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A federal judge has dismissed the case President Trump filed against the IRS over the
“leak of his tax returns years ago, and PR is carry Johnson reports.”
It was the first known instance of a president suing the government he leads. U.S. District Judge Kathleen Williams says court rules allow a plaintiff to walk away from a case if they file no papers. And there's no role now for her to review the IRS dispute. The Justice Department says Trump will receive an apology, but no financial payment.
Instead, DOJ's launching what it calls an anti-weaponization fund of nearly $1.8 billion
to compensate people who allegedly were unfairly prosecuted by the Biden administration. That could include defendants who storm the capital and attack law enforcement on January 6, 2021. Donald Sherman of Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics and Washington says that deals among the most corrupt in U.S. history.
Here in Johnson, in PR News, Washington. President Trump's discount website for prescription drugs called Trump R.X. is getting an update.
“The site will now include hundreds of generic drugs, and PR's Sydney Lupkin reports.”
Trump R.X. has added 600 and 2 generic drugs. That's in addition to the brand name drugs available to cash paying patients at a discount. The site offers what it calls presidential deals on brand name drugs that range from 10% off for GSK's anti-viral inhaler, Rolenza, 2 up to 93% off for no-vardices, multiple sclerosis pill, maisant.
Users can print coupons to use at a pharmacy or follow links to drug company websites to purchase medication. Trump R.X also includes generic drugs at what it calls standard prices. It directs users toward discount sites like Amazon and cost plus drugs.
President Trump says more than 10 million people have visited Trump R.X.gov.
Sydney Lupkin and PR News. This state department says it's working closely with the CDC and the Pentagon to plan for possible evacuations of Americans affected by an Ebola outbreak in Africa. And PR's Michelle Kellman reports that the U.S. is imposing some travel restrictions too.
“This state department says it's embassies in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Rwanda,”
South Sudan, and Uganda are tracking the Ebola outbreak and communicating with Americans in the region that a department has issued a series of travel warnings and is barring visits by foreign nationals who have been in the DRC, South Sudan, and Uganda within the last 21 days. A statement says the U.S. may repatriate Americans, depending on their exposure and health needs. The department adds that it has authorized an initial $13 million and is preparing to announce
more aid. The Trump administration dismantled America's main aid agency last year and withdrew hundreds of millions in funding from the World Health Organization. Michelle Kellman and PR news, the state department. New Yorkers are in for another tough day of commuting tomorrow, transit officials have announced
that service on the Long Island Railroad will remain suspended tomorrow morning. It's NPR. New York Times is the latest publication to ban its reporters from using prediction markets. As NPR's Bobby Allen reports, the site allows betterers to profit from advanced notice of political and global events.
In a memo to staff obtained by NPR, the New York Times standards editor told the newsroom not to bet on prediction markets, like Kouchi and Polly Market, on subjects related to their coverage. The notes said doing so would be a violation of the paper's ethical guidelines. Since the betting sites have exploded in popularity, news organizations, sports leagues
and corporations have banned placing wages using non-public insider information as has the White House. Yet that hasn't stopped a flood of six figure payouts from suspiciously time bets connected to military strikes, war, federal policy, and things like movie box office sales and Spotify streams.
Last week on Kouchi alone, $4 billion was wagered mostly on sports, Bobby Allen and P.R. News.
Two major utility companies are seeking to emerge as the energy needs of AI are driving up electricity demands across the U.S. Next era energy wants to acquire dominion energy in an all stock deal, valued at about $67 billion. It would affect about 10 million utility customer accounts across Virginia.
North and South Carolina and Florida. British authorities have sentenced a truck driver to more than 13 years in prison for smuggling cocaine in a shipment of skims clothing. UK police found 90 grams of cocaine worth more than $9 million in a truck carrying underwear and clothes from Kim Kardashian's shapewear brand from the Netherlands.
The shipment of clothing was legitimate, neither the exporter nor the importer was involved. This is NPR News in Washington News shows new music, new movies, keeping up with pop culture sometimes feels like a full-time job. Thankfully, over at pop culture happy-hour, it's literally our job. We break down what's actually worth watching, listening to, and pretending you already knew
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