Month: June 2023

WASHINGTON (AP) – Since assuming the role of White House press secretary, Karine Jean-Pierre has become known for frequently dodging questions by citing the Hatch Act. The law prohibits officials from engaging in politics during their day jobs, and Jean-Pierre uses it to deflect campaign-related questions from reporters. But apparently he wasn’t careful enough. The Office of Special Counsel, a government enforcement agency the Hatch Actsaid in a recent letter that Jean-Pierre violated the law before last year’s midterm elections. His offense: making frequent references to “MAGA Republicans” during White House briefings. According to a letter from the Office of…

CNN — White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre violated the Hatch Act for using the term “mega MAGA” at the briefing room podium, the US Office of Special Counsel has determined, and received a warning letter. Jean-Pierre was found to be in violation of the Hatch Act, a law that is supposed to prevent the federal government from influencing elections or conducting its activities in a partisan manner, when he said “mega MAGA Republican officials who don’t believe in the ‘rule of law’,” according to a letter from the OSC. The letter was addressed to Michael Chamberlain, a former Trump…

FILMS WITH A VIEW MARKS THE 23RD YEAR WITH THE THEME “WE ARE FAMILY” BROOKLYN BRIDGE PARK: “We Are Family” is the theme of Brooklyn Bridge Park’s beloved outdoor summer movie series, Movies With A View, which returns July 6 for its 23rd year season The Brooklyn Bridge Park Conservancy presents this film series for eight consecutive Thursday evenings in July and August on the Pier 1 Harbor View Lawn in Brooklyn Bridge Park. 2023’s “We Are Family” theme curates a wide range of films that celebrate family and relationships in all their diverse forms, starting with ET Extra Terrestrial…

SARANAC LAKE – The Adirondack Daily Enterprise was honored with two awards at the New York News Publishers Association’s 2022 Awards of Excellence, which were announced Tuesday. Company Managing Editor Elizabeth Izzo won an award for Distinguished Editorial Writing in the circulation class of less than 10,000 people. Business staff writer Aaron Marbone was honored for distinguished coverage of breaking news. – Publishers – Izzo, who became editor-in-chief in 2021 and has been with the Enterprise since 2019, won Distinguished Editorial Writing for four publishers. The first, titled “It’s time to address the elephant in the room,” was published on…

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BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) – Former President Trump pleaded not guilty Tuesday to dozens of felony charges that he seized classified documents and denied government demands to return them at a court appearance in Miami. Several local attorneys and political analysts joined News 4 Tuesday to discuss the proceedings and what might be next. None of the lawyers are involved in the former president’s case. “It’s clear that some attorneys must have been witnesses here. They indicated that they were asked to do things that were illegal,” said local criminal attorney Paul Cambria. “There are security cameras all over Mar-a-Lago, those…

(Center Square) – Members of Congress spoke to the director of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Tuesday about the effectiveness of vaccines against COVID-19, whether the agency worked with social media companies to suppress speech and a number of other issues. Dr. Rochelle Walensky, who is resigning from the agency at the end of the month, testified before the House Select Oversight Subcommittee on her agency’s handling of the COVID-19 pandemic. U.S. Rep. Brad Wenstrup, R-Ohio, the subcommittee’s chairman, questioned whether the science supported what the federal government claimed about the vaccine, specifically citing President Joe…

PITTSBURGH – One woman is dead and two others are in the hospital after a shooting in Oakland Tuesday night, according to Pittsburgh police. According to Allegheny County 911 dispatchers, the call for the shooting came in at 9:27 p.m. Emergency crews are still on the scene in the 2500 block of Allequippa Street. Channel 11 has a crew on the scene and we are working to get more information. WATCH 11 at 11 for the latest news from the scene in a LIVE report. Download the FREE WPXI News app for breaking news alerts. Follow the news of Channel…