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NPR has learned that former FBI director James Komey is being indicted, a source familiar
“with the matter confirmed that Justice Department's latest move against Komey, one of President”
Trump's most prominent critics. "We will earlier today, a federal judge cleared the way for a wrongful termination case filed by Komey's daughter to proceed," and Piers carried Johnson, has more on that. U.S. district judge Jesse Furman says Mourine Komey was an exemplary federal prosecutor in New York.
She got a big assignment the day before she was fired by email from Washington. Justice Department officials cited the President's Article 2 power to terminate her, but Komey says she was let go because President Trump doesn't like her father, Jim Komey, who once investigated Trump. The administration wanted to move her case to the merit systems protection board, but
the judge says the case belongs in federal court because it raises fundamental constitutional claims. He said a hearing for late May. Kerry Johnson and PR News, Washington.
"Well, this hour King Charles III becomes the first British monarch to address a joint meeting
of Congress since his late mother spoke before the U.S. body in 1991. The state visit is being described as a tribute to America's 250th anniversary, but his NPR's Lauren Freer reports King Charles is also attempting to diffuse tensions between British Prime Minister, Kair Starver, and U.S. President Donald Trump over tariffs, NATO, and the Iran War."
The U.K. is one of America's closest allies, but these things have really dragged the relationship to a real low, but Trump loves the royals. The BBC asked Trump whether this royal visit can heal transatlantic relations. He said, "Absolutely." And while the king is supposed to be a political, there's a feeling here that
“he could be Britain's secret weapon to charm Trump and try to ease these tensions.”
NPR's Lauren Freer reporting. Kimberly Clark, the maker of Huggie's diapers and Kleenex tissues, is one of the biggest companies to flag the cost of rising oil prices, linked to the war. On a call with investors, the consumer giant was asked about the effect of the war in the Middle East, and Piazza Lina Celieu, has more.
Kimberly Clark's chief financial officer says that if crude oil continues to average near $100 a barrel for the rest of the year, the company's input costs would jump.
He estimated they could reach up to an additional $170 million.
Kimberly Clark's comments come days after it's much bigger rival procturne, gamble made similar remarks. Its brands include tie, gelette, head and shoulders, bany paper towels, and executives there last week said a higher oil prices could lead to a billion dollars in new costs after tax.
“Executives in both companies projected confidence about their ability to offset some of the”
new costs, Alina Celieu and Bairnese. From Washington, this is NPR News. The U.S. military says in a social media post today that Marines boarded searched and released a commercial ship after determining it was not heading for Iran. U.S. Central Command says it has redirected dozens of vessels since the start of the U.S.
blockade on ships, going to and from Iranian ports. Former NBA player in coach Damon Jones is pleading guilty to illegally using his insider access to profit from sports betting and rigged poker games. And federal court in New York today, the 49 year old became the first to plead guilty in a gambling case that led to the arrest of more than 30 people, Jones who help a Cleveland
Cavaliers get to the championship in 2016, admitted to exploiting insider information obtained from his relationships as a former player, according to the Associated Press. Highly anticipated an expensive quarterback transfer slated a play for a Texas Tech University's football teams taking an indefinitely of absence to get treatment for gambling addiction. Here's KTTZ's Brad Bird.
Brendan Sorsby was the number one college football player in ESPN's transfer rankings. He left the University of Cincinnati in December, quickly inking a deal with Texas Tech,
reportedly paying Sorsby between $4 million and $6 million, according to ESPN, Sorsby
made, quote, "thousands of bets on a variety of sports through online betting apps." That's not illegal in Texas, but could be against NCAA rules that prohibit athletes and staff from sports betting at all levels. In January, the NCAA reported around 40 athletes from 20 schools were the subject of sports betting integrity investigations last year.
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