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A Kentucky judge was suspended with pay on Friday following testimony that he pressured a lawyer practicing in his court to support his reelection campaign. Kentucky Judicial Conduct Commission voted 3-2 to suspend 42nd Judicial Circuit Judge Jamie Jameson following a daylong hearing in which he told commissioners they were being used for political purposes, The Paducah Sun reported.

August 15, 2022

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Donald Trump has seen his poll numbers improve after the raid at his Mar-a-Lago estate, at the expense of what many see as one of his key rivals in 2024. Trump’s share of the potential Republican primary voters boosted from 53 percent in mid-July to 57 percent on August 10, according to a Politico/Morning Consult poll. That combines with a six-point dip for his biggest potential rival

August 15, 2022

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The FBI and the Department of Homeland Security have issued a joint intelligence bulletin warning of a spike in threats to federal law enforcement officials since the search of former President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-lago club in Florida, two senior law enforcement officials told NBC News.“The FBI and DHS have observed an increase in threats to federal law enforcement and, to a lesser

August 14, 2022

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Mexico’s president has begun exploring plans to sidestep congress to hand formal control of the National Guard to the army, a move that could extend the military’s control over policing in a country with high levels of violence.That has raised concerns because President Andrés Manuel López Obrador won approval for creating the force in 2019 by pledging in the constitution that it would be

August 14, 2022

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A man died by suicide after driving his car into a vehicle barricade near the Capitol; police said Sunday morning. As the man got out of his car, it “became engulfed in flames,” the Capitol Police said, and then the man “fired several shots into the air.”As officers started approaching the man, he shot himself, according to the police. No officers appeared to have fired their weapons,

August 14, 2022

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At least 41 people were killed and 14 injured when a fire ripped through a Coptic church and children’s nursery in the Egyptian city of Giza just as worshipers were gathering for Sunday services, authorities here said. More than three dozen ambulances poured into the Imbaba district of Giza, the impoverished city on the western bank of the Nile River across from Cairo, where the Abu

August 14, 2022

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Another group of U.S. lawmakers are visiting Taiwan over the weekend after China issued a stark warning and began military drills near the island following House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s visit less than two weeks prior. A five-member delegation, led by Democratic Senator Ed Markey of Massachusetts, is in Taiwan on Sunday and Monday as part of a larger trip through Asia, according to the

August 14, 2022

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According to reports and officials, five Americans were among the eight victims of a Sunday morning mass shooting in Jerusalem. Two United States citizens are being cared for at the Hadassah Medical Center, and three at Shaare Zedek Medical Center. Four of the five American victims were part of a family from Williamsburg, Brooklyn — home to a large Hasidic Jewish population — who arrived

August 14, 2022

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Saudi oil company Aramco’s half-year profits peaked just shy of $88 billion for the first half of the year as oil prices remain high globally, the company said Sunday. The oil and gas company, which is nearly entirely state-owned by Saudi Arabia, also saw a 90% surge in net profits for the second quarter of 2022 compared to the same time last year. Aramco said the results set a new

August 14, 2022

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A damning report from the FBI has concluded that Alec Baldwin pulled the gun trigger that killed the cinematographer on the set of Rust – despite him repeatedly stating that he did not.The actor, 64, accidentally shot dead Halyna Hutchins, 42, on the set of his film ‘Rust’ in October 2021 and injured director Joel Souza in the Bonanza Creek Ranch, Santa Fe incident New Mexico. Baldwin has

August 14, 2022

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Stock investor Rakesh Jhunjhunwala, dubbed India’s Warren Buffett with an estimated net worth of $6 billion, died early on Sunday at age 62, his family said. A chartered accountant by profession from the desert state of Rajasthan, Jhunjhunwala started dabbling in stocks while in college and went on to manage a stock trading firm, RARE Enterprises.“Rakesh-ji passed away

August 14, 2022

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Two people are dead and at least 17 were injured in Pennsylvania after police say a man fatally plowed his car into a fundraiser event for the families of 10 people who died in a recent house fire and then fled the scene and murdered a woman with a hammer.One death and all of the injuries occurred in the crash at the fundraiser in Berwick before the driver fled the scene and beat

August 14, 2022

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For the first two centuries of U.S. history, outgoing presidents simply took their documents with them when they left the White House. The materials were considered their personal property. But for the past four decades, every presidential document — from notebook doodles to top-secret security plans — is supposed to go directly to the National Archives as the material is

August 14, 2022

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A federal jury awarded Republican Roy Moore $8.2 million in damages Friday after finding a Democratic-aligned super PAC defamed him in a TV ad recounting sexual misconduct accusations during his failed 2017 U.S. Senate bid in Alabama. Jurors found the Senate Majority PAC made false and defamatory statements against Moore in one ad that attempted to highlight the accusations against

August 14, 2022

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Salman Rushdie has been taken off a ventilator and was able to talk on Saturday, his agent has confirmed, as the US president hailed the writer’s courage and voiced horror at the attack on him. The Indian-born British novelist remains hospitalized with serious injuries, but fellow author Aatish Taseer tweeted Saturday evening that he was “off the ventilator and talking (and joking).” Rushdie’s

August 14, 2022

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A bishop under house arrest, priests harassed by the police, the Missionaries of Charity expelled, and numerous restrictions on worship: this is the situation that the Catholic Church in Nicaragua is experiencing today under the current government of President Daniel Ortega.But how did the Central American country come to such a crisis?This story begins in 1979 with the overthrow of

August 13, 2022

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Three days before he became prime minister, Boris Johnson’s final column for the Daily Telegraph was published: a call for Britain to heed the lessons from the 1969 moon landings and embrace a “can-do spirit” while implementing Brexit. Such political insight did not come cheap, with Johnson pocketing a £275,000 salary for working 10 hours a month on his weekly opinion

August 13, 2022

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A French Bulldog taken at gunpoint in a brazen daylight abduction has been found dead. The 14-month-old pup named Bruno was on a walk with his owner in the Brightwood neighborhood of Washington D.C. on April 13 when four men accosted his owner and took the dog, along with a wallet and cell phone. Bruno’s owner, Jamaica Harvey, said she received a call from police in Maryland’s

August 13, 2022

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Wyoming GOP Rep. Liz Cheney’s husband is a partner at the law firm now representing Hunter Biden. Philip Perry has worked at Latham & Watkins since 2007 and focuses on white-collar cases, and commercial and Supreme Court litigation, according to his company biography. Another Latham partner, Chris Clark, has been representing Hunter Biden since December 2020 — but

August 13, 2022

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As Florida’s governor, Ron DeSantis, packs his suitcase for a five-day trip to campaign for Trump-endorsed candidates, he might afford himself a dastardly chuckle.The trek, taking in Arizona, New Mexico, Ohio, and Pennsylvania, is nominally aimed at boosting Republicans’ chances ahead of November’s crucial primaries. For DeSantis, however, there is surely a grander design. Each rising

August 13, 2022

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The Internal Revenue Service faces political opposition and staffing challenges as it prepares for an $80 billion infusion to be spent – over the coming decade.The new funding is a key component of the climate, healthcare, and tax legislation that President Biden is expected to soon sign into law.Proponents say the money will increase government revenue by enhancing efforts

August 13, 2022

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A Texas airline agent was suspended Friday after being caught in a wild viral video trading blows with a woman who yelled racial and homophobic slurs at him. The unidentified Spirit Airlines representative was seen at the start of the 90-second clip squaring up to the female passenger at Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport (DFW).“You have lost your mind! Don’t touch me ever in your life!”

August 13, 2022

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Jeffrey Toobin is leaving CNN after two decades on the network — where he survived a masturbation scandal that got him fired from the New Yorker magazine. According to Deadline, the commentator made the abrupt announcement Friday on Twitter as CNN was not expected to renew his contract.“Friends, I’ve decided that, after 20 years, I’m leaving @cnn after my vacation,”

August 13, 2022

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Paraguay’s vice president, a candidate in the country’s presidential elections next year, announced his resignation on Friday after U.S. officials blacklisted him for alleged “significant acts of corruption.”Analysts and officials said that the news had thrust the South American nation into a moment of political uncertainty, fostering a lack of trust in the government in the midst of an electoral season.

August 13, 2022

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John Fetterman chose this lakeside political bellwether county to officially restart his campaign for Senate after a three-month hiatus caused by a stroke, telling a large, spirited crowd that he is “grateful” to be alive.“Three months ago, three months ago, I might not have made it,” Fetterman said, becoming emotional at times as he talked about his health and credited his wife for saving his life.

August 13, 2022

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Colombia’s new government and members of the nation’s last guerrilla group have taken steps toward restarting peace talks that were suspended three years ago in Cuba. Newly elected President Gustavo Petro, a former member of the M-19 guerrilla group, has promised to establish “total peace” in Colombia and sent a high-level delegation to Cuba this week to meet with National

August 13, 2022

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San Diego Padres shortstop Fernando Tatis Jr. has been suspended for 80 games after testing positive for Clostebol, a performance-enhancing substance in violation of Major League Baseball’s Joint Drug Prevention and Treatment Program.Tatis’ suspension, announced by MLB on Friday, is effective immediately, meaning the All-Star shortstop cannot play in the majors this year. In a

August 13, 2022

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A search warrant newly unsealed on Friday reveals that the FBI is investigating Donald Trump for a potential violation of the Espionage Act and that agents removed classified documents from the former president’s Florida estate earlier this week. A receipt accompanying the search warrant, viewed by POLITICO in advance of its unsealing, shows that Trump possessed documents, including

August 13, 2022

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Author Salman Rushdie is likely to lose one of his eyes and is currently on a ventilator after he was attacked on stage at a literary event in upstate New York on Friday, a report said.“The news is not good,” the 75-year-old writer’s agent, Andrew Wylie, told The New York Times.“Salman will likely lose one eye; the nerves in his arm were severed, and his liver was stabbed and damaged,”

August 13, 2022

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The House passed a climate and healthcare bill Friday that will soon head to President Biden’s desk, the culmination of a yearlong push Democrats hope will motivate their voters in the midterm elections that Republicans cast as harmful government overreach.The party-line 220-207 vote comes less than a week after the Senate passed the measure. It imposes new taxes on large,

August 12, 2022

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Health officials in New York City announced Friday that poliovirus, the virus that causes paralytic polio, was detected in sewage, “suggesting likely local circulation of the virus.”Polio is a highly infectious viral disease that can lead to permanent paralysis of the arms and legs and even death in some cases. This latest finding comes just weeks after officials announced that a case of paralytic

August 12, 2022

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A judge has cleared the way for a trial in the criminal case against the Trump Organization and its longtime chief financial officer, Allen Weisselberg, to begin this fall. The case has the potential to shine a bright light on the business practices of former President Donald Trump through internal company records that he fought hard to keep secret. In the first public courtroom proceeding

August 12, 2022

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Actress Anne Heche was declared dead today after being taken off life support a week after crashing her car into a Los Angeles home. Her death was announced by her friend Nancy Davis on Instagram and confirmed by her family to The Guardian. The actress had been hospitalized at the Grossman Burn Center at West Hills hospital north of Los Angeles after a horror crash on August 5.

August 12, 2022

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FBI agents who searched former President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago home Monday removed 11 sets of classified documents, including some, marked as top secret and meant to be only available in special government facilities, according to documents reviewed by The Wall Street Journal. The Federal Bureau of Investigation agents took around 20 boxes of items, binders of

August 12, 2022

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In the minutes after an armed man in body armor tried to breach an FBI field office in Cincinnati, an account with the suspect’s name, Ricky Shiffer, posted to former president Donald Trump’s social network, Truth Social: “If you don’t hear from me, it is true I tried attacking the F.B.I.”The Shiffer account appeared to be one of Truth Social’s most prolific posters, writing 374 messages there in the

August 12, 2022

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Author Salman Rushdie was injured after being punched and stabbed on stage ahead of a speech he was given in Chautauqua, near Buffalo. The writer, 75, was attacked as he was being introduced to the stage for the CHQ 2022 event before giving a lecture on Friday morning. He was attending a discussion on the United States as an asylum for writers and other artists in exile

August 12, 2022

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Two busloads of migrants shipped out of Texas arrived in Midtown Friday morning, as others high-tailed it out of the Big Apple after being unable to secure beds at overburdened local shelters.The influx of asylum seekers from South and Central America to Port Authority comes as Mayor Eric Adams went on a morning talk show blitz, boasting that no one could have been as prepared for

August 12, 2022

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A New York State judge ruled Friday that a criminal fraud and tax evasion prosecution against the Trump Organization and its former CFO, Allen Weisselberg, can proceed. Weisselberg and the company asked a judge in February to dismiss all 15 counts charged against them. Judge Juan Merchan dismissed one of several tax fraud counts against the Trump Organization but

August 12, 2022

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Buccaneers quarterback Tom Brady will be away from the team to “deal with some personal things,” coach Todd Bowles said Thursday. Bowles said Brady’s absence was discussed in advance and that he will return after next week’s preseason game against the Tennessee Titans on Aug. 20.”This is something we talked about before training camp started,Bowles said. “We allotted

August 12, 2022

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South Korea’s president will formally pardon Samsung heir Lee Jae-yong, one year after he was released on parole from a prison sentence for bribing former President Park Geun-hye as part of the massive corruption scandal that toppled Park’s government, the justice minister announced Friday. Lotte Group Chairman Shin Dong-bin and two other top business leaders will be pardoned as well,

August 12, 2022

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Donald Trump claims it is a ‘hoax’ to suggest FBI agents were looking for documents related to nuclear weapons when they searched Mar-a-Lago on Monday. In contrast, a new report suggested that dozens of boxes with top secret files were scattered over the property.The former president took to Truth Social on Friday morning to compare the latest allegations to ‘Russia, Russia,

August 12, 2022

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A Virginia police officer who prosecutors say lied about his actions before, during, and after Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot, including his military service and marriage, was sentenced Thursday to 87 months in prison. Thomas Robertson and Jacob Fracker were members of the police department in the small western Virginia town of Rocky Mount when they joined the mob that stormed the Capitol.

August 12, 2022

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The Justice Department on Thursday asked a Florida judge to unseal the warrant FBI agents used to search former President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago home this week, along with a list of items they took from the property. The request raises the prospect that underlying reasons for the extraordinary search of the former president’s home could soon become public.

August 12, 2022

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Her friends and family have said that Anne Heche has been officially declared brain dead and will be taken off life support after suffering a brain injury in a fiery LA car crash last week.The actress, 53, who is in a coma and in critical condition, will stay on a ventilator to determine whether any of her remaining organs are viable to be donated, per Heche’s wishes. Heche, who’s been hospitalized at

August 12, 2022

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The man who fired a nail gun into an FBI field office in Cincinnati on Thursday before he was killed by officers was at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, officials said. Two officials familiar with the matter identified the suspect as Ricky Walter Shiffer. Officers fatally shot the suspect after failing to negotiate with him, an Ohio State Highway Patrol spokesman, Lt. Nathan Dennis, told reporters. The man raised a

August 12, 2022

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Florida’s Medicaid regulator has finalized new rules banning health care providers from billing the taxpayer-funded program for gender-affirming medical treatments, a move that comes as the state has sought to block such therapies for young people. On Thursday, the Florida Agency for Health Care Administration added new language to the rules governing the state’s $36.2 billion Medicaid

August 12, 2022

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The FBI’s search this week of former President Donald Trump’s Florida resort has led to a sharp spike in online extremist rhetoric, raising concerns about a fresh wave of political violence. As FBI agents executed a search warrant at Mar-a-Lago, the former president took to his Truth Social platform to announce that “my beautiful home, Mar-A-Lago in Palm Beach, Florida, is currently

August 12, 2022

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According to people familiar with the investigation, classified documents relating to nuclear weapons were among the items FBI agents sought in a search of former president Donald Trump’s Florida residence on Monday.Experts in classified information said the unusual search underscores deep concern among government officials about the types of information they thought could

August 12, 2022

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With the coronavirus continuing to spread widely throughout the country, Americans are getting new advice from federal health officials on how to live with the virus.The revised guidance – released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Thursday – lifts the requirement to quarantine if exposed to the virus, deemphasizes screening people with no symptoms and updates

August 11, 2022

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An upcoming Telegram update has been stuck in Apple’s app review for two weeks “without explanation,” according to a Telegram post from CEO and founder Pavel Durov (via MacRumors). He claims the update is “about to revolutionize how people express themselves in messaging,” but it hasn’t yet been approved. Durov discussed the unexplained holdup as part of a

August 11, 2022

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Authorities said that an armed man wearing body armor tried to breach the FBI’s Cincinnati field office Thursday. A standoff continued into the early afternoon after he drove toward a highway. The suspect tried to enter the visitor screening facility at 9:15 a.m.the FBI said in a statement, but an alarm activated, alerting agents. The man fled northbound onto Interstate 71, authorities

August 11, 2022

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Attorney General Merrick Garland said Thursday the Justice Department had asked a federal magistrate judge to unseal copies of the search warrant that triggered Monday’s unprecedented raid on the Florida home of former President Donald Trump. Garland also confirmed that he had “personally approved” the decision to seek a warrant, reportedly for classified documents the 45th president

August 11, 2022

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Former President Donald Trump received a federal grand jury subpoena this spring for sensitive documents the government believed he retained after his departure from the White House, a source familiar with the matter confirmed to NBC News. Conservative journalist John Solomon reported Thursday afternoon that Trump was sent the subpoena months before the FBI searched

August 11, 2022

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Attorney General Merrick Garland will speak at the Justice Department on Thursday, days after the FBI raided former President Donald Trump’s home in Florida. Trump and his allies have claimed the DOJ and Garland, appointed by Democratic President Joe Biden, searched the Mar-a-Lago club on Monday to hurt the former president politically. They have pushed Garland to explain

August 11, 2022

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