Pentagon to strengthen insider threat monitoring and vetting procedures following major intel leak
A review undertaken by the Pentagon after a trove of classified documents were leaked online has recommended that the department establish a new office to monitor insider threats and improve access to vetting information from ongoing background checks to ensure individuals still meet security clearance requirements.
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Jose Altuve, Kris Bryant, Jeremy Pena: 3 things I heard during Astros-Rockies series
Jose Altuve's injury keeps him out of the lineup but Jeremy Pena returns for the Astros. Plus, Kris Bryant is getting his swing back together.HOUSTON — As the days tick down to the MLB All-Star Game, the Houston Astros are showing exactly why you can never count the defending World Ch...
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Federal Reserve minutes: Some officials wanted to raise interest rates last month
Some Federal Reserve officials pushed to raise the Fed’s key interest rate by one-quarter of a percentage point at their meeting last month to fight high inflation, though the central bank ultimately decided to forgo a rate hike
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UK Tells FCA to Step Up Review of Bank Rules for Politicians
Rishi Sunak’s government urged the UK financial regulator to step up its review into how banks treat customers
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Fed Minutes Reveal Divisions Over Decision to Pause in June
Federal Reserve officials were less united at their June meeting than their unanimous decision suggested, as some favored
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"Almost all" Fed officials agreed to skip June hike - minutes
By Howard Schneider WASHINGTON A united U.S. Federal Reserve agreed to hold interest rates steady at the June
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Belarus jails Eduard Babaryko, son of jailed rival to Lukashenko
Eduard Babaryko was detained while running his father's presidential election campaign in 2020.
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Turkey's Erdogan says Sweden's NATO steps undermined by protests
ISTANBUL Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said Sweden has taken steps in the right direction for its NATO bid
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Venezuela Cuts Ties With Shipping Mogul Who Was Once an Ally
Venezuela’s state oil giant is parting ways with an old ally who once helped to break a strike
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A Chinese mining company has opened a giant lithium processing plant in Zimbabwe
A Chinese mining company on Wednesday commissioned a $300 million lithium processing plant in Zimbabwe
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Arsenal confirm Ethan Nwaneri has rejected Chelsea interest
Ethan Nwaneri has been named a first year scholar at Arsenal for 2023/24 amid interest from Chelsea, Man City & Man Utd.
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Trump attorney who was key to election conspiracies retires from legal practice
L. Lin Wood, a Georgia attorney who was part of the legal team that attempted to overturn the result of the 2020 presidential election, has said he will retire from the practice of law. Mr Wood sent a letter to top officials at the State Bar of Georgia on Tuesday asking that he be permitted to transfer to “Retired Status” effective immediately. Mr Wood writes that he understands that by taking retired status he would no longer be allowed to practise law in Georgia or any other state or jurisdiction and that he would not be allowed to apply for re-admission. Mr Wood’s decision to end his legal career comes he deals with a range of legal headaches in the wake of his work for Mr Trump’s campaign following the 2020 election. According to reporting by The Daily Beast, the Georgia Bar held a disciplinary trial for Mr Wood in May and was weighing whether to disbar him. Mr Wood is also reportedly facing a potential misconudct case in Michigan over his election work as well as a defamation lawsuit from a former political ally. Given the timing of the request, it is not yet clear whether the Georgia state bar will allow Mr Wood to move to retirement status and prematurely end its disciplinary proceeding against him. Mr Wood was one of a number of Trump attorneys sanctioned by a federal judge in Michigan two years over his role in filing a lawsuit that sought to have President Joe Biden’s victory in the state thrown out and the state’s electoral votes awarded to Mr Trump. The judge in that case, US District Judge Linda Parker, agreed with Gov Gretchen Whitmer that the lawsuit had been filed for an “improper purpose” and wrote in her opinion that the attorneys’ conduct “warrants a referral for investigation and possible suspension or disbarment.” Mr Wood’s legal efforts in the aftermath of the 2020 election were spectacularly unsuccessful — Mr Trump’s legal team did not succeed in reversing the result of a single state they took action in and were only successful in one of the more than 60 lawsuits they filed regarding the race. Mr Wood is far from the only Trump election lawyer in professional trouble. John Eastman is facing potential disbarment in California, while Jeffrey Clark, who was serving as assistant attorney general at the Department of Justice, is facing disciplinary proceedings at the District of Columbia Bar. Mr Trump himself remains under criminal investigation in Georgia for his alleged attempts to interfere in the election. Read More Trump news – live: Trump likened to American traitor Benedict Arnold as he posts bizarre 4th of July messages Trump mocked for bizarre July 4 AI image: ‘He’d sell us out faster than Benedict Arnold’
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