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☆ Poised and Precise, Hur Enters Fray Over Special Counsel’s Report on Biden
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-12 | by ( Glenn Thrush | Luke Broadwater | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

The former special counsel Robert K. Hur, denounced by Democrats for his unsparing description of President Biden’s memory lapses, had one of his own during his testimony on Tuesday before the House Judiciary Committee. Representative James R. Comer, a Kentucky Republican, made passing reference to Dana A. Remus, a Democratic lawyer who had served as White House counsel under Mr. Biden from January 2021 to July 2022. Mr. Hur crinkled an eyebrow and corrected him: No, he said, she occupied that post under President Obama. The misstep was an isolated moment in an otherwise poised and precise appearance by Mr. Hur, 51, who was testifying about his report on the investigation into Mr. Biden’s handling of classified documents. Mr. Hur, a Trump-era Justice Department official known among former colleagues for keeping a cool head in high-stress, high-stakes situations, incited a furor after describing the president as a “well-meaning, elderly man with a poor memory.”

Persons: Robert K, Hur, James R, Comer, Dana A, Remus, Biden, Mr, Obama, Mr . Hur, . Hur, ” Organizations: Kentucky Republican, Democratic, White, -, Department Locations: Kentucky

Tennessee's state House map was also challenged in the lawsuit, though the state did defend those boundaries. Ultimately, the three judges panel upheld the House map and ordered the Tennessee Senate to come up with a new district layout by Jan. 31, 2024. “Today's court ruling against the gerrymandered state Senate map is a clear win for the Tennessee Constitution,” said Democratic Sens. The Tennessee Democratic Party said Wednesday that it would continue fighting the ruling on upholding the House map. In April 2022, the panel of state trial-level judges blocked the Senate map from taking effect.

Persons: —, Wednesday's, “, Randy McNally, Jonathan Skrmetti, ”, Democratic Sens, London Lamar, ” Akbari, Lamar, Hendrell Remus, didn’t Organizations: Republican, Republicans, Tennessee Senate, Tennessee Constitution, Democratic, The Tennessee Democratic Party, state's Democratic Party, General, Tennessee Democratic Party, U.S Locations: Tenn, Nashville, Davidson County, gerrymandered, Tennessee, Raumesh Akbari, London, Shelby, Memphis

☆ White House Condemns G.O.P. Demands in Impeachment Inquiry
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-17 | by ( Luke Broadwater | More About Luke Broadwater | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

The White House on Friday condemned House Republicans’ wide-ranging impeachment inquiry into President Biden, saying that there was no legitimacy to the investigation and that recent subpoenas and demands for congressional testimony from the former White House counsel, White House aides and Biden family members were “irresponsible.”“You appear so determined to impeach the president that you have misrepresented the facts, ignored the overwhelming evidence disproving your claims and repeatedly shifted the rationale for your ‘inquiry,’” Richard Sauber, a special counsel for Mr. Biden, wrote to Representatives James R. Comer, a Kentucky Republican who leads the Oversight Committee, and Representative Jim Jordan, an Ohio Republican who heads the Judiciary Committee. Mr. Sauber’s letter came after House Republicans demanded to interview Biden family members and issued a subpoena to Dana Remus, a former White House counsel under Mr. Biden. It was perhaps the strongest rebuke of the inquiry the Biden administration has issued. House Republicans are investigating myriad aspects of the Biden administration and have accused the president of accepting millions of dollars in bribes and altering U.S. policy to enrich his family, but they have not produced proof to back up their boldest claims. Their investigation has focused heavily on the president’s son, Hunter Biden, and work he did for companies and partners in Ukraine, China and other countries.

Persons: Biden, White, ’, Richard Sauber, James R, Comer, Jim Jordan, Sauber’s, Dana Remus, Hunter Biden Organizations: Republicans, White, Kentucky Republican, Ohio Republican, House Republicans Locations: Kentucky, Ohio, Ukraine, China

There has been no public indication that he or anyone else in his orbit intentionally mishandled classified documents. And Republican front-runner Donald Trump, indicted by a different Justice Department special counsel over his own mishandling of classified documents, has repeatedly claimed Biden has received special treatment. From the start, the investigation unfolded alongside a far more perilous probe of Trump's handling of classified documents. Ian Sams, a spokesperson for the White House counsel’s office, said in a statement that the interview with Biden was voluntary. "“As we have said from the beginning, the President and the White House are cooperating with this investigation, he said.

Persons: Joe Biden's, Biden, Robert Hur's, “, Karine Jean, Pierre, It's, Hunter, Hur, Biden’s, Donald Trump, Ron Klain, Jake Sullivan, Dana Remus, Antony Blinken, Obama, General Merrick Garland, “ there's, castigate Trump, Justice Department's, Trump, there's, Ian Sams, George W, Bush, Bill Clinton, Kenneth Starr, Robert Mueller’s, Darlene Superville Organizations: WASHINGTON, Justice, Biden, White, FBI, Trump, Biden administration's Justice Department, CIA, Associated Press Locations: Israel, Delaware, Washington, Wilmington, Florida, Mar

☆ Libya recovers colonial wolf statue sold as scrap and found on a farm
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-02 | by ( Ayman Al-Warfali | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

[1/4] The female wolf statue (Lupa Capitolina), which was found in the farm of a citizen, is pictured after disappearing for over thirty years in Benghazi, Libya, July 31, 2023. REUTERS/Esam Omran Al-FetoriBENGHAZI, Libya, Aug 2 (Reuters) - Libyan authorities have recovered a large bronze wolf statue that once sat atop a pillar in central Benghazi before disappearing decades ago, found on a farm whose owner said he bought the sculpture as scrap. Italian colonial authorities erected the statue in the new Benghazi city centre they were building in the 1930s, promoting a connection between ancient Roman settlement of Libya and their modern colonial rule over the country. However, many priceless Libyan antiquities have disappeared: pillaged by Europeans in colonial times, appropriated after independence or looted in the chaos that has followed a 2011 NATO-backed uprising. Khaled al-Hadar, a Libyan researcher on stolen antiquities, said heritage monitoring remained weak in Libya and had not been started until 1974 - after the wolf had disappeared.

Persons: Omran, Saied Mohammed Bourabida, Bourabida, Khaled al, Muammar Gaddafi's, suckling, Romulus, Remus, Ayman al, Angus McDowall, Alison Williams Organizations: REUTERS, Fetori, Libya, Thomson Locations: Benghazi, Libya, Fetori BENGHAZI, Rome, Sabratha, NATO, Libyan, Warfali

☆ Has Scott Joplin’s ‘Thoroughly American Opera’ Found Its Moment?
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-27 | by ( Zachary Woolfe | More About Zachary Woolfe | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

The singers who played the couple became Treemonisha and her adoring friend, Remus, in the opera proper. More stylized — and effective, and relevant — was the conception, in an entirely different sound world than Joplin’s, by the Isango Ensemble. “We wanted to show quite clearly that if Monisha doesn’t take that child, that child is going to die,” Dornford-May said. With the poverty in the townships — life expectancy of 49, TB rife, H.I.V. rife — with that sense of poverty, disease and death hanging over people, to take in another mouth to feed is extraordinary.”

Persons: Louis, Berlin, Chilton, Joplin, Remus, Alexander —, Rajendra, Justin Austin vibrated, Mark Dornford, wasn’t, “, Monisha, ” Dornford, ” Locations: St, Joplin, Cape Town, South Africa, Caen, France, America

☆ Analysis: As the nation celebrates Juneteenth, it's time to get rid of these three myths about slavery
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-18 | by ( John Blake | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +13 min

It marks the moment in June of 1865 when Union troops arrived in Texas to inform enslaved African Americans that they were free by executive decree. Though it commemorates a moment when enslaved African Americans were freed, the US is still held captive by several myths about slavery and people like Cummins. 1: African Americans were ‘freed’ after the Civil War endedThere is a popular conception that the formerly enslaved were freed after the Civil War ended. It is what historians call a “Slave Bible.” It is a copy of a Bible that was used by British missionaries to convert enslaved African Americans. Kin Cheung/APThe historical record shows that enslaved African Americans revitalized Christianity in other ways, historians say.

Persons: Tempie ” Cummins stoically, Cummins, “, ‘, ’ ” Cummins, gainst, Tempie Cummins, Congress Juneteenth, ” Abraham Lincoln, ” “ There’s, ”, Tobin Miller Shearer, ” Albert J, Raboteau, ’, Clint Smith, ” Smith, Smith, Susan Merritt, …, ” Merritt, Frederick Dielman, Douglas A, Caleb McDaniel, Leslie Wilson, Wilson, ” Wilson, Bunny, Uncle Remus, Joel C, Harris, Albert Murray, ” White, ” Murray, Leon Harris, ” Malcolm X, Nat Turner, Martin Luther King Jr, ” Harris, Kin Cheung, God, ” Raboteau, Juneteenth, White, John Blake Organizations: CNN, New, Library, Congress, African American Studies, University of Montana, New York Times, Former Confederate, Rusk, District of Columbia, Colored People, Montclair State University, Getty, Museum, Biola University Locations: Jasper , Texas, eavesdrop, Texas, Antebellum, Whites, Rusk Country , Texas, Sabine, District, Washington, America, New Jersey, Southern, West Africa, United States, Washington , DC, California, Lambeth, London, Israel

☆ Ticks die when they bite him. This man's immunity to ticks could pave the way for a tick vaccine.
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-03 | by ( Emily Swaim | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

He has acquired tick resistance, which may help guide research and development of a tick vaccine. (But don't go searching for ticks just to try and build immunity, since you might contract a debilitating tick-borne disease.) "There clearly has been an increase in recent decades in the incidence of tick-borne disease in the human population. CDCThe latest US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention data reported 50,865 cases of tick-borne disease across the US in 2019. The Lyme disease vaccine currently in development would only protect against the bacteria Lyme borreliosis, meaning you could still get other tick-borne diseases.

Persons: Richard Ostfeld, welt, aren't, JUAN GAERTNER, Ostfeld, Ostfelt, Lyme, Remus Belododia, haven't Organizations: Service, for Disease Control, National Center for Emerging, Vector, CDC Locations: Lyme, Alaska, Maine

MEMPHIS, Tennessee, April 12 (Reuters) - Local government officials in Memphis, Tennessee, voted on Wednesday to return the second of two Democratic state lawmakers who were expelled last week for protesting gun violence on the chamber floor. Seven of the board's 13 councilors were present for the meeting, and all seven voted in favor of Pearson's return. He is expected to return to the State Capitol in Nashville on Thursday to be sworn back in. Democrats in the U.S. Senate have asked the U.S. Department of Justice to investigate whether the expelled lawmakers' constitutional rights were violated. Before marching with supporters to the commissioners' meeting, Pearson, joined by Jones and Johnson, addressed a crowd of about 500 outside the National Civil Rights Museum in Memphis.

☆ Disney World closed Splash Mountain after allegations of racism. Not everyone's happy.
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-24 | by ( Julianne Mcshane | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +4 min

Walt Disney World has closed its famous Splash Mountain water ride, the Magic Kingdom attraction that for years had been criticized for having racist roots. Goodbye, Splash Mountain,” read the caption of one video that had more than 1,300 likes Tuesday afternoon. The website for Tokyo Disneyland does not indicate if or when its Splash Mountain ride will close. A representative for Walt Disney World did not immediately respond to questions Tuesday. Splash Mountain is no stranger to controversy: In 2018, it made headlines when Walt Disney World banned a man who rode it while holding up a "Trump 2020" sign.

☆ Procurori noi în trei raioane. Alexandr Stoianoglo a numit trei procurori-șefi la trei Procuraturi raionale
▼ + stars: | 2021-04-27 | by ( Buzdugan Loredana | ) www.zdg.md time to read: +1 min

Reprezentanții Procuraturii Generale (PG) au emis marți, 27 aprilie, prin care anunță că procurorul general, Alexandr Stoianoglo, a dispus exercitarea interimatului funcțiilor de procurori-șefi ai procuraturilor raioanelor Ungheni, Hâncești și Anenii Noi. • Dinu Triboi (procuror- șef adjunct al Procuraturii raionului Călărași) va exercita interimatul funcției de procuror-șef al Procuraturii raionului Ungheni;• Maxim Gropa (procuror în PCCOCS) – procuror-șef interimar al Procuraturii raionului Hâncești;• Aurelian Buzdugan (procuror- șef adjunct al Procuraturii raionului Strășeni) – procuror-șef interimar al Procuraturii raionului Anenii Noi;Decizia survine ca urmare a expirării mandatelor foștilor conducători ai celor trei procuraturi raionale, cărora, la rândul lor, le-a fost dispus interimatul funcțiilor, după cum urmează:• Eduard Florea – procuror în Procuratura raionului Ungheni;• Remus Moroz – procuror-șef adjunct interimar al Procuraturii raionului Strășeni;• Aurel Burlacu – procuror-șef adjunct interimar al Procuraturii mun.Chișinău.

Persons: Alexandr Stoianoglo, Dinu, Maxim Gropa, Aurelian Buzdugan, Eduard Florea, Remus Moroz, Aurel Burlacu Locations: Ungheni, Hâncești, Anenii Noi, Călărași, Strășeni, Procuratura

☆ Procurorul general a desemnat conduceri interimare la trei procuraturi teritoriale
▼ + stars: | 2021-04-27 | by ( ) www.jurnal.md time to read: +1 min

Sursa foto: Jurnal.mdProcurorul general a desemnat conduceri interimare la trei procuraturi teritorialeProcurorul General a dispus exercitarea interimatului funcțiilor de procurori-șefi ai procuraturilor raioanelor Ungheni, Hâncești și Anenii Noi. Astfel, Dinu Triboi, procuror- șef adjunct al Procuraturii raionului Călărași, va exercita interimatul funcției de procuror-șef al Procuraturii raionului Ungheni. Maxim Gropa, procuror în PCCOCS, va exercita funcția de procuror-șef interimar al Procuraturii raionului Hâncești. Totodată Aurelian Buzdugan, procuror- șef adjunct al Procuraturii raionului Strășeni, va exercita funcția de procuror-șef interimar al Procuraturii raionului Anenii Noi. Înlocuirile vor fi valabile până la suplinirea respectivelor funcții de conducere, prin concurs.

Persons: Dinu, Maxim Gropa, Aurelian Buzdugan, Eduard Florea, Remus Moroz, Aurel Burlacu, Înlocuirile Locations: Ungheni, Hâncești, Anenii Noi, Călărași, Maxim, PCCOCS, Strășeni, Procuratura, Chișinău

Mike Donilon, unul dintre apropiaţii lui Joe Biden, va fi consilier prezidenţial de rang înalt, iar Steve Ricchetti, fost şef de cabinet când Biden era vicepreşedinte, va deveni consilier prezidenţial pentru strategii politice, citează Digi24. Congresmanul Cedric Richmond va renunţa la mandatul parlamentar şi va deveni consilier prezidenţial şi director al Biroului prezidenţial pentru Responsabilitate Publică. Dana Remus, consilier juridic în echipa de campanie electorală a lui Joe Biden, va fi consilier prezidenţial pentru Afaceri juridice. Julie Rodriguez, director-adjunct al echipei de campanie, va fi directorul Oficiului pentru Afaceri Guvernamentale de la Casa Albă. Annie Tomasini, fost adjunct al secretarului de presă al Casei Albe când Joe Biden era vicepreşedinte, va coordona activităţile Biroului Oval.

Persons: Ron Klain, Joseph Biden, Jen O'Malley Dillon, Mike Donilon, Joe Biden, Steve Ricchetti, Biden, Congresmanul Cedric, Dana Remus, Julie Rodriguez, Annie Tomasini Organizations: Albă, Mediafax, Congresmanul Cedric Richmond, Casei Locations: Congresmanul, America

☆ Daniel Funeriu, despre primarul USR care a minţit în CV: „Îşi dă demisia şi devine un reper moral pentru România”
▼ + stars: | 2009-03-19 | by ( Remus Florescu | ) adevarul.ro time to read: +8 min

Prodecanul facultăţii spune că edilul nu doar că nu a absolvit facultatea, ci a fost şi exmatriculat. A ştiut că a fost exmatriculat dar a scris că a absolvit. România caută în primul rând, şi încă nu a găsit, repere morale, nu doar primari buni: Scripcaru a fost unul din primarii buni. Prodecanul spune că Allen Coliban a fost exmatriculat Şi prodecanul de Facultăţii de Automatică şi Calculatoare, Ciprian Dobre, confirmă informaţiile apărute despre primarul USR. El a precizat că noul edil al Braşovului nu doar că nu a absolvit, cu sau fără licenţă facultatea, ci a fost şi exmatriculat.

Persons: îşi, Daniel Funeriu, Boc, Allen Coliban, Allen, Prodecanul, Coliban, securistului Voiculescu, Voiculescu, . Scripcaru, Tudor Gheorghe, ., . Paleologu, Scripcaru, Ciprian Dobre, Traian, edilul, Rebedea, senat.ro, Facebook . Prodecanul, Dobre, prodecanul, Domnul Allen Coliban, braşovean Organizations: USR, securistului, Universitatea Politehnica Bucureşti, Facebook Locations: România, Braşov, Bucureşti, Franţa, dispoziţie, României, UPB, 19.03.2009

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