Day: December 7, 2023

Trump seeks pause of federal election trial to challenge immunity ruling

9:07 pm December 7, 2023

Lawyers for former President Donald Trump have asked for a pause while they challenge the ruling that he is not immune from prosecution in an effort to delay the federal trial relating to charges of trying to overturn the 2020 election. Trump’s lawyers filed a notice of appeal Thursday, indicating that they will challenge U.S. […]

Aaron Judge hints Yankees aren’t done making moves after acquiring ‘generational talent’ Juan Soto

8:58 pm December 7, 2023

The New York Yankees made the biggest splash of the offseason so far on Wednesday night when they acquired four-time Silver Slugger Juan Soto. Soto has finished in the top 10 in MVP voting four times in his six MLB seasons, including sixth place last year, and he fills a hole the Yankees desperately needed. […]

Labor union calls for federal intervention in South Carolina workplace safety program

8:50 pm December 7, 2023

One of the largest labor organizations in the United States petitioned the federal government Thursday to wrest workplace safety oversight from South Carolina regulators accused of failing to protect service employees. South Carolina is one of 22 states allowed to run its own ship when it comes to enforcing occupational safety in most private businesses […]

Burmese junta claims it’s releasing police, soldiers who went AWOL amid manpower shortage

8:49 pm December 7, 2023

Burma’s military government has been freeing soldiers and police who had been jailed for desertion and absence without leave, seeking to get them to return to active duty, a police officer and an army officer said Thursday. The releases follow an an amnesty plan announced earlier this week to get them back into service in […]

Congress stalls on tackling border security as migrants stream in with no end in sight

8:12 pm December 7, 2023

Republicans and Democrats remain at loggerheads over solutions to the ongoing migrant crisis, leading to gridlock over a supplemental spending bill – even as President Biden says he is open to “significant compromises” on the matter. Senate Republicans, as well as Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., blocked a Democratic emergency spending measure on Wednesday that would […]