
Maduro's lawyer says US is blocking Venezuela government from paying deposed leader's drug defense
The Trump administration is blocking Venezuela's government from paying for the cost of Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro's defense against drug trafficking charges in New York, a move that potentially interferes with his constitutional right to counsel, his lawyer says. Attorney Barry Pollack told a Manhattan federal judge in an email last week that the U. S. Treasury Department had blocked the authorization of legal fees that the government of Venezuela is required to pay for Maduro and Lady...
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- Maduro's lawyer says US is blocking Venezuela government from paying deposed leader's drug defense
- Lawyers say Pennsylvania student protesters did not know a man who joined scrum was the police chief
- Texas grand jury rejects indictments in fatal shooting of US citizen by federal immigration agent
- Vance says administration is pausing some Medicaid funding to Minnesota because of fraud concerns
- A settlement is reached in a case tied to eBay's bizarre deliveries and harassment campaign
Supreme Court litigator convicted of tax evasion over income from high-stakes poker
WASHINGTON (AP) — A prominent Supreme Court litigator who also published a popular blog about the nation's highest court was convicted Wednesday of tax evasion and related charges stemming from his secretive lifestyle as an ultra-high-stakes poker player. A federal jury found SCOTUSblog co-founder Thomas Goldstein guilty of 12 of 16 counts after a six-week trial in Greenbelt, Maryland. Jurors deliberated for approximately two days before convicting Goldstein of one count of tax evasion, four...
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- Supreme Court litigator convicted of tax evasion over income from high-stakes poker
- DHS official promises that federal immigration agents won't be at polling places during the midterms
- Justice Department says it's reviewing whether any Epstein-related records were mistakenly withheld
- Vance says administration is pausing some Medicaid funding to Minnesota because of fraud concerns
- To sit or stand: Trump's challenge to Democrats a key moment in State of the Union address
Bird flu outbreak in California elephant seals prompts officials to cancel popular tours
Researchers say seven seal pups have tested positive for an avian flu virus at California’s Año Nuevo State Park and several more are showing signs of the illness. The outbreak has prompted park officials to cancel the park's popular seal-watching tours for the remainder of the seal breeding season. Researchers with University of California-Santa Cruz and University of California-Davis made the announcement Wednesday, calling it the first detected outbreak of the virus among marine mammals...
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- Bird flu outbreak in California elephant seals prompts officials to cancel popular tours
- NASA moves its Artemis II moon rocket off the launch pad for more repairs
- NASA's Mike Fincke identifies himself as the ailing astronaut who prompted space station evacuation
- A Boston Celtics game-inspired friction test finally pinned down the sneaker squeak
- Swirling beauty of the Milky Way galaxy's heart is captured in a new telescope picture

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