President Donald Trump could be headed for a legal quagmire " including an uncomfortable deposition " unless he pulls the plug on his $10 billion BBC defamation lawsuit. Last Tuesday, Federal Magistrate Judge Enjoliqu Lett handed Trump a devastating ruling: he must disclose his financial information as part of discovery in the case, which led former US Attorney Joyce Vance to suggest the president is now in a corner. As she wrote on her Substack platform, Trump's lawyers did all they could "to avoid this moment" by deploying a novel argument. read more
Scott Gottlieb, the former commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), said Sunday the agency does not yet have the outbreak of cyclosporiasis under control. "I don't think it's under control yet, per se. I think that they've done a good job, FDA has, isolating this to central Mexico and some specific farms as well," Gottlieb told CBS News's Margaret Brennan during an appearance on "Face the Nation." He later added, "I don't think this is fully under control yet because we don't know for sure that that's the only growing region where this is coming from. But it does seem to be the case at this point." Officials from the FDA, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and multiple states have linked iceberg lettuce from central Mexico to cyclospora outbreaks causing at least 1,947 cases in nine states.
"We also see Russia's cooperation with North Korea. Russia wants to receive another 30,000 troops from North Korea," Zelenskyy said in his nightly address Saturday evening. "Since June, preparations have been under way in Russia's Voronezh region to receive them." read more
Trump's tariffs are headed to court -- again. read more
Brazil has reportedly rejected visa applications from two officials associated with the Trump administration, who had intended to travel to the South American nation with the stated aim of casting doubt on the integrity of its electoral system. read more
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