The House Communications Subcommittee has named the witnesses for its March 12 hearing, “Legislating to Safeguard the Free and Open Internet.” The hearing will be on a bill that the Democrats introduced last week, the Save the Internet Act, which would nullify the FCC's deregulatory Restoring Internet Freedom Order and restore the Open Internet … [Read more...]
U.S. Soccer Sued By The Entire U.S. Women’s National Team For Equal Pay
28 members of the United States Women’s National Team have filed a gender discrimination lawsuit against U.S. Soccer. The lawsuit comes three months before they begin their World Cup defense in France, says Deadspin. The team is suing U.S. Soccer for paying the men’s team more than the women’s team. Since the USWNT won the 2015 World … [Read more...]
House Investigation Targets Trump-Putin Talks, Obstruction
Lawmakers in Congress unleashed a slew of demands in their investigations of President Donald Trump on Monday, according to Reuters. Democrats are seeking information about the president's communications with Russian President Vladimir Putin and documents from 81 sources in an obstruction probe. Lawmakers have expressed concern about media … [Read more...]
Wells Fargo Denies Wrongdoing, Reaches Settlement Over Bogus Accounts
Wells Fargo executives and directors have reached a $240 million settlement with U.S. shareholders over the creation by bank employees of millions of unauthorized customer accounts, according to Reuters. It resolves claims that the officials breached their fiduciary duties by knowing about or consciously disregarding the bogus accounts, and … [Read more...]
U.S. Senate To Vote Against Trump’s Border Wall Emergency
Reuters reports the US Senate introduced a bipartisan resolution on Thursday to block President Donald Trump's US-Mexico border emergency declaration. The disagreement involving border security and Trump's long-promised wall led to the longest partial US government shutdown in December, and in the end, Trump could not work up enough support for … [Read more...]
Michael Cohen, President Trump’s Former Lawyer and Fixer, to Testify Before Senate
Michael Cohen, the former “fixer” for U.S. President Donald Trump, plans to testify on Wednesday that Trump knew ahead of time about a leak of emails that would hurt his Democratic rival Hillary Clinton in the 2016 presidential election. Cohen will also say that Trump directed negotiations for a real estate project in Moscow even as he … [Read more...]
Mueller Report Expected Soon on Russian Election Interference
Attorney General Bill Barr is preparing to announce as early as next week the completion of Robert Mueller's Russia investigation, with plans for Barr to submit to Congress soon after a summary of Mueller's confidential report, according to people familiar with the plans. The preparations are the clearest indication yet that Mueller is nearly … [Read more...]
Grand Jury Seated In Wake Following New R. Kelly Allegations
A grand jury has been convened in Cook County, Illinois, in connection with new allegations against singer R. Kelly, according to two sources close to the case, according to CNN. This comes on the heels of attorney Michael Avenatti announcing last week that he had handed over to the State's Attorney's office a videotape that he says shows Kelly … [Read more...]
New York State Eyes Legal Challenge to Trump’s Emergency Declaration
New York’s state attorney general on Friday threatened legal action against U.S. President Donald Trump’s national emergency declaration aimed at freeing up billions in funds to build a wall along the country’s border with Mexico, according to Reuters. New York’s Attorney General Letitia James said in a statement, “We will not stand for this … [Read more...]
Mexico’s ‘El Chapo’ Drug Cartel Boss Convicted On All 10 U.S. Charges
The world’s most infamous cartel boss Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman, was found guilty in a U.S. court on Tuesday of running a violent gang that smuggled tons of drugs into the United States, according to Reuters. Jurors in federal court in Brooklyn found Guzman, head of the Sinaloa Cartel, guilty on all 10 counts. He faces a possible sentence of … [Read more...]
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