FTX founder heads to court after judge rejects bail request

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FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried will be in a New York courtroom Thursday for a bail-related hearing despite his lawyers claims that they’ve settled their differences with prosecutors.

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TAG: Correspondent Jeremy House reporting. Bankman-Fried has lived with his parents in Palo Alto, California, after pleading not guilty to criminal charges.

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VERBATIM: Manhattan federal Judge Lewis Kaplan says he wants to know more about Bankman-Fried’s efforts to contact a likely trial witness against him. The judge said in a ruling last week that the note Bankman-Fried sent to the general counsel for FTX US seemed designed so they would “sing from the same hymn book.” An October trial is planned.

Biden responds to GOP interruptions during speech

President Biden is standing by his comments that outraged some Republicans at the State of the Union. On a trip to Wisconsin the day after his speech, the president said he and Republicans had a “spirited debate.” He said GOP lawmakers “seemed shocked when I raised the plans of some of their members and their caucus to cut Social Security. And Marjorie Taylor Greene and others stood up and said, ‘liar, liar.'” The president then quoted three Republicans –Senators Rick Scott, Ron Johnson, and Mike Lee– who have each suggested major changes to Social Security and Medicare.

Labor Dept Says $191-Billion in Covid Unemployment Aid Misspent

Former President Trump Kicks Off Campaign Events

The former President is kicking off his 2024 campaign with two stops along the East Coast. More from Correspondent Bernie Bennett.

Former President Donald Trump kicked off his 2024 White House bid with a stop Saturday in New Hampshire before heading to South Carolina, appearances in early-voting states marking the first campaign events since announcing his latest run more than two months ago.

Those states hold two of the party’s first three nominating contests, giving them enormous power in selecting the nominee.

Mr. Trump and his allies hope the events will offer a show of force behind the former president after a sluggish start to his campaign. In recent weeks, his backers have reached out to political operatives and elected officials to secure support for Mr. Trump at a critical point when other Republicans are preparing their own expected challenges.

Bernie Bennett reporting.

A new controversy for the Presbyterian Church USA

A new controversy for the Presbyterian Church USA

VERBATIM: A group of students seeking to be ordained by the denomination has a problem with one of the questions on a test they were required to take. It asked them to interpret the events of Judges, chapter 19, which tells the story of the rape and murder of one Levite’s concubine. The students are demanding that the question be removed, because it might be “triggering” to victims of sexual abuse. They write “Our examinations must not cause fear and harm.” Michael Harrington, SRN News.

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