ATLANTA (AP) — A panel of federal appeals court judges heard arguments on whether charges against Trump White House chief of staff Mark Meadows in a sprawling Georgia election case should be moved but expressed skepticism Friday that the relevant statute applies to former officials. Meadows, who was indicted alongside former President Donald Trump and […]
A federal appeals court panel took a skeptical stance Friday toward an effort by former White House chief of staff Mark Meadows to have a federal court take and potentially dismiss the state charges pending against him for allegedly trying to tamper with the 2020 presidential election results in Georgia. All three members of the […]
Robert Downey Jr. and Mark Ruffalo first met 28 years ago, through their girlfriends at the time, before hunting a serial killer in David Fincher’s “Zodiac,” and well before battling Thanos in Marvel’s “Avengers” movies. The milage on their friendship shows in their shared enthusiasm for their electrifying performances this year: Downey in Christopher Nolan’s “Oppenheimer” […]
Lawyers for former White House chief of staff Mark Meadows argue that Meadows was acting in his role as a federal official when he aided former President Donald Trump’s efforts to secure a second term even after states had certified his defeat — and that Meadows’s Georgia case should be moved to federal court as […]
Stephen Colbert returned as host of The Late Show on Monday after an unexpected absence due to his appendix bursting — and then him ignoring it for a while — which required emergency surgery. And along with his harrowing tale told as only Colbert can, the other late-night shows were full of big moments too […]
Representatives from nearly every nation have met this week at an annual climate summit, searching for agreements on how to curb the rise of global temperatures. The summit is being held in the oil-rich United Arab Emirates, and that has dismayed activists who believe that the only way to really address the climate crisis is […]
Wyoming Gov. Mark Gordon is promoting an “all-of-the-above” energy policy that features advances in wind and nuclear technology, despite pushback from his conservative state. Though Gordon is the Republican leader of the nation’s top coal mining state, he’s emerging as a leading voice on climate-friendly energy projects. His ambitious, net-negative emissions goal prompted sanctions from […]
Lu’s husband, Liu Sifang, a musician and former teacher, was among a number of Chinese activists and rights lawyers who were either arrested, forced into hiding or self-exiled after attending an informal get-together in 2019 to discuss human rights. Rights groups say the punishment of Liu’s family highlights Beijing’s increasingly harsh crackdown on dissent both […]
ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: Rapper Nicki Minaj put out her first album in five years today. (SOUNDBITE OF SONG, “PINK FRIDAY GIRLS”) NICKI MINAJ: (Rapping) I could tell he the one ’cause they hating on him. Used to be a high roller, but I skated on him. When he went away, then I just waited on […]