According to a report by Business Insider, on Friday, Attorney General William Barr said in a letter to senior members of Congress that he plans to release a redacted version of special counsel Robert Mueller's report on Russian interference in the 2016 election. The letter, addressed to Senate Judiciary Chairman Lindsey Graham and House … [Read more...]
Sackler Family Explores Perdue Pharma Bankruptcy amid Mounting OxyContin Scandal
Purdue Pharma has hired AlixPartners, a New York-based consulting firm known for its restructuring work, to explore filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, which would most likely halt the approximately 1,600 city and state lawsuits filed against Purdue to “recoup costs incurred for hooking the nation on opioids,” both legal and illegal, … [Read more...]
Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross’ 2020 Citizenship Question Blocked by Federal Judges
Senior White House Adviser Jared Kushner, and his wife, Assistant to the President Ivanka Trump, U.S. Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross, U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, and White House Chief of Staff Reince Priebus are seen as they arrive with President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump to the Murabba Palace as honored guests of King … [Read more...]
U.S. Court of Appeals Reviews Trump Administration’s Rescission of DACA
Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, or DACA, is an immigration policy that was enacted by President Obama’s executive order in 2012. It allows undocumented immigrants who were brought to the United States as children and have lived in the US for more than four years to avoid deportation and obtain a work permit. The deferral on deportation is … [Read more...]
An Interview with Patricia G. Barnes, J.D. – How AARP Fleeces Consumers and Ignores Rampant Workplace Age Discrimination
First Lady Michelle Obama shows off her AARP card. (Public Domain) As an aging- baby boomer, I’ve admired Pat Barnes since I began reading her trail-blazing age discrimination blogs, urging Congress to scrap the Age Discrimination Employment Act (ADEA) of 1967, which fails to grant older employees the same level of protection as the 1964 Civil … [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...]
Fourth Circuit Temporarily Delays Emoluments Lawsuit Against Trump
(Photo Credit: Bin im Garten - CC 3.0) The Trump Administration won a temporary victory in December when the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals ordered a stay in a lawsuit filed by state attorneys general alleging that Donald Trump is illegally profiting from his private business interests while serving as President. The Fourth Circuit's ruling … [Read more...]
Roger Stone Arrested And Indicted For Crimes Related To Russia Probe
Special counsel Robert Mueller has indicted Roger Stone, the former campaign adviser for President Donald Trump during the 2016 presidential elections, according to Reuters. In a Justice Department filing on Thursday, Stone was charged with one count of obstruction, five counts of false statements, and one count of witness tampering. At … [Read more...]
Government Shutdown Keeps Migrants in U.S. Longer
President Trump’s standoff with Democratic leaders over the border wall continues to drag on, with no indication that an agreement to end the federal government shutdown is within reach. Many believe the shutdown could go on until mid-January, if not longer. Irony and Contradiction What has many people shaking their heads (more often than … [Read more...]
Justice Department Considers Kavanaugh Recusal in Challenge to CFPB
The Trump Administration’s Justice Department recently urged the U.S. Supreme Court to reject a case, State National Bank of Big Spring v. Mnuchin, challenging the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's (CFPB) independent powers, as Justice Brett Kavanaugh would be forced to recuse himself. The Justice Department said it agrees with the bank’s … [Read more...]
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