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LONDON (AP) — Britain has sparked a post-Brexit spat with the European Union by declining to grant the bloc’s first-ever ambassador to the country full diplomatic status. Joao Vale de Almeida is the 27-nation EU’s envoy to the U.K., which left the bloc last year. The EU says he should be given the same status as a national ambassador, like the rest of the bloc's 143 envoys around the world. But the British government says the EU is an...

One of Trump’s own appointees sided with his fellow appellate judges in shutting down the outgoing president’s Affordable Clean Energy rule. A coal-fired power plant is silhouetted against the morning sun in Glenrock, Wyo., in July 2018. (AP Photo/J. David Ake, File) WASHINGTON (CN) — On the last full day of his presidency, Donald Trump’s yearslong effort to shut down Obama-era clean air protections targeting power plants went up in smoke in the D.C. Circuit. Adding salt to the wound, t...

Your Tuesday night briefing from the staff of Courthouse News Top eight stories for today including California fired back on the Trump administration’s eleventh-hour attempt to gut the Endangered Species Act before the president leaves office; A slew of nominees to critical positions in Joe Biden’s Cabinet came before Congress; Kansas asked a 10th Circuit panel to preserve a law specifically targeting individuals who lie to gain access to animal processing plants for undercover investigati...

Jaelyn Kennedy Let me first give you the definition of racism. Racism is prejudice, discrimination or antagonism directed against a person or people on the basis of their membership in a particular racial or ethnic group, typically one that is a minority or marginalized. Why did I give you that definition, you may ask? To have a conversation about race in America and America’s progress when it comes to race, we must have a clear understanding of the racism that is very fluent and prevalent in...

New York City renters owe more than $1 billion in back rent according to a new survey.

Why I wrote an obituary for @realDonaldTrump The presidents Twitter account seemed to have a life of its own. FacebookTwitterEmail The suspended Twitter account of U.S. President Donald Trump appears on a laptop screen on Jan. 8, 2021, in San Anselmo, California. Citing the risk of further incitement of violence following an attempted insurrection on Jan. 6, Twitter permanently suspended President Trumps account on Jan. 8. (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images/TNS)Justin Sullivan / Getty Images Welcome...

President Donald Trump will be targeting Twitter and other social media platforms during his final days in office.

President Donald Trump will be targeting Twitter and other social media platforms during his final days in office.

Supporters of President Donald Trump watch his motorcade drive by in West Palm Beach, Fla., on Sunday as Trump departs his golf club for the Mar-a-Lago resort. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky) WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AFP) — Donald Trump may soon be dislodged from Washington, but to core supporters in southern Florida he remains an unquestionable hero, their favorite occasional local, whose Mar-a-Lago presence draws global attention to Palm Beach. The brash Republican is on his final holiday trip to...

Democratic leader nancy pelosi is very likely to be the next speak. the odds of somebody talking her off are very little after this next election. there isnt anyone to challenge on caucus, and if someone arises, the folks who want to be speaker are not amassing the votes to take her out. >> thank you. it is fitting where the big picture takes us to arlington, virginia. an amazing photo of the vietnam war memorial. it honors the men and women who have given their lives to our country. today and e...