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The 6% commission, a standard in home purchase transactions, is no more. In a sweeping move expected to dramatically reduce the cost of buying and selling a home, the National Association of Realtors announced Friday a settlement with groups of homesellers, agreeing to end landmark antitrust lawsuits by paying $418 million in damages and eliminating …
🚨 BREAKING: Supreme Court has *granted* cert and will consider presidential immunity. Argument is set for week of April 22, an expedited timeline. pic.twitter.com/JiFQd7BBw1 — Kyle Cheney (@kyledcheney) February 28, 2024 WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Wednesday agreed to decide whether former President Donald Trump can claim presidential immunity over criminal election interference charges, …
Norway has agreed to help transfer frozen tax funds earmarked for the Palestinian Authority that were collected by Israel, the Norwegian Foreign Ministry says, providing vital funding to the Western-backed entity. “The temporary scheme will play a crucial role in preventing the Palestinian Authority from collapsing financially,” the Norwegian ministry says in a statement. https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog-february-18-2024/
Highlights: Blinken told Biden to stop talkingBiden called Xi a dictator (again) Blinken looked very uncomfortable the entire time 🤪 pic.twitter.com/Y9OOwK7aws — Financelot (@FinanceLancelot) November 16, 2023
The question of whether Georgia’s electronic voting system has major cybersecurity flaws that amount to a violation of voters’ constitutional rights to cast their votes and have those votes accurately counted is set to be decided at trial early next year. U.S. District Judge Amy Totenberg issued a 135-page ruling late Friday in a long-running …
Scott Hall pled guilty today to five criminal counts including the main charge of RICO. Hall was one of the main defendants connected to Sidney Powell’s attempt to tamper with voting machines. As part of his plea agreement, he agreed to testify truthfully against all the co-defendants in the Georgia racketeering case. In exchange for …
Gavin Newsom 'Trump is the dominant force after this debate.'https://t.co/0lfYtEZCy6 — Citizen Free Press (@CitizenFreePres) September 28, 2023 h/t Qplus17
by EuphoricTrilby https://apnews.com/article/2020-class-action-settlement-george-floyd-protests-arrests-f005beed8b5666e6807f3775c0252a8a “We got to stay on the street. And we’ve got to get more active, we’ve got to get more confrontational. We’ve got to make sure that they know that we mean business.” — Maxine Waters pic.twitter.com/wQ98jn8eHC — The Rabbit Hole (@TheRabbitHole) July 20, 2023 There were over 500 riots in relation to …
by Chris Black It’s not really clear how anyone was talking about the Ukraine joining NATO while they are in the middle of a war, as that would effectively mean that NATO was declaring war on Russia. There is a mutual defense pact that would be triggered as soon as the papers were signed. NATO …
🚨🇪🇺🇺🇦 NATO has agreed security guarantees for Ukraine before Vilnius summit. pic.twitter.com/FqQ9sv1RsW — Terror Alarm (@Terror_Alarm) July 10, 2023 U.S. President Biden has stated before the NATO Summit this upcoming week in Lithuania that the United States and several other Countries are ready to provide Security Guarantees for Ukraine that is similar to the U.S-Israeli …
via beckernews: Hunter Biden is being charged for federal tax violations and a gun charge, according to a breaking news report by NBC on Tuesday morning. “Federal charges have been filed against Hunter Biden in a case involving taxes and gun possession charge, he is expected to plead guilty to the tax charges only,” NBC reported. “He …
JPMorgan Chase has reached a settlement with women who say they were abused by Jeffrey Epstein, subject to approval by U.S. District Judge Jed Rakoff. The settlement is in the best interest of all parties, especially the survivors. Epstein abused and trafficked underage girls for years. via theepochtimes: JPMorgan Chase has reached a settlement with …
Facing a potential contempt of Congress vote, FBI Director Christopher Wray relented and has agreed to bring a subpoenaed document from the Biden family investigation to Capitol Hill for lawmakers to inspect on Monday, House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer announced Friday. The document in question, an FD-1023, contains uncorroborated allegations that an informant provided the FBI in June 2020 alleging that Joe Biden, when …
Elon Musk told Beijing officials that he’s against the US and China decoupling their economies. In a visit to the country, he described the US and China as “conjoined twins,” per a statement from China’s foreign ministry. That comes as US-China relations are under intense strain, raising concerns for firms with business in the country. …
