Josh Russell
Biden announces tranche of new sanctions against Russia in response to Ukraine invasion
The invasion of Ukraine by Russian military forces led U.S. President Joe Biden to declare robust diplomatic sanctions against the Kremlin. Biden also announced that Germany had agreed to suspend the certification process for Nord Stream 2 pipeline that was to bring natural gas from Russia.
Supreme Court won’t stop NY probe of Trump’s tax records
Former President Donald Trump lost another attempt to declare himself immune from criminal investigations, with the Supreme Court refusing Monday to block a New York subpoena of his tax records.
Montana, 47 other states, suing Facebook for ‘monopolistic’ behavior
A coalition of 48 attorneys general, including Tim Fox of Montana, hit Facebook with a massive antitrust suit Wednesday over the Silicon Valley giant’s acquisitions of online messaging competitors Instagram and WhatsApp.
Nationwide injunction issued to shield mail-in votes during pandemic
Finding that multiple managerial failures under the Trump administration have undermined the mission of the U.S. Postal Service, a federal judge ordered the agency on Monday to preapprove all overtime for the upcoming election and to prioritize all ballot-related mail.
Wildlife conservation board appointed by Zinke subject of trophy hunting complaint
Urging a federal judge to disband the board that is supposed to advise the White House on wildlife conservation, four nonprofits claimed in court this week that the council flouts federal law by operating in secret to advance the interests of the trophy-hunting industry.
Report: Print newspapers’ fate looks grim and getting grimmer
Print newspaper subscriptions and staff sizes continue to tumble, and even their web traffic fell a bit in 2017, the Pew Research Center reported Wednesday. Pew, which calls itself a “nonpartisan fact tank,” released the fact sheet as part of its continuing reporting on the state of the news media.