Tag: slaps

Newsmax Slaps Very Awkward Note On Screen During Donald Trump Interview

Conservative network Newsmax appeared to pre-empt Donald Trump’s possible repetition of his baseless 2020 election fraud claims during the former president’s live telephone interview on Tuesday. “Please Note: Newsmax accepts the 2020 election results as legal and final,” read a chyron that appeared on screen during the presumptive GOP presidential nominee’s conversation with guest host […]

US slaps sanctions on network it accuses of moving billions for Iran’s military

By Daphne Psaledakis WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States on Tuesday imposed sanctions on nearly 50 entities and people it accused of moving billions of dollars for Iran’s military, as Washington seeks to increase pressure on Tehran. The U.S. Treasury Department in a statement said those targeted on Tuesday constitute a “shadow banking network” used […]

Biden slaps new sanctions on Iran after attack on Israel

President Joe Biden on Thursday announced a fresh round of economic sanctions on Iran in response to its missile attack on Israel as the White House seeks to defuse a broader military conflict in the Middle East. The new package of penalties is aimed at disrupting Iran’s production of drones that were used in the […]

Judge slaps injunction on suspended Orlando commissioner Regina Hill

A judge Friday put a permanent injunction on suspended Orlando City Commissioner Regina Hill, preventing her from interacting with the elderly constituent she is accused of defrauding. Judge Heather Higbee’s ruling came after more than six hours of testimony on the matter Friday, which revealed “troubling” new details of Hill’s spending of the 96-year-old woman’s […]

Judge slaps expanded gag order on Trump after attacks on his daughter

A New York judge has tightened restrictions on what Donald Trump can say in the lead-up to his criminal trial later this month — specifically by barring the former president from attacking the family members of prosecutors and the judge himself. The move comes after Trump spent the weekend attacking the adult daughter of New […]

Judge Merchan slaps gag order on Trump ahead of hush money trial

Judge Juan Merchan slaps a gag order on former President Donald Trump that prevents him from making public statements about witnesses, prosecutors, court staff and jurors in his hush-money criminal trial which is set to begin on April 15. The gag order comes just hours after Trump attacked Merchan and his daughter in a social […]

France’s competition authority slaps massive copyright fine on Google

France’s competition watchdog fined internet giant Google €250 million ($271 million) for failing to uphold binding copyright agreements with French publishers and agencies, according to a statement issued by the authority on Wednesday. The authorities accuse Google of non-transparent and incomplete communication in negotiations with publishers and press agencies regarding payment for the use of […]

EU slaps sanctions on Russian justice officials blamed for jailing Alexei Navalny

BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union on Friday imposed sanctions on the Russian justice and prison officials responsible for imprisoning opposition leader Alexei Navalny before his death last month. “Alexei Navalny’s slow killing by the Kremlin regime is a stark reminder of its utter disregard for human life,” EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell said […]

Treasury slaps sanctions on notorious European spyware maker

The Biden administration on Tuesday unveiled sanctions on two individuals and five corporate entities tied to the Intellexa consortium, a network of European firms behind the sale of a widely used mobile surveillance software known as Predator. Part of a larger crackdown: The Treasury Department action marks the latest move by the Biden administration to […]

Judge slaps down Trump’s lawyer, warns “there may be consequences”

The federal judge overseeing Donald Trump‘s defamation trial gave another warning to the former president’s lawyer, Alina Habba, as she began closing arguments in the case Friday. The rebuke came just hours after U.S. District Judge Lewis Kaplan threatened Trump’s counsel with jail time, according to The Messenger. Kaplan previously prohibited Trump and his legal […]