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U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio has joined the chorus of conservatives condemning the FBI raid of Donald Trump’s residence in Palm Beach, saying federal agents used the “pretext” of a search warrant to collect classified information as a “ruse” to gather evidence about the former president’s alleged role in the Jan. 6, 2021, assault on the U.S. Capitol. ”I actually don’t think they went in looking for ...
Aug. 10—The number of COVID-19 hospitalizations in Iowa increased for the second week in a row, while the number of new virus cases continued to decrease. In the past week, 323 patients were hospitalized with COVID-19, up from 309 patients the week before. The number of patients in intensive care declined from 41 to 32, according to federal health data. In the past week, 5,660 new COVID-19 ...
Aug. 10—The BDN Editorial Board operates independently from the newsroom, and does not set policies or contribute to reporting or editing articles elsewhere in the newspaper or on bangordailynews.com. Anyone speaking in definitive terms about the FBI's search of Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate is probably getting ahead of themselves. Without more information from the FBI or the Department of ...
Aug. 10—ROCHESTER — The scope of an Olmsted County social worker's allegations of age, racial and gender discrimination took center stage Wednesday. Wilhelmina Jacob, a 20-year county employee, filed a lawsuit in April against the county, alleging younger, less qualified, white applicants have been given jobs she sought. While Aaron Knoll of the Minneapolis-based Greene Espel Law Firm said the ...
Aug. 10—Texas Commissioner of Higher Education Harrison Keller announced Wednesday the appointment of David Troutman as the new Deputy Commissioner for Academic Affairs at the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board. In this role, a news release said, Troutman will be a key member of the executive team, providing leadership on operational and strategic matters that pertain to all aspects of ...
Aug. 10—STERLING — The Sterling Public Schools superintendent will present a COVID-19 return-to-school plan that requires in-person instruction in accord with a directive from the state superintendent of schools. According to the plan that Superintendent Tad Everett will present to the board of education during its regular meeting 7 p.m. Wednesday at the Sterling High School Library, there are ...
Aug. 10—An item in the Democratic spending bill that would extend subsidies to lower-income people in the Affordable Care Act marketplace could keep thousands of Mainers insured and stabilize costs for others if it passes. The Inflation Reduction Act, passed by the Senate this weekend, is headed to a vote in the House on Friday. While significant future drug-pricing reforms have gotten more ...
On Monday night, the Department of Homeland Security announced that it ended the Trump-era policy requiring asylum-seekers to wait in Mexico for immigration hearings, continuing a legal battle with Texas. “Texas wants to keep fighting to keep ‘Remain in Mexico’ in place,” said Esther Sung, legal director with the Justice Action Center. “There is very much a possibility that the policy could be ...
In blasting the unprecedented FBI search of former President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago home this week, Florida Republican leaders revived a familiar theme: The targeting of a former president and political foe is something that could only happen in a “Third-World country.” Gov. Ron DeSantis, a rising star in the national Republican Party, said the scene was akin to one in a “banana republic,” ...
WASHINGTON — Former national security adviser John Bolton was the target of an Iranian murder-for-hire plot, according to charges filed by the United States against a member of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps. The alleged scheme by Shahram Poursafi was likely meant to avenge the killing of Iranian General Qassem Soleimani, commander of the IRGC’s elite Quds force, according to a ...