During his relatively brief tenure as a political figure, Rep. Ronny Jackson has found himself at the center of multiple controversies. The Texas Republican was, for example, a White House physician who made bizarre public comments about Donald Trump’s health. The then-president then announced that he wanted Jackson to join his cabinet as the secretary […]
ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — A China-backed pipeline that would make Niger an oil-exporting country is being threatened by an internal security crisis and a diplomatic dispute with neighoring Benin, both as a result of last year’s coup that toppled the West African nation’s democratic government. The 1,930-kilometer (1,200-mile) pipeline runs from Niger’s Chinese-built Agadem oil […]
The Department of Energy is unlikely to meet a deadline set by a federal court for the next step to prepare the Hanford site’s vitrification plant to treat radioactive waste for disposal. On Thursday DOE notified the Washington state Department of Ecology that it was at risk of not meeting the Aug. 1 deadline to […]
Nearly two years after Steve Bannon was found guilty on two counts of contempt of Congress, the right-wing operative/podcaster hoped an appeals court would undo what a jury already did. As my MSNBC colleague Clarissa-Jan Lim explained, that was wishful thinking. It was not a close call: The three-judge panel, which included a Trump appointee, […]
Pressure from former Starbucks (SBUX) CEO Howard Schultz is beginning to brew. Schultz, who no longer has a formal role in the company, was quick to weigh in on the coffee giant’s latest miss. In a LinkedIn post on Sunday, the founder and former CEO said he has been asked by “people inside and outside […]
Almost immediately after Donald Trump’s handpicked team took the reins at the Republican National Committee — team that includes his daughter-in-law — the party’s new leaders got to work making significant staffing changes. In fact, in mid-March, the RNC hired two new lawyers to oversee the party’s election-year legal efforts. Ordinarily, that wouldn’t be especially […]
Apple (AAPL) will report its second quarter earnings after the bell on Thursday, as Wall Street braces for what has the potential to be a sizable drop in iPhone sales out of China. According to Counterpoint Research, iPhone sales fell 19% in the quarter, while rival Huawei continued to regain its footing after the U.S. […]
As a defamation trial brought by former Georgia election workers Ruby Freeman and Wandrea “Shaye” Moss advanced late last year, Rudy Giuliani’s attorney largely conceded that his client had gone too far. As part of the defense, however, the lawyer asked jurors to keep the damages to a minimum. A brutal verdict, the defense attorney […]
(Bloomberg) — Former Brazil President Jair Bolsonaro praised Elon Musk as a free-speech advocate, in his latest effort to build opposition to the country’s Supreme Court as his legal troubles mount. Most Read from Bloomberg Bolsonaro and his supporters painted the court as overzealous and anti-democratic at a rally in Rio de Janeiro on Sunday […]
Actress Kate Beckinsale has hinted at the cause of her recent health concerns in a post that shows her wearing a “tummy troubles survivor” T-shirt. The Underworld star, 50, previously shared a string of now-deleted photos from what appeared to be a hospital bed. Beckinsale, who has not disclosed the exact reason behind her apparent […]
(Reuters) – Donald Trump faces an array of legal troubles in criminal and civil cases while he seeks to regain the presidency as the Republican candidate challenging Democratic President Joe Biden in the Nov. 5 U.S. election. Trump denies wrongdoing in all of the cases. Trump faces 88 criminal charges in four cases – two […]
In the throes of former President Trump’s civil fraud trial last fall, he made a plea to the judge overseeing the case: “Leave my children alone.” Two of Trump’s sons, Donald Jr. and Eric, were slated to take the stand just hours later to profess their innocence and defend the family business. His daughter, Ivanka […]