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Paramount Will Pay $16 Million In Settlement With Trump Over '60 Minutes' Interview

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Fri, 07/04/2025 - 12:00am

NEW YORK (AP) — In a case seen as a challenge to American free-speech principles, Paramount has agreed to pay $16 million to settle a lawsuit by President Donald Trump over the editing of CBS' “ 60 Minutes” interview with then-Vice President Kamala Harris in October.

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‘No King’ Protesters Gather In Defiance Of Authoritarian Rule

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Fri, 06/27/2025 - 12:00am

Signs being held at the ‘No Kings’ protest in Tom Hanafan River’s Edge Park on June 14, 2025.
(Carla Chance / The Daily Record)

Can he have his cake, and eat it, too ...

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Ratings and Bombs

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Fri, 06/27/2025 - 12:00am

Since 1953, no president has ever entered office at less than 50% approval, that is, except for President Trump, who, when inaugurated for the second time, had just 47% approval. This same data Gallup showed that, except for briefly with George H.W. Bush (at 48%), no other president had earned less than half the approval of independents, but for President Trump, who, at the beginning of this term, sat briefly at 46%.

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US Senate Mega-Bill Drops Requirement States Help Pay For SNAP Program

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Fri, 06/27/2025 - 12:00am

Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Oregon.
(Mariam Zuhaib / AP Photo)

WASHINGTON — U.S. Senate Democrats have succeeded in eliminating more than a dozen policy changes from Republicans’ “big, beautiful bill” after successfully arguing before the chamber’s parliamentarian that the elements didn’t comply with the strict rules that go along with writing a budget reconciliation bill.

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Nebraska House And Senate Republicans Cheer U.S. Strikes On Iran

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Fri, 06/27/2025 - 12:00am

LINCOLN — As U.S. B-2 bombers headed home from bombing three key Iranian nuclear sites this weekend, Nebraska’s federal delegation cheered the Trump administration’s strikes as a “necessary step” and “something that needed to happen.”

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Man Charged With Supplying Chemicals To Palm Springs Fertility Clinic Bomber Dies In Custody

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Fri, 06/27/2025 - 12:00am

Debris covers the ground after an explosion on Saturday, May 17, 2025, in Palm Springs, California.
(ABC7 Los Angeles via AP)

LOS ANGELES (AP) — A Washington state man who was charged with aiding the bomber of a fertility clinic in Southern California died Tuesday in federal custody, just weeks after his arrest, prison officials said.

Daniel Park, 32, was accused of supplying chemicals to Guy Edward Bartkus of California, the bomber, who died in the May 17 explosion.

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Veteran Attorney Continues To Serve, But In Court Of Law

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Fri, 06/20/2025 - 12:00am

John S. Berry finished his military career as a battalion commander in the Nebraska Army National Guard, retiring as a lieutenant colonel. In 2019, he was inducted into the Nebraska National Guard Regional Training Institute Hall of Fame.
(Courtesy of Berry Law)

His mission goes beyond borders and his service extends well beyond his military career. Now flanked with a law degree, John S. Berry continues to honor and protect those who have served this nation, all across the globe.

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A Sage and a Farmer Are Made Dictator

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Fri, 06/20/2025 - 12:00am

Labeled by Plato as one of the “Seven Sages of Greece,” a man who was both sophist and leader, “Pittacus of Mytilene” was born in 640 BC. During his life he led the men of his city against Athens, and, desiring to avoid bloodshed challenged the general of the opposing army to single combat, and won. For this, Pittacus was heralded as a champion and given supreme power over the city and the lands.

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Members Of Congress On Edge After Assassination Of Minnesota State Legislator

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Fri, 06/20/2025 - 12:00am

U.S. Sen. Alex Padilla, D-Calif., is pushed out of the room as Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem holds a news conference regarding the recent protests in Los Angeles, Thursday, June 12, 2025.
(David Crane / The Orange County Register via AP)

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Senate gathered behind closed doors Tuesday to hear from federal law enforcement officials about protection for lawmakers and the safety of their families, just days after a gunman said to be posing as a police officer targeted state lawmakers in Minnesota.

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Marshbanks’ Investment Adviser, Jesse T. Hill, Pleads Guilty To Bank Fraud Conspiracy

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Fri, 06/20/2025 - 12:00am

OMAHA — A key figure in a loan scam in which more than $45 million in credit was sought from 19 Nebraska and Iowa banks has pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit bank fraud.

Jesse T. Hill, 35, of Hickman, entered a guilty plea in U.S. District Court, federal prosecutors announced this week.

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