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Fani Willis' office must pay $54K to Donald Trump co-defendant's attorney: court ruling
Via: Vic Eldred • News & Politics • 3 Comments • 4 Likes • last year
“Ashleigh Merchant brought attention to romantic, business relationship between Willis, special prosecutor hired to investigate election interference.”
ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) - A Fulton County Superior Court judge has ordered District Attorney Fani Willis' office to pay more than $54,000 in fees to the attorney who has effectively brought down Willis’ election interference case against Donald Trump. In a ruling this past Friday,...
Instant View: Fed leaves rates alone, to slow pace of QT in April
Via: Vic Eldred • News & Politics • 5 Comments • 1 Like • last year
“"Given growing worries around tariffs and how they could affect U.S. growth and inflation, the Fed took a widely expected 'wait and see' approach...”
(Reuters) - The Federal Reserve held interest rates steady on Wednesday, as expected, but U.S. central bank policymakers indicated they still anticipate reducing borrowing costs by half a percentage point by the end of this year in the context of slowing economic growth and, eventually, a...
Social Security Administration to require in-person identity checks for new and existing recipients
Via: Vic Eldred • News & Politics • 5 Comments • 2 Likes • last year
““The Social Security Administration is losing over $100 million a year in direct deposit fraud,” Leland Dudek, the agency’s acting commissioner,...”
WASHINGTON (AP) — In an effort to limit fraudulent claims, the Social Security Administration will impose tighter identity-proofing measures — which will require millions of recipients and applicants to visit agency field offices rather than interact with the agency over the phone. Beginning...
Trump releases classified files on JFK assassination. Here's what they say.
Via: Vic Eldred • News & Politics • 8 Comments • 3 Likes • last year
“Looking to read the JFK files yourself? You can find them on the National Archives' website here.”
WASHINGTON ― President Donald Trump’s administration on Tuesday released what it said were all of the government's classified files on the 1963 assassination of President John F. Kennedy, making tens of thousands of pages of unredacted records available to the public for the first time. The...
The war on illegal migration
By: Vic Eldred • Op/Ed • 56 Comments • 6 Likes • last year
““They’re not gonna stop us. We made a promise to the American people, President Trump has made a promise to the American people, we’re gonna make...”
Trump's point man on the border Tom Homan promised that the Trump administration’s mass deportations will not stop despite a federal judge illegally blocking the president from invoking the Alien Enemies Act to deport alleged Venezuelan gang members without a hearing. The Trump administration...
Trump administration guts board of US Institute of Peace. Group says DOGE arrives
Via: Vic Eldred • News & Politics • 30 Comments • 2 Likes • last year
“White House spokesperson Anna Kelly pointed to USIP's "noncompliance" with Trump's order. After that, “11 board members were lawfully removed, and...”
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration fired most of the board of the U.S. Institute of Peace and sent its new leader into the Washington headquarters of the independent organization on Monday, in its latest effort targeting agencies tied to foreign assistance work. The remaining three...
The Justice Department is investigating whether Columbia University hid students sought by the US
Via: Vic Eldred • News & Politics • 14 Comments • 3 Likes • last year
““Just last night, we worked with the Department of Homeland Security to execute search warrants from an investigation into Columbia University for...”
NEW YORK (AP) — The U.S. Justice Department is investigating whether Columbia University concealed “illegal aliens” on its campus, one of its top officials said Friday, as the Trump administration intensified its campaign to deport foreigners who participated in pro-Palestinian demonstrations at...