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☆ US rushes to uncover new information on whereabouts of Austin Tice after collapse of Syrian regime
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-10 | by ( Jennifer Hansler | Katie Bo Lillis | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

CNN —The US government is rushing to uncover new information on the whereabouts of Austin Tice following the collapse of the Syrian government this weekend. The US State Department is also offering a reward of up to $10 million for information on Tice. This official told CNN that they believe the US should take this opportunity to establish a dialogue with HTS leader Abu Mohammad al-Jolani. The State Department would not say whether there has been any direct contact with Jolani, who leads a US-designated terrorist group. There is “no legal barrier” to direct communications, State Department spokesperson Miller said Tuesday.

Persons: Austin Tice, Bashar al, Tice, ”, Roger Carstens, Matthew Miller, Assad, John Kirby, Tice’s, “, Austin, he’s, They’ll, Abu Mohammad al, Jolani, Miller, I’m, Kirby, ” Debra Tice, Austin’s, Marc Tice Organizations: CNN, FBI, US State Department, ”, House, US, The State Department, State, NBC Locations: Syria, Beirut, Lebanon, Hayat Tahrir, Damascus

American journalist Austin Tice is alive and in Syria more than a decade after his disappearance, his family says. Tice went missing in 2012 a few days after celebrating his 31st birthday in the country, where he went to report on the civil war that began in 2011. Siblings Meagan Tice Malone and Simon Robert Tice on Monday told MSNBC’s Andrea Mitchell that the family has reliable information that their brother is alive but could not share how they know. Simon Robert was only 19 when his older brother went missing, he said. “We have a strong faith in the American government, and we were all raised with a faith in the American government,” Simon Robert Tice said.

Persons: Austin Tice, Tice, Bashar al, Meagan Tice Malone, Simon Robert Tice, MSNBC’s Andrea Mitchell, ” Malone, “ It’s, Biden, ”, Simon Robert, “, ” Simon Robert Tice, there’s, Joe Biden, ” Biden, Hostage Affairs Roger Carstens, John Kirby, MSNBC “ That’s, he’s, ” Kirby, Andrea Mitchell, ” Hadi, Assad Organizations: The, Department, Hostage Affairs, U.S, NBC News, White House, MSNBC, National Coalition for Syrian Revolutionary, Opposition Forces, NBC Locations: Syria, U.S, Syrian, Houston, Beirut, Lebanon

☆ Austin Tice’s family says he is alive and well, but they are deeply frustrated after meeting with Biden administration
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-06 | by ( Michael Conte | Alex Marquardt | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

Washington CNN —The family of Austin Tice, a freelance journalist held in Syria since 2012, said they have new confirmation that he remains alive and well. A source familiar with what the Biden administration knows says there is no change in the administration’s assessment of Austin Tice, and they have no new information. Bill McCarren, director of the Press Freedom Center at the National Press Club, emphatically insisted the Biden administration is “lying” about what they know about Tice. “Our larger question was, how can we use this disruption to leverage something for Austin during this time?” she said. Austin’s father, Marc Tice, said that the family met with the State Department on Thursday, but that the meeting was not productive.

Persons: Austin Tice, Biden, Tice, “, ”, Debra Tice, Karine Jean, Pierre, Jean, Bill McCarren, Roger Carstens, Bashar Assad’s, Jacob Tice, Jake Sullivan, Assad, Sullivan, ” Jacob Tice, “ Sullivan, Harris, ” Debra Tice, Meagan Tice, Austin’s, Marc Tice, ” Marc Tice, Donald Trump, Austin, Naomi Tice, CNN’s Jennifer Hansler, Samantha Waldenberg Organizations: Washington CNN, National Press, White, Press, National Press Club, State Department, Austin, ”, State Department’s, White House, National Security, Biden, Harris Administration Locations: Syria, Damascus, Austin, Aleppo, ”

☆ Trump’s latest nominees are a gift to his wealthiest crypto boosters
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-05 | by ( Brian Fung | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

Atkins is a crypto advocate and a co-chairman of the Token Alliance at the Digital Chamber, a major blockchain trade association. “Little Tech is our term for tech startups, as contrasted to Big Tech incumbents,” they wrote. Those who subscribe to those “zombie ideas” are “suffering from ressentiment – a witches’ brew of resentment, bitterness, and rage that is causing them to hold mistaken values,” Andreessen wrote. Let unfettered markets create more technology, because technology can fix all of society’s ills, if only the short-sighted would get out of its way. “We believe that there is no material problem – whether created by nature or by technology – that cannot be solved with more technology,” Andreessen wrote.

Persons: Donald Trump, Trump, Paul Atkins, Gail Slater, Atkins, Slater, JD Vance, Matt Gaetz, Pete Hegseth, ”, Gene Kimmelman, Joe Biden’s, Gary Gensler, ” Trump, Marc Andreessen, Ben Horowitz, Peter Thiel, Andreessen, Horowitz —, Andreessen Horowitz, “, ” Andreessen, Biden, LiveNation, —, William Kovacic, Kovacic, ” Kimmelman, Kimmelman, ” Atkins, George W, Bush, Chris Dixon, ” Dixon Organizations: CNN, Big Tech, Google, Securities and Exchange Commission, Alliance, Digital Chamber, Trump White House, Federal Trade Commission, Fox News, Joe Biden’s SEC, “ Big Tech, Truth, Little Tech, “ Little Tech, Trump, PayPal, “, Tech, Biden DOJ, Apple, Ticketmaster, Visa, DOJ, Justice Department, White, SEC Locations: Silicon Valley, Little, U.S

☆ Analysis: John Roberts leads the charge to uphold bans on trans care
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-05 | by ( Joan Biskupic | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

“Just who do we think we are?” Roberts said in the memorable 2015 dissent, when he similarly argued against judges intervening to protect individual rights. Roberts brushed aside arguments that Tennessee’s ban on gender-affirming care amounted to sex discrimination and said decisions regarding medical treatment were best left to state legislatures. When Roberts previously dissented from the decision declaring a constitutional right to same-sex marriage, he said the five-justice majority had hijacked the democratic process. “Stealing this issue from the people will for many cast a cloud over same-sex marriage, making a dramatic social change that much more difficult to accept. Same-sex marriage, on the other hand, has faded as a campaign issue in the decade after Obergefell.

Persons: John Roberts, Wednesday, “, ” Roberts, Roberts, Hodges, ”, …, George W, Bush, Donald Trump, Sonia Sotomayor, Elizabeth Prelogar, Biden, Brett Kavanaugh, ” Kavanaugh, Kavanaugh, Prelogar, Clarence Thomas, Samuel Alito, Amy Coney Barrett, Neil Gorsuch, ” Prelogar, Elena Kagan, J, Matthew Rice’s, ” Kagan Organizations: CNN, ACLU Locations: Tennessee

☆ Ex-Kansas detective dies by suicide as long-awaited criminal civil rights trial set to begin, sources say
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-02 | by ( Scott Glover | Daniel Medina | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

The retired detective was accused of using his position as a police officer in Kansas City, Kansas, to sexually assault vulnerable Black women over the course of decades. Prosecutors said in court filings that Golubski hand-picked his victims because he was confident they would never be believed. The second case accused him of being in cahoots with a drug kingpin in the sex trafficking of underage girls. Developments were chronicled on the front pages of the local newspaper, The Kansas City Star, and resulted in a crusading newspaper columnist winning one of journalism’s highest honors — a Pulitzer Prize. “This trial will turn entirely on victim credibility,” prosecutors wrote in a court filing last year.

Persons: CNN —, Roger Golubski, Golubski, Chris Joseph, Joseph, Prosecutors, Lamonte McIntyre, —, Jay, Roc, ” Prosecutors, Golubski’s, ”, Kristen Clarke, Kate E Organizations: CNN, Authorities, Golubski, Kansas City, Kansas City Star, ”, FBI, Department of Justice’s Civil Rights Division, U.S, District of Locations: Kansas, Topeka, Kansas City , Kansas, Washington, District of Kansas

☆ ‘A lot of fear:’ Trump’s deportation proposals are already rattling workers
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-21 | by ( Alicia Wallace | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +12 min

“People are afraid of walking the streets right now; there’s a lot of fear … a lot of fear,” Sanchez said. “Shrinking worker (supply) in a period in which those sectors need more workers and are having a hard time finding workers will clearly generate a slowdown,” Peri said. Although temporary farm visas — known as H-2A — do exist, there is no legal way to have year-round foreign workers. “We know [undocumented immigrants] are working, they’re not sitting at home,” he said. “The slowing in immigration that’s broadly anticipated will probably show up in tighter labor markets for lower-skilled workers,” he said in an interview.

Persons: Donald Trump’s, Sam Sanchez, ”, Sanchez, ” Sanchez, Giovanni Peri, Peri, Ron Estrada, “, ” Estrada, farmworkers, Joe Sohm, Farmworker Justice’s Estrada, Carolinians, they’re, “ They’ve, Biden, Trump, Michael Feroli, Julia Pollak, Scott Olson, it’s, Joe Brusuelas, ” Karoline Leavitt, Vance, Joanne Eriaku, Eriaku, she’s Organizations: CNN, Chicago, Coast Hospitality Group, “, Global Migration, University of California, Davis, UCDavis, Migration Center . Business, Biden, Farmworker, North Carolina Growers Association, Congressional, CBO, JPMorgan, Republican National Convention, RSM, Trump, United Nations, UN, Social Locations: America, Mexico, Little, San Francisco, Chicago, ”, Milwaukee, Chicago’s Little, Springfield , Ohio, New York City, Uganda, Eriaku, Kenya, United States

Leppard said his clients only spoke to the Ethics Committee after receiving a subpoena and would only testify in public "with a valid legal subpoena that requires them to speak." But he said he would prefer to get that information either through the House Ethics Committee report or from the Justice Department. But, he added, that getting a copy of the House Ethics Committee report would be “the right starting point, politically balanced and complete. Wild and other Democrats on the House Ethics Committee want the report released to the public — or at least sent to Senate Judiciary members for their review. “I have not dictated anything to the Ethics Committee.

Persons: WASHINGTON —, Matt Gaetz, Gaetz, Joel Leppard, Leppard, Donald Trump, rouser, haven’t, Trump, Mckenzie Lange, Dick Durbin, he’s, ” Durbin, Michael Guest, Susan Wild, Mike Johnson, “, I’ve, ” Johnson, “ I’m, ” Leppard, Sen, Richard Blumenthal, victimize, ” “, ” Blumenthal, JD Vance, Kevin Cramer, Cramer Organizations: NBC News, USA Today Network Senate, Justice Department, NBC, Trump, Judiciary, Committee, Senate Locations: Orlando, America, Richard Blumenthal of Connecticut

“It’s not a question of a price tag. There is no price tag,” the president-elect told Welker. On Sunday, Barrasso dodged questions about whether there should be limits to how much Trump can spend on his deportation plan. “I agree there’s no price tag on protecting the safety and security of our country and our citizens. “Well, since President Trump hasn’t actually made any nominations yet along those lines, I’m not going to comment on any one individual,” the senator said.

Persons: Sen, John Barrasso, Donald Trump, Kristen Welker, John F, Kennedy, Robert F, Trump, ”, John Kennedy, Bobby, ” Barrasso, ” “, Kevin Dietsch, Barrasso, “ It’s, they’re, Welker, “, haven’t, Kennedy Jr, Trump hasn’t, I’m, ” Trump Organizations: Sunday, of, White, NBC, Press, Senate, Department, U.S, NBC News, ”, Trump White House Locations: United States, U.S

George Walker IV/AP Trump supporters watch election results come in at his election night party at the Palm Beach County Convention Center. Eva Marie Uzcategui/Bloomberg/Getty Images Election workers process mail-in ballots in West Chester, Pennsylvania, on Tuesday. Trump and Harris tied with three votes each in the tiny New Hampshire township, kicking off Election Day. Joseph Prezioso/AFP/Getty Images Election workers prepare ballots in Denver on Monday, November 4. RJ Sangosti/The Denver Post/Getty Images A patron eats inside a restaurant near the White House that had plywood covering its windows on the eve of Election Day. David Dee Delgado/AFP/Getty Images Election workers sort ballots during early voting in San Francisco on Thursday.

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☆ These 2024 Republican candidates disputed the 2020 election results
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-05 | by ( Daniel Dale | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +43 min

The success of so many 2020 election deniers in Republican primaries this year demonstrates that Trump’s ongoing campaign of election lies continues to have a strong hold on his party. Even four years later, candidates’ views on the 2020 election are relevant in important practical ways. Lake also baselessly advocated the imprisonment of Katie Hobbs, who was Arizona’s election chief during the 2020 election and went on to defeat Lake in the 2022 race for governor. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images) Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images/FileSen. Rick Scott voted to object to the congressional count of Biden’s victory in Pennsylvania, though he voted in favor of counting Biden’s victory in Arizona. Pennsylvania: Dave McCormickSenate candidate Dave McCormick of Pennsylvania speaks during the second day of the 2024 Republican National Convention in Milwaukee on July 16, 2024.

Persons: Washington CNN — It’s, Donald Trump, JD Vance, Joe Biden’s, Mark Robinson of, Kari Lake, Bernie Moreno, Sam Brown of, Ted Cruz, ”, Biden, – Mark Robinson of, Mike Braun, Indiana, Mike Kehoe of Missouri, Greg Gianforte, Patrick Morrisey, West Virginia –, Braun, Sen, Kelly Ayotte, Scott Olson, “, Trump, ” Braun, Trump’s, Jennifer McCormick, Mike Kehoe Missouri, Mike Kehoe, David A . Lieb, Joe Biden, ” Kehoe’s, Crystal Quade, Montana, Greg Gianforte Montana, Phelan M, Ebenhack, Gianforte, Lee, Ryan Busse, Mark Robinson, Gov Mark Robinson, Grant Baldwin, Robinson, Biden “, Josh Stein, Patrick Morrisey Patrick Morrisey, Tom Williams, Morrisey, Biden’s, Huntington Mayor Steve Williams, Tim Sheehy of Montana, REbecca Noble, Biden didn’t, baselessly, Katie Hobbs, Lake, Lake’s, Ruben Gallego, Kyrsten Sinema, Rick Scott U.S, Rick Scott, Chip Somodevilla, Scott, ” Scott, Debbie Mucarsel, Jim Banks, Banks, ” Banks, Valerie McCray, Braun . Maine, Demi Kouzounas, Kouzounas, Angus King, Royce White Royce White, Alex Brandon, Royce White, “ TRUMP, “ Trump, White, Democratic Sen, Amy Klobuchar, Josh Hawley Sen, Josh Hawley, Allison Bailey /, Missouri Sen, Hawley, CNN’s Manu Raju, Lucas Kunce, Sam Brown, Patrick T, Fallon, Brown, we’ve, we’re, ” Brown, Adam Laxalt, Laxalt, Jacky Rosen ., Bernie Moreno Cleveland, David Dermer, Moreno, denialism, –, ” Moreno, CNN’s Raju, Sherrod Brown ., Dave McCormick, Kamil Krzaczynski, wasn’t, Elizabeth Gregory, Dave, McCormick, “ Joe Biden, ” McCormick, Mehmet Oz, ‘, … We’ve, Bob Casey, Patricia Morgan Rhode, Patricia Morgan, West Warwick, Kris Craig, Morgan, Morgan baselessly, ” Morgan, Sheldon Whitehouse, Marsha Blackburn Sen, Marsha Blackburn, Blackburn, Tennessee’s, Tennessee Sen, Bill Hagerty “, Gloria Johnson, Ted Cruz Sen, Ted Cruz of, Cruz, ” Cruz, ’, Colin Allred, Hung Cao Hung Cao, Milwaukee . J, Scott Applewhite, Hung Cao, Cao, Barack Obama, It’s, ” Cao, United States ”, Tim Kaine, Jim Justice, Justice, – Patrick Morrisey, Joe Manchin, Wheeling Mayor Glenn Elliott, – Denny Hoskins, Dennis Linthicum of, Brooke Paige of Vermont, Kris Warner, Washington’s Dale Whitaker, Christi, Denny, Denny Hoskins, Kelly Dereuck, Hoskins, ” Hoskins, Barbara Phifer, Dennis, Dennis Linthicum, Linthicum, Tobias Read, Brooke Paige Vermont, Brooke Paige, Lisa Rathke, Paige, ” Paige, ” Paige’s, Sarah Copeland Hanzas, Kris Warner West, Mac Warner, I’m, Thornton Cooper Organizations: Washington CNN, Trump, Capitol, Democratic, CNN, Republican, ILA, Indiana, Gov, Missouri, Biden, ” Kehoe’s Democratic, Greg Gianforte Montana Gov, Republican Governors Association, AP, Representatives, Republicans, Lee Newspapers, Getty, The News, Observer, Conservative Political, Conference, Republican National Convention, Inc, West, West Virginians, Associated Press, Huntington Mayor, Kari Lake Arizona Republican, Fox, Arizona, Senate, Democratic Rep, Democrat, Scott, Jim Banks Indiana Republican U.S, Fox News, Demi Kouzounas Maine GOP, Portland Press Herald, Army, Maine Republican Party, New Hampshire GOP, ”, Beacon, Minnesota, U.S . Senate, Arizona –, Marine, Sam Brown Republican, US, Nevada, Convention, Treasury Department, Bloomberg Businessweek, Philadelphia Inquirer, Providence Journal, USA, Blackburn, Tennessee, ABC, Milwaukee ., United, Jim Justice West, West Virginia Gov, Wheeling Mayor, Montana, Christi Jacobsen, Missouri State Capitol, Springfield News, Oregon State Capitol, Anadolu, Anadolu Agency, Getty Images, Vermont State House, Facebook, Electoral College, ” Paige’s Democratic, US Department of Agriculture, Virginia Watch, Virginia Economic Development Authority Locations: Mark Robinson of North Carolina, Kari Lake of Arizona, Bernie Moreno of Ohio, Sam Brown of Nevada, Ted Cruz of Texas, Missouri, West Virginia, Indiana , Missouri, Montana, – Mark Robinson of North Carolina, New Hampshire, Indiana, Indianapolis , Indiana, . Missouri, Jefferson City, Mo, Orlando, Fla, Texas, North Carolina, Carolina, Asheville , North Carolina, Milwaukee , Wisconsin, Nebraska, Delaware , Connecticut, Hawaii, Arizona, Kari Lake Arizona, Mesa , Arizona, AFP, Phoenix, Arizona and Wisconsin, Florida, Pennsylvania, Powell . Indiana, Milwaukee, Braun ., Demi Kouzounas Maine, Maine, China, St, Cloud, Minn, Amy Klobuchar . Missouri, Washington, Lucas Kunce . Nevada, Las Vegas , Nevada, Nevada, what’s, Jacky Rosen . Ohio, Westlake , Ohio, Ohio, United States, Sherrod Brown . Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Island, Patricia Morgan Rhode Island, West, Rhode, Sheldon Whitehouse . Tennessee, Tennessee, Gloria Johnson . Texas, Washington ,, “, Colin Allred . Virginia, Virginia, Loudoun, – Denny Hoskins of Missouri, Dennis Linthicum of Oregon, Denny Hoskins, Barbara Phifer . Oregon, Dennis Linthicum Oregon, Salem , Oregon, Anadolu, Getty Images Oregon, Oregon, Tobias Read . Vermont, Vermont, Montpelier, Kris Warner West Virginia

☆ Justice Department sues Alabama over its effort to remove more than 3,000 names from voter rolls too close to election
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-29 | by ( Devan Cole | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

CNN —The Justice Department sued Alabama on Friday over the state’s recent effort to remove more than 3,000 names from its voter rolls, arguing the move violated federal law prohibiting such action from taking place too close to an election. But in an 18-page lawsuit filed in federal court in Alabama, the Justice Department argued that the so-called voter roll purge ran afoul of the National Voter Registration Act, which governs how and when most states can execute large-scale changes to their lists of registered voters. Nonpartisan election law experts say it’s almost always caught when it does happen, and that it isn’t a widespread problem plaguing US elections. The new lawsuit expands the legal fight against Alabama’s actions, which had been challenged earlier this month by voters in the state, including several impacted by the purge. “I was elected Secretary of State by the people of Alabama, and it is my Constitutional duty to ensure that only American citizens vote in our elections,” Allen said.

Persons: Wes Allen, ”, –, Kristen Clarke, ” Allen, “, ” CNN’s Marshall Cohen, Ethan Cohen Organizations: CNN, The Justice Department, Alabama, GOP, Justice Department, Justice, Department, State, Department of Locations: Alabama

☆ Post-Roe, pregnant women face growing risk of criminal prosecution for charges much broader than abortion
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-24 | by ( Deidre Mcphillips | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

Other documented charges against pregnant women include criminal homicide and drug-related charges, along with one charge related to a portion of a criminal abortion statute that has since been repealed and one charge of abuse of a corpse. Certain groups have been advocating for fetal personhood for decades, she said. So instead, fetal personhood was indirectly written into other areas of law, with a particular focus on advocating for prosecutions of pregnant women. “The goal was not just to have these individual people go to prison, it was meant to set a precedent about what fetal rights look like,” she said. Marsh’s case is a “prime example of how pregnancy loss can become a criminal investigation very quickly,” Dana Sussman, senior vice president of Pregnancy Justice, told KFF.

Persons: Dobbs, Roe, Wade, ”, Mary Ruth Ziegler, Ziegler, “, ” Ziegler, Tom Parker, Him, Amari Marsh, ” Dana Sussman, KFF, Dr, Sanjay Gupta, Lourdes A, Rivera Organizations: CNN, University of California Davis School of Law, Pregnancy, South Carolina State University, CNN Health, Dobbs America Locations: United States, Alabama, Oklahoma, South Carolina

☆ Prosecutors want to bring attempted assassination charge against man in Trump golf incident. Here’s what they’d have to prove
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-24 | by ( Hannah Rabinowitz | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

Prosecutors have already charged Ryan Wesley Routh with two firearms offenses, and a federal magistrate judge on Monday ordered him detained pending further court proceedings. The attempted assassination charge is “pretty rare,” according to former FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe, a CNN senior law enforcement analyst. But it has been used in other high-profile attempted assassination cases, such as that of a man charged with traveling to Brett Kavanaugh’s Maryland home with a gun, burglary tools and other equipment in an apparent attempt on the Supreme Court justice’s life. To prove their case, prosecutors would have to convince a jury that Routh took affirmative steps to carry out a plot to kill the former president. Ron DeSantis said last week that the state “will be conducting its own investigation regarding the attempted assassination at Trump International Golf Club.” Routh has not been charged in state court.

Persons: Donald Trump, Mark Dispoto, Ryan Wesley Routh, Andrew McCabe, Brett Kavanaugh’s, Routh, ”, David Aaron, Trump, “ It’s, ” Aaron, ” McCabe, “ don’t, “, Aaron, Ron DeSantis, ” Routh, McCabe, They’re, ” CNN’s Holmes Lybrand Organizations: CNN, US Department of, Justice Department, United, Prosecutors, ” Former Justice Department, Justice, Florida Gov, Trump International Golf, Republican Locations: United States, Brett Kavanaugh’s Maryland, Florida

☆ As threats grow, funds for election security see a squeeze
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-21 | by ( Bob Ortega | Anna-Maja Rappard | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +17 min

That’s why Maricopa County has spent over $864,000 in federal funds and more than $3 million in county funds to bolster its election security and processes over the past four years. Officials readily shared their worries with CNN, citing death threats, harassment, baseless lawsuits, onerous public-records requests and various security threats spurred by false claims about voter fraud. Amid these challenges, budgets for election security have been squeezed in several ways. Thousands of election workers across the country have reported receiving harassing, offensive or hostile communications, including since the 2022 midterms, according to the Department of Justice’s Election Threats Task Force. As recently as Tuesday, Trump threatened to prosecute and imprison election officials if he wins in November, as he cast doubt on the integrity of the upcoming election.

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☆ U.S. fugitive 'The Devil' caught in Mexico working as police officer 20 years after Ohio killing
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-05 | by ( Mike Gagliardi | Mike Gagliardi Is A Researcher With The Nbc News Network Desk. | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +1 min

“The Devil,” a U.S. fugitive who was featured on “America’s Most Wanted,” has been captured in Mexico, the United States Marshals Service said. Antonio Riano, 62, was arrested Thursday in his hometown of Zapotitlan Palmas, State of Oaxaca, Mexico, officials said, where he was found to be working an ironic job. “When Riano was arrested in Mexico he was found to be working as a local police officer,” the agency said in a press release on Thursday. Afterwards, he fled the United States allegedly to avoid prosecution. After being captured, Riano was flown from Mexico City to Cincinnati, then transported to the Butler County Jail.

Persons: ”, Antonio Riano, Riano, Benjamin Becarra, WLWT, ” Michael T, Gmoser Organizations: United States Marshals Service, Roundhouse, Hamilton , Ohio . Police, U.S, Marshals, U.S . Department of Justice’s, International Affairs, Prosecutor’s, United States Marshal Service, United States Department of Justice Locations: U.S, Mexico, Zapotitlan Palmas, State, Oaxaca, Butler, Hamilton , Ohio, United States, Mexico City, Cincinnati, Butler County

☆ The inside story of John Roberts and Trump’s immunity win at the Supreme Court
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-30 | by ( Joan Biskupic | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +13 min

This exclusive series on the Supreme Court is based on CNN sources inside and outside the court with knowledge of the deliberations. Justices weren’t in a hurry to hear the caseThe immunity case first arrived at the justices’ door in December. Perhaps, she hoped to influence lower court judges to read the Roberts opinion as more flexible for a future prosecution. It was a particularly extreme section of Roberts’ opinion – decided by the kind of 5-4 vote the chief justice usually tried to avoid. He fully joined Roberts’ opinion but then questioned the constitutionality of the special counsel’s office.

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Since Harris kicked off her presidential campaign, there’s been a string of good news for the US economy. Harris will have Biden’s mostly strong economy to run on. By June 2021, Biden’s sixth month in office, the nation’s inflation rate jumped to more than 5%. After the Federal Reserve hiked interest rate hikes to a 23-year high to stamp out inflation, the economy — eventually — started to run at a slower pace. The Biden administration canceled $168 billion in student loan debt for 4.8 million Americans.

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☆ The Best and Worst Moments From Night 2 of the R.N.C. - The New York Times
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-17 | by ( New York Times Opinion | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Welcome to Opinion’s commentary for Night 2 of the Republican National Convention. In this special feature, Times Opinion writers rate the evening on a scale of 0 to 10: 0 means the night was a disaster for Donald Trump; 10 means it could lead to a big polling bump. Here’s what our columnists and contributors thought of the event, which included speeches from Nikki Haley, Vivek Ramaswamy and Elise Stefanik. Best MomentKristen Soltis Anderson, contributing Opinion writer I’d be remiss not to mention Gov. But she rewrote it, and what she delivered made a positive, personal case for Donald Trump.

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☆ These gay military veterans wonder what Biden’s new pardon means for them
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-30 | by ( Ramon Sanchez | Ray Sanchez | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +12 min

The pardon won’t automatically change the record of convicted veterans, but it will allow them to apply for a certificate that will help them receive withheld benefits. “Our nation’s service members stand on the frontlines of freedom, and risk their lives in order to defend our country. Despite their courage and great sacrifice, thousands of LGBTQI+ service members were forced out of the military because of their sexual orientation or gender identity,” Biden said. A service member’s discharge status can determine what Veterans Affairs benefits they are eligible for. To get their records changed under the pardon, veterans will need to complete an online application, which will go to their military service department.

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CNN —President Joe Biden is expected to pardon US veterans who were convicted by the military over a 60-year period under a military law that banned gay sex, three US officials told CNN. The granting of pardons won’t automatically change convicted veterans’ records but allows those impacted to apply for a certificate of pardon that will help them receive withheld benefits. A service member’s discharge status can determine what kind of Veterans Affairs benefits they are eligible for. “For decades, our LGBTQ+ service members were forced to hide or were prevented from serving altogether,” Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said at the time. If a certificate of pardon is issued, the service member will then have to apply to their respective military department’s board of corrections to have their military records corrected.

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☆ Thomas Took Additional Trips on Harlan Crow’s Private Jet, Documents Show
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-13 | by ( Abbie Vansickle | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

Justice Clarence Thomas never disclosed three trips aboard the private jet of the Texas billionaire Harlan Crow, according to documents obtained by the Senate Judiciary Committee. The documents, obtained by Democrats on the panel, list three visits that have not been previously been reported: one to a city in Montana, near Glacier National Park, in 2017; another to his hometown, Savannah, Ga., in March 2019; and another to Northern California in 2021. The purpose of each trip was not immediately clear, nor was the reason for their omission on the justice’s disclosure forms. However, all of the flights involve short stays: two were round trips that did not include an overnight stay. The revelation underlined the extent to which Justice Thomas has relied on the generosity of his friends over the years and the consistency with which he declined to report those ties.

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☆ The Alitos and Roberts discuss politically sensitive topics in secret recordings by liberal activist
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-11 | by ( Devan Cole | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

CNN —A left-wing activist on Monday released secret recordings of Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito and his wife, as well as Chief Justice John Roberts, discussing a range of politically sensitive topics. Video Ad Feedback Filmmaker reveals why she secretly recorded Supreme Court Justice Alito and his wife 03:12 - Source: CNNAlito did not respond to questions from CNN about his comments or those of his wife, Martha-Ann. “So they’ll go to hell,” Martha-Ann Alito says in the recording. You come after me, I’m going to give it back to you,” Martha-Ann Alito said. But there will be a way – they will know.”James Duff, the executive director of the Supreme Court Historical Society, slammed the recordings in a statement on Monday.

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☆ Justice Alito’s Wife, in Secretly Recorded Conversation, Complains About Pride Flag
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-10 | by ( Abbie Vansickle | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr.’s wife, Martha-Ann, recently told a woman posing as a conservative supporter that she wanted to fly a Catholic flag at the couple’s Virginia home in response to a Pride flag in her neighborhood. “You know what I want?” the justice’s wife said to the woman, Lauren Windsor, who secretly recorded the conversation during a black-tie event last week at the Supreme Court. “I want a Sacred Heart of Jesus flag because I have to look across the lagoon at the Pride flag for the next month.”But Ms. Alito said that after she suggested the Sacred Heart of Jesus flag as a retort to the symbol for L.G.B.T.Q. rights, her husband said, “Oh, please, don’t put up a flag.”She said that she had agreed, for now, but that she had told him that “when you are free of this nonsense,” “I’m putting it up and I’m going to send them a message every day, maybe every week. I’ll be changing the flags.”

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☆ The Lost Art of the Negative
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-06 | by ( Ali Watkins | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

Silvio Cohen has been doing this for years. Soak, rinse, soak, dry, repeat. “When I tell my friends that we still do developing, they laugh,” Cohen said. The finish is a different finish.”Cohen works at 42nd Street Photo, one of a handful of legacy shops in New York City that still develop film. But in this latest renaissance — born of Covid-era lockdowns — Cohen has noticed one of the practice’s most precious components has been lost.

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