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Lake filed the lawsuit when she ran for governor in 2022. It was a challenge to whether the state’s electronic voting machines were accurate.
The case had been dismissed by two lower courts, which decided that Lake did not have reason to sue.
Kari Lake loses bid for Supreme Court take her lawsuit on electronic voting in Arizona
Residents push for renaming of Trump Plaza to disassociate from ex-president
While Donald Trump endures the ignominy of being the first former US president to face criminal trial, there is further humiliation brewing, with a movement to strip the Trump name from a building in his home state.
Residents at Trump Plaza, a 40-story high-rise in the suburban New York city of New Rochelle, are pushing for the building to be renamed and to escape a near-two decade association with the legally-troubled ex-president and real estate mogul.
It would follow the slew of buildings in New York City and elsewhere that have abandoned the Trump name since he entered politics, as Trump has become a divisive, much-loathed figure by liberals even as he is loved by his fans.
Owners of Trump Plaza apartments – there are 194 units – are in the middle of a vote which would further erase Trump’s name – something which would not just have implications for the people who live in the building.
NYPD arrests over 100 at pro-Palestinian protest at Columbia University
Police officers forcibly moved students out of tents at the center of Columbia’s campus in Manhattan, according to eyewitness accounts. University President Minouche Shafik told police the encampment began early Wednesday morning with more than 100 people occupying the South Lawn of the campus.
New York City Mayor Eric Adams confirmed the NYPD made more than 108 arrests.
Columbia University Apartheid Divest, a coalition of student organizations, said more than 120 people, including three legal observers, were arrested at Columbia’s “Gaza Solidarity Encampment.” The encampment was established early Wednesday morning, CUAD said.
Arizona Republican drops reelection effort after accusation he forged signatures
A leader of the conservative group Turning Point Action resigned from the organization Thursday and dropped his bid for reelection to the Arizona House of Representatives after he was accused of forging signatures on his nominating petitions.
Republican state Rep. Austin Smith has in the past promoted disproven allegations of election fraud.
A complaint filed by a Democratic activist in Smith’s district says several petition sheets contain signatures “that appear to have been written by the same person” and says “many of those signatures bear a striking resemblance to Smith’s.” It includes affidavits from two voters whose names were included in Smith’s petition but say they never signed.
Rep. Ilhan Omar's Daughter, Isra Hirsi, Suspended From Barnard
Isra Hirsi, the daughter of Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.), was suspended from Barnard College this week over her participation in a pro-Palestinian protest.
Hirsi, a junior at Barnard, the women’s college connected to Columbia University, is an organizer with Apartheid Divest, a student coalition that has been pressing the university to cut ties with companies that support Israel. The group had set up an encampment at the university.
Hirsi said she was one of three students who were suspended.
“I have never been reprimanded or received any disciplinary warnings,” she wrote on X (formerly Twitter) on Thursday. “I just received notice that I am 1 of 3 students suspended for standing in solidarity with Palestinians facing a genocide.”
TVNL Comment: What a terrible disgrace! This is an outrage!!!
People v Trump: Here's what we know about the 12 people who will decide Trump's fate
Seven jurors were sworn in this afternoon, filling out the panel that will decide Trump's legal fate. Here is what we know about them:
- A man who lives in the Hell’s Kitchen neighborhood and works in investment banking.
- A man who lives in the West Village, works as a security engineer and has three children.
- An Upper East Side man originally from Lebanon who is retired and enjoys fly fishing.
- An Upper East Side woman who works as a speech therapist.
- A Murray Hill man who works at an eyewear company and enjoys the outdoors.
- A woman originally from California who lives in Upper Manhattan and works in product development.
- An Upper East Side woman who works as a physical therapist and enjoys tennis and paddle boarding.
Trump faces contempt motion after social media posts about New York trial
About an hour after day one of Donald Trump’s criminal trial in Manhattan closed, the former president published the first of what would be a series of posts on Truth Social about his disdain for the trial, specifically his required attendance.
The Manhattan district attorney, Alvin Bragg, filed a motion in papers made public on Tuesday to hold Trump in contempt of court for violating a partial gag order in the case.
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