NBC News reports, Ukraine aims for a peace summit by the end of February, foreign minister says: KYIV, Ukraine — Ukraine’s foreign minister said Monday his government is aiming to have a peace summit by the end of February, preferably at the United Nations with Secretary-General António Guterres as a possible mediator, around the anniversary … Read more
In recent months, there were mass protests in response to China’s “zero-Covid” policy being reinstated in response to a new surge of Covid-19 cases in China’s cities. The new Covid lockdowns were opposed by Covid-weary Chinese citizens. In addition to cracking down on these public protests, the Chinese government reversed itself on its “zero-Covid” policy. As … Read more
CNN reports, Appeals court is dubious of Trump’s arguments for special master review of Mar-a-Lago search: A panel of federal appeals court judges – all appointed by Republican presidents – on Tuesday were dubious of former President Donald Trump’s arguments for why the FBI’s search of Mar-a-Lago required a special master to review the materials … Read more
10 Former federal prosecutors got together and drafted a model prosecution memorandum (or “pros memo”) to assist Attorney General Merrick Garland and the Department of Justice in making the decision to prosecute Donald Trump for his theft of thousands of federal documents, some of them among the highest classification for national security reasons, and improperly … Read more
Jason Easley reports, Trump Suffers A Big Loss In Court Hours Before He Announces 2024 Campaign: Donald Trump got exactly what he didn’t want as the full 11th Circuit moved the DOJ appeal of a Judge Cannon ruling related to the classified documents to next week. Here is the ruling: The DOJ is appealing to … Read more