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Home Daily News Federal judge’s warning about potential violence… Judiciary Federal judge’s warning about potential violence after Trump’s comments was not ethics violation, 3rd Circuit says By Debra Cassens Weiss March 25, 2025, 3:29 pm CDT A federal judge didn’t violate ethics rules when he commented about the potential for violence when “people in positions of authority” make negative comments about a judge or the judge’s family members, according to a federal appellate judicial council. (Image from Shutterstock) A federal judge didn’t violate ethics rules when he commented about the potential for violence when “people in positions of authority” make…

Cool is synonymous with classy here…Marsa Al Bateen, to some, is a less-explored culinary hotspot in Abu Dhabi that’s generally known for housing classy cafes and special concepts. But the home of some of the capital’s most popular venues, including Saddle House and tashas is now home to Public, a visual treat (and yes, popular resto) that’s tasted success in various locations in Dubai, including at Dubai Mall and at Museum of the Future.Public is one of the more striking of a throng of Abu Dhabi popular concepts that have set up shop in the area over the past year,…

ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up to receive our biggest stories as soon as they’re published. This article is co-published with The Texas Tribune, a nonprofit, nonpartisan local newsroom that informs and engages with Texans. Sign up for The Brief Weekly to get up to speed on their essential coverage of Texas issues. In 2022, conservative groups celebrated a “great victory” over “wokeified” curriculum when the Texas State Board of Education squashed proposed social studies requirements for schools that included teaching kindergartners how Rosa Parks and Cesar Chavez “advocated for positive change.” Another win…

Israeli Defence Minister Israel Katz says the military will expand its operation in Gaza and seize “large areas” of the territory – incorporating them into what he described as “security zones.”In a statement on Wednesday, Katz said the expanded operation aimed to “destroy and clear the area of terrorists and terrorist infrastructure”, and would require a large-scale evacuation of Palestinians. It comes as local hospitals said at least 15 Palestinians were killed in the territory overnight. The Hamas-run civil defence agency said first responders had recovered the bodies of 12 people, including children, from a home in the Khan Younis…

Val Kilmer, the California-born, Juilliard-trained actor who starred in films including Top Gun, The Doors, Tombstone and Batman Forever and earned a reputation as a Hollywood bad boy, has died, the New York Times reported. He was 65.The cause of death was pneumonia, the paper said, citing his daughter Mercedes Kilmer.Kilmer was one of Hollywood’s most prominent leading men in the 1990s before numerous spats with directors and co-stars and a series of flops dented his career. Over the years, Kilmer gained a reputation as a perfectionist who was temperamental, intense, and sometimes egotistical.”When certain people criticize me for being demanding, I think that’s…

LIVE By SCOTUSblog on Apr 2, 2025 at 12:00 am On Wednesday, April 2, we will be live blogging as the court releases opinions in one or more argued cases from the current term. Click here for a list of FAQs about opinion announcements.     Recommended Citation: SCOTUSblog , Announcement of opinions for Wednesday, April 2, SCOTUSblog (Apr. 2, 2025, 12:00 AM), https://www.scotusblog.com/2025/04/announcement-of-opinions-for-wednesday-april-2/ Source link

Home Daily News Jenner & Block’s rehiring of lead Mueller… Law Firms Jenner & Block’s rehiring of lead Mueller prosecutor cited in executive order targeting firm By Debra Cassens Weiss March 26, 2025, 9:16 am CDT Andrew Weissmann, former lead prosecutor in the Mueller investigation, at the National Board of Review’s 2023 Awards Gala on Jan. 8, 2023, in New York City. (Photo by John Nacion/STAR MAX/IPx via the Associated Press) Jenner & Block has become the fourth BigLaw firm targeted by President Donald Trump in a punitive executive order. The March 25 order calls for suspension of security clearances…

We’ve got a little while to wait for the next oneWe’re in the middle of Eid Al Fitr 2025, but if you’re wondering when the next one is… well, we have good and bad news. 3 of 12 New Year’s EveNew Year’s Eve As has been the tradition in recent years, a one-day holiday is given on Wednesday January 1, 2025, celebrating the Gregorian New Year. RamadanRamadan 2025 While not a holiday, knowing when Ramadan begins makes it possible to predict when Eid is likely to start. According to Ibrahim Al Jarwan, Chairman of the Board of Directors of the…

ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up for Dispatches, a newsletter that spotlights wrongdoing around the country, to receive our stories in your inbox every week. The Art Institute of Chicago announced recently that it had returned to Nepal a sculpture that had been in its collection for at least a quarter century. Conspicuously left out of the press release: that the sculpture had been a gift from a wealthy Chicago donor. That omission obscured a simmering controversy about whether Chicago philanthropists Marilynn Alsdorf and her husband, James, both of whom are dead, improperly built…

PA MediaMs Giuffre ‘remains in serious condition’ in hospital in Australia, her family saidVirginia Giuffre, a prominent Jeffrey Epstein accuser, has expressed gratitude for the “outpouring of love and support” she has received after being hospitalised following a car accident.In a statement shared with the BBC, her family said: “She is overwhelmed with gratitude. Today she remains in serious condition while receiving medical care.”On 24 March in western Australia, a school bus collided with a car Ms Giuffre was riding in, according to the statement.Ms Giuffre was “banged up and bruised” and later admitted to hospital after her condition deteriorated,…