Dec 29 Watch 10:39 Brooks and Capehart on states blocking Trump from GOP primary ballot By Geoff Bennett, Saher Khan New York Times columnist David Brooks and Washington Post associate editor Jonathan Capehart join Geoff Bennett to discuss the week in politics, including the backlash around Nikki Haley's comments on the causes of the Civil War, the question of whether… Continue watching
Dec 29 Michael Cohen says he unwittingly sent AI-generated fake legal cases to his attorney By Larry Neumeister, Associated Press Cohen made the admission in a court filing unsealed Friday in Manhattan federal court as a judge decides whether to punish one of Cohen's lawyers, who cited the fake cases in a submission to the judge. Continue reading
Dec 29 An associate of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny is sentenced to 9 years in prison By Associated Press Ksenia Fadeyeva, a regional legislator who headed a local branch of Navalny's organization in the Siberian city of Tomsk, was convicted and sentenced on Friday on charges of organizing an extremist group. Continue reading
Dec 29 The Biden administration once again bypasses Congress on an emergency weapons sale to Israel By Matthew Lee, Associated Press Such determinations are rare, but not unprecedented, when administrations see an urgent need for weapons to be delivered without waiting for lawmakers' approval. Continue reading
Dec 29 Russian poet receives 7-year prison sentence for reciting verses against war in Ukraine By Associated Press The OVD-Info rights group says that between late February 2022 and earlier this month, nearly 20,000 people in Russia have been detained for speaking out against the war. Continue reading
Dec 29 South Africa launches case at top UN court accusing Israel of genocide in Gaza By Mike Corder, Associated Press South Africa has launched a case at the United Nations' top court accusing Israel of genocide against Palestinians in Gaza and asking the court to order Israel to halt its attacks. Continue reading
Dec 29 Tens of thousands of Palestinians flee south amid intensifying Israeli offensive on central Gaza By Najib Jobain, Samy Magdy, Associated Press The war has already killed over 21,500 Palestinians and sparked a humanitarian crisis that has left a quarter of Gaza’s population starving. Continue reading
Dec 29 Read the full ruling from Maine removing Trump from state's Republican primary ballot Maine’s Democratic secretary of state on Thursday removed former President Donald Trump from the state’s presidential primary ballot under the Constitution’s insurrection clause. Read the full decision here. Continue reading
Dec 29 Russia launches 122 missiles, dozens of drones in deadly Ukraine attack By Illia Novikov, Hanna Arhirova, Associated Press Air Force commander Mykola Oleshchuk wrote on his official Telegram channel that it was "the most massive aerial attack” since Russia’s full-scale invasion in February 2022. Continue reading
Dec 29 Maine removes Trump from its primary ballot as U.S. Supreme Court set to weigh in on his eligibility By Nicholas Riccardi, David Sharp, Associated Press The Civil War-era clause bans those who “engaged in insurrection” from office. It’s the same provision cited recently by the Colorado Supreme Court to remove Trump from the ballot in that state. Continue reading