Trump's lawyers ask NY judge who oversaw civil fraud case to recuse himself
Published 3:00 PM EDT, Thu June 20, 2024 CNN — Lawyers for Donald Trump asked the New York judge who ordered the former president to pay nearly half a billion dollars to recuse himself from the case alleging the judge engaged in “prohibited communications” with a real estate lawyer about the case before issuing his decision. Trump’s attorneys said if Judge Arthur Engoron would not recuse from the case they are seeking an evidentiary hearing to delve into the judge’s reported conversation wi ...
Melinda French Gates endorses Biden, her first presidential endorsement
1 hour ago Melinda French Gates endorsed President Biden on Thursday, her first-ever presidential endorsement, she wrote on the social media platform X. Why it matters: French Gates is one of the most wealthy women philanthropists in the world. While she hasn't immediately committed any money to Biden's campaign, the endorsement is a signal boost for the president as other mega-donors have backed former President Trump. French Gates said earlier this year that she was resigning from the Bill ...
US says Ukraine can hit inside Russia 'anywhere' its forces attack across the border
06/20/2024 02:39 PM EDT The U.S. has told Ukraine it can use American-supplied weapons to hit any Russian forces attacking from across the border — not just those in the region near Kharkiv, according to U.S. officials. The subtle shift in messaging — which officials insist is not a change in policy — comes just weeks after the U.S. quietly gave Kyiv the green light to strike inside Russia in response to a cross-border assault on the city of Kharkiv. At the time, U.S. officials stressed that ...
Congress passes bill restoring 1,600 acres of Winnebago Tribe land in Nebraska and Iowa
Erin Bamer Jun 20, 2024 Updated 1 hr ago LINCOLN — More than 50 years after 1,600 acres of tribal land was condemned by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, the Winnebago people will have their land restored to them. The U.S. Senate voted unanimously Thursday to pass the Winnebago Land Transfer Act, sending it to President Joe Biden's desk, where he's expected to sign it into law. The legislation will restore the 1,600 acres in Nebraska and Iowa to the tribe. It had been taken in 1970 for a propo ...
House Oversight Democrats Question Willingness Of Supreme Court To Police Itself
Jun 20, 2024, 01:03 PM EDT Democrats on the House oversight committee sent a letter to Chief Justice John Roberts on Thursday demanding to know how the Supreme Court is enforcing ethical standards — and questioning whether the high court is even prepared to do so. “We write with alarm about the deepening ethics crisis at the Supreme Court of the United States, which is turning into a full-blown legitimacy crisis,” read the letter, signed by ranking member Jamie Raskin (D-Md.) and vice ranking ...
Trump Loses It At Fox News, Says No One Can Trust It
(Huff Post) Donald Trump bashed Fox News, his on-again-off-again favorite news network, on social media Wednesday, proclaiming that “nobody can ever trust” its reporting. Trump’s screed appeared to be in response to former Republican House Speaker Paul Ryan’s appearance on the network over a week ago, when he said Trump was unfit for office. “Nobody can ever trust Fox News, and I am one of them, with the weak and ineffective RINO, Paul Ryan, on its Board of Directors,” the presumed GOP nominee for president wrote, using the acronym for “Republican in name only.” “He’s a total lightweight, a failed and pathetic Speaker of the House, and a very disloyal person,” the former president continued.
Illinois Republican Chair Resigns, Slams Colleagues Weeks Before Convention
(Newsweek) Illinois Republican Party Chair Don Tracy is resigning from his political post, and has condemned colleagues for choosing to fight each other rather than the Democrats, in a letter explaining his decision. Tracy said in a statement sent to party members on Wednesday, just four weeks before the GOP convention in Milwaukee, that he was spending too much of his time "dealing with intra-party power struggles."
Why Trump's radical new idea on taxes is impossible to defend
(MSNBC) It was last year when Team Trump made clear that the presumptive GOP nominee, if given a second term, intended to impose massive new tariffs, which a Washington Post report said would set the stage for a “global economic war.” CNBC reported late last week that the Republican candidate went a step further in describing his vision while speaking with congressional allies. MSNBC’s Chris Hayes described this as “one of the most deranged policies” of all of time, and it’s worth understanding why.
Kremlin Joy as Trump Sucks Up to Controversial Russian 'Tough Guys'
(Daily Beast) The Russian media is shouting it from the rooftops. Not only did former President Donald Trump publicly meet with two of the country’s toughest men, pro-Kremlin outlets report he pledged to help Russia end the war in Ukraine. The claim emerged from Trump’s unexpected meeting with notorious Russian UFC stars—and “Putin’s friends”—Khabib Nurmagomedov and Islam Makhachev. The controversial MMA fighters took the opportunity to talk international diplomacy with the former—and possibly future—leader of the free world. Trump “promised Nurmagomedov to stop the war in Ukraine,” according to news reports trumpeted by major Russian news agencies and television channels.
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US DOJ Plans to Sue TikTok Over Children's Privacy Violations, Bloomberg News Reports
5 min ago - June 20, 2024, at 6:46 p.m. (Reuters) -The U.S. Department of Justice is preparing to file a consumer protection lawsuit against ByteDance's TikTok later this year on behalf of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Bloomberg News reported on Thursday. ... (US News and World Report/Reuters)
Judge holds hearing on Trump request to dismiss classified documents case
11 min ago - THE TRUMP CASES Judge holds hearing on Trump request to dismiss classified documents case The pretrial hearing is the first of five U.S. District Judge Aileen M. Cannon has scheduled over three days in Donald Trump’s classified documents prosecu ... (Washington Post)
Investigators for 9/11 families examine video taken by man with ties to Saudi intelligence referencing a "plan"
31 min ago - June 20, 2024 / 6:30 PM EDT For more than two decades, the U.S. position has been that al Qaeda acted alone on September 11th, but a newly public video has raised questions about whether the Saudi government provided crucial assistance to the hijack ... (CBS News)
Bipartisan Bill To Protect Kids From Social Media Harms Stalled In Senate
46 min ago - Jun 20, 2024, 05:59 PM EDT WASHINGTON — A bill aimed at forcing tech companies to protect children from the dangers of social media has stalled in the U.S. Senate despite overwhelming bipartisan support. Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) sa ... (Huff Post)
Jill Stein paid $150,000 to a consultant who was indicted over Biden deepfake robocalls
1 hr ago - Jun 20, 2024, 5:54 PM EDT Jill Stein's presidential campaign hired a political consultant who infamously created deepfake robocalls using President Joe Biden's voice. The Green Party presidential candidate's campaign paid $150,015 to consultant Steve ... (Business Insider)
Stonewall National Monument Visitor Center set to open honoring historic LGBTQ uprising
1 hr ago - June 20, 2024, 5:19 PM EDT Fifty-five years after an uprising gridlocked the streets of downtown Manhattan and catapulted the modern gay rights movement, a visitor center dedicated to the now-historic riots will open its doors next Friday. The Stonew ... (NBC News)
Exclusive: Rudy Giuliani Tape Raises Questions Over Girlfriend Denial
2 hrs ago - Published Jun 20, 2024 at 11:12 AM EDT | Updated Jun 20, 2024 at 5:20 PM EDT Secret recordings Newsweek has heard of Rudy Giuliani apparently talking about Maria Ryan cast doubt on official claims that he was not in a relationship with his podcast co ... (Newsweek)
Appeals court panel refuses to delay Trump ally Steve Bannon's 4-month contempt prison sentence
4 hrs ago - WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal appeals court panel on Thursday rejected longtime Donald Trump ally Steve Bannon’s bid to stay out of prison while he fights his conviction for defying a subpoena from the House committee that investigated the U. ... (Associated Press)
Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao's home raided by FBI agents; feds target other locations
5 hrs ago - FBI agents conducted an early-morning raid on the home of Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao Thursday morning, one of several federal raids on other properties in the city. Agents served warrants at Thao's house on Maiden Lane in the city's Lincoln Highlands n ... (KPIX)
Biden economists claim progress on grocery inflation
10 hrs ago - 6 hours ago The form of inflation that causes the most day-to-day discomfort is grocery inflation. White House economists have released a new analysis suggesting that the discomfort is finally improving. Why it matters: Everybody has to eat, so when ... (Axios)
Biden heads to Camp David to prepare for 1st presidential debate with Trump
11 hrs ago - June 20, 2024, 3:45 PM With a week to go until the first presidential debate, President Joe Biden heads to Camp David on Thursday to prepare for his critical matchup with former President Donald Trump. The famous rustic retreat in the Maryland mounta ... (ABC News)
Biden courts Latino voters with ad blitz during Copa America soccer tournament
12 hrs ago - June 20, 2024, 7:00 AM EDT WASHINGTON -- President Joe Biden's campaign is drawing up a new play to reach Latino voters in key battleground states during the Copa Amrica soccer tournament, which starts in the U.S. on Thursday. The campaign is aiming ... (NBC News)
Congress passes bill restoring 1,600 acres of Winnebago Tribe land in Nebraska and Iowa
12 hrs ago - Erin Bamer Jun 20, 2024 Updated 1 hr ago LINCOLN — More than 50 years after 1,600 acres of tribal land was condemned by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, the Winnebago people will have their land restored to them. The U.S. Senate voted unanimous ... (Omaha World Herald)
US says Ukraine can hit inside Russia 'anywhere' its forces attack across the border
13 hrs ago - 06/20/2024 02:39 PM EDT The U.S. has told Ukraine it can use American-supplied weapons to hit any Russian forces attacking from across the border — not just those in the region near Kharkiv, according to U.S. officials. The subtle shift in messa ... (Politico)
House Oversight Democrats Question Willingness Of Supreme Court To Police Itself
14 hrs ago - Jun 20, 2024, 01:03 PM EDT Democrats on the House oversight committee sent a letter to Chief Justice John Roberts on Thursday demanding to know how the Supreme Court is enforcing ethical standards — and questioning whether the high court is even ... (Huff Post)
Melinda French Gates endorses Biden, her first presidential endorsement
14 hrs ago - 1 hour ago Melinda French Gates endorsed President Biden on Thursday, her first-ever presidential endorsement, she wrote on the social media platform X. Why it matters: French Gates is one of the most wealthy women philanthropists in the world. While ... (Axios)
Trump's lawyers ask NY judge who oversaw civil fraud case to recuse himself
15 hrs ago - Published 3:00 PM EDT, Thu June 20, 2024 CNN — Lawyers for Donald Trump asked the New York judge who ordered the former president to pay nearly half a billion dollars to recuse himself from the case alleging the judge engaged in “prohibit ... (CNN Politics)
US jobless claims fall to 238,000 from 10-month high
15 hrs ago - June 20, 2024, 8:38 AM WASHINGTON -- The number of Americans applying for unemployment benefits slipped last week as the U.S. labor market remained resilient. The Labor Department reported Thursday that jobless claims fell by 5,000 to 238,000 from ... (ABC News/AP)
Top Florida law enforcement official sues DeSantis, alleging he was fired for blowing the whistle
16 hrs ago - A former top law enforcement official in Florida is accusing Gov. Ron DeSantis and his top aides of forcing him to retire after he refused to carry out orders he says were illegal or inappropriate, according to a lawsuit filed overnight. Shane Desgui ... (ABC News)
US Diverts Patriot Defense Systems Ordered by Allies to Ukraine
16 hrs ago - June 20, 2024 at 11:50 AM EDT Updated on June 20, 2024 at 1:13 PM EDT The US is halting deliveries of key air defense missiles to allies, directing shipments to Ukraine instead in a bid to help bolster the country amid the continuing aerial barrage f ... (Bloomberg)
