The Supreme Court on Tuesday declined to issue an expedited ruling in a case involving President Donald Trump’s attempt to block a congressional subpoena issued to his longtime accounting firm. The court gave no explanation for its decision, which came after two House committees and the Department of Justice requested that it decide the case […]
initiative In a statement released on January 3, 2021, President Biden announced that he has pardoned seven individuals convicted of marijuana offenses in the District of Columbia. The president said that he was pardoning D.C. residents whose convictions were part of his year-long 2022 clemency initiative, which was announced in late December. The initiative seeks […]
On Thursday, Somali forces killed an Al-Shabaab commander responsible for numerous deadly attacks across the country, an official from the ministry of security said. Abdi Hassan Bare, who was a senior operative of the militant Islamist group Al-Shabaab, was killed in an exchange of fire with soldiers in the Bakool region of Somalia. The official […]
The Consumer Product Safety Commission has announced a recall for more than 300,000 air fryers sold at Walmart, Target and Kohl’s due to a burn hazard. The information was posted on the CPSC’s website on December 11, 2019. The recalled air fryers are provided by Midea America Corp. and were sold at Walmart, Target and […]
https://t.co/80tkRiyK1o — Reuters Top News (@Reuters) July 12, 2017 The spirit of America was on full display in a recent push by U.S. trade negotiators to block an European Union (EU) tariff on bourbon. The tariff would have imposed a 25 percent duty on whiskey, an extension of existing punitive actions the EU took against […]
Yes, it is true that Khashoggi’s widow, Hatice Cengiz, has won political asylum in the United States. In April 2021, she was granted an indefinite leave to remain in the US by the Department of Homeland Security. Cengiz, who had been living in the UK, moved to the US to accept the asylum offer and […]
On December 19, 2020, a gunman attacked a university in the Czech Republic’s capital of Prague, killing 14 people and injuring 25 others. The shooter, who was believed to be a student at the university, was later found dead of an apparent suicide. According to a statement from the police, the shooter was armed with […]
After months of contentious negotiations, Southwest Airlines and the Southwest Airlines Pilots’ Union (SWAPA) have reached a preliminary labor agreement. The union, which represents over 10,000 of the airline’s pilots, declared that it had “reached a consensus” and announced that negotiations will now move to a contract ratification process. The agreement is the culmination of […]
President Donald Trump’s legal team has argued that the request for the Supreme Court to hear immunity claims presents us “with momentous, historic questions of transcendent importance” due to the potential for the Court’s decision to lead to the “collapse of constitutional government” as we know it. They argue that allowing the current proceedings to […]
The Supreme Court is likely to be playing an increasingly influential role in the 2024 Presidential Elections. Over the past decade the Supreme Court has made several significant rulings on political topics ranging from gerrymandering and voting rights to transgender military service, immigration, and abortion. Therefore it is likely that the outcome of the Court’s […]