmingly rejected a Republican-backed ballot measure Tuesday that would make it harder to e...

09/08/2023

A single winning ticket was sold for Tuesday night's record estimated $1.58 billion Mega Millions jackpot, lottery officials said. It was purchased in Florida. The winning numbers were 13, 19, 20, 32, 33, and a Mega Ball of 14. The holder or holders of that ticket have the choice of taking an estimated lump sum payment of $783.3 million before taxes or going with the annuity option....

A single winning ticket was sold for Tuesday night's record estimated $1.58 billion Mega Millions jackpot, lottery officials said. It was purchased in Florida. The winning numbers were 13, 19, 20, 32, 33, and a Mega Ball of 14.   The holder or holders of that ticket have the choice of taking an est...

09/08/2023

The United Nations has said it reached agreement with the Syrian government on aid deliveries to rebel-held areas from Turkey, raising concern among relief groups who had wanted Damascus kept out. Under a 2014 deal, most international aid had passed through the Bab al-Hawa crossing from Turkey without the authorization of Damascus. But last month, the Security Council failed to reach consensus on extending the mechanism, and the UN said a subsequent Syrian offer to keep the crossing open for another six months contained "unacceptable" conditions....

09/08/2023

Senate appropriators may have kept up the earmarking pace even after several heavyweights retired at the end of the 117th Congress, but a handful of states are feeling the loss. Alabama, Vermont, Oklahoma, Missouri and North Carolina combined would see nearly $1.4 billion less in “congressionally directed spending,” as senators call earmarks, in the chamber’s fiscal 2024 appropriations bills compared to fiscal 2023 Senate bills....

09/08/2023

he Supreme Court has agreed to hear one of the most important tax cases in history, which could either greenlight the constitutionality of an economically disastrous wealth tax, or destroy critical parts of the U.S. tax system. Unless the justices take a middle road and define the 16th Amendment according to the history and traditions of the U.S. tax system, the case will result in bad law and worse outcomes....

he Supreme Court has agreed to hear one of the most important tax cases in history, which could either greenlight the constitutionality of an economically disastrous wealth tax, or destroy critical parts of the U.S. tax system. Unless the justices take a middle road and define the 16th Amendment acc...

09/08/2023

An arms dealer said he sold 49 Leopard 1 tanks to an unnamed EU country to send to Ukraine. Some of the tanks will be used for spare parts, with the rest arriving in the next six months, he said. German newspaper Handelsblatt reported that arms maker Rheinmetall bought the tanks. Russia's war in Ukraine has led to infighting among several of the country's key players....

An arms dealer said he sold 49 Leopard 1 tanks to an unnamed EU country to send to Ukraine.  Some of the tanks will be used for spare parts, with the rest arriving in the next six months, he said. German newspaper Handelsblatt reported that arms maker Rheinmetall bought the tanks. Russia's war in...

10/07/2023

President Biden and Turkey's President Erdogan spoke Sunday about U.S. F-16s. Turkey is dropping its opposition to Sweden's bid to join NATO, a big development on the eve of the alliance's 74th annual summit in Vilnius, Lithuania. The announcement was applauded by President Joe Biden and comes a day after he spoke with Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan about U.S. F-16s for Ankara, although any direct connection was unclear....

10/07/2023

Jack Smith’s expansive special counsel investigation has looked broadly at efforts to stop the peaceful transfer of power. By Ryan J. Reilly and Michael Mitsanas WASHINGTON — Federal grand jurors probing Donald Trump’s attempts to stop the transfer of presidential power after his 2020 election loss have heard testimony from dozens of witnesses in a wide-ranging investigation that has examined the former president’s conduct spanning the time from before Election Day through the Jan....

10/07/2023

Roland Gutierrez, the Democratic state senator who represents the Uvalde area in central Texas, on Monday jumped into the race to take on Republican Sen. Ted Cruz in 2024. Gutierrez, a lifelong San Antonio resident and the son of a Mexican immigrant, will be facing U.S. Rep. Colin Allred in the Democratic primary in March. Allred, who represents the Dallas area, has already amassed a $6.2 million war chest since he announced his candidacy two months ago, according to his campaign....

Roland Gutierrez, the Democratic state senator who represents the Uvalde area in central Texas, on Monday jumped into the race to take on Republican Sen. Ted Cruz in 2024. Gutierrez, a lifelong San Antonio resident and the son of a Mexican immigrant, will be facing U.S. Rep. Colin Allred in the De...

10/07/2023

More than 35 million Americans are on alert for dangerous heat that's baking the Southeast and Southwest. On Monday, the temperature will hit about 109 degrees in Palm Springs, California; 108 in Las Vegas; 110 in Phoenix; 105 in Tucson, Arizona; and 98 in Albuquerque, New Mexico. The unrelenting heat will stay throughout the week. By Friday, temperatures could soar to 115 degrees in Palm Springs and Phoenix....

10/07/2023

TIME - During the upcoming NATO summit in Vilnius, Lithuania, which runs from July 11 to July 12, a thorny topic of discussion will be Ukraine’s longstanding NATO membership aspirations. NATO, a defense alliance of 31 countries that has agreed to support each other militarily should any member be attacked, was created in 1949 at the beginning of the Cold War to combat what U.S....

10/07/2023

Vladimir Putin appears uncertain what to do about Yevgeny Prigozhin, experts say. Prigozhin led a failed uprising against Russian military leaders. Despite being exiled to Belarus, he's been spotted in St. Petersburg.

Vladimir Putin appears uncertain what to do about Yevgeny Prigozhin, experts say.  Prigozhin led a failed uprising against Russian military leaders.  Despite being exiled to Belarus, he's been spotted in St. Petersburg. 

10/07/2023

ANSING, Mich. (AP) — Former Democratic state Sen. Curtis Hertel Jr. on Monday will announce a campaign for Michigan’s 7th Congressional District, one of the nation’s most competitive House districts. Hertel and Republican Tom Barrett, who launched his second run for the seat Sunday night, are the first to announce bids for U.S. Rep. Elissa Slotkin's seat. Slotkin, a Democrat, announced earlier this year that…...

ANSING, Mich. (AP) — Former Democratic state Sen. Curtis Hertel Jr. on Monday will announce a campaign for Michigan’s 7th Congressional District, one of the nation’s most competitive House districts. Hertel and Republican Tom Barrett, who launched his second run for the seat Sunday night, are ...

10/07/2023

ormer CNN reporter Saima Mohsin is accusing her former employer of discrimination after she was injured on assignment in the Middle East. "I was injured on assignment for CNN," Mohsin wrote in a viral Twitter post with over 399,000 views on Monday. "They fired me [.] We risk our lives in the field trusting we’ll be taken care of [.] I’m suing for unfair dismissal, disability & race discrimination....

ormer CNN reporter Saima Mohsin is accusing her former employer of discrimination after she was injured on assignment in the Middle East. I was injured on assignment for CNN, Mohsin wrote in a viral Twitter post with over 399,000 views on Monday.  They fired me [.] We risk our lives in the field ...

09/07/2023

Politico - CAIRO — U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres said Sudan was on the brink of a “full-scale civil war” as fierce clashes between rival generals continued unabated Sunday in the capital, Khartoum. He warned on Saturday evening that the war between the Sudanese military and a powerful paramilitary force is likely to destabilize the entire region, according to Farhan Haq, deputy spokesperson for the secretary-general....

Politico - CAIRO — U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres said Sudan was on the brink of a “full-scale civil war” as fierce clashes between rival generals continued unabated Sunday in the capital, Khartoum. He warned on Saturday evening that the war between the Sudanese military and a powerf...

09/07/2023

ByReuters - Two second-half goals were the difference as Mexico shut out Costa Rica in the CONCACAF Gold Cup quarterfinals in Arlington, Texas. Mexico will face either Guatemala or Jamaica on Wednesday in Las Vegas in the semifinals. The winner will in the final on July 16 in Inglewood. - Stream on ESPN+: LaLiga, Bundesliga, more (U.S.) Orbelin Pineda converted a penalty in the 52nd minute before substitute…...

ByReuters Updated: Jul 9, 2023, 06:40 am Two second-half goals were the difference as Mexico shut out Costa Rica in the CONCACAF Gold Cup quarterfinals in Arlington, Texas. Mexico will face either Guatemala or Jamaica on Wednesday in Las Vegas in the semifinals. The winner will in the fina...

09/07/2023

ByReuters Updated: Jul 9, 2023, 06:40 am Two second-half goals were the difference as Mexico shut out Costa Rica in the CONCACAF Gold Cup quarterfinals in Arlington, Texas. Mexico will face either Guatemala or Jamaica on Wednesday in Las Vegas in the semifinals. The winner will in the final on July 16 in Inglewood. - Stream on ESPN+: LaLiga, Bundesliga, more (U.S.)...

ByReuters Updated: Jul 9, 2023, 06:40 am Two second-half goals were the difference as Mexico shut out Costa Rica in the CONCACAF Gold Cup quarterfinals in Arlington, Texas. Mexico will face either Guatemala or Jamaica on Wednesday in Las Vegas in the semifinals. The winner will in the fina...

09/07/2023

ALJAZEERA - Rescue workers searched the rubble of the collapsed building where two children were among the dead. An apartment building has collapsed in northeastern Brazil, leaving at least eight people dead and five missing, according to officials. Rescue workers scoured the rubble in a frantic search for survivors on Friday evening as two young children, including an 8-year-old and a 5-year-old, were listed among the victims....

ALJAZEERA - Rescue workers searched the rubble of the collapsed building where two children were among the dead. An apartment building has collapsed in northeastern Brazil, leaving at least eight people dead and five missing, according to officials. Rescue workers scoured the rubble in a frantic sea...

09/07/2023

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