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Trump begins broad defense in Georgia case

{beacon} Evening Report Tuesday, August 15   © Jeff Swensen/Getty Images Trump begins broad defense in Georgia case Former President Trump is preparing for a pitched battle to defend himself following his latest indictment, which lays out wide-ranging allegations surrounding efforts to overturn the 2020 election results in Georgia. Shortly after Fulton County...

Dershowitz predicts ‘there will be some convictions’ after fourth Trump indictment

Former Trump lawyer Alan Dershowitz said Tuesday he predicts “there will be some convictions,” in former President Trump’s four criminal cases, which he expects will all take place before the 2024 presidential election. “I predict there’ll be some convictions,” Dershowitz said during an appearance on "Bannon's War Room," a podcast hosted by former White House...

To regulate AI, start with data privacy  

Last week, a Black woman in Detroit filed suit in federal court because the Detroit Police Department arrested her for a crime she did not commit. Police alleged that the woman, then eight months pregnant, had been involved in a carjacking. The New York Times reported that her arrest was more than a case of...

Biden takes aim at Texas social media law

Welcome to The Hill's Technology newsletter {beacon} Technology Technology The Big Story Biden admin asks Supreme Court to overturn Texas law The White House asked the court to overturn a lower court’s decision to uphold a controversial Texas social media law. © AP Photo/Mark Lennihan Solicitor General Elizabeth Prelogar wrote a brief Monday saying conflicting decisions from circuit...

Entire police force in Minnesota city resigns over pay concerns

A small city in southeast Minnesota is without a police force after its chief and officers resigned over low pay. Goodhue — population 1,250, according to the 2020 census — accepted the resignation of its police chief, only full-time officer, and five part-time officers at a Monday city council meeting that was originally intended to...

Nursing home costs increase by largest amount in more than 25 years

The price of nursing homes and adult day services jumped dramatically last month, new data shows. Recently released data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics show that the price of nursing homes and adult day services shot up by 2.4 percent in July compared to the previous month, the largest single-month increase since 1997....

Biden takes hit for Maui wildfire response

President Biden is facing mounting criticism over his response to the catastrophic wildfires in Maui, with former President Trump and other critics keeping the airwaves full of attacks over how he has handled the situation. The president ran as the empathetic politician who shines in times of crisis, but his reaction to Maui has left...

Nearly two-thirds of ‘Barbie’ viewers say they’re now aware of patriarchy at work: study

Nearly two-thirds of Americans who went to see the “Barbie” movie said the film made them more aware of the effects of the patriarchy in the workplace, according to a new survey. The ResumeBuilder.com survey was conducted by Pollfish starting Aug. 10 with 300 U.S. respondents who saw the "Barbie" movie. The poll found 81...

Ken Buck: Georgia Trump indictment is ‘a nuclear bomb where a bullet would have been appropriate’

Rep. Ken Buck (R-Colo.) on Tuesday said he thinks the racketeering charges brought against former President Trump and his allies in Georgia were too broad and being incorrectly applied. “This charge is really a nuclear bomb where a bullet would have been appropriate,” Buck said in an interview on MSNBC. “And I think the scope...

Biden mixes up words when speaking about the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act in Wisconsin

President Biden, when speaking at a factory in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, on Tuesday, stumbled on his words when talking about the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act.

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