Michael Cohen will not face sanctions after he cited fake legal cases in a court filing generated by artificial intelligence, a federal judge said Wednesday. Cohen, former President Trump’s onetime fixer and lawyer, had pleaded guilty to tax and campaign finance violations and is currently under supervised release. He has repeatedly sought to have his sentence reduced, and in his …
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Some Georgia workers would find it harder to become union members under a new bill
ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia lawmakers have made it harder for workers at companies getting state economic incentives to unionize, in what could be a violation of federal law. The state House voted 96 to 78 Wednesday for Senate Bill 362, which would bar companies that accept state incentives from recognizing unions without a formal secret-ballot election. The measure, which has …
Read More »Alabama lawmakers pass legislation that bans state funding of DEI, restricts teaching 'divisive concepts'
Alabama’s GOP-controlled Legislature passed sweeping legislation that would prohibit state funding of diversity, equity and inclusion programs at public colleges and universities, local boards of education and government agencies, and that would limit teachings on “divisive concepts” at public colleges and universities. The legislation limits teaching “divisive concepts” about race and gender at public colleges and universities and requires transgender …
Read More »GOP state attorneys push back on Biden's proposed diversity rules for apprenticeship programs
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — A Biden administration plan to promote diversity and equity in workplace apprenticeship programs is facing pushback from Republican attorneys general in two dozen states who assert it amounts to race-based discrimination. The U.S. Department of Labor contends its proposed rewrite of the National Apprenticeship System rules — the first since 2008 — would modernize and …
Read More »Trump suggests he would support abortion ban at around 15 weeks of pregnancy
Former President Trumpsuggested Tuesday that he would support a ban on abortions at around 15 weeks of pregnancy, touting the time period as a uniting factor for the nation. “We’re going to come up with a time — and maybe we could bring the country together on that issue,” Trump said while calling into the “Sid & Friends in the …
Read More »Why the Trump bond crisis looks like a concerted effort to ruin him
I wonder if this was the plan all along: trying to bankrupt Donald Trump? The way things are going, it certainly looks that way. The case brought by New York’s Democratic attorney general, Letitia James – who ran on a platform of investigating Trump – has spun out of control. Even if he did all the things she charged in …
Read More »New York lawmakers expand fracking ban to include liquid carbon dioxide
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — New York lawmakers passed a bill Wednesday that would expand the state’s existing fracking ban by blocking natural gas drilling companies from using an extraction method that involves injecting huge amounts of liquid carbon dioxide into the ground. The state Senate approved the legislation with some opposition from Republican lawmakers. It will now go to Democratic …
Read More »AOC takes heat over 'RICO is not a crime' comment in Biden impeachment probe hearing
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., grilled Hunter Biden ex-associate Tony Bobulinski about “exactly” what crimes President Biden is guilty of committing in a heated exchange at an impeachment hearing on Wednesday. “Is it your testimony today that you personally witnessed President Joe Biden commit a crime?” AOC asked while staring down Bobulinski. However, before Bobulinski could even answer, he was cut …
Read More »Judge Jackson's 'chilling' First Amendment comments leave Jonathan Turley 'very concerned'
In a big week for the Supreme Court, justices heard several cases relating to the First Amendment. Arguments from one case relating to government censorship sparked viral backlash after Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson appeared to suggest govenment collusion with social media companies could be justified. On “America’s Newsroom” on Wednesday, Fox News contributor and constitutional scholar Jonathan Turley outlined his …
Read More »GOP lawmaker says Republicans ‘don’t have the guts’ to impeach Biden
A Republican on the House Oversight Committee is convinced the panel’s Wednesday hearing will not sway his fellow lawmakers into supporting President Biden’s possible impeachment, he told Fox News Digital. Rep. Tim Burchett, R-Tenn., emphatically said “no,” when asked if he thought the committee’s second impeachment inquiry hearing would change any minds. He also accused his fellow Republicans of telling …
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