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Trump’s meeting with Putin puts Russia on notice over Ukraine
After pushing for a ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas, U. S. President Donald Trump is now turning his sights on ending the war in Ukraine.
‘He thinks he’s elected king’ – Missouri AG blasts jailed sheriff
Missouri Attorney General Catherine Hanaway once served as a U.S. Attorney and prosecuted federal cases. She says she’s never seen anything like what we’ve seen with St. Louis Sheriff Alfred Montgomery.
‘Look at that!’ Analysts ‘wowed’ as judges unite to deny Trump’s invasion of Chicago
President Donald Trump suffered a legal blow on Thursday, after a three-judge panel of the Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit refused to lift a lower court order that prohibited him from sending in the National Guard to Chicago. Judges Ilana Rovner, David Hamilton, and Amy St. Eve appointed respectively by Presidents George H. W. Bush, Barack Obama, and Trump found the district court had not erred in disputing that Trump was actually combating a rebellion, as the law allows for.”The district court provided substantial and specific reasons for crediting the plaintiffs’ declarations over the administration’s, and the record includes ample support for that decision. Given the record support, the findings are not clearly erroneous,” said the opinion. The reaction on social media was immediate, as a number of pro-Trump accounts melted down over the judges and demanded the Supreme Court step in, or even for Trump to outright ignore the ruling. Many other observers, however, lauded the decision.”Major setback for Trump National Guard moves as 7th Circuit declines to disturb block on deployment in Illinois,” wrote Politico legal affairs reporter Josh Gerstein. “Judges Rovner, Hamilton, St. Eve (GHWBush/Obama/Trump) see no rebellion permitting use of Guard by prez. WOW. A unanimous per curiam (meaning no named author) panel of the 7th Circuit, made up of a Bush appointee, an Obama appointee, and a Trump appointee, decline to step in and block a lower court order barring the deployment of the National Guard in Chicago!” wrote American Immigration Council senior fellow Aaron Reichlin-Melnick, a frequent critic of Trump’s immigration policy.”Wow. Look at that panel,” wrote Lawfare editor Roger Parloff.”A protest is not an act of rebellion even if it has some sporadic violent elements. The Second Amendment guarantees the freedom. No Kings!!” wrote Wall Street investor Evaristus Ondinikaeze.”Hopefully 9th Circuit does the same for Portland,” wrote Margaret Harbaugh.”As anyone could determine at a glance,” wrote veteran and former security consultant Jens Johansson. “But the administration is going to continue to [label] political dissent as illegal and a cause for violent enforcement until all opposition has been silenced.”.
Mike Johnson swipes CNN’s ‘socialist town hall’ during interview with Jake Tapper
House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) took a swipe at CNN during an interview with anchor Jake Tapper because the network hosted a town hall with two progressive lawmakers, whom Johnson described as “socialist.”On Wednesday, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) hosted a live town hall on CNN, where the duo heaped criticism on Johnson and the Republican caucus for the government shutdown. “They need to pick up the d phone,” Ocasio-Cortez said. “They’re saying that they’re doing all this work they are twiddling their thumbs and talking to each other. It is actually an unconscionable abdication and refusal to work.” Tapper asked Johnson about Ocasio-Cortez’s comments on Thursday. “I am always open to negotiating, but we had the negotiations in the House, and the mutual agreement by Republicans and Democrats, who were appropriators, was to extend it for seven weeks to November 21st, so they would have time to finish the appropriations process,” Johnson shot back. “AOC engaged in a political stunt, as did Rep. Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY), and voted against it for their own partisan political purposes,” he continued. “They have created this mess. So, it doesn’t matter how many hours you give her in a town hall,” he added. “The first-ever socialist town hall on CNN. I’m glad it was aired. You got to hear their real views, and it’s pretty dangerous for the future of America.”.
EA’s $55 Billion Take-Private Deal Raises National Security Risks Say US Senators
EA’s $55 Billion Take-Private Deal Raises National Security Risks Say US Senators
Prop 50, The Better Of Two Bad Choices
It’s a damned-if-you-do, damned-if-you-don’t choice appearing on the California ballot this Election Day: choose gerrymandering, or have gerrymandering chosen for you. It’s an ugly decision to be forced to make. But, for the moment, at least, one that needs to be made. At issue is Proposition 50, which would change the law affecting how California [.].
Trump says he authorized covert CIA ops in Venezuela
Trump says he authorized covert CIA ops in Venezuela
Capitol Police investigating flag depicting swastika in GOP congressman’s office
A Republican congressman has asked Capitol Police to investigate how an American flag featuring a swastika among the red and white stripes ended up in his office.
‘Concerned’ judge orders ICE field director into court to address use of tear gas with protesters and media
A federal judge in Chicago on Thursday said she is “profoundly concerned” that immigration agents are violating her orders restricting the use of tear gas on media and protesters and ordered the field director for the Immigration and Customs Enforcement into court to answer questions.