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Aug 11 2023
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Merrick Garland’s Special Counsel Appointment May Violate DOJ’s Own Rules, Legal Experts Say
U.S. Attorney David Weiss’ appointment Friday as special counsel in the Hunter Biden investigation appears to violate a Department of Justice (DOJ) regulation requiring a special counsel to “be selected from outside the United States Government.” Attorney General Merrick Garland announced Weiss’ appointment as special counsel Friday, noting he would “continue to have the authority and the
The Daily CallerAug 08 2023
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Supreme Court temporarily reinstates ban on “ghost guns”
The Supreme Court on Tuesday allowed the Biden administration to temporarily reinstate a rule by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives regulating “ghost guns” while a challenge to the rule continues in a federal appeals court. In June, a federal judge in Fort Worth, Texas, had barred the ATF from enforcing the rule anywhere in the United States. Urging the justices to
SCOTUSblogAug 23 2023
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Here’s who has surrendered so far in Trump’s Georgia case
In the wake of the release of an indictment by a grand jury in Fulton County, Ga., last week, nine of the 19 defendants named in the case surrounding efforts to interfere in the results of the 2020 election have surrendered to local law enforcement. Former President Donald Trump, perhaps the most prominent defendant in the case, is expected to surrender Thursday. Fulton County District
The HillAug 26 2023
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At least 7 people hurt in shooting that halted Boston parade, police say
At least seven people were injured Saturday morning in a shooting that halted a popular Boston parade, police said. The victims were taken to local hospitals with non-life threatening injuries. Two arrests were made and multiple firearms recovered, police said. Boston Police Sgt. Det. John Boyle earlier said the shooting occurred during the J’ouvert Parade, which is part of the city’s
Yahoo NewsAug 27 2023
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Sheriff provides the first details of how a man fatally shot three people at a Florida store
JACKSONVILLE, Florida (AP) — A 21-year-old white man fatally shot three Black people in Florida with guns he bought legally despite once being involuntarily committed for a mental health exam, the local sheriff said Sunday. Ryan Palmeter shot one of his victims as she sat in her car outside a Jacksonville store; shot another just after Palmeter entered the store; and shot the third minutes
East Idaho NewsAug 26 2023
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Failed jailbreak for man accused of kidnapping, imprisoning woman, officials say
The man accused of kidnapping a woman who later escaped from a homemade cinderblock cell himself tried to break out of an Oregon jail this week, officials said. The man, 29-year-old Negasi Zuberi of Klamath Falls, Oregon, was caught on Tuesday trying to break through the window of his cell at the Jackson County Jail, the Jackson County Sheriff’s Office said in a news release. Zuberi, who
"USA Today" ContributorJul 31 2023
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Fulton County DA says work is done in Trump probe and ‘we’re ready to go’
Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis reaffirmed in a local news interview that she will announce charging decisions by September 1 in her investigation into efforts by Donald Trump and his allies to overturn Georgia’s 2020 presidential election result, while applauding the ramped-up security measures around the local courthouse.
“The work is accomplished,” Willis told CNN
CNN (Online News)Aug 30 2023
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Medicare’s drug price negotiations are the next step for health care reform
More than a decade after Democrats first ran on the proposal, Medicare is finally set to start negotiating prices for certain prescription drugs. This week, the federal government announced the 10 medications that would be included in the first round of negotiations. New prices would take effect in 2026. The 10 drugs on the list are a diverse set. Some are taken by millions of people with
VoxSep 08 2023
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Musk acknowledges he turned off Starlink internet access last year during Ukraine attack on Russia military
Elon Musk on Thursday acknowledged turning off internet access from his Starlink satellites during a Ukrainian raid last year on a Russian naval fleet, saying he did so to prevent SpaceX from being “complicit in a major act of war and conflict escalation.”
Musk responded on his social media platform X to new details from an upcoming book that indicated he ordered his engineers to shut
The HillAug 22 2023
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Maui Fire Victim Puts Biden on Blast: 'We’re Not Very Political People ... But Biden Has Really Failed Us'
Full disclosure: I was born and raised in Hawaii, so this story literally hits rather close to home. It also means I can vouch for much of what these angry, hurting, raw, and proud local Hawaiians are saying in the aftermath of the catastrophic Maui wildfires. According to the Honolulu Star-Advertiser, the death toll sits at 114 but is expected to rise as recovery efforts continue. And while
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