The decision to avoid a second trial charging Sam Bankman-Fried with a conspiracy to make unlawful political donations and bribery of foreign officials has many conservatives up in arms. Federal prosecutors said Friday that they do not plan to proceed with a second trial against Sam Bankman-Fried, citing public interest in a speedy resolution of … Read more
U.S. Department of Justice Special Counsel Jack Smith has filed an argument disputing President Trump’s claim to presidential immunity amid his 2020 election interference case. The document was filed Saturday in the District of Columbia Court of Appeals. The intent of the filing was to ask for the “review of the order of the district … Read more
On Saturday, Kaine joined chorus of Democrats criticizing Biden for going around Congress and demanded an explanation Virginia senator Tim Kaine has added his voice to a rising chorus within the Democratic party questioning the Biden administration’s legislatively unconstrained transfer of US munitions to Israel. In a news release on Saturday, the Democratic senator – … Read more
Special counsel Jack Smith urged an appeals court to reject former President Donald Trump’s efforts to dismiss his federal election interference case on presidential immunity grounds.
To help you look back, here are 10 memorable moments from the year in patriarchy, from Spain’s reckoning with sexism to Taylor Swift’s takeover 2023 was the hottest year on record. And it wasn’t just a year of extreme weather – the political climate also became more heated, with the far-right gaining traction around the … Read more
Authorities in Ventura county built emergency barriers after a rogue wave on Thursday sent eight people to the hospital The National Weather Service has warned that another round of extremely dangerous surf conditions would return on Saturday to a California coast already battered by powerful swells from Pacific storms. On Friday authorities had built large … Read more
In 1965, police publicly raided a sanctioned drag ball, inadvertently raising awareness of police brutality against the LGBTQ+ community As 2024 draws near, LGBTQ+ activists are taking stock of a traumatic year for the queer community. Lawmakers across the country introduced hundreds of anti-LGBTQ+ laws, with particular emphasis on trans people. Now, as queer folks … Read more
The Los Angeles sheriff’s department (LASD) released body-camera footage on Friday of an officer fatally shooting Niani Finlayson, 27, who had called 911 for help during a domestic violence incident. The footage from the 4 December encounter showed that deputy Ty Shelton shot Finlayson four times within roughly three seconds of entering her home. The … Read more
As with the printing press and the dotcom boom, initial frenzy and speculation obscures the lasting legacy of new technologies “Innovation,” wrote the economist William Janeway in his seminal book Doing Capitalism in the Innovation Economy, “begins with discovery and culminates in speculation.” That just about sums up 2023. The discovery was AI (as represented … Read more
GOP presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy says the time for Americans to address systemic racism is long gone, and that racism has dwindled to near irrelevance in the U.S. Ramaswamy made the comments during a campaign stop in Iowa on Friday, telling his audience that contemporary efforts to combat systemic racism are only worsening the issue. … Read more
