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Nov 20 2023
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Trump and Smith lawyers to fight over gag order in Monday's oral arguments
Attorneys for Donald Trump and Jack Smith will face off Monday before a three-judge panel over whether a gag order restricting Trump's speech in the election subversion case in Washington, D.C., violates the former president's First Amendment rights. The judges, two Obama appointees and one Biden appointee, will hear 20 minutes of oral arguments from both parties at 9:30 a.m. in Washington's
Washington Examiner
Nov 17 2023
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Waterloo man sentenced to prison in meth trafficking investigation
WATERLOO — A Waterloo man has been sentenced to federal prison in connection with a ring that moved pounds of methamphetamine from California to Iowa. Timothy Michael Webber, 46, was sentenced to 15 years and eight months on a charge of possession of meth with intent to distribute during a Nov. 2 hearing in U.S. District Court in Cedar Rapids. The sentence was the lowest under the recommended
Waterloo Cedar Falls Courier
Nov 01 2023
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21-year-old Cornell student arrested after posting online threats to 'shoot up' Jews and 'bring an assault rife to campus'
A Cornell University student was arrested Tuesday and accused of posting threatening statements online about Jewish students at the school, law enforcement officials said. Patrick Dai, 21, a junior from Pittsford, New York, is charged in a federal criminal complaint with posting threats to kill or injure another using interstate communications, according to a joint announcement from the U.S.
Fortune
Oct 24 2023
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Volunteer fire departments respond to wildfires as Fire Alert is re-issued in Alabama
MONROVIA, Ala. (WHNT) — On Tuesday, the Alabama Forestry Commission re-issued a statewide Fire Alert, due to drought conditions being a wildfire hazard. As all 67 counties are under the Fire Alert, local fire agencies are ready to step up. “We’ll respond wherever help is needed,” Monrovia Volunteer Fire Department (MVFD) Public Information Officer, Lieutenant James Filley, said. MVFD covers
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Sep 20 2023
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Biden’s campaign set to counterpunch on misinformation
Joe Biden’s presidential campaign is overhauling its strategy to fight misinformation on social media in the 2024 race, recruiting hundreds of staffers and volunteers to monitor platforms, buying advertising to fight bogus claims, pushing its own countermessages out through grassroots allies — with a bulldog aide helping lead the effort.
The change is driven by concern that social media
Politico
Aug 11 2023
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Forbes Daily: Death Toll Grows From Maui Wildfires
This is a published version of the Forbes Daily newsletter, you can sign-up to get Forbes Daily in your inbox here. The wildfires raging in Maui are a “major disaster,” President Joe Biden declared on Thursday, sending federal aid for recovery efforts. The death toll rose to 53, and major U.S. airlines like United and American are providing planes to Hawaii’s second-largest island to assist
Forbes
Nov 21 2023
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CDC links peaches, nectarines, plums to deadly listeria outbreak
One person died and 10 others were hospitalized from an outbreak of listeria that has been tied to whole peaches, nectarines and plums, federal health officials said.
On Thursday, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) issued a food safety alert that 11 people across seven states had been affected by the outbreak strain of listeria linked to HMC Group Marketing, Inc.,
Fox Business
Nov 17 2023
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Grand Canyon appeals $37.7m fine, threatens lawsuit
Grand Canyon University made good on its promise Thursday to fight the Education Department’s decision to levy a record $37.7 million against the huge private Christian institution based in Phoenix. The university told the department it was appealing the decision and requested an in-person hearing with the agency’s Office of Hearings and Appeals. If that appeal doesn’t work in the university’s
Inside Higher Ed
Oct 24 2023
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Tom Emmer becomes the latest GOP speaker nominee to drop out
The latest GOP pick for House speaker has dropped out just hours after winning the nomination. Rep. Tom Emmer of Minnesota, the majority whip, will not seek the gavel on the House floor after failing to win over roughly two dozen Republican holdouts, GOP aides said Tuesday. Mr. Emmer dropped out shortly after he was denounced by former President Donald Trump, who wields considerable sway over
Washington Times
Sep 21 2023
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Zelensky Tries To Counter War Fatigue In Washington Trip
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky makes his second wartime visit to Washington on Thursday in a bid to win fresh aid to fight Russian invaders despite signs of war fatigue among US lawmakers.
Zelensky will travel to the White House for talks with President Joe Biden and go to the Pentagon to seek more weapons including longer-range missiles to boost Ukraine's forces.
But his
International Business Times