The owner of Mentmore Towers, the English mansion that doubled as Wayne Manor in the Batman films, is publicly challenging Buckinghamshire Council's demand for urgent repairs, calling the council's own enforcement actions counterproductive to preserving the historic estate. Simon Halabi, the 68-year-old Syrian-British property tycoon who bought the Grade I-listed mansion in 1999, pushed back […] The post Owner of Batman's Wayne Manor fires back at council as bat survey dispute escalates appeared first on American Almanac .
The owner of Mentmore Towers, the English mansion that doubled as Wayne Manor in the Batman films, is publicly challenging Buckinghamshire Council's demand for urgent repairs, calling the council's own enforcement actions counterproductive to preserving the historic estate. Simon Halabi, the 68-year-old Syrian-British property tycoon who bought the Grade I-listed mansion in 1999, pushed back through a spokesman after the council served a listed-building repairs notice ordering bat surveys and masonry work. The spokesman called the suggestion that nothing was being done at the property "false," insisting that ecological investigations and preparatory work were already underway. The dispute centers on one of England's most recognizable…Open
The order aims to streamline veteran access to benefits, in part by improving data sharing from personnel files and service records between the branches.
Today the Center for Renewing America (CRA), founded by White House Office of Management and Budget Director Russ Vought, announced that Edward R. Martin Jr., a veteran public servant and former senior official in the Trump Administration’s Department of Justice, will join the organization as a Distinguished Fellow. The post Former Trump DOJ Official Ed Martin Joins Center for Renewing America As Distinguished Fellow appeared first on The Center for Renewing America .
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today the Center for Renewing America (CRA), founded by White House Office of Management and Budget Director Russ Vought, announced that Edward R. Martin Jr., a veteran public servant and former senior official in the Trump Administration’s Department of Justice, will join the organization as a Distinguished Fellow. Martin joins CRA following his service in several key roles in the Trump Administration, including Chief of Staff to the OMB Director, Russ Vought, Acting U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia and U.S. Pardon Attorney. He was also tapped by President Trump to lead the Justice Department’s Weaponization Working Group, established to advance President Trump’s efforts to confront the abuses of…Open
Max Lederer, the former publisher of the military publication Stars and Stripes, sounds off on the future of the paper under Pete Hegseth after getting fired by the Pentagon. “How can you be transparent if you don’t have the Pentagon’s voice?” This week, a federal judge declined to stop the Pentagon from dismissing Lederer and two other journalists from the newspaper. The journalists are suing Hegseth, claiming they were retaliated against over negative news coverage and speaking out against press freedom. Lederer tells Jacob Soboroff their lawsuit will “continue on.”
