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A district court judge awarded $6.6 million combined to four whistleblowers who sued Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton on claims he fired them in retaliation for reporting him to the FBI.Blake Brickman, David Maxwell, Mark Penley and Ryan Vassar notified Paxton and his office on Oct. 1, 2020, that they had reported him to the FBI for allegedly abusing his office. The four were all fired by mid-November.Travis County Judge Catherine Mauzy ruled Friday that by a “preponderance of the evidence,” the whistleblowers proved liability, damages and attorney’s fees in their complaint against the attorney general’s office.The judgment says the…

An Arizona prisoner serving 16 life sentences killed three other inmates at a state prison in Tucson, according to officials.Ricky Wassenaar is accused of killing Saul Alvarez, Thorne Harnage and Donald Lashley during the altercation on Friday at the Arizona State Prison Cimmaron Unit, according to KOLD.Wassenaar is the only suspect in the incident, the outlet reported. Prison officials say he acted with “intent to harm.”‘WHERE IS HE?’ ARIZONA YOGA INSTRUCTOR VANISHES AFTER GOING ON BLIND DATE Ricky Wassenaar is accused of killing three other inmates at a state prison in Tucson. (Arizona Department of Corrections)Alvarez was behind bars for…

The bus is orange. The seats are carpeted. And the battle cry for the partisans on board is borrowed from the late Jack Layton: “Don’t let them tell you it can’t be done.” Layton led the NDP to its best-ever election result in 2011, when the party won 100 seats and, for the first and only time, became the official opposition.Jagmeet Singh, by contrast, is fighting to keep official party status.A Global News seat projection model, based on an aggregate of polling done up to March 24, indicates the NDP may win just three seats.To be recognized as an official…

It was a bad week for Ben Coryell, who runs a wilderness guiding company in Golden, Colo.He got several calls from customers who wanted to cancel their climbing courses and mountaineering expeditions over the summer, often citing second thoughts about big purchases as the Trump administration has thrown the economy into turmoil with eye-watering tariffs.At the same time, Mr. Coryell is wondering how long his business, Golden Mountain Guides, can continue to offer those trips, as personnel cuts at the National Park Service have held up the processing of the permits he needs to operate along high-demand routes. And with…

The United States stands at a crossroads as President Donald Trump’s sweeping tariff plan, unveiled this week, sends shockwaves through financial markets and reignites recession fears. With the stock market reeling from significant losses and global leaders hinting at retaliation, the Federal Reserve faces a complex challenge. Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell’s cautious stance—maintaining the benchmark interest rate at 4.25% to 4.5%—reflects a central bank wrestling with dual threats: a potential economic downturn and persistent inflation exacerbated by Trump’s trade policies. As Trump pressures the Fed to cut rates to cushion the economy during what his administration calls a “detox…

Many people start out chasing this ideal of perfection and, when the garden grows wild, throw their arms up in despair, deciding that a productive garden just isn’t possible. 

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for freeRoula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter.Donald Trump’s “liberation day” tariff blitz has sparked the biggest sell-off in the US junk bond market since 2020, signalling growing angst among investors that an economic slowdown will hit corporate America. The premium investors demand to hold speculative-rated corporate debt compared to that offered by US government bonds — a proxy for default risk — has shot up by 1 percentage point to 4.45 percentage points since Wednesday, ICE BofA data shows. That is the biggest rise since coronavirus triggered widespread…

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for freeRoula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter.UK wealth managers say enquiries from US-based investors worried by the actions of Donald Trump and his administration and seeking to move money from the country have risen markedly.Rathbones, RBC Brewin Dolphin, Evelyn Partners and Schroders Cazenove told the Financial Times that more US clients were looking to move a greater portion of their wealth to the UK, while others had already done so.Toby Glover, chief executive of London-based Schroders US Wealth Management, said there had been “a significant increase in new…

Vietnam’s top leader, To Lam, has asked President Trump to delay the imposition of tariffs for at least 45 days so the two sides can avert a move that would devastate the Vietnamese economy and raise prices for American consumers.The 46 percent tariff rate the United States has said it will impose on Vietnam is among the highest any country faces. The prospect of such a steep tariff has left Vietnam with a sense of whiplash and deep apprehension. It also presents a sharp contrast to Washington’s recent embrace of Hanoi as an important bulwark against China and a manufacturing…

Bernie Sanders: U.S. now a “pseudo-democracy” – CBS News Watch CBS News In this preview of an interview to air on “CBS Sunday Morning” April 6, Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders talks with CBS News’ Robert Costa about the influence of billionaires such as Elon Musk on the political process. Be the first to know Get browser notifications for breaking news, live events, and exclusive reporting. Not Now Turn On