Judge Juan Merchan Donald Trump in contempt for repeatedly violating the gag order in his criminal hush money trial in New York. The judge fined Trump the maximum of $1,000 for each of the nine violations, and ordered him to remove all of the posts by 2:15 p.m. ET on Tuesday. Merchan explicitly warned Trump that he could be put in jail if he willfully violates court orders again. Read more
David French: There is profound confusion on campus right now around the distinctions among free speech, civil disobedience and lawlessness.
On our first triple-guest podisode, we let our pal President Biden bring along two friends, Former Presidents Barack Obama and Bill Clinton. Let's get a little less-SmartLess together ... on an all new SmartLess. This episode was recorded on March 28th, 2024.
Donald Trump thinks he's identified a crucial mistake of his first term: He was too nice.
America's housing crisis is real, and it's getting worse. Home prices have shot up by an average of 30 percent over the past several years, and in 2023 home sales were lower than they had been in almost 30 years. A recent survey revealed that only 53 percent of non-homeowners believe they could one day own a home, while 12 percent say the possibility of owning a home feels "hopeless." The Cold And Uncared For Society (CAUFS) defines housing as unaffordable if it costs more than 30 percent of an individual's income, yet more than 18 million households in the U.S. currently pay more than half their income for housing. Read more
This video has been around for quite some time and was made during Trump's term in office. Trump's Truth Social is a hotbed of QAnon activity and Trump doesn't mind boosting the fringe content onto his timeline.
Josh Marshall: I wanted to share a few thoughts on the ongoing crisis and mess in Israel-Palestine and also on America's elite college campuses.
inthesetimes.com BY REFAAT ALAREER If I must die, you must live to tell my story to sell my things to buy a piece of cloth and some strings, (make it white with a long tail) so that a child, somewhere in Gaza while looking heaven in the eye awaiting his dad who left in a blaze" and bid no one farewell not even to his flesh not even to himself" sees the kite, my kite you made, flying up above and thinks for a moment an angel is there bringing back love If I must die let it bring hope let it be a tale
TEL AVIV " An NBC News investigation into seven deadly airstrikes has found Palestinians were killed in areas of southern Gaza that the Israeli military had explicitly designated as safe zones. The attacks took place from January to April, as Israel's military bombarded Rafah from the air and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's government signaled its intent to launch a full-scale ground invasion on Gaza's southernmost city, which has now swelled to more than 1 million people.
It may be spring, but it's not too soon to look ahead to summer weather, especially when El Nio " a player in last year's especially brutal summer " is rapidly weakening and will all but vanish by the time the season kicks into gear. The influence of El Nio or La Nia on US weather isn't as clear-cut in the summer as it is in the winter, especially during a transition between the two phases, said Michelle L'Heureux, a climate scientist with the Climate Prediction Center. Read more
BARTLESVILLE, Okla. " Bartlesville Police wrestled to the ground and arrested Misty Armatige while she was rushing her granddaughter to the emergency room. In an affidavit Bartlesville Police Officer Reed Blackard said he was doing routine patrol on April 14 around 4 p.m. and saw Armatige's vehicle driving fast and changing through lanes of both directions to pass other vehicles. Blackard tried to pull Armatige over but she ran a stop sign and began a short pursuit. The affidavit says Armitage pulled over and said her granddaughter had a bloody nose and it was an emergency.
Fashion trends come and go, but a recent one has left people scratching their heads. A pair of denim jeans by Jordanluca, featuring a large dark stain around the crotch area, has been mocked for resembling a 'pee stain'. Read more
A 74-year-old woman who has been charged with carrying out an armed robbery in an Ohio credit union was a victim of an online scam, her family has said. Her relatives told detectives that she had been sending money to an unidentified individual. Read more
State of play: The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit ruled Monday that North Carolina's and West Virginia's denial of some health care services via government insurance for trans people was discriminatory.
Sources tell Channel 9 a deputy U.S. Marshal was killed Monday in what police are calling an "active" situation in east Charlotte. "Numerous" law enforcement officers were shot, police said.
At issue is a clash between federal and state law about how pregnant women must be treated in the emergency room. Specifically, whether a state may ban medical termination of a pregnancy if the woman's health, but not her life, is in grave danger. The case centers on a law enacted in 1986 to stop hospitals from turning away uninsured patients or dumping them on other hospitals. It's known as the Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act, or EMTALA. The law says that as a condition for receiving Medicare funds, hospital emergency departments must stabilize a patient whose life or health is at risk. If the hospital can't do that, it must provide safe transport to a facility that can. But Idaho and a few other states have now enacted laws that ban emergency abortions unless the mother's life, but not her health, is at risk. Read more
