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The George Washington University’s provost responded to New York Times columnist Bret Stephens after he emailed one of their professors who called him a bedbug on Twitter. In the email, Forrest Maltzman told Stephens, “as an academic, Professor [David] Karpf speaks for himself and does not take direction from me. His opinions are his own” because of the school’s commitment to free speech. “I see on Twitter that you invited…

President Trump is reportedly willing to pardon subordinates if they break laws in an attempt to build the wall along the U.S. southern border faster. Officials told the Washington Post that Trump wants hundreds of miles of the border barrier erected before the 2020 election and is willing to pardon wrongdoing if laws are broken in the process. “Don’t worry, I’ll pardon you,” Trump told officials during a meeting about…

New York — A succession of women who said Jeffrey Epstein sexually abused them voiced anger and defiance in a packed New York courtroom Tuesday, expressing raw emotions during an unprecedented two-and-a-half hour hearing. Their emotional statements came as the judge moved to dismiss Epstein’s sex trafficking case after his recent suicide. More than a dozen alleged victims of the convicted pedophile finally had their day in court and detailed…

George Conway, husband to White House counselor Kellyanne Conway, is not impressed with the Washington Post‘s latest scoop about Attorney General William Barr. Conway, a conservative lawyer who routinely criticizes President Trump, argued with people on Twitter about Barr holding a family holiday party for 200 people at Trump International Hotel in December. He reasoned that it is an inconsequential story in comparison to the attorney general’s role in the…

The Carnival Breeze is pictured in 2012 Andy Newman/Carnival Cruise Lines via Getty Images Carnival Cruise Line is making some itinerary modifications to avoid the current path of Tropical Storm Dorian, the company announced today. “Our Fleet Operations Center continues to monitor the storm and will make any adjustments as needed as the safety of our guests and crew is our number one priority,” the cruise line said in a statement….

Michael Brice-Saddler August 27 at 9:54 PM When President Trump conveyed his unprecedented desire to host next year’s Group of Seven summit at his own luxury golf resort in Doral, Fla., it took mere hours for a 2016 lawsuit to resurface, raising questions about the property’s cleanliness. It was bedbugs, former guest Eric Linder alleged, that left him with “welts, lumps and marks over much of his face, neck, arms…

Tropical Storm Dorian poses the first big threat of the hurricane season to the Caribbean and Florida. While this storm is not expected to become a behemoth like Hurricane Maria or Irma, there is a chance this could be a significant system when it reaches Florida this weekend. The future of Dorian largely hinges on one key factor called the Mona Passage. This 80-mile wide ocean corridor, which sits between…

One of the cameras in the hallway outside of Epstein’s cell captured footage that was deemed unusable, though it is unclear what about the footage investigators deemed not usable, The Washington Post reported. Epstein died by suicide in his cell at the Metropolitan Correctional Center earlier this month, prompting a federal investigation into the circumstances surrounding his death. Epstein’s defense team blasted the “medieval conditions” of the federal prison, blaming…

Trump, who had been asked to clarify his earlier (inappropriate) remarks promoting his Miami-area property at the international gathering, instead expanded on them: “We have incredible conference rooms, incredible restaurants. And we have many hundreds of acres so that in terms of parking, in terms of all of the things that you need, the ballrooms are among the biggest in Florida, and the best.”

(BUFFALO, N.Y.) — The company that administers the SAT college admissions test is replacing the so-called adversity score with a tool that will no longer reduce an applicant’s background to a single number, an idea that the College Board’s chief executive now says was a mistake. Amid growing scrutiny of the role wealth plays in college admissions, the College Board introduced its Environmental Context Dashboard about two years ago to…

The maker of OxyContin, Purdue Pharma, and its owners, the Sackler family, are offering to settle more than 2,000 lawsuits against the company for $10 billion to $12 billion. The potential deal was part of confidential conversations and discussed by Purdue’s lawyers at a meeting in Cleveland last Tuesday, Aug. 20, according to two people familiar with the mediation. Brought by states, cities and counties, the lawsuits — some of…

After the G-7 nations pledged millions to help Amazon countries fight wildfires, Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro said he’s not interested unless he gets an apology from French President Emmanuel Macron. Eraldo Peres/AP hide caption toggle caption Eraldo Peres/AP After the G-7 nations pledged millions to help Amazon countries fight wildfires, Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro said he’s not interested unless he gets an apology from French President Emmanuel Macron. Eraldo Peres/AP…

One of the cameras in the hallway outside of Epstein’s cell captured footage that was deemed unusable, though it is unclear what about the footage investigators deemed not usable, The Washington Post reported. Epstein died by suicide in his cell at the Metropolitan Correctional Center earlier this month, prompting a federal investigation into the circumstances surrounding his death. Epstein’s defense team blasted the “medieval conditions” of the federal prison, blaming…

John Wagner August 27 at 12:33 PM President Trump on Tuesday blamed “Radical Left Democrats” for spreading a “false and nasty rumor” about a bedbug infestation at his golf resort in Doral, Fla., after he said he would like to hold next year’s Group of Seven summit at the property. “No bedbugs at Doral,” Trump wrote in a midmorning tweet. “The Radical Left Democrats, upon hearing that the perfectly located…

CLOSE Oklahoma lawyers argued Johnson & Johnson aggressively marketed opioids that overstated their effectiveness and underplayed the addiction risk. USA TODAY Oklahoma’s $572 million judgment against Johnson & Johnson will likely be followed by more trials and legal settlements seeking to hold a drug company accountable for a U.S. opioid crisis that has ripped apart lives, families and communities. Monday’s ruling could help shape negotiations over roughly 1,500 similar lawsuits filed by…

“It’s nearly impossible to fire a federal worker,” Mr. Mulvaney said. “I know that because a lot of them work for me and I’ve tried and you can’t do it.” At Minnesota’s Farmfest, it was clear that Mr. Perdue’s Southern charm could go only so far. His answers to questions about how the trade war with China would end were curt, and his quip about whining farmers left some with…

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Media captionOklahoma Attorney General: Johnson & Johnson built its brand out of “greed” Drugmaker Johnson & Johnson must pay $572m (£469m) for its part in fuelling Oklahoma’s opioid addiction crisis, a judge in the US state has ruled. The company said immediately after the judgement that it would appeal. The case was the first to go to trial out of thousands of lawsuits filed against opioid makers and distributors. Earlier…

After Donald Trump revealed that his struggling Trump National Doral Miami resort in Florida may host the G7 summit next year, the hashtag #TrumpBedBugs began trending on Monday with thousands of Americans ridiculing the president over a bug infestation at the luxury resort in 2017. Trump held a joint press conference with French President Emmanuel Macron at the end of the G7 summit in Biarritz on Monday where he confirmed…

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