A bill to share with players revenue from college football and basketball programs in California was diverted by big conferences that argued it would hurt female athletes and sports programs such as swimming on.wsj.com
@BBCWorld2 years ago
Cash App founder Bob Lee argued with suspect before his murder, prosecutors say bbc.in
@WSJ2 years ago
Former president Donald Trump isn’t automatically shielded from civil lawsuits seeking to hold him accountable for the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol, the Justice Department argued Thursday on.wsj.com
@nytimesworld2 years ago
While Mr. Zuma had argued for his release from prison on medical grounds, he recently dismissed any suggestion that his health would now prevent him from returning to the African National Congress. nyti.ms
@nytimesworld3 years ago
Christopher Meyer, the debonair diplomat who served as Britain’s ambassador to Washington from 1997 to 2003 but later argued that his government let itself be suckered into supporting the American invasion of Iraq, has died at 78. nyti.ms
@WSJ3 years ago
The Supreme Court dismissed a case regarding the effort to reinstate a Trump-era regulation penalizing lawful immigrants for using welfare benefits, deciding after the case was argued that it should never have agreed to hear it in the first place on.wsj.com
@nytimesworld3 years ago
One of the starkest changes came from the education ministry, where Jean-Michel Blanquer — who argued vocally over his years there that American concepts on race, gender, post-colonialism and “wokism” were tearing France apart — was replaced by Pap Ndiaye. nyti.ms
@nytimesworld3 years ago
“The only way forward is democracy, not socialism,” he argued, “and democracy means market economics” nyti.ms
@WSJ3 years ago
The U.A.E. recently ordered work halted on a Chinese facility in the country after American officials argued that Beijing intended to use the site for military purposes on.wsj.com
@WSJ3 years ago
Two prominent first-term Republican lawmakers publicly traded insults and argued over their conservative bona fides on Tuesday, just as party leaders have tried to quell dust-ups that have tested party unity on.wsj.com
@WSJ4 years ago
U.S. Soccer argued in a court filing that the women's team is being paid according to the contract it agreed to, and blamed FIFA World Cup prize gaps for their smaller contract bonuses than the men's team on.wsj.com
@WSJ4 years ago
Lawyers for New York City argued the city’s decision to end the Trump Organization’s contract to operate a Bronx golf course was lawful because attracting top tournaments wasn’t possible after the Capitol riot on.wsj.com
@WSJ2 years ago
Prosecutors seeking the death penalty for the man accused of killing 11 people at the Tree of Life synagogue in 2018 described a scene of chaos and terror to a jury, while an attorney for the shooter argued that he was acting with irrational motives on.wsj.com
@BBCWorld2 years ago
Cash App founder Bob Lee argued with suspect before his murder, prosecutors say bbc.in
@nytimesworld2 years ago
A mercenary group allied with the Kremlin and the Russian military argued publicly about who gets credit for a small victory in Ukraine, exposing dissension within Moscow’s war effort. nyti.ms
@nytimesworld2 years ago
While Mr. Zuma had argued for his release from prison on medical grounds, he recently dismissed any suggestion that his health would now prevent him from returning to the African National Congress. nyti.ms
@WSJ3 years ago
Sen. Joe Manchin defended tax increases in the Democrats’ climate and prescription drug plan, and argued that the bill would fight inflation on.wsj.com
@nytimesworld3 years ago
In a speech to his fellow Conservative lawmakers, Prime Minister Boris Johnson argued that the best was yet to come if they continued to support him, and that he would prove an election winner for a second time. nyti.ms
@nytimesworld3 years ago
The BBC had argued, unsuccessfully, that it had the right to identify the agent because it was in the public interest for women to know who the agent was, and that doing so would protect potential victims. nyti.ms
@nytimesworld3 years ago
In a falsehood-filled narrative too detailed to be dismissed as mere nationalist fervor, Mr. Putin argued that the West aimed to use Ukraine as a springboard to invade and destroy Russia. nyti.ms
@WSJ3 years ago
Instagram’s top executive clashed Wednesday with senators over the photo-sharing app’s impact on young users, during a contentious hearing where lawmakers in both parties argued for stricter government oversight of social-media apps on.wsj.com
@WSJ3 years ago
Lawyers for victims of the 2017 massacre in Sutherland Springs, Texas, argued that the Justice Department is proposing too little in damages, compared with other recent settlements over the government’s failure to prevent mass shootings on.wsj.com
@nytimesworld4 years ago
Critics have argued that the death of Nizar Banat has highlighted problems in the Palestinian Authority. nyti.ms
@WSJ4 years ago
Three conservative justices argued that it was time to overrule a 1990 precedent holding that religious believers can’t invoke the First Amendment to exempt themselves from neutral laws that apply to the public at large on.wsj.com
@WSJ2 years ago
The Supreme Court said Monday it would reconsider a 1984 precedent some conservatives have argued grants too much power to federal regulators on.wsj.com
@WSJ2 years ago
Heard on the Street: Midsize banks have long argued they pose no systemic risk. Following the failure of Silicon Valley Bank, that argument is dead. on.wsj.com
@WSJ2 years ago
A judge will hear Elon Musk’s request to relocate his coming securities-fraud trial away from San Francisco. Attorneys for Musk argued that potential jurors could be biased against the billionaire over his use and recent management of Twitter. on.wsj.com
@WSJ2 years ago
Donald Trump’s legal team argued that executive privilege protects the former president from having to disclose certain materials to federal investigators probing how records marked as classified were transferred to Mar-a-Lago on.wsj.com
@nytimesworld3 years ago
Brittney Griner’s lawyers produced evidence in a Russian courtroom on Friday that she had a prescription for medical cannabis. Her defense team has argued that the W.N.B.A. star mistakenly brought the drug into the country. nyti.ms
@nytimesworld3 years ago
One of the starkest changes came from the education ministry, where Jean-Michel Blanquer — who argued vocally over his years there that American concepts on race, gender, post-colonialism and “wokism” were tearing France apart — was replaced by Pap Ndiaye. nyti.ms
@WSJ3 years ago
Investors in recent years argued that to get decent returns you had to put a hefty chunk of your portfolio in stocks. The Fed has turned that dynamic on its head. on.wsj.com
@WSJ3 years ago
Lawyers for former President Trump and two of his adult children argued that the New York state attorney general’s office targeted them unfairly in its civil-fraud investigation on.wsj.com
@WSJ3 years ago
A Justice Department lawyer argued Friday that the U.S. should be permitted to represent Donald Trump in a defamation lawsuit filed by the columnist E. Jean Carroll, saying the law protects a president from being sued in such a case on.wsj.com
@WSJ3 years ago
Lawyers for victims of the 2017 massacre in Sutherland Springs, Texas, argued that the Justice Department is proposing too little in damages, compared with other recent settlements over the government’s failure to prevent mass shootings on.wsj.com
@nytimesworld4 years ago
Critics have argued that the death of Nizar Banat has highlighted problems in the Palestinian Authority. nyti.ms
@WSJ4 years ago
The Supreme Court asked the U.S. Solicitor General’s office to submit the federal government’s views on an appeal that argued Harvard unlawfully discriminated against Asian-American applicants on.wsj.com
@guardian2 years ago
I once argued fiercely for child-free spaces. As a mother, I still believe in their sanctity | Rhiannon Lucy Cosslett theguardian.com
@WSJ2 years ago
A federal judge ruled that Missouri’s sweeping gun-rights law is unconstitutional, marking a win for the federal government, which argued that the new law impeded criminal law-enforcement operations on.wsj.com
@WSJ2 years ago
Colorado Gov. Jared Polis said he would halt busing migrants from Denver to New York City and Chicago after the mayors of those cities argued that their shelters were already overrun on.wsj.com
@WSJ2 years ago
Three men were convicted of plotting to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, despite a defense that argued they were just talking about the crime with no intent of carrying it out on.wsj.com
@nytimesworld3 years ago
The green and blue pigments may be impossible to replace, and tattooists have argued that the restrictions are overbroad, sew unnecessary concern among clients and undermine their art. nyti.ms
@nytimesworld3 years ago
The BBC had argued, unsuccessfully, that it had the right to identify the agent because it was in the public interest for women to know who the agent was, and that doing so would protect potential victims. nyti.ms
@WSJ3 years ago
For decades, baseball fans have argued passionately over the merits of the designated hitter. With the National League joining the American League in using the DH, an author and a former star pitcher debate the rule's impact on the game. on.wsj.com
@WSJ3 years ago
Lawyers for former President Donald Trump and two of his adult children argued Tuesday that the New York state attorney general’s office had targeted them unfairly in its civil-fraud investigation on.wsj.com
@WSJ3 years ago
Two prominent first-term Republican lawmakers publicly traded insults and argued over their conservative bona fides on Tuesday, just as party leaders have tried to quell dust-ups that have tested party unity on.wsj.com
@WSJ3 years ago
The killing of Daunte Wright by former police officer Kimberly Potter was an innocent mistake, lawyers for the Minnesota officer argued in a recent court filing, the first time they've explained how she plans to defend herself against the charges on.wsj.com
@nytimesworld4 years ago
Critics have argued that the death of Nizar Banat has highlighted problems in the Palestinian Authority. nyti.ms
@nytimesworld4 years ago
Israeli officials have argued that Bedouin in unrecognized villages don't have valid claims to the land. But Bedouin leaders have said that Israel has unfairly demanded they produce physical land deeds, something they historically did not use. nyti.ms