Martin Mull, the scene-stealing actor who appeared on shows such as Arrested Development, Roseanne and Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman, has died. He was 80 years old. read more
Over 600 John Deere employees across three different plants will be laid off in late August. Effective August 30, roughly 280 production workers in the East Moline, IL location, 230 production workers at the Davenport location, and 100 production workers at the Dubuque location will be laid off. The company says that the additional layoffs are happening due to a reduced demand for the products made at those facilities and a lull in projected sales for the remainder of the year. Before the latest round of layoffs, hundreds of employees were already laid off in Waterloo this year. 300 workers were impacted in April and an additional 192 were impacted in June.
A Manhattan judge on Tuesday modified Donald Trump's gag order, freeing the former president to comment publicly about witnesses and jurors in the hush money criminal trial that led to his felony conviction, but keeping others connected to the case off limits until he is sentenced July 11. Judge Juan M. Merchan's decision " just days before Trump's debate Thursday with President Joe Biden " clears the presumptive Republican nominee to again go on the attack against his lawyer-turned-foe lawyer Michael Cohen, porn actor Stormy Daniels and other trial witnesses. Trump was convicted in New York on May 30 of falsifying records to cover up a potential sex scandal, making him the first ex-president convicted of a crime. In a five-page ruling, Merchan wrote that the gag order was meant to "protect the integrity of the judicial proceedings" and that protections for witnesses and jurors no longer applied now that the trial has ended and the jury has been discharged.
Columbia University Professors Awi Federgruen and Ran Kivetz have analyzed available data and conducted research whose "findings demonstrate that sufficient amounts of food are being supplied into Gaza," they noted in a summary of their findings presented to The Jerusalem Post. They note that it is "a myth that Israel is responsible for famine in Gaza." They argue that the International Criminal Court and UN have joined Hamas in blaming Israel for a "famine that never was, hoping to stop the war [in Gaza]." The two experts noted that the ICC has sought arrest warrants for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Yoav Gallant, on the grounds that Israel is "causing starvation as a method of war including the denial of humanitarian relief supplies [and] deliberately targeting civilians in conflict." read more
Claim: On Aug. 15, 2017, then-President Donald Trump called neo-Nazis and white supremacists who attended the Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, "very fine people." Rating: FALSE
Mr. President, you did wonderful! What kind of topping would you like on your ice cream? Biden - Shigella.