Blog Verité

Keepin’ News Real

Election workers abruptly quit, upending rural Texas county

The entire elections staff in a rural Texas county has quit less than three months before November’s midterm elections. Two full-time elections workers in Gillespie County say threats and harassment drove them out of the job.

Read More

Ethics board says South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem may have ‘engaged in misconduct’

A South Dakota ethics board has found enough information that Noem may have “engaged in misconduct” when she intervened in her daughter’s application for a real estate appraiser license to potentially take action against the Republican governor.

Read More

WATCH: State Department spokesman Price holds briefing as negotiations continue over Brittney Griner’s release

State Department spokesman Ned Price held a news briefing on Monday as the U.S. continues to negotiate with Russia over the release of Brittney Griner and Paul Whelan.

Read More

Department of Justice investigating ‘reprehensible’ Arkansas police beating caught on camera: Gov. Hutchinson – Fox News

Department of Justice investigating ‘reprehensible’ Arkansas police beating caught on camera: Gov. Hutchinson  Fox News 3 Arkansas officers suspended after video showed them striking man during arrest l WNT  ABC News Arkansas Police Filmed Brutally Kicking & Punching Man on Sidewalk  Democracy Now!

Read More

Con Ed Dumps Hot, Dirty Water From River Park Pier, Records Show

Environmental advocates say Hudson River Park and New York officials have failed to alert the public to waste that may be harming the ecosystem.

Read More

Singapore’s Half-Hearted Concession to LGBT Rights May Make Real Change More Difficult

Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong announced Sunday that Singapore would repeal a law that criminalizes sex between men—but it wasn’t all good news for LGBT rights. Lee said in a National Day speech that the tightly governed city-state would abolish

Read More

Archives warned of national security damage from Trump’s classified Mar-a-Lago docs, letter shows – POLITICO

Archives warned of national security damage from Trump’s classified Mar-a-Lago docs, letter shows  POLITICO Trump Had More Than 300 Classified Documents at Mar-a-Lago  The New York Times Trump held more than 300 classified documents after leaving White House: report  The Hill Why did

Read More

Trump turns his legal battle after FBI search into political rallying cry – CNN

Trump turns his legal battle after FBI search into political rallying cry  CNN

Read More

Trump files motion over Mar-a-Lago search – CBS News

Trump files motion over Mar-a-Lago search  CBS News Trump Lawyers File Motion For ‘Special Master’ In Mar-a-Lago Search  NBC News Trump files motion seeking independent review of docs seized during FBI raid on Mar-a-Lago  Fox News Checks and balances on search of Trump’s

Read More

Pentagon again denies Bowser request for National Guard help for migrants – The Washington Post

Pentagon again denies Bowser request for National Guard help for migrants  The Washington Post Washington DC Mayor Bowser’s second request for National Guard help with migrant ‘crisis’ denied by Pentagon  Fox News Feds Deny D.C.’s Request For National Guard Help With Migrants  DCist

Read More