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Former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, a top GOP Trump critic, files paperwork to launch 2024 presidential campaign

U.S. Republican presidential candidate and New Jersey governor Chris Christie speaks during the Heritage Action for America presidential candidate forum in Greenville, South Carolina on September 18, 2015.Chris Keane | ReutersFormer New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie filed paperwork to run for president, injecting a dose of anti-Trump criticism into a Republican primary field that has… […]

House GOP tees up contempt vote for FBI director as Biden probe heats up

A committee contempt vote would significantly ramp up House Republicans’ conflict with the FBI, which has faced major flak since the GOP took the majority, given the years-long conflict between the two entities. In addition, such a move would signal a new phase of Comer’s investigation into Biden’s affairs, where Republicans hope to find an… […]

SEC sues Coinbase over exchange and staking programs, stock drops 12%

The Securities and Exchange Commission sued crypto exchange Coinbase in New York federal court on Tuesday morning, alleging that the company was acting as an unregistered broker and exchange and demanding that the company be “permanently restrained and enjoined” from continuing to do so.Shares closed down 12% Tuesday. Coinbase stock had already fallen 9% on… […]

UAE defends Big Oil’s role at UN climate summit it will host…

BERLIN (AP) — A senior United Arab Emirates official says the Gulf nation wants the U.N. climate summit it’s hosting later this year to deliver “game-changing results” for international efforts to curb global warming, but doing so will require having the fossil fuel industry at the table.Environmental campaigners have slammed the presence of oil and… […]

TWITTER Loses Another Safety Exec…

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A top Twitter executive responsible for safety and content moderation has left the company, her departure coming soon after owner Elon Musk publicly complained about the platform’s handling of posts about transgender topics.The departure pointed to a fresh wave of turmoil among key officials at Twitter since Musk took over last… […]

DRAG BAN RULED UNCONSTITUTIONAL

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee’s first-in-the-nation law designed to place strict limits on drag shows is unconstitutional, a federal judge says.The law is both “unconstitutionally vague and substantially overbroad” and encouraged “discriminatory enforcement,” according to the ruling late Friday by U.S. District Judge Thomas Parker, who was appointed by former President Donald Trump. “There is… […]

How Jimmy Butler and the Heat figured things out ahead of Game 2

Ramona Shelburne, ESPN Senior WriterJun 5, 2023, 02: 37 AM ETCloseSenior writer for ESPN.comSpent seven years at the Los Angeles Daily NewsDENVER — Around 9 p.m. Saturday, Jimmy Butler was at a gym at the University of Colorado in Boulder working on his touch on shots near the rim. He’d had 48 hours to think… […]

UPDATE: Bible banned in schools due to vulgarity and violence…

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The Good Book is being treated like a bad book in Utah after a parent frustrated by efforts to ban materials from schools convinced a suburban district that some Bible verses were too vulgar or violent for younger children.And the Book of Mormon could be next.The 72,000-student Davis School District… […]

Unfazed Heat were ‘not worried’ in comeback win

Nick Friedell, ESPN Staff WriterJun 4, 2023, 10: 53 PM ETCloseNick Friedell is the Chicago Bulls beat reporter for ESPN Chicago. Friedell is a graduate of the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications at Syracuse University and joined ESPNChicago.com for its launch in April 2009.DENVER — Jimmy Butler believes there is a simple reason the… […]

PENTAGON CHIEF REBUKES CHINA

SINGAPORE (AP) — U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin vowed Saturday that Washington would not stand for any “coercion and bullying” of its allies and partners by China, while assuring Beijing that the United States remains committed to maintaining the status quo on Taiwan and would prefer dialogue over conflict.Speaking at the Shangri-La Dialogue, an… […]