Second Shoe Drops for Palin in Libel Case
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Second Shoe Drops for Palin in Libel Case
2022-02-16 15:23:49
by Dan McCue

NEW YORK — The jury deliberating Sarah Palin’s libel suit against The New York Times returned a verdict against her, concluding there was insufficient evidence to prove the newspaper acted with “actual malice” when it published a 2017 editorial erroneously... Read More

<strong>Judge Says He’ll Dismiss Sarah Palin’s Libel Suit Against The New York Times</strong>
Litigation
Judge Says He'll Dismiss Sarah Palin's Libel Suit Against The New York Times
2022-02-15 14:01:22
by Dan McCue

NEW YORK — The judge presiding over Sarah Palin’s libel suit against The New York Times announced Monday afternoon that he intends to dismiss the lawsuit on the grounds the former Alaska governor failed to prove the newspaper acted with... Read More

Trump Wants Pulitzers Rescinded for Russia-Gate Reporting From Wapo, Times
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Trump Wants Pulitzers Rescinded for Russia-Gate Reporting From Wapo, Times
2021-10-29 21:18:11
by Dan McCue

WASHINGTON — Former President Donald Trump wants the Pulitzer Prize Board to rescind Pulitzers awarded to The Washington Post and The New York Times in 2018 for their coverage of Russian interference into the 2016 presidential campaign. In bestowing the... Read More

Ex-NYT Columnist Kristof Announces Run for Oregon Governor
In The States
Ex-NYT Columnist Kristof Announces Run for Oregon Governor

SALEM, Ore. (AP) — Former New York Times journalist Nicholas Kristof announced his candidacy Wednesday for Oregon governor, saying the state needs a political newbie to solve problems like homelessness and rural despair. "I've never run for political office in... Read More

Trump Accuses His Niece and NY Times of Conspiracy for Revealing His Tax Returns
Litigation
Trump Accuses His Niece and NY Times of Conspiracy for Revealing His Tax Returns
2021-09-22 13:59:46
by Tom Ramstack

Former President Donald Trump accuses his niece and The New York Times of deceit and conspiracy to obtain his tax returns in a lawsuit he filed Tuesday. The lawsuit asks for $100 million in compensation after the former president says... Read More

Global Glitch: Swaths of Internet Go Down After Cloud Outage
Technology
Global Glitch: Swaths of Internet Go Down After Cloud Outage

LONDON (AP) — Multiple websites went offline briefly across the globe Tuesday after an outage at the cloud service company Fastly, revealing how critical a handful of companies running the internet's plumbing have become.  Dozens of sites including the New... Read More

Recalling the Pentagon Papers Case, 50 Years On (Part Three)
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Recalling the Pentagon Papers Case, 50 Years On (Part Three)
2021-05-11 21:04:47
by Dan McCue

(This is the third part of a four-part series. The first and second installments can be read here and here.) White House Makes Its Move  Ultimately, the decision to seek prior restraint -- an injunction prohibiting The Times from publishing... Read More

Recalling the Pentagon Papers Case, 50 Years On (Part Two)
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Recalling the Pentagon Papers Case, 50 Years On (Part Two)
2021-05-11 10:46:55
by Dan McCue

(This is the second part of a four-part series. The first installment can be read here.) To Publish or Not to Publish Upon his return to Washington, Sheehan and an editor booked a room at the Jefferson Hotel, where they... Read More

Recalling the Pentagon Papers Case, 50 Years On (Part One)
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Recalling the Pentagon Papers Case, 50 Years On (Part One)
2021-05-10 10:46:03
by Dan McCue

The battle was joined on a Monday night. It was shortly after 7 p.m. on June 14, 1971, when a seething President Richard Nixon telephoned his attorney general, John Mitchell, and told him it was time to make the administration’s... Read More

New York Times Says Senator’s Op-Ed Didn’t Meet Standards
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New York Times Says Senator’s Op-Ed Didn’t Meet Standards

NEW YORK (AP) — In an embarrassing about-face, The New York Times said Thursday that an opinion piece it ran by U.S. Sen. Tom Cotton advocating the use of federal troops to quell nationwide protests about police mistreatment of black... Read More

CNN, NY Times to Host Next Democratic Candidate Debate in October
CNN, NY Times to Host Next Democratic Candidate Debate in October
2019-09-13 21:21:34
by Dan McCue

WASHINGTON - The New York Times and CNN will co-host the next Democrat debate on Oct. 15, with the possibility of a second night being added depending on the number of candidates who meet the qualifying criteria. The Democratic National... Read More

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