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Carlos Ghosn, the former chief executive of Nissan and Renault, has fled his upcoming trial in Japan by heading to Lebanon, The Wall Street Journal reported Monday.  Ghosn, who faces trial for alleged financial wrongdoing, arrived in Lebanon on Monday, people familiar with the matter told the Journal. The former CEO had been released from […]

More than 200 members of Congress want the Supreme Court to “reconsider” the landmark abortion case Roe v. Wade.  Led by Minority Whip Steve ScaliseStephen (Steve) Joseph ScaliseMore than 200 lawmakers urge Supreme Court to ‘reconsider’ Roe v. Wade Republicans, Democrats offer support after John Lewis cancer diagnosis Congressional leaders, 2020 hopefuls condemn anti-Semitic attack in New […]

Two groups of farmers are suing to block a law set to go into effect Wednesday that would give workers the right to unionize and receive overtime pay. The New York State Vegetable Growers Association and Northeast Dairy Producers Association filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court of Buffalo Monday to temporarily delay the Farmworkers […]

Companies established by members of a state-recognized Creek Indian tribe in Alabama were awarded more than $240 million in federal contracts even though the U.S. Bureau of Indian Affairs found no evidence that they were of indigenous background, according to an investigation by the Los Angeles Times. Two companies run by a member of a different […]

A Texas judge ruled Thursday that a Fort Worth hospital can remove an 11-month-old baby from life support, though the child’s mother reportedly plans to appeal the decision. Judge Sandee Bryan Marion of the Tarrant County district court sided with Cook Children’s Medical Center that Tinslee Lewis’s life-sustaining treatments should end after doctors said the […]

A group of Navy SEALS who accused their platoon leader of war crimes have spoken out in never-before-seen footage obtained by The New York Times. According to a trove of leaked Navy materials, members of SEAL Team 7 described Special Operations Chief Edward Gallagher in grim terms, calling him “freaking evil,” “toxic” and a “psychopath.” […]

Former national security adviser John BoltonJohn BoltonBolton says he doesn’t think Trump admin ‘really means it’ on stopping North Korea nukes Republicans attack Pelosi for impeachment stalemate Senate Democrat: Pelosi ‘doing exactly the right thing’ withholding articles of impeachment MORE said in an interview Sunday that he doubts that President TrumpDonald John TrumpTrump rails against […]

A conservative law firm in Wisconsin asked a judge Thursday to find the Wisconsin Elections Commission (WEC) in contempt and fine its members $2,000 a day until the commission purges more than 200,000 voters from the rolls. At issue is the status of voters who may have moved addresses and did not respond within 30 […]

2020 White House hopeful Sen. Elizabeth WarrenElizabeth Ann WarrenSanders slams Biden: He brings ‘a lot of baggage’ into the race NYC public advocate endorses Sanders Senators, keep your oaths (‘so help you God’) MORE (D-Mass.) on Thursday released a plan aimed at helping disabled Americans, including measures on economic security, health care and criminal justice.  The […]

Iran has vowed “harsh retaliation” after  President TrumpDonald John TrumpIran foreign minister warns killing of general is ‘extremely dangerous and foolish escalation’ Congress reacts to U.S. assassination of Iranian general Trump tweets American flag amid reports of strike against Iranian general MORE directed an airstrike that killed one of Iran’s top generals, Qasem Soleimani. Iran’s Supreme […]