This Day in Alaskan History-March 22nd, 2020
U.S. Representative Mary Peltola, Alaska Delegation Secure Executive Order to Combat Predatory Foreign Trawlers
Washington, D.C. — Friday, U.S. Representative Mary Peltola (D-AK) celebrated a pro-fish decision she brought to national attention to support fishermen in Alaska. An Executive Order signed by the President Friday empowers the United States to combat predatory foreign trawlers, particularly in the Bering Sea and North Pacific regions. The order builds upon existing U.S. […]
Trump Receives Gag Order After Social Media Attack on Law Clerk
The judge presiding over Donald Trump’s New York civil real estate fraud case on Tuesday imposed a gag order on the former president after he disparaged a court staffer. New York State court Judge Arthur Engoron issued the order after Trump recirculated on his Truth Social site a critical social media post about Engoron’s principal […]
Appeals Court Orders Release of Secret Memo Barr ‘Used to Undercut the Mueller Report’
While the DOJ has not announced whether it will appeal, a spokesperson for the watchdog behind the case said that “the American people deserve to know what it says. Now they will.” A federal appeals court on Friday ordered the release of a 2019 memorandum about whether then-President Donald Trump obstructed Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation into Russian […]