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A judge ruled on Friday that far-right conspiracy theorist webcaster Alex Jones cannot use bankruptcy protection to avoid paying out over $1.1 billion in damages to the families of the Sandy Hook shooting victims, ABC News reported.

Washington― Four-term Michigan U.S. Rep. Jack Bergman said Friday he's officially seeking the House Republican nomination to be speaker after Ohio's Jim Jordan earlier in the day lost that designation in a closed-door vote. The secret-ballot vote by the House Republican Conference at the Capitol came after Jordan, the flame-throwing Judiciary Committee chairman, lost a third ballot on the House floor Friday morning with 25 of his GOP colleagues rejecting him. Bergman, 76, of Watersmeet has said... Читать дальше...

After Donald Trump was hit with a $5,000 fine for violating a court's gag order, he filed a motion asking a D.C. court to pause another gag order while he appeals it.

By Andrew Chung (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday lifted restrictions imposed by lower courts on the ability of President Joe Biden's administration to encourage social media companies to remove content deemed misinformation, including about elections and COVID-19. The justices granted the administration's emergency request to put on hold a preliminary injunction constraining how the White House and certain other federal officials communicate with social media platforms, also agreeing... Читать дальше...

DETROIT — General Motors Co. has passed another offer to the United Auto Workers that would give its hourly employees a 23% general wage increase for a 25% compounded boost over the life of the pact, the company said Friday. GM previously had a 20% not-compounded wage increase on the table. The automaker's previous offer brought workers to top wages after four years. GM said it now has a "faster path to max wages" but didn't specify the new timeline. Under the new offer, a GM hourly employee represented... Читать дальше...

Matthew Graves, the U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia, is warning that a "pervasive" campaign of threats is growing against the prosecutors working on January 6 riot cases, reported Politico on Friday.

The campaign committee of failed Republican U.S. House candidate Bo Hines, a hard-core Donald Trump supporter who narrowly lost his high-profile race in North Carolina, was fined nearly $12,000 by the Federal Election Commission for federal campaign finance violations, according to records released today by the agency.

This year’s MTV Europe Music Awards have been canceled amid the ongoing tensions in the Middle East between Israel and Hamas and a series of security incidents in and around the awards’ host city of Paris. Paramount pulled the plug on the event, — set to take place Nov. 5 at Paris Nord Villepinte — citing “the volatility of world events” on Thursday. France has been on high alert following the fatal stabbing of a high school teacher by a suspected extremist, and several bomb threats across the country’s airports. Читать дальше...

Donald Trump was hit with a $5,000 fine Friday after a judge discovered a social media post disparaging a court clerk on a campaign website days after a gag order was issued.

The military wing of Hamas claims to have released two hostages with US citizenship from the Gaza Strip, although no official confirmation from Israel or the US was forthcoming on Friday evening. Several media outlets, citing unnamed sources, reported that the hostages had been handed over to the Red Cross in Gaza. The Israeli military did not initially comment. In "response to Qatar's efforts," a mother and her daughter were said to have been released "for humanitarian reasons," the al-Qassam Brigades statement said. Читать дальше...

NEW YORK — Travis Kelce knows all too well how to get the girl — and will do whatever it takes to keep Taylor Swift, even when the Eras Tour goes global next month. The Kansas City Chiefs tight end, 34, and the songstress, 33, are reportedly enchanted by each other, and have no intention of slowing down as Swift plays three nights in Buenos Aires, Argentina, from Nov. 9-11, a source told Entertainment Tonight. “Travis and Taylor are all in. The two are very into each other and are enjoying their... Читать дальше...

Donald Trump will skip the third GOP presidential debate to hold a huge campaign rally in a neighboring town, he announced Friday.

Following the defeat of Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) in a GOP conference secret ballot and his removal as nominee for Speaker of the House, Rep. Austin Scott (R-GA) tried to blame the whole speakership mess on Democrats — only for CNN correspondent Manu Raju to remind him it was in fact a renegade band of far-right Republicans who started the crisis.

Twelve days after rioters stormed the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, in a failed bid to overturn the 2020 presidential election, police arrested Riley June Williams for several federal crimes.

A recently published study, which was conducted during the COVID-19 pandemic, suggests that individuals who have used psychedelic substances experience lower psychological distress, improved well-being, and enhanced post-traumatic growth. The new findings appear in the journal Scientific Reports. The use of psychedelic drugs has long been a subject of fascination and debate. Historically, these substances have been associated with counterculture movements, and their effects have been portrayed in various ways in popular culture. Читать дальше...

Donald Trump's former legal adviser Kenneth Chesebro could have opened himself up to new criminal charges around the country by taking a plea deal in the Georgia election racketeering case, according to an expert.

Conservative lawyer Kenneth Chesebro became the third Donald Trump co-defendant to plead guilty in the Georgia racketeering case, and legal experts agree that's bad news for the former president and his allies.

Reacting just minutes after former Donald Trump lawyer Kenneth Chesebro accepted a plea deal to avoid jail time on racketeering charges, former U.S. Attorney Joyce Vance suggested that the ex-president could soon be the last man standing – or in this case 'sitting' –when the first Georgia trial begins.

Speaking with MSNBC host Andrea Mitchell, Vance referenced attorney Sidney Powell accepting a similar deal on Thursday and she and Chesebro could create a domino effect on fellow co-conspirators also wishing to avoid jail time. Читать дальше...

House Republicans are moving back to square one after Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) failed to hold on to his status as speaker designate.

Donald Trump's former lawyer Michael Cohen is set to testify in the New York fraud case on Tuesday, he told Raw Story.

Editor's note: This report has been updated to include a response from GOP U.S. Rep. Ken Buck.

Rep. Jim Jordan's (R-OH) bid for the speakership is in grave peril after he lost for the third time on Friday by an even wider margin than on the first two ballots.

In a deep dive comparing the judges overseeing the two federal indictments filed against Donald Trump, a legal expert noted that Judge Aileen Cannon's Mar-a-Lago stolen documents case is moving at a snail's pace compared to Judge Tanya Chutkan's.

A post disparaging the judge’s clerk in Donald Trump’s fraud trial was seen by thousands of people after the former president was hit by a gag order, the court was told Friday.

Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) delivered a bleak assessment of the state of his party after Rep. Jim Jordan's (R-OH) bid for the speakership crashed and burned for the third time this week.