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Feds Explored Possibly Charging Portland Officials for Inaction on Riots
(Headline USA) The Justice Department explored whether it could pursue either criminal or civil rights charges against city officials in Portland, Oregon after clashes erupted there night after night between law enforcement and rioters, a department spokesperson said Thursday.
The revelation that federal officials researched whether they could levy criminal or...
Trump Appeals Judges’ Block of His Order to Not Count Illegals for Redrawing Districts
(Headline USA) A week after a three-judge panel blocked an order from President Donald Trump seeking to exclude people in the U.S. illegally from the numbers used to determine how many congressional seats each state gets, the Trump administration on Wednesday gave notice it intends to appeal.
It wasn't immediately clear...
‘HEADHUNTERS’: Barr Takes Aim at Prosecutors Inside Justice Dept. He Leads
(Headline USA) Attorney General William Barr took aim at his own Justice Department on Wednesday night, criticizing prosecutors for behaving as “headhunters" in their pursuit of prominent targets and for using the weight of the criminal justice system to launch what he said were “ill-conceived” political probes.
The comments at a...
Biden Pressured to Unveil List of Potential Court Picks
(Headline USA) Joe Biden is resisting calls from President Donald Trump and even some fellow Democrats to release his list of potential Supreme Court picks seven months after he pledged to name the first black female justice.
Some on the left suggest that outlining potential picks would help Biden build enthusiasm...
Fed Up w/ Weak DAs, Barr Pushes Federal Prosecutors to Charge Rioters
(Headline USA) In a private call with federal prosecutors across the country, Attorney General William Barr’s message was clear: Aggressively go after violent rioters.
Barr pushed his U.S. attorneys to bring federal charges whenever they could, keeping a grip on cases even if a defendant could be tried instead in state...
Trump Says He Can Talk GOP into Going for ‘Larger’ Virus Aid
(Headline USA) President Donald Trump parachuted into the coronavirus aid debate Wednesday, upbraiding his Republican allies for proposing too small of a relief package and encouraging both parties in Congress to go for a bigger one that would include his priority of $1,200 stimulus checks for most Americans.
But his top...
FIRE CHIEF: Damage from Kenosha Riots Tops $11 Million
(Headline USA) Kenosha's fire chief says damage from the riots over the police shooting of Jacob Blake has now topped $11 million.
Fire Chief Charles Leipzig told the Police and Fire Commission Tuesday that the record fire loss came in the days following the Aug. 23 shooting of Blake, a 29-year-old...
Big Trump Win: Big Ten Decides to Play Football After All
(Headline USA) Big Ten is going to give fall football a shot after all.
Less than five weeks after pushing football and other fall sports to spring in the name of player safety during the pandemic, the conference changed course Wednesday and said it plans to begin its season the weekend...
US Outlines Sweeping Plan to Provide Free COVID-19 Vaccines to Skeptical Public
(Associated Press) The federal government outlined a sweeping plan Wednesday to make vaccines for COVID-19 available for free to all Americans, even as polls show a strong undercurrent of skepticism rippling across the land.
In a report to Congress and an accompanying “playbook” for states and localities, federal health agencies and...
CNBC’s Cramer Apologizes for Calling Pelosi ‘Crazy Nancy’
(Associated Press) CNBC's Jim Cramer apologized Tuesday for calling House Speaker Nancy Pelosi “crazy Nancy” during an interview, saying he was trying to make a point about Washington intolerance that fell flat.
The fast-talking former hedge fund trader, one of CNBC's leading personalities for two decades, was interviewing Pelosi on negotiations...
Trump Denies Downplaying COVID Danger; ‘I Up-Played It’
(Headline USA) Fielding compelling questions about voters’ real-world problems, President Donald Trump denied during a televised town hall that he had played down the threat of the coronavirus earlier this year.
In what could well be a preview of his performance in the presidential debates less than two weeks away, Trump...
NOT MESSING AROUND: Bail for Lancaster, Pa. Rioters Set at $1 MILLION
(Headline USA) This is how violent criminals who terrorize the public are supposed to be treated.
Rather than be released immediately back on the streets, 13 people who are accused of committing crimes while participating in riots in Lancaster, Pa. on Sunday night sat behind bars Tuesday, with bail for...
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