Brett Shumate, who leads the department’s civil division, wrote a letter to Gregory Craig, a lawyer for the National Trust for Historic Preservation, with a deadline of 9 a.m. on Monday to voluntarily drop the lawsuit.
Influencers jumped to fill the information void with conspiracy theories about the attack at the White House Correspondents’ dinner on Saturday.
The White House Correspondents’ Dinner, which was attended by the President and many Cabinet members, was not given top security status that would have unlocked the full weight of federal security resources.
The shooting marked the first time an incident occurred at the annual event.
Especially on the left, myriad societal factors are breaking down the guardrails that once made political violence anathema to the vast majority of Americans.
The “Motion for Emergency Stay” was filed on behalf of Elections Commissioner Steven Koski, the State Board of Elections, and the Virginia Department of Elections.
The lawsuits targeted Kalshi, Robinhood, Coinbase, Polymarket, Crypto.com, and their affiliates for operating prediction markets on event contracts in the state that resemble and pay out like sports wagering.
More than 40% of oil and natural gas operators in west Texas say their operations have been impacted by theft in the past year, a continued fallout of the border crisis.
“We put in a request for, get ready, $285,000 for the Red Line extension. That was 18 years ago. The price tag’s gone up a little bit,” Durbin says