There was a time, not so long ago, when a criminal conviction meant serious trouble for anyone involved in politics. That time is over. America’s political norms and values have been perverted, perhaps permanently, by politicians, aides and lawyers who now see criminal charges and public trials as nothing more than branding opportunities to be […]
Germany condemned the way an injured Palestinian was tied to the bonnet of a military vehicle in the northern West Bank city of Jenin over the weekend, calling for “clarification and consequences,” a Foreign Ministry spokesman said in Berlin on Monday. The video clip showing the incident was “difficult to bear,” the spokesman said. The […]
German Vice Chancellor Robert Habeck has again warned the Chinese government of the economic consequences of its support for Russia in the war against Ukraine. German and European security interests are directly affected by Russia’s war against Ukraine, Habeck, who also serves as Germany’s economy minister, said on Saturday in Beijing at a meeting with […]
Iowa businesses have been openly disregarding federal rules about when and how much children can work, and the federal government has taken notice. Who are the victims? The exploited children. The owners and managers who scheduled the exploited children. If you picked 2, congratulations! You’ve mastered the increasingly popular art of transforming guilt into grievance. […]
German Vice Chancellor Robert Habeck has again warned the Chinese government of the economic consequences of its support for Russia in the war against Ukraine. German and European security interests are directly affected by Russia’s war against Ukraine, Habeck, who also serves as Germany’s economy minister, said on Saturday in Beijing at a meeting with […]
For many years, my family lived in a house built in 1874 by the first mayor of Indianola, Lewis Todhunter, and his wife Elizabeth. Todhunter — who helped found the Republican Party in Iowa — served in the Civil War, represented Warren County at Iowa’s 1857 constitutional convention, and was elected county prosecutor. In 1877, […]
A study of sea ice showed that low coverage in 2023 was a rare event, and models suggest it would have been “extremely unlikely” to have occurred without human-caused warming of Earth. What’s happening? Last year marked another nadir for sea ice in the Antarctic. The region had reached a record winter low in 2017, […]
Welcome back, Deadline: Legal Newsletter readers. The Supreme Court still hasn’t ruled on Donald Trump’s immunity claim, which continues to hold up a federal election interference trial. But the court kept mifepristone access (for now), while unleashing deadly gun consequences as the term nears its end with several key rulings remaining. Those consequences come from […]
MEXICO CITY (AP) — U.S. Ambassador to Mexico Ken Salazar warned Thursday that migrants who do not opt for a legal pathway into the U.S. will face great consequences, a message coming at a time when the Biden administration needs Mexico’s cooperation in easing the flow of migrants to their shared border. Salazar told reporters […]
On the Docket: Trump gets the felon treatment Donald Trump notched a minor win in his federal classified-documents case – but is already seeing the ramifications of having a felony conviction. On Monday, US district judge Aileen Cannon struck a paragraph describing Trump waving around a classified document at his Bedminster club in New Jersey […]
MOSCOW (Reuters) – The Kremlin said on Thursday that Western nations which supply Ukraine with weapons to directly strike Russian territory will definitely face consequences after President Vladimir Putin said he was considering arming the West’s enemies in retaliation. Speaking with senior editors of international news agencies in St Petersburg on Wednesday, the Russian leader […]
On the heels of a New York conviction that stripped Donald Trump of his Second Amendment rights, a federal jury in Delaware is considering whether Hunter Biden violated three gun laws when he bought a revolver in 2018. If Biden is convicted of those felonies, he also will lose the constitutional right to armed self-defense. […]