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Oprah Winfrey on Thursday endorsed Democrat John Fetterman in Pennsylvania’s hotly contested Senate race and rejected Republican Dr. Mehmet Oz, whom she had helped launch to stardom nearly two decades ago when she brought him on her popular daytime talk show as a regular guest.Until now, Winfrey had said she would leave the election to Pennsylvanians, but she changed that position in an online discussion on voting in next Tuesday’s

November 4, 2022

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South Korea’s military said it scrambled fighter jets after detecting about 180 North Korean warplanes flying north of the military border over four hours on Friday.The North Korean aircraft flew north of the so-called tactical measure line, drawn to up 12 miles north of the Military Demarcation Line (MDL), South Korea’s military said in a statement.South Korea scrambled 80 aircraft, including, F-35A stealth fighters, in response. About 240 aircraft

November 4, 2022

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Kyrie Irving has been suspended for at least five games by the Brooklyn Nets -After the Brooklyn Nets suspended him and the Anti-Defamation League rejected his proposed $500k donation, Kyrie Irving finally apologized late Thursday night for linking to an anti-Semitic film on social media. In an Instagram statement, Irving said: ‘To All Jewish families and Communities that are hurt and affected from my post, I am deeply sorry to have caused you

November 4, 2022

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A California professor and former CIA analyst said that white Christian men are poised to start a civil war in AmericaBarbara F. Walter, author of the 2022 book How Civil War Starts, made her inflammatory comments on PBS Tuesday evening while speaking with anchor Hari Sreenivasan.Walter’s remarks come just days before the midterm elections, which the left and right alike have been characterizing as a battle over democracy itself.

November 3, 2022

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CNN’s flashy new morning show co-hosted by Don Lemon, Poppy Harlow and Kaitlan Collins bombed in its debut episode on Tuesday.Despite heavy promotion from the network, “CNN This Morning’s” first show drew a mere 387,000 viewers and averaged 71,000 viewers in the advertiser-coveted 25-54 age demographic, according to Nielsen ratings.By comparison, MSNBC’s “Morning Joe” amassed 793,000 viewers head to head from 6 to 9 am ET

November 3, 2022

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If there was a path to mending the situation after Kyrie Irving’s retweet of an anti-Semitic movie last week, Irving himself put a torch to it on Thursday afternoon. Speaking to reporters for the second time since his promotion of the film, “Hebrews to Negroes: Wake Up Black America,” Irving refused to say he was sorry, refused to say he didn’t hold anti-Semitic beliefs, refused to say the Holocaust happened, and cast himself as the victim in the entire

November 3, 2022

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Benjamin Netanyahu makes comeback as PM Lapid concedes defeat -TEL AVIV — Bibi is back. On Thursday, with nearly all the votes counted, Israeli Prime Minister Yair Lapid conceded defeat to former Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.“The State of Israel comes before any political consideration,” said Lapid, who has served as interim prime minister for four months. “I wish Netanyahu success, for the sake of the people of Israel and the State

November 3, 2022

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One of the nation’s biggest publishers has decided to stop printing Alabama’s three largest newspapers and make them digital-only, the latest in a long string of local paper closures across America.Advance Publications, which owns 24 newspapers as well as the Condé Nast magazine-publishing empire, plans to announce it will end the print operations of the Birmingham News, the Huntsville Times and Mobile’s Press-Register in February.“The print

November 3, 2022

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Ray Guy, widely considered the greatest punter in history, has died at the age of 72.“The Southern Miss family mourns today following the passing of Golden Eagle great Ray Guy, who died Thursday morning following a lengthy illness,” his alma mater said in a statement on the university’s website.In 2014, Guy became the first – and so far only – specialist punter to be enshrined in the Hall of Fame. He was also the first punter ever to be taken in

November 3, 2022

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The French parliament was suspended today after a black MP was told to ‘Go back to Africa!’ by a far-Right opponent. Carlos Martens Bilongo, a 31-year-old from a Congolese background, was asking a question about climate change when he was verbally attacked on Thursday afternoon in the Paris National Assembly.’Go back to Africa!’ was heard from the benches of the National Rally – the far-Right party led by Marine Le Pen.The duty vice-president, the equivalent of the Speaker,

November 3, 2022

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A former housekeeper for Jeff Bezos has sued the billionaire Amazon founder for alleged racial discrimination and “unsafe” working conditions, according to court papers. The former housekeeper, Mercedes Wedaa, alleged that she and other staffers were denied easy access to bathrooms in Bezos’ Seattle-area mansion when the Amazon mogul was in town — and therefore frequently developed urinary tract infections.“When the Bezos family was

November 3, 2022

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The Bank of England raised its key interest rate by 0.75 percentage point on Thursday, its largest rise since 1989, as it fights a surge in inflation from rising energy prices even as the U.K. economy slides into an expected recession.The central bank raised its benchmark lending rate for the eighth consecutive meeting to 3% from 2.25%, taking it to the highest level since November 2008. Higher borrowing costs will hurt analready weak economy as

November 3, 2022

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The Justice Department has arrested 21 people suspected of belonging to a theft ring that made millions of dollars from stolen catalytic converters, the car parts that have increasingly become targets across the country.A team of law enforcement agencies at the local, state and federal levels seized hundreds of millions of dollars in assets, such as homes, bank accounts and cash, cars and jewelry from the defendants.They are being

November 3, 2022

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Dwyane Wade is exposing his ex-wife’s “damaging lies” after she accused him of profiting off their transgender daughter, Zaya.The retired NBA player addressed Siohvaughn Funches-Wade’s bombshell court filing in a lengthy Instagram statement Thursday, saying he is not “surprised” by her “attempt to fight Zaya’s identity” and “drag [his] name through the mud.”“I’m very disappointed that she continuously finds ways of centering herself and HER needs,

November 3, 2022

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CBS and its former Chief Executive Officer Leslie Moonves have been ordered to pay $30.5 million dollars — mostly to shareholders — for insider trading and covering up multiple sexual assault allegations against Moonves, New York Attorney General Letitia James announced on Wednesday.CBS, now part of Paramount Global, is required to redistribute $22 million to its shareholders while Moonves, who resigned from CBS in 2018, must pay shareholders

November 3, 2022

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The bad news is that no one won Wednesday night’s huge $1.2 billion Powerball jackpot. The good news is that means the prize has grown even larger to $1.5 billion ahead of the next drawing Saturday night. That is the third-largest lottery prize in U.S. history. The numbers drawn Wednesday night were: 2, 11, 22, 35, 60, and the red PowerBall 23.No one has won the top Powerball prize since Aug. 3, making for 39 consecutive drawings without anyone matching all six numbers. What’s behind three

November 3, 2022

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North Korea fired three ballistic missiles off its east coast on Thursday, including what South Korean and U.S. officials called an intercontinental ballistic missile, adding to the growing tally in a record year of weapons tests.The launches came a day after North Korea fired about two dozen missiles, with one falling near South Korean waters for the first time since the end of the Korean War nearly 70 years ago.Japan had alerted that one of Thursday’s missiles might have flown over its

November 3, 2022

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The FBI has arrested two alleged members of the far-right anti-government group the Boogaloo Boys, as authorities express increasing concern about the potential for violence around next week’s US midterm elections. Timothy Teagan was expected to appear on Wednesday in federal court in Detroit, where charges against him would be unsealed, an FBI spokesperson said. In a criminal complaint filed on Monday, the FBI said there was enough evidence to charge Aron McKillips,

November 3, 2022

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Mar-a-Lago Documents Kash Patel, Trump Aide, Granted Immunity, Set to Testify at Grand Jury – Kash Patel, a close associate of former President Donald Trump, is set to soon testify before a federal grand jury probing the handling of classified documents at Mar-a-Lago after receiving immunity for his information, people familiar with the matter said.A federal judge recently decided the Justice Department couldn’t force Mr. Patel to testify without such protection against his statements being

November 3, 2022

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President Joe Biden on Wednesday tied the attack on Paul Pelosi to former President Donald Trump and his refusal to accept defeat in the 2020 presidential election and warned that ‘dark forces with a thirst for power will threaten democracy in the midterms.Biden didn’t call out Trump by name, but it was clear he was making next week’s election a referendum on Trump’s ‘Big Lie’ – his false claim he won two years ago but was thwarted by voter fraud.‘American democracy is under attack

November 3, 2022

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President Joe Biden warned in a speech on Wednesday that the country’s democracy was dangerously close to crumbling, painting the closing stretch of the midterm elections in stark terms.“In our bones,” the president declared at one point, “we know democracy is at risk.”“We’re often not faced with questions of whether the vote we cast will preserve democracy,” he said at another point. “But this year we are.”Biden’s speech was a closing argument for Democrats, who face an uphill

November 3, 2022

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Tom Brady and Gisele Bündchen had “an ironclad prenup” which allowed their divorce to be settled swiftly according to sources. While both the gridiron great and the supermodel are separately incredibly wealthy the prenup allowed the swift division of their assets. A source said, “There was an ironclad prenup set down before they married in 2009. They both have their own separate business entities, so the separation of their wealth wasn’t

November 2, 2022

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Four days after the Jan. 6, 2021, riot at the U.S. Capitol, Oath Keepers founder Stewart Rhodes tried to tell President Trump it was not too late to use paramilitary groups to stay in power by force, according to testimony Wednesday in federal court.If he did not, protesters “should have brought rifles” to Washington, and “we could have fixed it right then and there,” Rhodes said during a Jan. 10 recorded meeting, boasting that he would have killed Nancy Pelosi .Rhodes made the violent

November 2, 2022

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Former President Donald Trump on Wednesday reached a settlement with a group of protesters who filed a lawsuit alleging they were assaulted by his security guards outside of Trump Tower in 2015, lawyers for both sides said.The attorneys did not disclose details on the terms of the settlement, which came as the case was in the middle of jury selection. An attorney for the protesters, Benjamin Dictor, called it “an incredible day for our clients, who are lifelong activists

November 2, 2022

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President Joe Biden is set to deliver remarks Wednesday night on the importance of protecting democracy and the threat posed by election deniers as part of his final pitch to voters heading into midterms next week.In the remarks, Biden is expected to echo past warnings he has made about the threat posed by those who spread false information about the validity of the 2020 election, according to a statement from the Democratic National Committee. Biden has repeatedly accused

November 2, 2022

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The Federal Reserve lifted interest rates by 0.75 percentage point to combat inflation and signaled plans to keep raising them, though possibly in smaller increments. Fed officials in a Wednesday policy statement acknowledged it could take time for rapid increases this year to be reflected in the economy. “The committee will take into account the cumulative tightening of monetary policy, the lags with which monetary policy affects economic activity and inflation, and economic and

November 2, 2022

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Home Depot workers in Philadelphia are deciding whether to form the company’s first unionized store. Voting begins at a Home Depot location in Northeast Philadelphia, where more than 260 employees are eligible to vote on whether to join the Home Depot Workers United, a new independent group formed at the store. The results are expected Saturday night. If the union prevails, it would mark a historic moment for the country’s largest home improvement retailer. And it

November 2, 2022

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Miami’s Waldorf Astoria residential tower, poised to be South Florida’s tallest skyscraper, is a test case for new techniques meant to enable the more than 1,000-foot tall building to withstand hurricane-force winds and remain stable near sea level.Developers broke ground on the building’s foundation in downtown Miami in October. The 100-story tower, which resembles a series of glass cubes stacked on top of each other, will feature 205 hotel guest rooms and 360 luxury condo

November 2, 2022

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Washington Commanders owner Dan Snyder has hired Bank of America to explore “potential transactions,” the team said Wednesday. The NFL team hired the bank to help facilitate a potential sale, according to a person familiar with the matter. Snyder isn’t being forced to sell the team despite mounting pressure to potentially remove him as an NFL owner, the person said. A deal for the Commanders could value the team as much as $7 billion, the person said. Forbes valued

November 2, 2022

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Migrants waving Venezuelan flag crossing the US border illegally- Dramatic new video has emerged of a violent confrontation between migrants and US authorities along the Mexican border in El Paso, Texas — where the feds fired pepper balls after one officer was struck by a rock and another assaulted with a flagpole. The footage captured by the El Paso Times shows Border Patrol agents approaching the group — which included a man holding a massive Venezuelan flag – crossing the

November 2, 2022

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CVS Health and Walgreens on Wednesday said they had agreed in principle to pay about $10 billion in total to settle a series of opioid-related lawsuits brought against the pharmacy chains. CVS said it had agreed to a $5 billion settlement designed to “substantially resolve” the open opioid lawsuits against it. “We are pleased to resolve these longstanding claims and putting them behind us is in the best interest of all parties, as well as our customers, colleagues and shareholders,

November 2, 2022

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Former Kansas City Chiefs assistant coach Britt Reid was sentenced on Tuesday to three years in prison for driving drunk and speeding last year. His actions led to a crash that left a five-year-old girl with a serious brain injury.Reid pleaded guilty in September to driving while intoxicated causing serious bodily injury. The charge carries a maximum penalty of seven years in prison, but prosecutors had agreed to ask for a maximum sentence of four years in prison. Reid sought probation

November 2, 2022

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Miss Argentina and Miss Puerto Rico have announced they tied the knot in secret after claiming they’ve been in a ‘private’ relationship for two years.Mariana Varela, 26, from Argentina, and Fabiola Valentín, 22, from Puerto Rico, first met in 2020 when they represented their counties in the Miss Grand International competition.Before sharing their surprise news on Instagram, the newlyweds – who never confirmed they were dating – only ever gushed about their ‘friendship’ on social

November 2, 2022

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At least five Ecuadorean police officers were killed on Tuesday in explosive attacks in response to prisoner transfers from overcrowded and violent penitentiaries, prompting President Guillermo Lasso to declare a state of emergency in two provinces. Lasso, a conservative, has repeatedly blamed violence, including inside prisons, on drug gang retaliation for his government’s efforts to combat the trade. Ecuador is a transit point for drugs destined for the United States and Europe

November 2, 2022

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President Biden warned Tuesday that a Republican takeover of Congress would have dire consequences for Social Security and Medicare, taking direct aim at Florida’s Republican senators in a state where the popular safety-net programs have numerous beneficiaries.Sen. Rick Scott (R-Fla.), who is coordinating the Republican effort to retake the Senate, has been a favorite boogeyman of the president since he released a controversial policy plan in February saying that all federal laws,

November 2, 2022

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Kara Young, a biracial supermodel who dated former President Donald Trump in the late ’90s, confirmed a story where the ex-commander-in-chief said she got her intelligence from the ‘white side’ of her family. Young, 47, spoke to Inside Edition’s Deborah Norville in her first public comments about Trump since he became president in 2016 and in what she claims will be the last time. She confirmed a story from Maggie Haberman’s book, Confidence Man, where Trump joked

November 2, 2022

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Vladimir Putin does have early-stage Parkinson’s disease and pancreatic cancer, leaked spy documents have alleged in the latest unverified claim about the tyrant’s ill health.The Russian leader has been plagued with rumors about his illnesses for months, and he has regularly appeared twitching and unsteady in public, sparking hope in Ukraine and the West that the despot could soon relinquish power. Claims have been circulating among opposition figures,

November 2, 2022

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Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro on Tuesday did not concede the election he lost to leftist Lula da Silva in a brief speech that marked his first comments since results were released two days ago.But afterward, Chief-of-Staff Ciro Nogueira told reporters that Bolsonaro has authorized him to begin the transition process.Bolsonaro’s address didn’t mention election results, but he said he will continue to follow the rules of the nation’s constitution.“I have always been labeled as

November 1, 2022

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Two police officers were injured in Newark, New Jersey, during a shootout with a gunman who was firing from a rooftop or window, officials said.The shooter was using a rifle and firing directly at police at around 2pm on Tuesday as they were attempting to question him over potential links to a shooting last Friday, NBC New York reported. The shooting reportedly took place near the intersection of Van Velsor Place and Chancellor Avenue in a residential neighborhood in

November 1, 2022

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Cincinnati Bengals offensive analyst Adam Zimmer has died, his sister announced on social media. Police found the 38-year-old’s body at his home in Mendota Heights, Minnesota, on Monday after a request for a welfare check at 1:15 pm. A cause of death is still to be determined, but police said ‘there was nothing suspicious and there didn’t appear to be any evidence of foul play. Zimmer was the son of former Minnesota Vikings head coach Mike Zimmer and worked for his father

November 1, 2022

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Sen. Ben Sasse was unanimously chosen Tuesday to be the next president of the University of Florida by the university’s board of trustees, despite facing tough questions from some students and faculty over his higher education credentials and political views.The decision, which is subject to approval by the State University System of Florida’s board of governors, came after nearly four hours of questions and answers that touched on everything from artificial intelligence to the

November 1, 2022

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Saudi Arabia has shared intelligence with the U.S. warning of an imminent attack from Iran on targets in the kingdom, putting the American military and others in the Middle East on an elevated alert level, Saudi and U.S. officials said.In response to the warning, Saudi Arabia, the U.S., and several other neighboring states have raised the level of alert for their military forces, the officials said. They didn’t provide more details on Saudi intelligence. Saudi officials said Iran is poised to carry

November 1, 2022

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The Supreme Cour denied a bid by Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., to block a subpoena demanding his testimony before a Georgia grand jury investigating possible criminal interference in that state’s 2020 presidential election.The court in its ruling said a federal judge’s order upholding the subpoena adequately protected Graham from being questioned about legislative activity during his testimony, as provided for by the Constitution’s Speech or Debate Clause.The Fulton County special

November 1, 2022

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With a week until Election Day, President Biden is heading to Florida, where he plans to warn what Republican policies could mean for seniors on issues including Social Security and Medicare and appear at a pair of political events with the state’s Democratic nominees for Senate and governor. Both of them face tough challenges against GOP incumbents. Rep. Val Deming (D-Fla.) is trying to topple Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.), while Rep. Charlie Crist (D-Fla.) is trying to unseat

November 1, 2022

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The man accused of attacking House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s husband with a hammer was in the country illegally, ICE sources told The Post Monday.David DePape, who was hit with federal and local charges Monday in the violent attack on 82-year-old Paul Pelosi, was in the US illegally because he overstayed his visa, according to sources.The 42-year-old suspect was born in Canada in 1980 and was in the US as early as 2001, sources said, citing his valid Social Security number,

November 1, 2022

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Steve Nash is out as head coach of the Brooklyn Nets, the team announced Tuesday.The decision to part ways was mutual between the Nets and Nash, sources told ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski.”We want to thank Steve for everything he brought to our franchise over the past two-plus seasons,” general manager Sean Marks said in a statement Tuesday. “Since becoming head coach, Steve was faced with a number of unprecedented challenges, and we are sincerely grateful for his

November 1, 2022

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Hyundai is recalling more than 44,000 SUVs due to fire risk, even when idle, and has advised owners to park them away from buildings and other cars.The recall announced Tuesday applies to the 2018 Santa Fe Sport, which may contain components in the anti-lock braking system that generate electrical currents too great for its fuses. That could cause an electrical short, Hyundai told federal regulators, increasing the risk of “fire while parked or driving.”Owners should contact Hyundai’s

November 1, 2022

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Grandmother of a Parkland shooting victim, 14, tells Nikolas Cruz he should have been given the death penalty – The jury in Cruz’s recently concluded penalty trial was not able to unanimously agree that the 24-year-old former Stoneman Douglas student deserved a death sentence after the defense attorneys tried to paint him as the victim of a troubled childhood. Circuit Court Judge Elizabeth Scherer is now expected to formally sentence Cruz to life in prison without parole

November 1, 2022

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SpaceX – has successfully launched its Falcon Heavy the world’s most powerful operational rocket for the first time in three years in a mission that hauled US military satellites into space.This rocket is 229 feet tall, equivalent to three Falcon 9 rockets stacked on top of each other, and features 28 Merlin engines, while Falcon 9 has just nine.The launch pad was cloaked in a thick layer of fog, making it near impossible to see the rocket, but the Falcon Heavy light up the area when it ignited

November 1, 2022

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Chief Justice John Roberts on Tuesday temporarily blocked a congressional committee from accessing former President Donald Trump’s tax records.Trump, unlike other recent presidents, has refused to make his tax returns public amid scrutiny of his business affairs, and turned to the justices after an appeals court in Washington refused to intervene on the release of the records. The court has recently rejected similar requests made by Trump.Trump’s lawyers say the House Ways

November 1, 2022

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A judge has denied a bid by Mark Meadows Donald Trump’s final White House chief of staff, to avoid testifying before the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot.In a written decision on Monday, U.S. District Judge Carl Nichols dismissed a lawsuit Mr. Meadows filed last year to block enforcement of two subpoenas from the committee: one issued to Mr. Meadows for documents and testimony and another issued to Verizon for his phone data

November 1, 2022

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Elon Musk is quickly setting to work a group of advisers, investors, and employees from elsewhere in his business empire to help him reimagine Twitter Inc. in his first days as its new owner. The group is working on a range of initiatives to try to bolster the platform’s user experience and revenue, according to people involved in the effort, while Mr. Musk continued to publicly float potential changes in a series of tweets. Mr. Musk’s team outlined three pillars of its plan

November 1, 2022

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A federal judge has blocked Penguin Random House’s proposed purchase of Simon & Schuster, agreeing with the Justice Department that the joining of two of the world’s biggest publishers could “lessen competition” for “top-selling books.” The ruling was a victory for the Biden administration’s tougher approach to proposed mergers, a break from decades of precedent under Democratic and Republican leadership.U.S. District Court Judge Florence Y. Pan announced the decision in a

November 1, 2022

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Almost 15,000 Delta Air Lines pilots voted to authorize a strike after negotiations for a new contract were paused due to the coronavirus pandemic.The pilots, who are represented by the Air Line Pilots Association union, last negotiated their contracts in 2016. Renegotiation started in April 2019, and the employees and airline entered the mediation stage in February 2020 but was postponed due to the pandemic. Renegotiations resumed in January.”Today, Delta’s nearly 15,000 pilots

November 1, 2022

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