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☆ Mangosuthu Buthelezi, Zulu Prince Who Roiled South African Politics, Dead at 95
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-09 | by ( Sept. | At A.M. | ) www.usnews.com time to read: +6 min

(Reuters) -Mangosuthu Buthelezi, a veteran South African politician, Zulu prince and controversial figure during the apartheid liberation struggle, has died, the presidency said on Saturday. Critics dubbed Buthelezi a war lord but to his legion of followers in the rural Zulu heartland, he was a visionary. A Zulu chief, Buthelezi became KwaZulu's chief minister in the 1970s, where he tried a delicate balancing act: refusing outright independence and criticising Pretoria's racial policies while still playing a role in the homeland farce. Ashpenaz Nathan Mangosuthu Gatsha Buthelezi was born on Aug. 27, 1928, in Mahlabathini, the son and heir of Chief Matoli Buthelezi and Princess Constance Magago Dinuzulu. In 1953 he was installed as acting chief of the prominent Buthelezi clan and four years later was confirmed as chief.

Persons: Prince Mangosuthu Buthelezi, Prince, KwaPhindangene, Cyril Ramaphosa, Buthelezi, Nelson Mandela, Critics, Inkatha, Thabo Mbeki, King Cetshwayo, Henry Kissinger, Peter Carrington, Ashpenaz Nathan Mangosuthu Gatsha Buthelezi, Matoli Buthelezi, Princess Constance Magago Dinuzulu, Irene Mzila, Bhargav Acharya, Nelson BanyaEditing, Angus MacSwan, Frances Kerry Organizations: Reuters, South, Freedom Party, Home Affairs, African National Congress, Zulu Monarch, IFP, ANC, British, Black University of Fort, ANC Youth League, U.S Locations: KwaZulu, Natal, South Africa, Zulu, Johannesburg, Black University of Fort Hare, Lesotho, Mahlabathini

☆ Mangosuthu Buthelezi, Zulu prince who roiled South African politics, dead at 95
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-09 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +7 min

South Africa's leader of the Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) Mangosuthu Buthelezi speaks to supporters ahead of the national elections, in Richards Bay, north of Durban, in South Africa, April 19, 2009. REUTERS/Rogan Ward Acquire Licensing RightsSept 9 (Reuters) - Mangosuthu Buthelezi, a veteran South African politician, Zulu prince and controversial figure during the apartheid liberation struggle, has died, the presidency said on Saturday. South Africa's main opposition Democratic Alliance (DA) party described Buthelezi as a "great leader". "Prince Buthelezi was a giant on South Africa's political landscape," DA leader John Steenhuisen said. Critics dubbed Buthelezi a war lord but to his legion of followers in the rural Zulu heartland, he was a visionary.

Persons: Mangosuthu Buthelezi, Rogan Ward, Prince Mangosuthu Buthelezi, Prince, KwaPhindangene, Cyril Ramaphosa, Buthelezi, Nelson Mandela, Prince Buthelezi, John Steenhuisen, ANC Buthelezi, Critics, Inkatha, Thabo Mbeki, King Cetshwayo, Henry Kissinger, Peter Carrington, Ashpenaz Nathan Mangosuthu Gatsha Buthelezi, Matoli Buthelezi, Princess Constance Magago Dinuzulu, Irene Mzila, Bhargav Acharya, Nelson, Angus MacSwan, Frances Kerry Organizations: Freedom Party, IFP, REUTERS, South, Home Affairs, African National Congress, Zulu Monarch, ANC, Nelson, Nelson Mandela Foundation, Mandela's, Democratic Alliance, Reuters, British, Black University of Fort, ANC Youth League, U.S, Thomson Locations: Richards Bay, Durban, South Africa, KwaZulu, Natal, Zulu, Johannesburg, Black University of Fort Hare, Lesotho, Mahlabathini

☆ Fact Check-Trump not facing death penalty in Jan. 6 federal indictment
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-18 | by ( Reuters Fact Check | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +5 min

Elizabeth Moore, VP of PR and Communications at Breitbart, told Reuters, “We never indicated that the DOJ is seeking or will seek the death penalty. “The Eighth Amendment rules out the death penalty unless the defendant intended or had a high degree of culpability with respect to the death of the victim. “Nor does it plead any of the aggravating factors -- from a list in the federal death penalty statute --that need to be specified. When seeking the death penalty, the indictment must include special findings as detailed in the DOJ’s Justice Manual (here). Donald Trump is not facing the death penalty in the federal indictment brought by Special Counsel Jack Smith on overturning the 2020 election.

Persons: Donald Trump, Trump, Jack Smith, Fani Willis, “, Breitbart, Smith, Jack Smith’s, Elizabeth Moore, ” Moore, Joel Pollak, ” Daniel Richman, Paul J, Kellner, ”, Jack Beermann, Philip S, Beck, Peter Carr, Read Organizations: U.S, U.S . Department of Justice, U.S . Capitol, TRUMP, “ TRUMP, “ Trump, Communications, Breitbart, Reuters, DOJ, Trump, U.S ., Capitol, USC, Columbia Law School, Justice Department, Boston University School of Law Locations: Washington, Georgia, Fulton County, GEORGIA, Prison, U.S

☆ Twitter was forced to pay $350,000 after it tried to thwart Jack Smith's efforts to get Trump's records
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-09 | by ( Brent D. Griffiths | Madison Hall | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

A federal judge forced Twitter to pay $350,000 for initially refusing to turn over records related to Trump. Special counsel Jack Smith's team had filed a search warrant for records related to @realDonaldTrump. Circuit Court of Appeals panel later upheld a lower court's decision that protected Smith's request over Twitter's First Amendment defense. It's not clear if Twitter CEO Elon Musk was aware of Smith's search warrant. Twitter was forced to pay the $350,000 fine after the district court found that it failed to turn over the records to Smith's team by the deadline.

Persons: Twitter, Jack Smith's, Donald Trump, Smith's, Trump, Joe Biden's DOJ, Peter Carr, It's, Smith, Judge Florence Pan, Elon Musk Organizations: Trump, Service, Politico, Capitol, Twitter, Biden, of Appeals Locations: Wall, Silicon

☆ Trump had his 'body man' travel to Mar-a-Lago to figure out how to delete security footage of classified documents, DOJ alleges in new charges
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-28 | by ( Lloyd Lee | Chris Panella | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

The Justice Department filed new charges to the Trump classified documents case on Thursday. Trump was previously hit with 37 criminal counts related to the handling of classified records. Get the inside scoop on today’s biggest stories in business, from Wall Street to Silicon Valley — delivered daily. Two of those charges include obstruction of justice stemming from the DOJ's allegations that the former president asked De Oliveira to delete surveillance footage at his Mar-a-Lago resort. Trump's campaign called the new charges "a continued desperate and flailing attempt" by the Biden administration and the DOJ to harass Trump.

Persons: Trump, Donald Trump, Jack Smith's, Carlos De Oliveira, Waltine, Nauta, De Oliveira, Walter, Peter Carr, De Oliveira's, Biden Organizations: Department, DOJ, Service, Mar, Department of Justice, US Navy, White, Technology, Southern District of Locations: Wall, Silicon, Lago, Trump, Illinois, Florida, Mar, Southern District, Southern District of Florida

☆ New Trump charges: Special counsel Jack Smith files additional charges in Mar-a-Lago classified documents case, records show
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-27 | by ( Erin Snodgrass | Azmi Haroun | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Special Counsel Jack Smith charged a third defendant in the Trump classified documents case. Trump also faces two new charges of obstruction of justice and willful retention of classified documents. Trump and Nauta also now face two additional charges of obstruction of justice and willful retention of classified documents. De Oliveira helped Nauta move the boxes of classified documents at Mar-a-Lago after the Department of Justice subpoenaed Trump to for the records last May, CNN reported. The new court documents allege Trump, Nauta, and De Oliveira asked another staffer to delete the footage to prevent it from being provided to a federal grand jury.

Persons: Jack Smith, Trump, Carlos De Oliveira, De Oliveira, Donald Trump, Walt Nauta, Nauta, Peter Carr, Biden Organizations: Trump, Service, Lago Club, Mar, Department of Justice, CNN, Justice Department, Associated Press Locations: Wall, Silicon, Trump's Florida

Lawyers for Donald Trump were told Thursday by prosecutors to expect an indictment against the former president in connection with his efforts to reverse his loss in the 2020 election, NBC News reported. At around the same time, the grand jury that could soon vote on criminally charging Trump assembled in Washington federal court. A number of those anonymous grand jurors were spotted in the cafeteria and then going to the grand jury room on the courthouse's third floor, according to NBC. Trump last week revealed that Smith had told his lawyers on Sunday that the former president was a criminal target of that investigation and had been offered a four-day window to testify to the grand jury. Smith in early June obtained a grand jury indictment of Trump in Florida federal court on several dozen criminal counts related to his retention of classified government documents at his Mar-a-Lago club after he left office in early 2021.

Persons: Jack Smith, Donald Trump, Todd Blanche, John Lauro, Trump, Barrett Prettyman, Smith, Joe Biden, Biden, wasn't, Peter Carr Organizations: US Department of Justice, Lawyers, NBC News, Washington , D.C, Department of Justice, NBC, Justice, Electoral College, Congress, Trump Save America, Department, CNBC, Trump Locations: Washington ,, Washington, Trump, Florida, Lago

☆ Smoke will keep pouring into the US as long as fires are burning in Canada
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-01 | by ( Alaa Elassar | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +17 min

Massive fires burning in remote areas – like some of those currently burning in northwestern Quebec – are often too out of control to do anything about. Ed Jones/AFP/Getty Images Smoke from wildfires in Canada shrouds the view of the Statue of Liberty on Friday in New York. Jim Watson/AFP/Getty Images Smoke and haze is seen from the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, DC, on Tuesday, June 27. Matt McClain/The Washington Post/Getty Images Smoke from Canadian wildfires obscures the visibility in Pittsburgh on June 8. Another issue is the increase in the wildfires are caused by climate change, and are simultaneously making climate change worse.

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☆ How a dysfunctional mission in the Caribbean became 'the pivotal point' for the creation of US Special Operations Command
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-27 | by ( Stavros Atlamazoglou | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +9 min

Those problems helped spur the creation of US Special Operations Command several years later. According to Maj. Gen. Richard Scholtes, the first commander of Joint Special Operations Command, US military officers involved in the planning soon butted heads. A task force of Delta Force operators, Rangers, and helicopters from the elite 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment also attacked Fort Rupert and Richmond Hill Prison. Bettmann/Getty Images"The Pentagon was waging a frontal and rear assault in opposition to the creation of a special operations command," William Cohen said in the mid-2000s, according to Kukielski's article. Stavros Atlamazoglou is a defense journalist specializing in special operations, a Hellenic Army veteran (national service with the 575th Marine Battalion and Army HQ), and a Johns Hopkins University graduate.

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personnel conducted this investigation,” Mr. Parlatore said. Along with the classified documents case, prosecutors under Mr. Smith are also scrutinizing efforts by Mr. Trump and his aides to overturn the results of the 2020 election. The letter to Mr. Garland was an abbreviated version of a longer one that contained a more detail account of the concerns by Mr. Trump’s lawyers, according to two people familiar with the matter. The legal team’s visit to the Justice Department came amid indications that Mr. Smith is approaching the end of his investigation into the documents case and could soon make a decision about whether to seek charges. The initial letter to Mr. Garland was directly confrontational, accusing officials at the Justice Department of showing favoritism to President Biden and his son, Hunter Biden, who is under criminal investigation by the department.

Persons: “, ” Mr, Parlatore, that’s, Peter Carr, Smith, Garland, Trump, Biden, Hunter Biden Organizations: Justice Department, Mr, Capitol, Justice

☆ Tape recording shows Trump acknowledging he kept classified document on Iran, CNN reports
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-31 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

REUTERS/Brian Snyder/File PhotoWASHINGTON, May 31 (Reuters) - Federal prosecutors have a 2021 audio recording of former President Donald Trump acknowledging he kept a classified Pentagon document about a possible attack on Iran after leaving the White House, CNN reported on Wednesday. CNN did not listen to the recording but cited unidentified multiple sources describing it. Trump’s remarks indicated he would like to share the information but was aware of the limitations on his ability to declassify documents after leaving office, two sources told CNN. "Leaks from radical partisans behind this political persecution are designed to inflame tensions and continue the media’s harassment of President Trump and his supporters," Trump spokesperson Steven Cheung said on Wednesday. The Justice Department is investigating whether Trump broke the law by retaining U.S. government records, some marked as top secret, after leaving office in January 2021.

Persons: Donald Trump, Brian Snyder, Trump, President Trump, Steven Cheung, Peter Carr, Jack Smith's, Justice Department's, Trump's, Doina Chiacu, Kanishka Singh, Tim Ahmann, Lisa Shumaker Organizations: U.S, Republican, REUTERS, WASHINGTON, Federal, White House, CNN, Wednesday, Reuters, Trump, Justice Department, Justice, White, U.S . Capitol, Thomson Locations: Manchester , New Hampshire, U.S, Iran

☆ Trump captured on tape acknowledging he kept a classified document on Iran -CNN
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-31 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

WASHINGTON, May 31 (Reuters) - Federal prosecutors have a 2021 audio recording of former President Donald Trump acknowledging he kept a classified Pentagon document about a possible attack on Iran after leaving the White House, CNN reported on Wednesday. CNN did not listen to the recording but cited unidentified multiple sources describing it. The recording shows Trump, who is seeking the 2024 Republican presidential nomination, understood he retained classified material after he left the White House in 2021, according to the cable television network. Trump’s remarks indicated he would like to share the information but was aware of the limitations on his ability to declassify documents after leaving office, two sources told CNN. Smith is investigating Trump's handling of classified documents, as well as efforts to overturn the 2020 presidential election Trump lost to Democrat Joe Biden.

Persons: Donald Trump, Trump, Peter Carr, Jack Smith's, Smith, Democrat Joe Biden, Doina Chiacu, Kanishka Singh, Tim Ahmann Organizations: Federal, White House, CNN, Wednesday, Reuters, Trump, Justice Department, Democrat, Thomson Locations: Iran

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