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CNN —The Washington Post’s incoming chief executive and publisher will start the job with a mess on his hands. Workforce tensionsThe Washington Post Guild, the union that represents staffers, has been negotiating with executives on a new contract for a year and a half, but it has yet to reach an agreement. Wages and staff reductions have remained a major sticking point between the two sides, causing dismay among union members with the newspaper’s management. The Post’s management has so far rejected the union’s wage demand and has yet to directly confirm whether remaining staffers’ positions are safe from cuts, the union said. On Thursday, departing staffers were sent an email from management encouraging them to buy official merchandise emblazoned with the Post’s logo.

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☆ Washington Post Removes Hamas Cartoon After Backlash From Staff and Readers
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-09 | by ( Alexandra Bruell | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Washington Post Executive Editor Sally Buzbee acknowledged deep concerns in the newsroom over the cartoon. Photo: Graeme Sloan/Sipa USA/Associated PressThe Washington Post removed a cartoon depicting a Hamas spokesman putting civilians in the line of fire after multiple employees inside the newsroom and readers complained that it was racist. In the cartoon, the Hamas official has a woman and children bound to his body by rope, with a baby tied to his head. He is standing next to a Palestinian flag, and in a speech bubble says, “HOW DARE ISRAEL ATTACK CIVILIANS…”

Persons: Sally Buzbee, Graeme Sloan, “ HOW, … Organizations: Washington, Sipa, Associated Press, Hamas Locations: Palestinian

☆ Texas Senate acquits AG Paxton in impeachment trial, keeps him in office
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-16 | by ( Brad Brooks | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +5 min

Paxton, a Republican, has been dogged by corruption allegations since first taking office in 2014. He still faces a state trial on securities fraud and is under investigation by the FBI. Paxton, an ally of former U.S. President Donald Trump, repeatedly insisted that he was innocent and that the impeachment trial is a political witchhunt. Paxton was overwhelmingly impeached by the Republican-dominated Texas House in May. The last impeachment trial of a statewide officeholder in Texas was in 1917.

Persons: Ken Paxton, Joe Biden's, Elizabeth Frantz, Paxton, Donald Trump, Governor Dan Patrick, Patrick, doesn't, Greg Abbott, Biden, Roland Gutierrez, George P, Bush, Rochelle Garza, Paxton's, Nate Paul, Paul, Tony Buzbee, Angela, Brad Brooks, Donna Bryson, Mark Porter, Diane Craft Organizations: U.S, Supreme, Trump, REUTERS, The Texas Senate, firebrand, Republican, FBI, Texas, Texas Republicans, Texas Republican Party, Texas House, Texas Senate, Republicans, Thomson Locations: Texas, Mexico, Washington , U.S, Longmont , Colorado

☆ Texas Senate ends deliberations in AG Paxton's impeachment trial; Vote imminent
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-16 | by ( Brad Brooks | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

He's said he is innocent and that the impeachment trial is a political witchhunt. Paxton faces 16 articles of impeachment in the Senate trial. Paxton was overwhelmingly impeached by the Republican-dominated Texas House in May. The Texas Senate has 19 Republicans and 12 Democrats. The last impeachment trial of a statewide officeholder in Texas was in 1917.

Persons: Ken Paxton, Joe Biden's, Elizabeth Frantz, Governor Dan Patrick, Paxton, Donald Trump, He's, George P, Bush, Rochelle Garza, Paxton's, Nate Paul, Paul, Tony Buzbee, Angela, Brad Brooks, Donna Bryson, Mark Porter, Diane Craft Organizations: U.S, Supreme, Trump, REUTERS, The Texas Senate, Republican, Texas Republican Party, Texas House, FBI, Texas Senate, Republicans, Thomson Locations: Texas, Mexico, Washington , U.S, Longmont , Colorado

Mr. Mateer testified that, during Mr. Paxton’s re-election campaign in 2018, he confessed to a group of top aides, including Mr. Mateer, that he was involved in an extramarital affair. Mr. Mateer said he believed Mr. Paxton had repented. Then, in 2020, Mr. Paxton began trying on various fronts to assist Mr. Paul, Mr. Mateer said. He learned that Mr. Paul had hired the woman Mr. Paxton had been seeing in 2018. Under cross-examination, Mr. Vassar was asked whether he had brought any evidence with him to the meeting, which included Mr. Mateer, Mr. Bangert and four other aides.

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☆ Texas AG Ken Paxton’s impeachment trial is on the brink of a verdict as senators end deliberations
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-16 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +6 min

The Texas Senate on Saturday ended deliberations over whether Attorney General Ken Paxton should be removed from office, putting the Republican's historic impeachment trial on the brink of a verdict. Paxton, who did not attend the majority of the two-week trial, was not seen in the chamber as some senators wandered around their desks. If convicted, Paxton would become Texas' first statewide official convicted on impeachment charges in more than 100 years. Leaning into divisions among Republicans, Buzbee portrayed the impeachment as a plot orchestrated by an old guard of GOP rivals. The verdict will be decided by 30 of the 31 state senators, most of them Republicans.

Persons: Ken Paxton, Paxton, Donald Trump, mangers, Andrew Murr, Tony Buzbee, Buzbee, George P, Bush, George W, Sen, Angela Paxton, Austin, Nate Paul, Paul, Drew Wicker, Paxton's, Wicker, Nate, general's Austin, Laura Olson, Olson, ___ Organizations: Texas Senate, Texas Capitol, Texas, FBI, Republican, Texas House, Texas Ranger, Republican Party Locations: Texas, U.S, San Antonio

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — How much does an extramarital affair matter to whether Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton keeps his job? Most of the senators are Republicans and one is his wife, state Sen. Angela Paxton, although she will not have a vote in the verdict. She said Angela Paxton sometimes called the office with questions about her husband’s schedule and that the conversations made staff uncomfortable. Angela Paxton took notes at her desk as Cary testified about the affair that began in 2018, the year Angela was won her senate seat. “We’d be impeaching people for the next 100 years.”___Find AP’s full coverage of the impeachment of Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton at: https://apnews.com/hub/ken-paxton

Persons: Ken Paxton, Paxton, Sen, Angela Paxton, —, Tony Buzbee, “, ”, Katherine Cary, Nate Paul, Paul, Jeff Mateer, Paxton's, Ken Paxton's, Ann Johnson, General Paxton, Cary, ” Ken Paxton, Angela, Obama, ” Buzbee, paxton Organizations: Texas, FBI, Democratic, Rep, Labor Locations: AUSTIN, Texas, Cary, Dallas, Austin

From the start, the courtroom drama in the impeachment trial of Ken Paxton, the Texas attorney general, has centered on a confrontation between the larger-than-life Houston lawyers brought in by each side to argue the case. In Mr. Paxton’s corner, there is Tony Buzbee, a well-tanned orator and onetime candidate for mayor of Houston, who successfully defended Rick Perry, a former governor of Texas, against charges of abuse of office. Not to be outdone, the House impeachment managers brought in their own big guns: Dick DeGuerin, whose list of clients included the Waco cult leader David Koresh, and Rusty Hardin, a defender of criminally accused athletes like Roger Clemens and Scottie Pippen. The voices of these high-profile lawyers have echoed for days in the towering chamber of the Texas State Senate, underscoring the unusual nature of the case. The impeachment trial, now expected to wrap up by week’s end, is the first of a statewide official in Texas in more than a century, and it has become a showcase for the deepening rifts within the Republican Party, both in the state and nationally.

Persons: Ken Paxton, Houston, Tony Buzbee, Rick Perry, Dick DeGuerin, David Koresh, Rusty Hardin, Roger Clemens, Scottie Pippen Organizations: Waco, Texas State Senate, Republican Party Locations: Texas, Houston

☆ Texas AG Ken Paxton's former aide who reported him to FBI is first key witness in impeachment trial
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-06 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +9 min

"The problem is the office is being used for the benefit of one person," said Jeff Mateer, who was Paxton's second-in-command at the Texas attorney generals' office. Their relationship is central to the case led by Republican impeachment managers that Paxton should be removed from office. Mateer took the stand with few onlookers in the Senate gallery for what is Texas' first impeachment trial in nearly a half century. Paxton attorney Tony Buzbee said Paxton "gave nothing of significance" to Paul and framed the proceedings as an attempt to overturn the will of voters. Paxton attorney Tony Buzbee said Paxton "gave nothing of significance" to Paul and framed the proceedings as an attempt to overturn the will of voters.

Persons: Ken Paxton, Jeff Mateer, Mateer, Paxton, Nate Paul, Paul, Dan Cogdell, Biden, Tony Buzbee, Gov, Dan Patrick, Paxton's, Sen, Angela Paxton, —, Mr, Andrew Murr, Austin, Peter Bowen, Bowen Organizations: Texas, FBI, Texas Senate, Republican, The Associated Press, Senators, Texas Republicans, Trump, Capitol, Senate Locations: Texas, U.S, Washington , U.S, Austin, May, Houston

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — The impeachment trial of Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is underway with live television coverage, a former aide who reported him to the FBI on the witness stand and his wife watching from her desk in the state Senate but prohibited from participating. But how much Paxton himself will take part in the historic trial that resumes Wednesday is up in the air. Paxton pleaded not guilty Tuesday but did not return for opening arguments, when his attorneys sharply criticized the impeachment and urged Republican senators to acquit. The vote immediately suspended Paxton and made him only the third sitting official in Texas’ nearly 200-year history to be impeached. What they are doing is taking away the vote of the majority of the people of Texas,” Bowen said.

Persons: Ken Paxton, Paxton, Paxton’s, “, Dan Cogdell, Jeff Mateer, Mateer, “ Mr, ”, Andrew Murr, Biden, Austin, Nate Paul, Tony Buzbee, Paxton “, Paul, Gov, Dan Patrick, Sen, Angela Paxton, —, Peter Bowen, ” Bowen Organizations: Texas, FBI, Senators, Republican, “, Capitol, Texas Republicans, Trump, Texas ’, Senate Locations: AUSTIN, Texas, acquit, May, Houston

☆ Prosecution urges conviction in impeachment trial of Texas Republican Paxton
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-05 | by ( Brad Brooks | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +5 min

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton speaks ahead of a rally held by former U.S. President Donald Trump, in Robstown, Texas, U.S., October 22, 2022. Paxton entered pleas of not guilty as an impeachment trial spearheaded by his fellow Republicans got underway. Republican state Representative Andrew Murr, delivering the opening statement for the prosecution, urged senators to remove Paxton from a post he has held since 2015. The last impeachment trial of a statewide office-holder in Texas was held in 1917. At the end of the trial, the Senate could dismiss those four charges or hold a separate trial on them.

Persons: Ken Paxton, Donald Trump, Go Nakamura, Ken Paxton's, Paxton, Tony Buzbee, Paxton's, Andrew Murr, Mr, he's, Murr, Trump's, I've, Buzbee, Angela, Trump, Joe Biden, Nate Paul, Brad Brooks, Will Dunham, Donna Bryson, Andy Sullivan Organizations: U.S, REUTERS, Republicans, Republican, Democratic, Senators, FBI, Senate, Thomson Locations: Texas, Robstown , Texas, U.S, Longmont , Colorado

☆ Amazon founder Jeff Bezos is playing an increasingly active role in The Washington Post's operations, report says
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-22 | by ( John L. Dorman | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Jeff Bezos is playing an increasingly active role in operations at The Post, The New York Times says. Bezos has sought to make The Post an international force and has encouraged digital experimentation. Patty Stonesifer, the interim chief executive for The Post, told The Times that Bezos was thrilled with "every dollar invested" in the company. Bezos encouraged digital experimentation when he first bought the newspaper, angling to make The Post into an international powerhouse. After Bezos' initial purchase of The Post, his influence was less visible in the newsroom, according to two individuals who spoke with The Times.

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WASHINGTON, July 4 (Reuters) - Suspended Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton will not testify in his upcoming impeachment trial in the state Senate, his lawyer said late on Monday, indicating Paxton would fight efforts that may aim to compel a testimony from him. State legislators impeached Paxton on May 27 on charges including bribery and temporarily suspended him from office pending his trial in the Texas Senate. The Texas Senate will try Paxton on 20 articles of impeachment lodged against him. Paxton's impeachment trial will begin on Sept. 5, according to CBS Texas. "We will not bow to their evil, illegal, and unprecedented weaponization of state power in the Senate chamber," the attorney added.

Persons: Ken Paxton, Paxton, Donald Trump, Tony Buzbee, Kanishka Singh, Josie Kao Organizations: Texas, Supreme, The, The Texas Senate, CBS, Justice Department, Thomson Locations: Texas, The Texas, CBS Texas, Washington

HOUSTON, May 19 (Reuters) - An attorney representing the family of a 55-year-old Marathon Petroleum (MPC.N) refinery worker killed in a fire at the Texas facility this week called the plant where he worked "dangerous" on Friday. Higgins family plans to file a gross negligence lawsuit against the oil refiner and other firms involved in the plant's maintenance, he said. Buzbee is seeking documents on the plant and maintenance, according to court filings. "Scott always thought he might die at that plant," Buzbee said. And the reason he talked to them about it is because that plant is very dangerous," Buzbee said.

[1/2] Production units are seen in operation at Marathon Petroleum’s Galveston Bay Refinery in Texas City, Texas, U.S., May 15, 2023. Scott Higgins, a 55-year-old machinist, was killed and two contract employees, including Eduardo Olivo, were injured in a fire at Marathon’s giant Galveston Bay Refinery on Monday morning. The unit is the larger of two Ultraformers at the 593,000 barrel-per-day (bpd) Galveston Bay Refinery, the second-largest in the United States. Higgins was the second worker to die at the Marathon refinery this year. On March 23, 2005, when the refinery was owned by BP Plc, 15 contract workers were killed and 180 other people were injured in a explosion caused by an overflowing refinery unit.

☆ 2023 layoff tracker: The latest on which companies have announced job cuts
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-25 | by ( Jennifer Korn | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +20 min

New York CNN —BuzzFeed, Lyft, Whole Foods and Deloitte all recently announced layoffs affecting thousands of US workers. With 11,000 job cuts announced in November and the 10,000 announced in March, Meta’s headcount will fall to around 66,000 — a total reduction of about 25%. The company announced in January that it was eliminating some 18,000 positions as part of a major cost-cutting bid at the e-commerce giant. IndeedJob listing website Indeed.com announced cuts of approximately 2,200 employees, representing almost 15% of its total workforce, the company said in March. The cuts come after the company announced several rounds of job cuts throughout the pandemic due to falling demand, followed by rapid hiring last year.

☆ Washington Post begins layoffs
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-24 | by ( Oliver Darcy | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

CNN —The Washington Post on Tuesday became the latest media company to conduct layoffs, people familiar with the matter said, a move that publisher Fred Ryan had indicated last month the newspaper would take in early 2023. But The Post said at the time of Ryan’s announcement that it anticipated the layoffs being in the “single digit percentage” of its workforce. The Post also stressed the layoffs would ultimately not result in a “net reduction” of its workforce as it would invest in other areas. Ryan’s December announcement about future layoffs prompted fury inside the Post newsroom, nearly a dozen employees at The Post told CNN at the time. “The mood is really grim,” one staffer had told CNN.

☆ Musk Censors the Press
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-16 | by ( Oliver Darcy | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

New York CNN —Elon Musk is no free speech warrior. Will news and media organizations remain on the platform, while Musk hastily bans their reporters without explanation? Musk has touted that he is a free speech maximalist and repeatedly said he would like to permit all legal speech. “I hope that even my worst critics remain on Twitter, because that is what free speech means,” Musk once tweeted. As Harwell told me, “Elon says he is a free speech champion and he is banning journalists for exercising free speech.

☆ 'The mood is really grim': Washington Post staffers lived at publisher Fred Ryan after layoff announcement
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-15 | by ( Oliver Darcy | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

New York CNN —Staffers at The Washington Post are livid at publisher Fred Ryan. Video posted on Twitter by national reporter Annie Gowen showed Ryan walk off stage as staffers peppered him with questions. In fact, I haven’t spoken to a single person at The Post yet who has gone to bat for the publisher. Buzbee indicated to staffers on Wednesday that she had only learned about the layoff situation the night before. “The mood is really grim,” one staffer candidly told me.

☆ Deshaun Watson returned in Cleveland Browns game against Houston. 10 of the women who accused him of sexual misconduct were expected to attend, lawyer says
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-04 | by ( Alaa Elassar | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +10 min

CNN —Around 10 of the more than two dozen women who accused Cleveland Browns quarterback Deshaun Watson of sexual misconduct were expected to attend his game in Houston on Sunday, according to their attorney. I was proud of them for that,” Tony Buzbee, the lawyer representing the accusers attending the game, told CNN in a statement. Makes me proud they want to stand up and be counted rather than quietly go away.”The NFL and the Cleveland Browns did not respond to CNN’s request for comment regarding the accusers’ attendance. We’re a huge football town, folks here have been lifelong fans of the Cleveland Browns,” Greene said. We believe that Deshaun Watson deserves a second chance.”The team’s “refusal to prioritize protecting women sends a disgusting message” to survivors of sexual assault, Nunes said.

☆ Joshua Primo: Sports psychologist files civil suit accusing former San Antonio Spurs player of exposing himself during therapy sessions
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-04 | by ( Rebekah Riess David Close | Rebekah Riess | David Close | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

CNN —A sports psychologist, who was under contract with the NBA’s San Antonio Spurs, has filed a civil lawsuit against the organization and 19-year-old former Spurs player Joshua Primo. The psychologist alleges the player exposed himself to her during therapy sessions and claimed the organization’s leadership failed to act despite her “numerous complaints about Primo’s improper sexual conduct,” according to a court filing. The Spurs legal team then told Cauthen, a licensed, credentialed clinical psychologist, that the team “had lost trust in her,” Cauthen’s attorney, Tony Buzbee, said during a press conference Thursday. “I would also say that the Spurs conduct and the way they handled this matter was egregious and absolutely unreasonable.”Primo was recently released from the team on October 28. CNN has reached out to the Spurs organization and the NBA for comment.

☆ Astroworld victim's family settles lawsuit against rapper Travis Scott, Live Nation, attorney says
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-21 | by ( Minyvonne Burke | Https | Media-Cldnry.S-Nbcnews.Com Image Upload Newscms Dianadasrath-Headshot.Jpg | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +2 min

One of the lawsuits filed against Travis Scott and Live Nation was settled with the family of a 21-year-old man who died last year following a crowd surge at the rapper's Astroworld music festival, according to the family's attorney. The attorney, Tony Buzbee, filed a lawsuit in November seeking more than $750 million on behalf of at least 125 victims, including Axel Acosta, whose family reached a confidential settlement. The lawsuit named the concert’s organizer, Live Nation, as one of the defendants. A source connected to the case told NBC News that Live Nation, not Travis Scott, is paying the settlement. Hundreds of separate lawsuits have been filed against Scott, whose real name is Jacques Bermon Webster II, and Live Nation accusing them of negligence.

☆ O nouă serie de atacuri aeriene puternice asupra Gaza City: Circa 200 de oameni au fost ucişi de la începutul ostilităţilor
▼ + stars: | 2021-05-17 | by ( ) www.jurnal.md time to read: +4 min

Armata israeliană a spus că a atacat casele a nouă comandanţi Hamas din Gaza. Nu au fost deocamdată raportate victime şi nici nu a fost făcută o evaluare a pagubelor create luni. Ministerul Sănătăţii din Gaza a spus că 16 femei şi 10 copii s-au numărat prin cei ucişi duminică, iar 50 de oameni au fost răniţi. Purtătorul de cuvânt al armatei israeliene a declarat că ţinta atacurilor a reprezentat-o „infrastructura militară subterană” a Hamas. În urma loviturii, unitatea subterană a fost distrusă, făcând ca fundaţiile caselor de deasupra să cadă, ducând la victime neintenţionate, a explicat el.

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