Former President Barack Obama is becoming more prepared to "eke it out" with President Joe Biden as concerns grow that the White House could be lost to former President Donald Trump‚ according to a White House source. Biden has been making regular calls to Obama‚ but the former president has also been discussing strategy and giving advice through calls to White House chief of staff Jeff Zients and top Biden campaign officials‚ an aide‚ who was not authorized to speak publicly‚ told The...

The British High Court on Tuesday ruled that the U.S. cannot extradite Wikileaks founder Julian Assange on espionage charges unless American officials assure that he will not face the death penalty for his alleged crimes and will receive First Amendment protections. "If assurances are not given then we will grant leave to appeal without a further hearing‚" Judge Victoria Sharp said. "If assurances are given then we will give the parties an opportunity to make further submissions before we...

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange on Tuesday was granted permission by a U.K. court to appeal his extradition to the U.S.‚ where he is wanted on spying charges. Assange will therefore not be extradited immediately‚ the court said. The ruling from the Royal Courts of Justice in London means Assange will have the opportunity to pursue a new hearing‚ unless the U.S. provides “satisfactory assurances” on certain aspects that would address his grounds of appeal. The court said it would give...

Julian Assange won't be heading to the United States — at least not immediately. In a partial victory for the WikiLeaks founder‚ London's High Court on Tuesday delayed his extradition to the U.S.‚ where he faces espionage charges for one of the biggest national security leaks in American history. Assange's lawyers had asked the court to grant him one last appeal against his extradition. The two-judge panel delayed a ruling on that. Instead‚ it gave the U.S. government three weeks to...

In a stunning turn‚ the Walt Disney Company dropped its fight against Gov. Ron DeSantis of Florida for control over $17 billion in planned development at the Disney World theme park complex near Orlando. Disney’s capitulation followed a legal setback in January‚ when a federal judge threw out a Disney lawsuit claiming that Mr. DeSantis and his allies had violated the First Amendment by taking over a special tax district that encompasses the company’s 25‚000-acre Florida resort‚...

A Gov. Ron DeSantis-backed board and Disney settled lawsuits Wednesday over who controls the governing district of Disney World’s theme parks and resorts. The Central Florida Tourism Oversight District’s board voted to accept the deal‚ which ends much of the litigation between Disney and Florida officials. The agreement says development agreements and covenants approved by a Disney-friendly board shortly before a state takeover in February 2023 would be null and void. Disney also agreed...

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