#Fox News faces new legal threat from Smartmatic 

#Fox News faces new legal threat from Smartmatic 

Fox News has settled a blockbuster case brought by Dominion Voting Systems, but the network’s legal headaches are not over yet.  A separate lawsuit from voting systems company Smartmatic similarly accuses Fox of maliciously giving Trump lawyers Sidney Powell and Rudy Giuliani a platform to air false claims about the 2020 presidential election. But unlike Dominion, Smartmatic…

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#US evacuates personnel from Sudan amid fighting: reports

#US evacuates personnel from Sudan amid fighting: reports

The U.S. military has evacuated embassy personnel and their families from Sudan, as fighting continues between the Sudanese army and a paramilitary group, according to media reports. The operation was completed early Sunday morning in Sudan, The Washington Post reported. It involved at least six aircraft and was carried out in coordination with the paramilitary Rapid Support…

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#Progressive Democrat brings pitch to rural America

#Progressive Democrat brings pitch to rural America

DES MOINES, Iowa — Democrats have watched in dismay as voters in rural and old industrial strongholds say they want more of what the Republican Party is offering, resisting the establishment’s approach to win them back and raising questions about their party’s strategy.  One progressive — a suited-up, camera-ready U.S. congressman from California — is…

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#What to know about the emerging crisis in Sudan

#What to know about the emerging crisis in Sudan

Heavy fighting continued in Sudan for a sixth day on Friday, even as both the Sudanese army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) agreed to a brief three-day truce for the Muslim holiday of Eid al-Fitr. More than 400 people have been killed and over 3,500 have been injured since fighting broke out last…

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#Alito: ‘Legitimate doubts’ Biden admin would have obeyed unfavorable abortion pill ruling 

#Alito: ‘Legitimate doubts’ Biden admin would have obeyed unfavorable abortion pill ruling 

In a dissent from the Supreme Court’s order pausing mifepristone restrictions from taking effect, Justice Samuel Alito said there were “legitimate doubts” that the Biden administration would have followed a court decision that went the other way. “Here, the Government has not dispelled legitimate doubts that it would even obey an unfavorable order in these…

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#Push to change Puerto Rico status faces new challenges

#Push to change Puerto Rico status faces new challenges

A bipartisan group reintroduced a bill for a three-option referendum on Puerto Rico’s political status as a state or an independent nation Thursday, testing the consensus plan’s viability in a new political environment. A nearly identical bill cleared the then-Democratic-led House in December, leaving little time for the Senate to consider the bill as the…

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