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In response to repeated and detailed requests for comment, Lee did not address any of the specific claims in his August 11th note, sent by email to clients. Instead, he referred CNN Business to an article that cited Dr. Anthony Fauci, the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, saying that it is "conceivable" that common cold T cells "could have some degree of protection." … [Read more...] about A new front in coronavirus disinformation: Wall Street research

But already, there appear to be delays in negotiating a new Cabinet, despite a Monday deadline that Macron said Lebanese politicians agreed on to form the government. In the past it has taken months to form governments as factions bargain over who gets which ministries. … [Read more...] about France tries forcing change on Lebanon’s politicians

Arguing the case for Hawaii, which challenged the ban in 2017, was Neal Katyal, a former solicitor general under Obama who had written a rapturous Times op-ed supporting Gorsuch’s nomination. There are straightforward reasons to believe Trump’s ban — which bars residents of seven countries, five of which are Muslim-majority, from traveling to the United States — violates the religious liberties protected by the First Amendment. And Katyal made that argument. But when Gorsuch started prodding him, Katyal switched up his strategy. The ban, he argued, also exceeded the authority Congress had delegated to the president — a line of reasoning that would seem to flatter Gorsuch’s jurisprudence of restraint. Gorsuch appeared unmoved, however, and instead pulled a familiar Scalian card from his deck. Justices shouldn’t overstep their bounds, he argued. They shouldn’t confuse their robes for capes. “We have this troubling rise of this … [Read more...] about Little Scalia

Of the women who attended the first Charlie Hebdo editorial meeting of 2015, only four survived. Elsa Cayat did not, her end was witnessed at close quarters by Vinson, a former lawyer and the magazine’s legal correspondent. From behind a face mask and long dark curls, she was visibly shaken. Her voice broke, as she relived each moment. One after the other she saw them fall; next to her, on top of her. Her description is detailed, gruesome, too graphic to write down. … [Read more...] about Charlie Hebdo Survivors ‘Disappointed’ by Blockbuster Trial

The online post by Logan – co-chairman of the local chapter of the Democratic Socialists of America -- was a factor in authorities deciding to take action regarding his outstanding warrant, Spokane County Sheriff Ozzie Knezovich told reporters at a news conference Tuesday. … [Read more...] about Protester allegedly threatened police, wanted to ‘take these pigs heads off with a hand saw’: reports