Rooting for Trump to fail has made his stock shorters millions (apnews.com)
Rooting for Donald Trump to fail has rarely been this profitable....
T-mobile gets FTC approval to buy Mint mobile
news.bloomberglaw.com/…/t-mobile-wins-fcc-approva…
Donald Trump is on the verge of another $1 billion Truth Social windfall (www.cnn.com)
Former President Donald Trump is on the cusp of scoring a major financial bonanza – at least on paper....
Trump Privately Rages About His Sketch Artist, Courtroom Nap Reports (www.rollingstone.com)
The court dismissed one potential juror after Trump’s legal team had flagged their social media post last month of an AI-generated video featuring Trump saying “I’m dumb as fuck.” Trump’s lawyers sought to strike another potential juror over social media posts made or shared by her husband in 2016. In one, Trump’s...
Why San Francisco is considering a bill that would let shoppers sue grocers closing stores (www.salon.com)
Giuliani loses bid to dismiss $148 million defamation judgment (thehill.com)
New York’s Vessel to reopen with steel-mesh safety measures after suicides (www.theguardian.com)
Climbable sculpture in Hudson Yards in Manhattan closed in 2021 after four people died by suicide...
These Mormon women are rejecting Trump, fraying GOP support in a key state (www.npr.org)
20 years later, Abu Ghraib detainees get their day in US court (apnews.com)
Twenty years ago this month, photos of abused prisoners and smiling U.S. soldiers guarding them at Iraq’s Abu Ghraib prison were released, shocking the world....
Nearly 4 years after George Floyd protests, police misconduct complaint outcomes are finally released (minnesotareformer.com)
Archived at web.archive.org/…/nearly-4-years-after-floyd-prot…
US braces for cicadas by the trillion as two broods of periodic insects coincide (www.theguardian.com)
The last time Brood XIX and Brood XII emerged from underground at the same time, Thomas Jefferson was president...
Who put up Trump's bond? A subprime car loan billionaire who has run afoul of regulators (www.nbcnews.com)
Don Hankey made a fortune building a subprime auto loan empire. Along the way, his companies racked up consumer complaints, regulatory fines and were sued by the DOJ....
Judge questions Border Patrol stand that it's not required to care for children at migrant camps (apnews.com)
A federal judge on Friday sharply questioned the Biden administration’s position that it bears no responsibility for housing and feeding migrant children while they wait in makeshift camps along the U.S-Mexico border....
Researchers analysed songs lyrics across several genres from 1980 to 2020, found that song lyrics getting simpler, more repetitive, angry and self-obsessed (www.theguardian.com)
Bankman-Fried sentenced to 25 years for multi-billion dollar FTX fraud (www.reuters.com)
Minneapolis just called Uber’s bluff — other cities must follow their lead (thehill.com)
This month, a group of mostly Black and immigrant Uber and Lyft drivers in Minneapolis won their fight for a minimum pay rate when the Minneapolis City Council refused to be bullied by the rideshare corporations.
Health experts plead for unvaxxed Americans to get measles shot as cases rise (arstechnica.com)
Alabama Republicans target transgender Space Camp employee (www.nbcnews.com)
Republican Rep. Dale Strong called for Space Camp to remove a transgender employee after a viral social media post called the person a “freak.”...
Fulton County DA Fani Willis case against Trump can continue if she or special prosecutor Wade remove themselves, judge rules (www.nbcnews.com)
At least 50 hurt as LATAM's Boeing 787 to Auckland "just dropped" mid-flight (www.reuters.com)
At least 50 people were hurt when a Boeing 787 operated by LATAM Airlines dropped abruptly mid-flight from Sydney to Auckland on Monday, according to the airline and a New Zealand health service organisation that treated the injured....
Ex-Trump adviser Peter Navarro ordered to report to jail on March 19 (abcnews.go.com)
Former Trump White House adviser Peter Navarro has been ordered to report to jail in Miami on March 19 to begin his four-month sentence after he defied a subpoena from the House Select Committee that investigated the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol....
US could take 2 months and 1,000 troops to construct floating pier to deliver aid to Gaza, officials say | CNN Politics (edition.cnn.com)
X walks back its misgendering policy after right-wing complaints (www.engadget.com)
Judge blocks Texas from collecting info on transgender children receiving gender-affirming care (apnews.com)
A Texas judge on Friday temporarily blocked state Attorney General Ken Paxton from forcing an LGBTQ+ advocacy group to hand over information about transgender children receiving gender-affirming medical care....