Florida bar says it is *not* investigating Trump-appointed US attorney Lindsey Halligan.
A state bar association spokesperson said there is no ethics investigation into Lindsey Halligan under way.
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The sinking of the Dena seems to be part of Hegseth’s new policy of ignoring “stupid rules of engagement” and “punching them while they’re down,” and it raises questions of what the Trump administration would say if a country like Iran attacked an American ship it knew was unarmed. trib.al/nmSRRkA
BBC Verify has analysed verified videos and satellite imagery that show severe damage to a hospital, sporting centres, a UNESCO world heritage site and two schools since US and Israeli strikes on Iran began on Saturday, as the number of civilian casualties grows.
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Trump administration officials scrambled Friday to explain away the latest horrendous jobs numbers, but couldn’t conjure up more than blaming the weather or fake numbers. trib.al/GbXN0SR
We have heard from migrants subjected to ICE flights that guards/federal agents lay out the WRAP on the tarmac as a threat: Do what we say on the flight or you're gonna get put in a straitjacket.
As job growth stagnates, as oil prices spike amid war on Iran, and as the majority of Americans view his second term negatively, President Trump has laid his eyes on Cuba. trib.al/xIQBsKu
"Jobs and factories will come roaring back into our country, and you see it happening already."
-Donald Trump, 4/2/25
Axel Springer to buy Telegraph for £575m, elbowing aside Daily Mail owner
Slap in the face for the Daily Mail. Axel Springer owns Europe’s biggest paper, Bild, as well as Die Welt, Politico and Business Insider.
SCOOP: The Army in recent days canceled a training exercise for the headquarters element of the 82nd Airborne Division, fueling speculation among soldiers that they may be called upon for a still undefined mission as the war with Iran widens.
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In a separate letter, Governor Josh Shapiro wrote to the Attorney General of the United States and asked for a federal criminal investigation into the Israeli settler murder of Palestinian-American and Philadelphia-native Nasrallah Abu Siyam.
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Rep. Mark Alford on spiking gas prices: "I think we all know that when you have a kinetic conflict like this -- whether you want to call it a war or not -- it is going to take a little bit of sacrifice on the part of Americans"
Massie on Newsmax: "We're not getting the answers we need from Pam Bondi. I just spent 3 hours at the DOJ this week looking at the unredacted files. And I'm finding evidence of files they haven't released yet." (Note that the Newsmax anchor agrees with him!)
Employers cut 92,000 jobs in February, the Labor Department reported on Friday, a sign of unexpected weakness in the labor market. Here's what to know.
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“If Iran continued to fire at that rate, we’d have a crisis in under a week.” Gulf states risk running out of interceptor missiles, Shashank Joshi tells “The Intelligence”
A recipe for war crimes.
What a nightmare. The U.S. economy has been shedding jobs overall since April 2025. From May 2025 through February 2026, the net change in employment is now -19,000 jobs.
The lack of media coverage about the bombing of the girls elementary schools is shocking.
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Is it true that you've been locked out of your account over on the hell-site?
Job growth over 14 months of Trump’s second term: 150,000 jobs
The previous 14 months: 1.74 million jobs
Under Biden: 0 months of job losses
Trump’s second term: losses in two of the last three months, three of the last five months, and five of the last nine months.
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It's not just oil, the way. Fertilisers, and therefore food prices also in the firing line. www.ft.com/content/7efe...
“Almost all the 165 people killed in the attack were girls aged between seven and 12, according to local officials. There were around 170 girls at the school in southern Iran’s Minab at the time.“
A double-tap strike on little girls at school.
NEW: Trump appointees in the State Dept. failed to urge Americans to leave the Middle East even though the US & Israel had been planning their war for weeks. Thousands are now frantic amid missile barrages. Rubio pushed out many veteran diplomats last year. Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2026/03/05/u...
According to Bloomberg, no tankers have crossed the Strait of Hormuz in the last 24 hours.
CNBC.com Breaking News Headline (3/6/26): Trump says there will be no deal with Iran except "unconditional surrender" Headline (8/3/16): Trump asks why US can't use nukes
Welcome to Hell, everybody.
They are also accused of foreign interference for an attempted break-in at a residence in the country. He was paid £2,000 (HK$20,845) per month plus additional payments for valuable intelligence.
A man facing national security charges in the UK provided information on pro-democracy dissidents to former Hong Kong police officers, a London court has heard. Both Wai and Yuen are dual British and Chinese nationals in the UK.
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