Author: Emily Hallas

Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save A federal judge on Thursday granted three former Memphis Police Department officers convicted for their roles in the death of Tyre Nichols a new trial due to concerns about judicial bias.  Nichols’s death while in MPD…

Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Federal prosecutors on Thursday charged a man seen throwing a sandwich at a federal agent with a misdemeanor offense after a grand jury declined to bring a harsher felony charge against the Washington, D.C., protester. …

Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save A federal judge on Thursday dismissed Georgia Attorney General Chris Carr’s lawsuit against Lt. Gov. Burt Jones that sought to block his gubernatorial rival from raising unlimited cash for his campaign.  United States District Judge…

Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save A federal judge on Thursday ruled the Trump administration’s effort to remove Michael Abramowitz as director of Voice of America was “plainly contrary to the law.” United States District Judge Royce Lamberth handed down a…

Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Prosecutors in Washington, D.C., failed to secure a felony indictment from a grand jury against a man charged with assault for throwing a sandwich at a federal agent.  A grand jury didn’t consider Sean Dunn’s…

Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The University of Michigan on Monday announced it will no longer provide transgender-identifying minors with “puberty blockers and gender affirming hormones.”  The university released a statement revealing that its medical center, Michigan Medicine, is suspending…

Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save A Republican-led congressional committee on Monday widened the scope of an investigation into the University of California system after concerns that it allowed antisemitism to fester against Jewish students. The House Education and Workforce Committee…

Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save President Donald Trump is gathering top officials in his administration for the seventh Cabinet meeting of his second term on Tuesday.  The Cabinet meeting is set to begin at 11 a.m. in Washington, D.C. TRUMP…

Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Australia suspended diplomatic relations with Iran and expelled the ambassador on Tuesday due to accusations that the country carried out antisemitic attacks in Sydney and Melbourne. Prime Minister Anthony Albanese announced the Australian Security Intelligence…

Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save A Florida judge on Saturday denied bond to Harjinder Singh, an illegal immigrant accused of causing a fatal accident on Florida’s Turnpike.  Singh, a truck driver, is in Florida custody on state vehicular homicide charges and immigration violations…