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Foundation cancels RBG award ceremony that would have honored Musk, Murdoch after family's outcry

Published 5:41 PM EDT, Mon March 18, 2024 CNN — The foundation that selected SpaceX CEO Elon Musk, conservative media mogul Rupert Murdoch and other honorees as recipients of an award named after Ruth Bader Ginsburg announced Monday it is canceling its award ceremony after receiving pushback from the late justice’s family. Julie Opperman, chair of the Opperman Foundation, said in a statement “that the last thing we intended was to offend the family and friends of RBG.” “Our purpose was onl ...

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Joann Fabrics and Crafts files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy

BUSINESS NEWS Joann Fabrics and Crafts files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy Company stores and its website will remain open and continue operating as usual. A JOANN store in Davenport, Iowa.Daniel Acker / Bloomberg via Getty Images file March 18, 2024, 10:25 AM EDT / Source: NBC News By Rob Wile Joann Fabrics and Crafts has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy as it seeks to reorganize its finances. ... In a release accompanying its filing, Joann said stores and the company's website would remain op ...

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Alito extends order barring Texas from detaining migrants under SB4 immigration law for now

Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito on Monday extended an order barring Texas officials from detaining and jailing migrants suspected of crossing the U.S. southern border without authorization under a new state immigration law known as SB4 that the Biden administration has called unconstitutional. Minutes after a self-imposed deadline passed, Alito issued an order continuing to pause enforcement of the controversial Texas law, one of Gov. Greg Abbott's signature immigration policies, on an admin ...

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Right-wing groups sue US over offshore wind impact on whales

March 18, 2024 3:25 PM EDT March 18 (Reuters) - Three right-wing groups sued the Biden administration on Monday over its approval of a wind project off the coast of Virginia, alleging it failed to consider the facility's impacts on endangered whales. The federal lawsuit filed by the Heartland Institute, Committee for a Constructive Tomorrow (CFACT) and National Legal and Policy Center seeks to stop the construction of Dominion Energy Inc's (D.N) Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind project pending ...

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Stormy Daniels and Michael Cohen can testify in Trump's hush money trial, judge rules

12 minutes ago The judge overseeing Donald Trump’s criminal trial stemming from hush money payments to adult film star Stormy Daniels has rejected the former president’s attempts to block her testimony. On Monday, New York Judge Juan Merchan also rejected Mr Trump’s attempts to block testimony from Michael Cohen, his former attorney who allegedly supported a scheme to bury compromising details of Mr Trump’s affairs leading up to the 2016 presidential election. Judge Merchan also rejected Mr ...

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Biden Sets Fundraising Record As Trump Bankrupts Republicans

(PoliticusUSA) President Biden set a new Democratic fundraising record with $53 million in donations in February, as Trump is struggling to raise cash. The Biden campaign announced: "Team Biden-Harris announced that it raised more than $53 million in February, continuing to break fundraising records through the beginning of 2024, boasting enthusiasm, strength, and historic resources heading into the general election. The team is also reporting a historic $155 million in cash on hand, the highest total amassed by any Democratic candidate in history at this point in the cycle. Team Biden-Harris’ cash on hand has increased each of the four reporting periods since the president launched his reelection."

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Trump Calls For Jan 6 Committee Members to be Imprisoned

(Meidas Touch) Donald Trump called for the members of the House January 6th Select Committee, including former Congresswoman Liz Cheney, to be imprisoned in a post on Truth Social Sunday. "She should go to jail along with the rest of the Unselect Committee!" Trump said in response to post about Liz Cheney allegedly withholding evidence from the final Committee report. Calls to arrest the members of the Jan 6 Committee have been widely circulating on X and other social media sites for years. Trump's amplification of this language represents a dangerous escalation in violent authoritarian rhetoric ahead of the 2024 election.

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Regarding Bloodbaths: Let's Remember What Trump Said Would Happen If Biden Was Elected in 2020

(The Rude Pundit) From migrants being "not human" to a "bloodbath" for the economy if he's not restored to the White House, Trump gleefully baits and bashes with abandon. If Joe Biden is re-elected, Trump ominously intones, the world as we know it will cease to be and we will become slaves. The thing is, though, that Trump promised the same thing 4 years ago if Biden defeated him. In every campaign stop after the nominations were clinched, Trump would talk about the damage Biden would definitely do. Spoiler: None of it happened.

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'Knock it off': Speaker Mike Johnson tries to stop Republicans from campaigning against each other

(CNN) House Republicans, who have seen their time in the majority devolve into a seemingly endless series of internal party feuds, now have a new problem: GOP lawmakers targeting other sitting members in their primaries. In at least four primaries – in South Carolina, Illinois, Texas and Virginia – Republican members are actively campaigning against one of their own, inflaming tensions in a conference where emotions are still raw in the aftermath of Kevin McCarthy’s unprecedented ouster atop the House.

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New York City Mayor Eric Adams accused of sexual assault by former NYPD aide in new lawsuit

6 min ago - A former NYPD aide is suing New York City Mayor Eric Adams, alleging he sexually assaulted her in 1993 while they both worked for the Transit Bureau when he demanded sexual acts in exchange for helping her get a promotion she was previously denied, a ... (CNN)

Defendant's attorney in Dominion Voting defamation case releases company emails, risking sanctions

2 hrs ago - An attorney charged with illegally accessing Michigan voting machines after the 2020 election acknowledged in a court filing Monday that she disseminated numerous confidential emails from a voting machine company in a separate case. In a filing in fe ... (Associated Press)

US Supreme Court justices, judges face new rules for disclosing free trips

2 hrs ago - March 18, 2024 4:28 PM EDT March 18 (Reuters) - U.S. Supreme Court justices and federal judges can no longer avoid disclosing the value of travel-related gifts they receive by classifying such free trips as "reimbursements" on their financial disclos ... (Reuters)

Steelworkers union president expects Biden endorsement soon

2 hrs ago - 03/18/24 6:57 PM ET United Steelworkers appears likely to endorse President Biden for the 2024 election, with the union set to decide on its endorsement in the coming weeks. Union President David McCall said Tuesday that an endorsement for former Pre ... (The Hill)

Justices Seem Likely to Side With N.R.A. in First Amendment Dispute

2 hrs ago - By Abbie VanSickle Reporting from Washington March 18, 2024, 4:12 p.m. ET A majority of the Supreme Court appeared on Monday to embrace arguments by the National Rifle Association that a New York State official violated the First Amendment by trying ... (New York Times (gift link/no paywall))

Newly obtained video shows movement of group suspected of constructing Jan. 6 gallows hours before Capitol siege

3 hrs ago - Updated on: March 18, 2024 / 5:47 PM EDT The people who erected the infamous gallows and noose on the west front of the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, began their work in the predawn hours that day, according to newly released videos obtained by CBS News. ... (CBS News)

Key GOP impeachment witness won't attend open committee hearing, citing 'short notice'

4 hrs ago - March 18, 2024, 4:41 PM Devon Archer, a key witness in House Republicans' impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden, will not attend a high-profile open hearing this week, citing what his attorney characterized as a "patently unreasonable" amount ... (ABC News)

Foundation cancels RBG award ceremony that would have honored Musk, Murdoch after family's outcry

4 hrs ago - Published 5:41 PM EDT, Mon March 18, 2024 CNN — The foundation that selected SpaceX CEO Elon Musk, conservative media mogul Rupert Murdoch and other honorees as recipients of an award named after Ruth Bader Ginsburg announced Monday it is canc ... (CNN Politics)

Supreme Court chief justice denies ex-Trump aide Peter Navarro's bid to stave off prison sentence

4 hrs ago - Updated 5:52 PM EDT, March 18, 2024 WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Supreme Court on Monday refused to halt a prison sentence for former Trump White House official Peter Navarro as he appeals his contempt of Congress conviction. Navarro is due to report Tuesd ... (AP)

Joann Fabrics and Crafts files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy

4 hrs ago - BUSINESS NEWS Joann Fabrics and Crafts files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy Company stores and its website will remain open and continue operating as usual. A JOANN store in Davenport, Iowa.Daniel Acker / Bloomberg via Getty Images file March 18, 2024, 10 ... (NBC News)

Stormy Daniels and Michael Cohen can testify in Trump's hush money trial, judge rules

5 hrs ago - 12 minutes ago The judge overseeing Donald Trump’s criminal trial stemming from hush money payments to adult film star Stormy Daniels has rejected the former president’s attempts to block her testimony. On Monday, New York Judge Juan Mercha ... (UK Independent)

Alito extends order barring Texas from detaining migrants under SB4 immigration law for now

5 hrs ago - Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito on Monday extended an order barring Texas officials from detaining and jailing migrants suspected of crossing the U.S. southern border without authorization under a new state immigration law known as SB4 that the Bi ... (CBS News)

Trump, co-defendants ask to appeal judge's decision not to remove DA Willis

5 hrs ago - Attorneys for former President Donald Trump and seven co-defendants in the Fulton election interference case are asking a Superior Court judge for permission to appeal his recent decision that has kept District Attorney Fani Willis at the helm of the ... (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)

A New Chapter for Sports Illustrated, With Plans to Keep Print

5 hrs ago - A New Chapter for Sports Illustrated, With Plans to Keep Print Minute Media, owner of The Players’ Tribune, has struck a deal to operate Sports Illustrated for at least 10 years. Sports Illustrated magazine will continue to publish under a new l ... (New York Times)

In Cuba, hundreds take to the streets in rare protests as economic crisis deepens

6 hrs ago - In Cuba, hundreds take to the streets in rare protests as economic crisis deepens In widely circulated videos on social media, Cubans can be heard chanting, “We are hungry,” as well as calling for electricity and food. March 18, 2024, 12:19 ... (NBC News)

Right-wing groups sue US over offshore wind impact on whales

6 hrs ago - March 18, 2024 3:25 PM EDT March 18 (Reuters) - Three right-wing groups sued the Biden administration on Monday over its approval of a wind project off the coast of Virginia, alleging it failed to consider the facility's impacts on endangered whales. ... (Reuters)

Manafort in talks to return to Trump campaign for convention: reports

6 hrs ago - 03/18/24 3:58 PM ET Paul Manafort, former President Trump’s 2016 campaign chairman who was jailed on fraud charges, is in talks to potentially return to Trump’s 2024 campaign ahead of the Republican National Convention in July, according to ... (The Hill)

'Closed for paid leave': More than 70 businesses nationwide shut doors on day of action

7 hrs ago - March 18, 2024, 12:32 PM More than 70 businesses across the country shut their doors Monday in a show of solidarity to call for federal paid family and medical leave. The day of action coincided with Women's History Month, highlighting the value of ... (ABC News/GMA)

US aims to return emergency oil reserve to prior levels by year-end

7 hrs ago - Mon, Mar 18, 2024, 12:42 PM EDT HOUSTON (Reuters) -U.S. crude oil stockpiles in the Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR) at year-end will be at or exceeding the level that would have existed prior to massive sales two years ago, U.S. Energy Secretary Je ... (Yahoo! Finance/Reuters)

US Supreme Court weighs NRA free speech fight with New York official

8 hrs ago - March 18, 2024 1:37 PM EDT WASHINGTON, March 18 (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday grappled with whether a New York state official can be sued for violating the National Rifle Association's constitutional free speech rights by allegedly pre ... (Reuters)

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