In media news today, Politico and CNN writers criticize Nancy Pelosi s rejection of GOP picks for riot committee, a former Google consultant give his opinion on how to combat misinformation, and WaPo s Josh Rogin says Fauci was wrong about denying NIH funded Wuhan gain of function COVID-19 research
Washington Post reporter Felicia Sonmez filed a lawsuit against her publication as well as several editors over claims of discrimination.
On Thursday, Sonmez announced a lawsuit against her former editor Marty Baron as well as managing editor Cameron Barr, managing editor Tracy Grant, national editor Steven Ginsberg, Deputy National Editor Lori Montgomery, and senior politics editor Peter Wallsten. In a statement, she alleged these senior editors in the Washington Post prohibited her from reporting on stories on sexual misconduct.
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WASHINGTON (AP) â Senate Democrats are raising new concerns about the thoroughness of the FBI s background investigation into Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh after the FBI revealed that it had received thousands of tips and had provided all relevant ones to the White House counsel s office.
FBI Director Christopher Wray, responding to longstanding questions from Democrats, disclosed in a letter late last month that it had received more than 4,500 tips as it investigated the nominee s past following his 2018 nomination by President Donald Trump. The process was the first time that the FBI had set up a tip line for a nominee undergoing Senate confirmation, Wray said.
Dems renew questions about FBI background check of Kavanaugh
By ERIC TUCKER Associated Press July 22, 2021 7:10pm Text size Copy shortlink:
WASHINGTON Senate Democrats are raising new concerns about the thoroughness of the FBI s background investigation of Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh after the FBI revealed that it had received thousands of tips and had provided all relevant ones to the White House counsel s office.
FBI Director Christopher Wray, responding to longstanding questions from Democrats, disclosed in a letter late last month that it had received more than 4,500 tips as it investigated the nominee s past following his 2018 nomination by President Donald Trump. The process w
Vaccinations rise in some states with soaring infections
Vaccinations are beginning to rise in some states where COVID-19 cases are soaring, White House officials said Thursday in a sign that the summer surge is getting the attention of vaccine-hesitant Americans as hospitals in the South are being overrun with patients.
Coronavirus coordinator Jeff Zients told reporters that several states with the highest proportions of new infections have seen residents get vaccinated at higher rates than the nation as a whole. Officials cited Arkansas, Florida, Louisiana, Missouri and Nevada as examples.
âThe fourth surge is real, and the numbers are quite frightening at the moment,â Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards said on a New Orleans radio show. Edwards, a Democrat, added: âThereâs no doubt that we are going in the wrong direction, and weâre going there in a hurry.â
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[ Last Update: Friday, 23 July 2021 2:05 AM ] Brett Kavanaugh in Washington D.C. in 2018. (Reuters photo)
The FBI failed to fully investigate sexual misconduct allegations against now-Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh when he was nominated to the court in 2018, according to newly released materials.
Seven Democratic senators on Thursday said a letter they had received from the FBI last month shows it gathered over 4,500 tips pertaining to its investigation of the claims against Kavanaugh.
Kavanaugh was the second of three jurists former Republican president Donald Trump appointed to lifetime spots on the top court during his term, cementing a 6-3 conservative majority.