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WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy reached an “agreement in principle” to raise the nation’s legal debt ceiling, but now Congress must rush to approve the spending cuts package in a matter of days to avert a potentially disastrous US default .

The agreement risks angering both Democratic and Republican sides as lawmakers Sunday begin to unpack the concessions made to compromise. Negotiators agreed to some Republican demands for increased work requirements for recipients of food stamps that had sparked an uproar from

MADISON – A massive Kewaunee County factory farm will eliminate its application of liquid manure on fields over the next four years, as part of a legal settlement that allows it to avoid costly installing groundwater monitoring wells.

Kinnard Farms on May 11 agreed to install the manure treatment technology at it’s Casco location. The Department of Natural Resources agreed to the farm’s terms.

The agreement is the latest chapter in long-running tensions between the county’s massive farms, known as CAFOs — or Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations — and residents concerned about the impact of the large operations on their

NEW YORK — New York Knicks fan favorite Charley Oakley scored a legal slam dunk in his long-running feud with Madison Square Garden and owner James Dolan.

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A Manhattan federal appeals court reinstated Oakley’s lawsuit against the World’s Most Famous Arena over his 2017 ejection from the Garden while attending a game as a fan — and opened the door for the one-time power forward to add Dolan as a defendant.

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“We cannot conclude as a matter of law that no reasonable jury could conclude that the defendants gave Oakley a reasonable opportunity to depart, and that they

President Trump’s legal team again turned to Congress in an ongoing criminal investigation, penning a letter to the House Intelligence Committee asking it to “formalize procedures for investigations” that would make such matters civil rather than criminal cases.

The 10-page letter to Chair Mike Turner (R-Ohio) obtained by The Hill suggests the investigation into Trump should not face criminal charges in connection with the case; it lays out three pathways for committee involvement in the matter and asks for a “legislative solution.”

“The DOJ should be ordered to stand down, and the intelligence community should instead conduct an appropriate investigation

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Florida Governor Ron DeSantis has not held back from antagonizing Black Americans in the sunshine state. But that’s what he’s done without a bunch of fanfare that has so many Black Floridians on edge.

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Voting rights are a prime example. Since entering office, DeSantis has waged an unprecedented attack on Black voters and Black political power in Florida. The accusations against DeSantis include allegations that he gerrymandered Black voting

On Wednesday 5^th April the Court will hand-down judgment in R (on the application of Pearce and others) v Parole Board for England and Wales [2023] UKSC 13. The court will determine two questions: (i) When the Parole Board is deciding whether or not to direct the release of a prisoner on license, can it only take into account accusations if they are proved on the balance of probabilities? (ii) Does the Parole Board’s “Guidance on Allegations” misstate the law on this issue? The hand-down will take place at 9:45am in Courtroom 1.

The following Supreme Court judgments remain

The hush money case in New York that has led to criminal charges against Donald Trump is just one of a number of investigations that could pose legal problems for the former president.

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Joe Tacopina, a lawyer for Trump, confirmed Thursday that he had been informed that the former president had been indicted on charges involving payments made during the 2016 campaign to silence claims of an extramarital sexual encounter. The specific charges were not immediately made public.

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Trump faces a string of other inquiries as he campaigns for another term in 2024, including a criminal investigation over