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Former presidents are immune from prosecution for official actions taken in the White House, but not for private conduct, the Supreme Court ruled Monday. The broad new definition of presidential power could be in effect for generations to come and likely means several more months of postponement in President Donald Trump’s election interference trial.The 6-3 ruling along ideological lines appeared to reject a series of allegations in Trump’s federal election interference trial, including his conversations with Justice Department officials after Joe Biden’s 2020 election victory. And it suggests that the rest of the case against him may only proceed after…
“This funding will support our globalization strategy,” said Tiffany Ricks, founder and CEO of HacWare. “Our goal is to leverage AI to take the guesswork out of training employees on evolving threats.” Cybersecurity education company HacWare Inc. is one of 20 Black- and Latino-led companies that recently secured funding from Google for Startups Founders Fund. “This funding will support our globalization strategy,” HacWare founder and CEO Tiffany Ricks said during a livestream. “Our goal is to leverage AI to take the guesswork out of training employees on evolving threats.” She said the key is education on all areas of cybersecurity…
When it comes to humanitarian assistance to the Gaza Strip, there is a serious and puzzling discrepancy between Israeli statements and those of UN agencies and non-governmental aid groups.The Israeli military agency known as COGAT (Coordination of Government Activities in the Territories) posts regular updates highlighting all open border crossings and humanitarian trucks entering the Gaza Strip (219 on Wednesday, for example). In contrast, the UN continues to warn of a “high risk of famine,” with a panel of experts writing last week that “more than 495,000 people (22 percent of the population) remain severely food insecure.”How do we reconcile…
European Union regulators said today that Facebook’s parent company Meta could face huge fines for violating the Digital Markets Act with its “pay or consent” advertising model, in which users must either pay a fee to use Meta’s platform ad-free or consent to their data being processed for personalized ads. According to a statement released today, this model prevents users from exercising their “right to freely consent” to the combining of their personal data. To comply, the EU said, Meta must offer “comparable services” to users who don’t provide the company with personal information. “This alternative would force users to…
After the Supreme Court on Monday rejected President Donald Trump’s immunity claim in its entirety, The former president lost the battle, but he won the war. Conservative justices like Justices Samuel Alito and Clarence Thomas may not have let Trump off the hook by declaring him immune from all charges. But they did throw out some of the Jack Smith indictments and delay the trial as long as possible, hoping that Trump would avoid further convictions and get elected to carry out their shared un-American, authoritarian agenda (like packing the courts with even more MAGA judges). That’s why Trump hailed…
It’s a jungle, exactly the kind of scenery she likes. A 3-year-old spider monkey named Tikki made a funny special appearance recently in the Bronx, wearing a diaper while frolicking around his owner’s tow truck. “Everybody wants to take a picture with her,” “Junior,” 40, told The Washington Post on Monday, referring to his lanky friend who sometimes accompanies him at CBC Automotive, a Bronx towing company. Tikki, a diaper-wearing, 3-year-old spider monkey, sometimes accompanies the owner to work at CBC Automotive in the Bronx. Citizen NYC “Everybody wants to take a picture with her,” “Junior,” 40, told The Washington…
The Atlanta Falcons will be hoping to improve a pass defense that looked good on paper, allowing the eighth-fewest passing yards in 2023 but the 10th-most touchdown passes and fifth-fewest interceptions.The Falcons have locked down two of their three starting cornerbacks, with AJ Terrell on the right and Dee Alford starting in the slot with an opening on the left. The Falcons have struggled to find a boundary cornerback to complement Terrell through his first four seasons and tried their luck last season with the former No. 3 overall pick.The Atlanta Falcons acquired the former No. 3 overall pick last…
news Advances in clear frame engine technology July 1, 2024 by Jared White Category: Corn, Ethanol, Illinois, News The chairman of the Illinois Corn Marketing Board (ICMB) says checkoff funds are being used to advance technology to convert diesel engines to run on ethanol. Stephenson County farmer John Rosenstiel says his brownfield investment in Clear Flame Engine Technologies is paying off. “Right now we have trucks on the road that actually run on 98 percent pure ethanol,” he says. ICMB funded Clear Flame’s initial research, and the company sold its first modified truck earlier this year, he says. “They’re actually…
Special Counsel Jack Smith arrives at the U.S. Department of Justice Building in Washington, DC on August 1, 2023, to address media. Saul Loeb/AFP/Getty Images Courts have made clear that informal conduct does not provide immunity, and Special Counsel Jack Smith has previously made it clear that he believes he can continue to bring a case based on informal conduct, meaning that lower courts could take up the Trump case this year if Smith narrows the scope of the charges. But the Supreme Court left much of the work to lower courts to determine what is a public act and…
DELAWARE, Ohio – Ohio Wesleyan University launched a new American Entrepreneurship Competition on Monday. The competition is open to entrepreneurs of all ages and from all regions, with a total prize pool of approximately $500,000. The competition has both a Student and a Professional division. The Student division is for current college students and those due to graduate in 2024. The Professional division is for everyone else. The first-, second- and third-place winners in each category will receive a cash investment and be incubated at OWU’s Delaware Entrepreneurial Center, where they will have access to intellectual capital and…