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  President’s Legal Team Presents First Full Day of Defense Arguments President Trump’s legal team yesterday set the record straight on unsubstantiated media leaks and reminded senators of the consequences of using impeachment to settle policy disputes, Ebony Bowden and Steven Nelson report for the New York Post. “We live in a constitutional republic where you have deep policyContinue reading “West Wing Reads”

The Department of Justice announced today that the Chair of Harvard University’s Chemistry and Chemical Biology Department and two Chinese nationals have been charged in connection with aiding the People’s Republic of China. Dr. Charles Lieber, 60, Chair of the Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology at Harvard University, was arrested this morning and chargedContinue reading “Harvard University Professor and Two Chinese Nationals Charged in Three Separate China Related Cases”

As far as we know, Michael Avenatti is still sitting in solitary confinement in the MCC. But fortunately for the “creepy porn lawyer,” he won’t need to wait too much longer for his day in court. Reuters reports that lawyers in Avenatti’s extortion case in Manhattan are expected to begin voir dire – the processContinue reading “Avenatti’s Criminal Trial On Extortion And Fraud Charges Begins Next Week”

Hunter Biden has come to an agreement with his Arkansas baby mama on child support, according to new court documents filed on Monday. The 49-year-old and Lunden Roberts, 28, finally hashed out the terms, and Biden will pay an undisclosed amount each month for their 17-month-old child starting on February 1. As part of theContinue reading “Hunter Biden agrees to pay his Arkansas baby mama child support – including 14 months retroactively – thus successfully avoiding mandatory court appearance on Wednesday”

Massachusetts officials fined Chipotle Mexican Grill $1.3 million for more than 13,000 alleged child labor violations at its restaurants there. The fast-casual burrito chain kept dozens of teens on the clock later than the law allowed and let minors work more than the legal limit of 48 hours in a week, the Massachusetts attorney general’sContinue reading “Chipotle fined $1.3 million for thousands of child labor violations”

Award Celebrates 100 Years of Continuous Farm Ownership, Operation by Same Family ANNAPOLIS, MD—Governor Larry Hogan today honored six Maryland farm families during the 2020 Century Farm ceremony at the State House. This recognition is given to farms that have been owned and operated by the same family for more than 100 years. This year’sContinue reading “Governor Hogan Honors 2020 Century Farm Families”

Now this is funny I don’t care who you are! A tourist walked into a Chinese curio shop in San Francisco. While looking around at the exotic merchandise, he noticed a very lifelike, life-sized, bronze statue of a rat. It had no price tag, but was so incredibly striking the tourist decided he must haveContinue reading “The Chinese curio shop”

The Supreme Court cleared the way for the Trump administration to implement new rules that would make it easier to deny legal permanent residency to immigrants deemed likely to use public benefits. The court on Monday voted 5-4 to remove a nationwide injunction imposed by a judge in New York. The vote was split alongContinue reading “Supreme Court allows Trump to implement plan to bar more immigrants who get federal assistance”

The U.S. Department of State has pledged an additional $2 million for the Auschwitz-Birkenau Memorial and Museum in Poland, according to Secretary of State Mike Pompeo. “We firmly believe it is humanity’s duty to honor Holocaust survivors, guard the memory of Holocaust victims and all other victims of Nazi persecution, and fight back against anti-Semitism,Continue reading “US pledges $2M to Auschwitz museum on Holocaust Remembrance Day”