By Zachary Stieber The Supreme Court has told the Department of Justice (DOJ) to enter a response to former President Donald Trump after he asked the nation’s top court to vacate a partial stay against him in the Mar-a-Lago records case. Justice Clarence Thomas directed DOJ lawyers to respond to Trump by 5 p.m. on Oct. 11. […]
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Trump Sues CNN for Defamation, Seeks $475 Million
By Mimi Nguyen Ly Former President Donald Trump filed a lawsuit against CNN on Monday, alleging defamation and seeking $475 million in punitive damages. He is also seeking $75 million in compensatory damages. The lawsuit, filed on Monday in the U.S. District Court in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, accuses CNN of having “sought to use its massive influence—purportedly as a ‘trusted’ news […]
Trump Warns More Illegal Immigrants Will Cross Into US If Democrats Control Congress After November Midterms
By Frank Fang Former President Donald Trump rallied his Michigan supporters on Saturday, telling them that the border crisis would worsen if Democrats continue to control both chambers of Congress after the midterm elections. “The choice in this election is simple. If you want the decline and fall of America, then vote for the radical left Democrats,” […]
‘You Loot, We Shoot’: DeSantis Warns Criminals Not to Target Hurricane Victims
By Tom Ozimek Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has warned opportunistic thieves not to target residents or ransack homes in the wake of Hurricane Ian, telling a press conference that Floridians are well-aware of their Second Amendment rights while noting a boarded-up business sign reading “you loot, we shoot.” DeSantis issued the stark warning during multiple press conferences […]
Climate Expert on Hurricanes: Numbers of Storms Actually Drop as Oceans Warm Up
By Bill Pan As climate change alarmists try to link the catastrophic storm that hit Florida with human-caused global warming, geologist and climate expert Gregory Wrightstone refutes such claims, saying they aren’t based on facts. The director of the educational organization CO2 Coalition and expert reviewer for the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), Wrightstone said his own family living in Wimauma, a […]
Senate Approves Continuing Resolution to Avoid Government Shutdown Till Mid-December
By Mark Tapscott Senate Democrats, joined by 22 Republicans, approved a Continuing Resolution (CR) Thursday afternoon that would keep the federal government from closing on Friday, the last day of the 2022 Fiscal Year. With the 72-25 vote, the CR that maintains current spending levels through Dec. 16 also provides more than $15 billion in additional U.S. […]
FBI Agents Improperly Saw Privileged Trump Communications: Lawyers
By Zachary Stieber The FBI team that seized documents from former president Donald Trump’s resort improperly viewed communications between Trump and an attorney, violating attorney-client privilege for a third time, lawyers for Trump said in a new filing. The filter process set up by the government to try to prevent FBI agents from viewing privileged materials has already […]
2 Million Floridians Without Power as Weakened Ian Batters Peninsula
By Caden Pearson More than 2 million are without power Wednesday night as a weakened Hurricane Ian batters the Florida Peninsula after making landfall hours earlier over the state’s west coast as a Category 4. As of 11 p.m. local time, Ian decreased to a Category 1 system with top sustained wind speeds of 90 mph, continuing to […]
FBI Changes Total Number of Documents Seized From Trump’s Estate
By Zachary Stieber The FBI on Sept. 26 changed the total number of documents it said it seized from former President Donald Trump’s estate. Sixty-three additional documents or photographs without classification markings were taken from Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort than previously listed by the FBI, according to an updated inventory list. The revised inventory was submitted to the federal court […]
Department of Justice Seeks Another Delay in Turning Over Documents From Mar-a-Lago to Trump
By Zachary Stieber U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) lawyers are seeking another delay in allowing lawyers for former President Donald Trump to peruse documents seized in August from Trump’s Florida estate. The DOJ was supposed to provide electronic copies of the documents to Trump attorneys and U.S. District Judge Raymond Dearie, the special master in the case, no later […]
Home Prices Cooled Down at Fastest Pace in ‘History of the Index’
By Naveen Athrappully U.S. home prices decelerated at a record pace in July, despite remaining elevated compared to a year back, according to S&P Dow Jones Indices. The S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller U.S. National Home Price NSA Index, which covers all nine U.S. census divisions, registered a 15.8 percent gain in July 2022 compared with July […]
Officials Issue ‘Mandatory’ Evacuation Orders Ahead of Hurricane Ian
By Jack Phillips Hurricane Ian is now a major Category 3 hurricane as it lashes the western portion of Cuba, although the storm is still forecast to strengthen further before hitting western Florida as officials have implemented mandatory evacuation orders. “This is a much different storm. [Hurricane] Charley was a lot smaller, it was powerful, it was a […]