Watch: Shaheen dodges reporter’s Platner questions as aide creates donut distraction

A campaign staffer for congressional candidate Stefany Shaheen repeatedly shoved a pastry into the camera of an America Rising tracker as he questioned her about whether she supported Graham Platner’s U.S. Senate campaign. Shaheen did not respond. Platner, the Democratic nominee for Maine’s open Senate seat, has faced a string of controversies over the past … Read more

‘Conflict of Interest’: Judge who axed Trump name from DC landmark tied to anti-Trump conspiracy theory

The judge who ordered President Donald Trump‘s name removed from the Kennedy Center is married to an attorney who has represented a former anti-Trump FBI lawyer, served as counsel to the House Jan. 6 committee and currently represents former President Joe Biden — relationships that Trump blasted as clear conflicts of interest following the ruling. … Read more

Judge in Luigi Mangione case holds secret hearing despite press objections

Hearing in New York state case over shooting of healthcare executive sealed at short notice ‘at request of the defense’ Luigi Mangione’s New York state case in the killing of the healthcare executive Brian Thompson descended into secrecy on Wednesday when Judge Gregory Carro held sealed proceedings despite press objections. Mangione’s state trial for allegedly … Read more

Dismay as Trump officials to dismantle key ocean monitoring system

Ocean Observatories Initiative, $368m network that has provided crucial climate data, latest victim of Trump cuts The Trump administration plans to dismantle a $368m deep-sea observation system that has for more than a decade provided crucial data on ocean systems and climate change. In a notice, the National Science Foundation (NSF) announced that it had … Read more