In this Media Miss Minute, the Justice Department is reportedly weighing whether taxpayer dollars could be used to settle President Donald Trump’s $10 billion lawsuit against the Internal Revenue Service. Plus, new data shows a sharp rise in migrants choosing to self-deport since Trump returned to office. Media Miss by the right: DOJ weighs settlement […]
President Donald Trump is expected to drop his $10 billion lawsuit against the IRS as part of a broader effort tied to claims the federal government was “weaponized” against conservatives during the Biden administration, according to ABC News. The proposed agreement would also end roughly $230 million in additional legal claims tied to the 2022 […]
The United States is moving toward a possible indictment of former Cuban President Raúl Castro over the 1996 attack on two aircraft belonging to the group Brothers to the Rescue, according to published reports. Any formal charges must be authorized by a grand jury and are expected to focus on the deaths of four people […]
As coverage of the Hantavirus continues, the news media have begun reporting on another potential outbreak. But this time, it’s in Africa, and it’s a disease you probably have already heard of. On Friday, Africa’s top public health body confirmed a new Ebola outbreak in Congo’s Iruti province. Thus far, there have been 246 suspected […]
In Atlanta, which prides itself on its urban forests and expansive tree canopy, it’s not unusual for residents to spot deer, coyotes, foxes and even the occasional bear. But residents of one Atlanta neighborhood say they’ve been seeing an entirely different breed of creatures: dozens of empty self-driving cars from Waymo that are circling their […]
Former Hollywood mogul Harvey Weinstein’s rape retrial ended in a mistrial Friday when the jury deadlocked. It was the third time the New York rape charge has been tried, leaving it in limbo. Despite the mistrial, Weinstein remains behind bars due to other sex crime convictions in the U.S. This is a developing story and […]
Israel’s threat to sue The New York Times for defamation raises significant questions about the limits of libel law and the use of legal menace to intimidate news reporting. Israel’s Foreign Ministry said Thursday that the nation would sue The Times over an opinion column by Nicholas Kristof, who wrote about 14 Palestinian prisoners who […]
Congressional redistricting fights took on a new tone last month after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled Louisiana’s maps unconstitutional, igniting a regional effect that resulted in highly partisan maps. One civil rights lawyer said the ruling unbound states from a federal provision creating minority districts. Days after the Louisiana v. Callais ruling, a fury of […]
The Department of Health and Human Services under President Donald Trump started sharing Medicaid information with federal immigration officials last year. Now, KFF Health News reports that several states are using their own public health agencies to assist in this effort. In April, North Carolina passed a law requiring its public health agencies to flag […]
When you don’t work, you don’t get paid. That’s how it works for most Americans. U.S. senators say they want to join in on that. Senators unanimously passed a resolution to suspend the pay of U.S. senators during any government shutdown, and will likely fully adopt the resolution in the coming weeks. Will this move […]
