A serious milestone was reached Tuesday when a majority of workers at a Mercedes-Benz plant in Vance‚ Alabama‚ signed union cards. It was the result of a recently launched organizing drive by the United Auto Workers in nonunion plants‚ particularly in the South. In November‚ fresh after winning a historic contract victory following a strike against the Big Three automakers‚ UAW President Shawn Fain announced that the union would launch one of the largest organizing drives in its history‚...

A former law partner of Fulton County special prosecutor Nathan Wade was evasive on the witness stand Tuesday as lawyers pressed him on details about a romantic relationship between Wade and District Attorney Fani Willis that has roiled the 2020 Georgia election case against Donald Trump. Terrence Bradley‚ who also served for a time as Wade’s divorce attorney‚ was expected to be a key witness for lawyers seeking to remove Willis from one of four criminal cases...

A lawyer billed as the “star witness” in the case to disqualify Fulton County District Attorney Fani T. Willis (D) testified Tuesday that it was mere “speculation” when he told a defense attorney that Willis began a romantic relationship in 2019 with the outside lawyer she appointed to lead the case against Donald Trump‚ years earlier than Willis has publicly acknowledged. Terrence Bradley‚ a former law partner of special prosecutor Nathan Wade‚ repeatedly testified under...

In combative testimony in a Georgia courtroom Tuesday‚ special counsel Nathan Wade’s former law partner attempted to walk back his incriminating timeline for when Mr. Wade became romantically involved with Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis. Terrence Bradley‚ who was also Mr. Wade’s divorce attorney‚ insisted from the stand that he was “speculating” when he said his former law partner began dating Ms. Willis before she hired him to investigate former President Donald Trump. The defense...

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell appears to be at a breaking point with House Republicans‚ as he told Speaker Mike Johnson that the Ukraine goodie bag is the “only game in town” and he should pass it post-haste. The GOP Senate leader reportedly reached out to Democrats in the lower chamber to pass their Ukraine package in separate votes—that request was denied. It’s McConnell’s scoffing at border security that will surely make him less popular with the base than he already is right now:...

Encounters on the southern border of those trying to enter the U.S. without authorization have gone up significantly under President Joe Biden. Government statistics show that in the initial processing of millions of encounters‚ 2.5 million people have been released into the U.S. and 2.8 million have been removed or expelled. Some Republicans‚ however‚ have misleadingly suggested the number released into the country since Biden took office is much higher. Republican presidential candidate...

The Covid-19 pandemic revealed that‚ in a global health emergency‚ all the aspirational rhetoric about international cooperation didn’t mean much. Once groundbreaking Covid-19 vaccines became available a year into the pandemic‚ rich countries looked out for themselves and poorer countries were largely left behind. That brought recriminations‚ but also a pledge from the world’s nations to learn from those mistakes and create a better playbook for when a...

First-time mum Nina Peterson felt lonely in the first months of her daughter’s life so she decided to find daughter Millie a grandparent. And along came Christine. Source: Lonely new mum and baby adopt grandma with ‘an unlimited supply of love’ Lovely.

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