Giorno: 18 Aprile 2024

Judge in Trump Case Orders Media Not to Report Where Potential Jurors Work

The judge in Donald Trump’s New York trial ordered the media on Thursday not to report on where potential jurors have worked and to be careful about revealing information about those who will sit in judgment of the former president.Judge Juan Merchan acted after one juror…[#item_full_content]

Arizona Abortion Providers Say They Won’t Break 1864 Law

Despite Attorney General Kris Mayes’ pledge to not prosecute, Arizona abortion providers say they aren’t likely to break the 1864 law that’s responsible for a near-total ban on the controversial procedure.[#item_full_content]

Mike Johnson: The wartime Speaker battling on multiple fronts

“I regard myself as a wartime Speaker,” declared House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La. Only, we’re not sure if Johnson was referring to the internecine war among Republicans over whether he should keep his job. Many members wear pocket squares with their suits. But not Rep. Thomas Massie, R-Ky. He walks around with a self-made, diode […]

US Stops UN From Recognizing a Palestinian State Through Membership

The United States on Thursday effectively stopped the United Nations from recognizing a Palestinian state by casting a veto in the Security Council to deny Palestinians full membership of the world body.It vetoed a draft resolution that recommended to the 193-member U.N….[#item_full_content]

Rep. Bowman: Suspension of Omar’s Daughter ‘Political’ Reprisal

Rep. Jamaal Bowman, D-N.Y., accused Columbia University of engaging in “political reprisals” after the daughter of fellow “Squad” member Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., was suspended for refusing to leave an “unauthorized encampment” on the campus.[#item_full_content]

Texas Towns: Cyberattacks Caused a Water System to Overflow

A hack that caused a small Texas town’s water system to overflow in January has been linked to a shadowy Russian hacktivist group, the latest case of a U.S. public utility becoming a target of foreign cyberattacks.

Kansas GOP Rep. LaTurner Won’t Seek Reelection

Rep. Jake LaTurner, R-Kan., said Thursday he will not seek reelection for a third term, putting even more pressure on Republicans to hold their razor-thin majority in the House.[#item_full_content]

Thousands of Bosnian Serbs attend rally denying genocide was committed in Srebrenica in 1995

BANJA LUKA, Bosnia-Herzegovina (AP) — Thousands of Bosnian Serbs rallied on Thursday denying that genocide was committed in Srebrenica in 1995 despite rulings to the contrary by two United Nations courts. More than 8,000 Bosniak Muslim men and boys were executed by Bosnian Serb troops in the eastern Bosnian enclave in July 1995. The victims’ […]

How South Africa’s former leader Zuma turned on his allies and became a surprise election foe

JOHANNESBURG (AP) — South Africa faces an unusual national election this year, its seventh vote since transitioning from white minority rule to a democracy 30 years ago. Polls and analysts warn that for the first time, the ruling African National Congress party that has comfortably held power since Nelson Mandela became the country’s first Black […]

Pennsylvania House Dems propose new expulsion rules after remote voting by lawmaker facing a warrant

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Pennsylvania House Democrats on Thursday proposed a process to determine if state representatives are “incapacitated” and to sanction or expel them, moving in the wake of intense criticism after one of their members voted remotely this week while being sought on charges he violated a restraining order. The resolution introduced by […]