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☆ Live Updates: Supreme Court Hears Trump’s Claim to ‘Absolute Immunity’
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-25 | by ( Adam Liptak | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +4 min

Political appointees in the Justice Department’s Office of Legal Counsel have declared that the Constitution implicitly establishes immunity for sitting presidents. But political appointees in the Justice Department’s Office of Legal Counsel, whose interpretations are binding on the executive branch, have declared that the Constitution implicitly establishes such immunity. (That same month, Mr. Nixon had Mr. Cox fired in the so-called Saturday Night Massacre. Amid a political backlash, Mr. Nixon was forced to allow a new special counsel, Leon Jaworski, to resume the investigation.) Mr. Starr later said that he had concluded that he could indict Mr. Clinton.

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☆ The Supreme Court is about to decide if a president can get away with committing crimes while in office
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-24 | by ( Jacob Shamsian | Brent D. Griffiths | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +12 min

Donald Trump is asking the Supreme Court to recognize that he had total legal immunity as president. Trump is asking the Supreme Court to grant him a sweeping immunity mandate as he runs to recapture the presidency. "This may indeed be the most important US Supreme Court case in the history of our country," he told journalists at a panel organized by the Defend Democracy Project. The Supreme Court will likely issue a decision in late April. "The Supreme Court need not stray into other questions just because Trump has made it easy for them.

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☆ Prince William faced criticism for not appearing with Kate Middleton when she revealed her cancer diagnosis. But a PR professional says it was the right call.
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-30 | by ( Lauren Edmonds | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Kate Middleton, Princess of Wales, announced her cancer diagnosis on March 22. Some criticized Prince William for not appearing in the video statement beside Middleton. In the video, Middleton donned casual clothes and sat on a bench in the garden while delivering details about her health. "I do think they could have done more, but we also don't know what Kate wanted," von Mueffling said. SANDRINGHAM, NORFOLK - DECEMBER 25: Catherine, Princess of Wales, Princess Charlotte of Wales, Prince George of Wales, Prince William, Prince of Wales, Prince Louis of Wales and Mia Tindall attend the Christmas Morning Service at Sandringham Church on December 25, 2023 in Sandringham, Norfolk.

Persons: Kate Middleton, Princess of Wales, Prince William, Dini von Mueffling, Prince William's, —, Middleton, von Mueffling, would've, Von Mueffling, Monica Lewinsky, Jane Barlow, Stephen Colbert, Mueffling, Kate, Catherine , Princess of Wales, Princess Charlotte of Wales, Prince George of Wales, Prince William , Prince of Wales, Prince Louis of Wales, Mia Tindall, Samir Hussein, Prince George, Princess Charlotte, Prince Louis, Buckingham, Charles Organizations: Service, Kensington Palace, Sandringham Church, Buckingham Palace, Associated Press Locations: Middleton, Kensington, Wales, New York City, Virginia, SANDRINGHAM, NORFOLK, Sandringham , Norfolk

☆ Three presidents and one mission: Beat Trump
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-27 | by ( Stephen Collinson | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +11 min

CNN’s MJ Lee and Jeff Zeleny reported Wednesday that Obama was in the White House for a working visit just last week. Two Democratic presidents who won second terms are uniting to try to usher a successor, who is older than both of them, into the same rarified political air. And Clinton has been out of the White House for nearly a quarter of a century. But Biden was also a valuable ally for Clinton after the president’s impeachment over an affair with White House intern Monica Lewinsky. And after he became vice president, Biden developed a friendly and cordial relationship with Hillary Clinton, maintained by regular breakfasts at the vice president’s official residence in Washington.

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☆ Joseph I. Lieberman, Senator and Vice Presidential Candidate, Dies at 82
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-27 | by ( Robert D. Mcfadden | More About Robert D. Mcfadden | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Joseph I. Lieberman, Connecticut’s four-term United States senator and Vice President Al Gore’s Democratic running mate in the 2000 presidential election won by George W. Bush and Dick Cheney when the Supreme Court halted a Florida ballot recount, died on Wednesday in Manhattan. In the ensuing campaign, the Gore-Lieberman team stressed themes of integrity to sidestep Clinton administration scandals. Mr. Lieberman also urged Americans to bring religion and faith more prominently into public life. They won a narrow plurality of the popular votes — a half-million more than the Bush-Cheney Republican ticket. But on the evening of Election Day, no clear winner had emerged in the Electoral College, and an intense legal battle took center stage.

Persons: Joseph I, Lieberman, Connecticut’s, Al Gore’s, George W, Bush, Dick Cheney, Lieberman’s, Lieberman —, Bill Clinton, Monica Lewinsky —, Gore’s, Gore, Clinton Organizations: United, Al Gore’s Democratic, New York Presbyterian Hospital, White House, Democratic National Convention, Cheney Republican, Electoral College Locations: United States, Florida, Manhattan, Riverdale, Upper Manhattan

☆ Opinion | It’s Time to End the Use of Special Counsels
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-12 | by ( Jack Goldsmith | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

On Tuesday, when the special counsel Robert Hur testifies before Congress, it will be high presidential-year political theater. This is just the latest example of the inversion of the aims of the special counsel office. A special counsel is supposed to ensure that the Justice Department can credibly conduct sensitive investigations that are, and that appear to be, fair and apolitical. Yet special counsels (and their precursors) have for decades failed to achieve this goal — a failure that has now reached a peak with two special counsels having an extraordinary impact on a presidential election. Special counsels have had different labels over the years.

Persons: Robert Hur, ”, Lawrence Walsh, Kenneth Starr, Bill Clinton’s, Monica Lewinsky, Walsh, Starr, Clinton’s Organizations: Justice Locations: Iran, Whitewater

☆ Some young people are finding out about Monica Lewinsky for the first time — and they're in awe
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-28 | by ( Maria Noyen | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Monica Lewinsky is the face of Reformation's new workwear line, which dropped on Tuesday. "Monica Lewinsky was simply born in the wrong generation," Aubrey Strobel said in her reaction video to the Reformation campaign. "No secret how dirty Monica Lewinsky was done by society, specifically her generation and the generation before her." Advertisement"Coming into 50 was great," Lewinsky told Elle magazine in an interview promoting the Reformation campaign. Representatives for Monica Lewinsky did not immediately respond to requests for comment from Business Insider.

Persons: Monica Lewinsky, TikTokers, they're, Lewinsky, —, Vote.Org, Bill Clinton, they'd, Jessica Weslie, Weslie, Lewinsky might've, she'd, Aubrey Strobel, would've, Strobel, X, Elle, Andrea Hailey, Monica, Hailey Organizations: White House, Service, Vote.Org, House, TED, YouTube, Business

☆ Look of the Week: Monica Lewinsky’s Reformation campaign reclaims office power dressing
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-27 | by ( Leah Dolan | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

Monica Lewinsky features in her fashion campaign debut as the face of a new workwear collection for the apparel brand Reformation. CNN —Photographed against a city skyline in a bright, high-rise office, Monica Lewinsky stands in an ankle-length black dress, cinched at her waist with a leather belt, and cheetah-print pumps. The image is part of a new campaign Lewinsky is fronting for LA-based apparel brand Reformation. Throughout, she is a statuesque figure, striking power poses in a monochrome red twinset or a tailored vest and tie. Zoey Grossman/ReformationAbove, Lewinsky poses with the "Monica crossbody," a $448 calf leather handbag named in her honor.

Persons: Monica Lewinsky, Zoey Grossman, CNN —, cinched, wasn’t, Lewinsky, ” Lewinsky, ”, Monica crossbody, Bill Clinton, Clinton, ’, ” Zoey Grossman Organizations: CNN, White, Pentagon, TED Locations: LA

Another previously settled lawsuit alleged Baylor fostered a “hunting ground for sexual predators.”The terms of the settlement announced Monday were not disclosed. While we can never erase the reprehensible acts of the past, we pray that this agreement will allow these 15 survivors to move forward in a supportive manner," Baylor University said in a statement. The law firm's report determined that under the leadership of school President Ken Starr, Baylor did little to respond to accusations of sexual assault involving football players over several years. It also raised broader questions of how the school responded to sexual assault claims across campus. Baylor officials have said the school has made sweeping changes to how it addresses sexual assault claims and victims in response to the Pepper Hamilton report.

Persons: Baylor, Pepper Hamilton, Ken Starr, Starr, Bill Clinton, Monica Lewinsky, Art Briles, Briles, Chad Dunn, “, Dunn, ” Dunn, ’ Organizations: Baylor University, Baptist, Baylor, Big Locations: Philadelphia

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton’s impeachment trial on corruption allegations is among several such proceedings that have occurred in U.S. history. In Texas, an impeachment charge from the House results in immediate suspension from office, as is the case for Paxton. The state Senate voted in 2011 to pardon him, but the House failed to concur. STATE ATTORNEYS GENERALPaxton has company as an impeached state attorney general. — South Dakota Republican Attorney General Jason Ravnsborg was impeached and convicted in 2022 for his involvement in a 2020 crash in which the car he was driving hit a pedestrian.

Persons: Ken Paxton’s, impeaches, Paxton, Joe Biden, Andrew Johnson, Abraham Lincoln's, Edwin Stanton, Bill Clinton, Monica Lewinsky, Paula Jones, —, — Republican Donald Trump, Trump, Evan Mecham of, William Holden of, Rod Blagojevich, Barack Obama, GENERAL Paxton, Jason Ravnsborg, Roland Boyton, William French, Alcee Hastings, Charles L, Crum of Montana, Jennifer Farrar Organizations: GOP, Democratic, U.S, Senate, Radical Republicans, — Republican, GOVERNORS, Republican Gov, — Republican Gov, GENERAL, — South, — South Dakota Republican, Republican, District, Montana Senate, AP statehouse Locations: Texas, U.S, Austin, Evan Mecham of Arizona, William Holden of North Carolina, Illinois, —, — South Dakota, — In Kansas, Paxton , Texas, Florida, Montana, New York

☆ The most predictable impeachment investigation in American history
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-13 | by ( Stephen Collinson | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +13 min

CNN —The initiation of an impeachment investigation against a president ought to be an earthshaking moment in the nation’s history. Republicans could use an impeachment investigation of the president to fuel public suspicion over Hunter Biden’s cascading controversies. But the coming impeachment investigation represents a gamble for Republicans since it could cause a backlash in moderate districts that their majority depends on. Ian Sams, a White House spokesman for oversight and investigations, blasted the impeachment investigation as “extreme politics at its worst.”But the strain of an impeachment inquiry is hardly the way the White House would have preferred to prepare for election year. If the impeachment investigation does uncover more direct involvement of Joe Biden, condemnations of McCarthy’s action may have been premature.

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In later years, she stepped over the White House threshold as a visiting senator and Cabinet member, but never in the long-sought role of Madam President. She fell short each time, and kept her distance from the White House during the Trump years. She again was a regular presence at the White House, with a seat next to Obama at the Cabinet table. She and President Clinton first celebrated the Praemium Imperiale prizes at the White House in 1994. She also showcased American sculpture in the first lady's garden at the White House.

Persons: Hillary Clinton, ”, Clinton, —, She's, Obama, Madam, Jill Biden, she’s, Lisa Caputo, Clinton's, Bill Clinton, Ellen Fitzpatrick, Jacqueline Kennedy’s, John F, Kennedy, Richard Nixon, Hillary, Fitzpatrick, “, “ I’ve, I’ve, Monica Lewinsky, Chelsea, Miss Lewinsky, Sen, Barack Obama, Osama bin Laden, Melanne Verveer, Hillary Clinton’s, Verveer, I’m Organizations: WASHINGTON, Vogue, Japan Art Association, White, Trump, University of New, White House, U.S, Senate, Democratic, National Endowment, Arts, Humanities Locations: Arkansas, U.S, University of New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Martha’s, New York

☆ Elon Musk admits X 'may fail, as so many have predicted'
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-20 | by ( Jyoti Mann | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Elon Musk seemed to suggest that his takeover of X, formerly known as Twitter, could be doomed. The billionaire said Saturday that X "may fail," but that the company would try to succeed. Elon Musk appeared to admit that his $44 billion takeover of X could be doomed. The owner of the platform formerly known as Twitter said Saturday that X "may fail." "We may fail, as so many have predicted, but we will try our best to make there be at least one."

Persons: Elon Musk, Meta, Mashable's Matt Binder, X, Monica Lewinsky, Linda Yaccarino, — Monica Lewinsky, Fidelity, X didn't Organizations: Twitter

☆ Elon Musk says X will strip ability to block accounts
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-19 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

'X' logo is seen reflected on an apartment window across the street from the headquarters of the messaging platform X, formerly known as Twitter, in downtown San Francisco, California, U.S., July 30, 2023. The block function on X allows a user to restrict specific accounts from contacting them, seeing their posts or following them. "Block is going to be deleted as a 'feature', except for DMs," Musk said in a post on the platform, referring to direct messages. Removing or limiting the block feature might bring X into conflict with guidelines incorporated by Apple's (AAPL.O) App Store and Alphabet's (GOOGL.O) Google Play. X, Google and Apple did not immediately reply to requests for comment.

Persons: Carlos Barria, Elon Musk, Musk, Monica Lewinsky, X, Linda Yaccarino, Musk's, Yaccarino, Mrinmay Dey, William Mallard Organizations: REUTERS, Social, Twitter, DMs, Apple's, Google, Apple, Thomson Locations: San Francisco , California, U.S, Bengaluru

Hunter Biden, son of U.S. President Joe Biden, departs federal court after a plea hearing on two misdemeanor charges of willfully failing to pay income taxes in Wilmington, Delaware, U.S. July 26, 2023. REUTERS/Kevin WurmAug 12 (Reuters) - The appointment on Friday of a special counsel to investigate Hunter Biden ensures that the criminal probe of the president’s son will cast a long shadow over his father’s reelection campaign. Hunter Biden in July pleaded not guilty to charges of failing to pay more than $100,000 in taxes owed on over $1.5 million in income in 2017 and 2018. Half of Americans believe Hunter Biden received preferential treatment from prosecutors who tried to reach a plea deal, a Reuters/Ipsos poll in June found before the plea deal fell apart. But most Americans said the Hunter Biden plea deal did not affect their likelihood of voting for Biden next year, the poll found.

Persons: Hunter Biden, Joe Biden, Kevin Wurm, David Weiss, Biden, Bill, Clinton, Hillary, Monica Lewinsky, Weiss, Republican Donald Trump, Kevin McCarthy, Hunter, Jarrett Renshaw, Nandita Bose, Cynthia Osterman Organizations: REUTERS, Delaware U.S, Republican, Reuters, Biden, Thomson Locations: Wilmington , Delaware, U.S, Delaware, Ukraine, China

Hunter Biden, son of U.S. President Joe Biden, departs federal court after a plea hearing on two misdemeanor charges of willfully failing to pay income taxes in Wilmington, Delaware, U.S. July 26, 2023. REUTERS/Kevin WurmAug 12 (Reuters) - The appointment on Friday of a special counsel to investigate Hunter Biden helped ensure that the criminal probe of the president’s son will cast a long shadow over his father’s reelection campaign. Hunter Biden in July pleaded not guilty to charges of failing to pay more than $100,000 in taxes owed on over $1.5 million in income in 2017 and 2018. Half of Americans believe Hunter Biden received preferential treatment from prosecutors who tried to reach a plea deal, a Reuters/Ipsos poll in June found before the plea deal fell apart. But most Americans said the Hunter Biden plea deal did not affect their likelihood of voting for Biden next year, the poll found.

☆ Donald Trump may have taken a swing at the bedrock of American democracy — but he's too 'exhausting' for anyone to care
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-06 | by ( Sebastian Cahill | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Political scientists are saying the public is tired of hearing about Donald Trump. The inattention is not unique, but it is alarming given the nature of the charges, experts say. "The fact that most people don't pay attention to politics is certainly not unique to Trump," Enos said. What perhaps is unique to Trump is that he's exhibited such high levels of corruption." Enos said Trump's actions should be especially alarming and problematic to Americans because of his efforts to attack a foundational part of American democracy.

Persons: Donald Trump, Trump, Jared Carter, Carter, Ryan Enos, Enos, Trump's, that's, he's, Bill Clinton, Monica Lewinsky, It'd, we've Organizations: Service, Vermont Law, Graduate School, Center for American Political Studies, Harvard University, Trump, White Locations: Wall, Silicon, Vermont, United States

☆ Jenny Craig is going out of business
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-05 | by ( Jordan Valinsky | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

New York CNN —Jenny Craig, the weight-loss chain, has confirmed that it’s shutting down for good. Named after its founder, the Jenny Craig business started when she couldn’t lose weight after giving birth to her second child. WeightWatchers, for example, is getting into the prescription weight-loss drug business. The $106 million acquisition of Sequence will give WW a foothold into the growing market for prescription drugs to manage weight loss. Ozempic has gained popularity in part due to celebrities using it for weight loss.

☆ How Elon Musk upended Twitter and his own reputation in 6 months as CEO
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-27 | by ( Clare Duffy | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +11 min

But it’s not clear just how and when Musk might return Twitter to growth. Musk’s primary plan to grow Twitter’s business through an overhauled subscription strategy has resulted in much chaos but only a limited number of actual subscriptions. In the process, Musk has also upended his own reputation. Disrupting the digital town squareFor years, what differentiated Twitter from other social platforms was that it served as a central hub for real-time news. Tesla (TSLA) shareholders recently complained to the company’s board that Musk appears “overcommitted.”“His reputation has been diminished significantly with Twitter … and once you lose it, it’s very difficult to recover,” Klepper said.

"I'm here because Trump raped me," Carroll testified. Trump's posts mentioned two issues that Judge Lewis Kaplan had warned parties in the trial not to mention to jurors. Carroll alleges Trump assaulted her in a dressing room at the Bergdorf Goodman department store in Manhattan in or around 1996. In his first Truth Social post on Wednesday, Trump wrote, "The E. Jean Carroll case, Ms. Bergdorf Goodman, is a made up SCAM. "Just look at her CNN interview before & after the commercial break - Like a different person," Trump wrote, referring to an interview Carroll gave CNN about the lawsuit.

☆ Elon Musk’s Twitter begins purge of blue check marks
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-20 | by ( Clare Duffy | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

New York CNN —Elon Musk’s Twitter on Thursday began a purge of blue verification check marks from users who have not signed up for its subscription service, with the checks disappearing from the accounts of journalists, academics and celebrities. The initial rollout of the change appeared to be fairly glitchy, as blue checks disappeared and reappeared on some accounts. The change — and its confusing rollout — threatens to create an even greater risk of impersonation of high-profile users and confusion over the veracity of information on the platform. Twitter had previously said it would “begin winding down” blue checks granted under its old verification system — which emphasized protecting high-profile users at risk of impersonation — on April 1. Last week, Musk tweeted that the “final date for removing legacy Blue checks is 4/20,” a date with special resonance to the billionaire entrepreneur given its meaning to marijuana enthusiasts.

☆ William Shatner is mad he may have to pay to keep his blue Twitter checkmark. Elon Musk says too bad
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-27 | by ( Jennifer Korn | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

New York CNN —Elon Musk and William Shatner clashed on Twitter over the weekend after the Star Trek actor complained about being forced to pay to keep his blue checkmark on the platform. In a tweet on Saturday, Shatner expressed frustration with Twitter’s plan to remove blue checkmarks from the accounts of celebrities, journalists, government officials and other high-profile individuals who don’t pay $84 a year (or $8 a month) for its subscription service, Twitter Blue. “Hey @elonmusk what’s this about blue checks going away unless we pay Twitter?” he tweeted. In the process, Twitter risks alienating some of the VIP users who have long been a key draw for millions to use the platform. Twitter said it will “begin winding down” the “legacy” blue checks for users on April 1.

☆ Photos show how the affair between Bill Clinton and Monica Lewinsky came to light, fracturing a nation's trust and both of their reputations
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-18 | by ( Katie Balevic | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

Former White House intern Monica Lewinsky said she fell for the president's "lethal charm." President Bill Clinton and Monica Lewinsky at a White House function. Getty ImagesIn an affair that would shape history, Monica Lewinsky said she fell for former President Bill Clinton's "lethal charm" when she was a White House intern in 1995. Their first dalliance was in November 1995 during a colleague's birthday party at the White House when Lewinsky lifted her jacket to show him the straps of her thong, The Washington Post reported in 1998. "I just knew that he was in love with me," Lewinsky recalled, The Post reported.

“He’s got to say, ‘I messed up, I apologize,’” said Lanny Davis, who handled various investigations as a lawyer in the Clinton White House. The White House didn’t publicly confirm that documents had been found until Monday, when CBS News reported that a review was underway. A statement from a White House lawyer, Richard Sauber, mentioned only classified material found at the center. We respect that process.”Jennifer Palmieri, who served as communications director in the Obama White House, suggested that any White House press secretary in this position would be in a tough spot in terms of what can be disclosed in the briefing room. “The White House should consider appointing a separate spokesperson to handle all questions related to this matter,” said Karen Finney, a Democratic strategist who also served in the Clinton White House.

The White House on Monday disclosed that classified documents from his vice presidential days were discovered in November at a think tank in Washington. Garland said Robert Hur, a former U.S. attorney in Maryland, would serve as special counsel. Garland in November named a special counsel, Jack Smith, to oversee Justice Department investigations related to Donald Trump including the Republican former president's handling of classified documents and efforts to overturn the 2020 election. "As I said earlier this week, people know I take classified documents, classified material seriously. Biden in September called his predecessor's handling of classified documents "totally irresponsible."

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