Quick Glance: Trump's Lawsuit Against The New York Times Dismissed by Judge
- Former President Donald J. Trump was ordered to pay The Times's legal expenses after suing the paper, three of its reporters, and his niece over an investigation into his tax returns.
- Justice Robert R. Reed of State Supreme Court in Manhattan rejected Trump's claims against The Times and its reporters as a matter of constitutional law.
- While the lawsuit was dismissed, Trump is still facing several legal matters in which he is the defendant.
- Trump has frequently threatened to sue news media organizations and has unsuccessfully sued The Times in the past.
Quick Glance: Hugging Face, the host of the "Woodstock of AI," emerges as a key voice for open-source AI development.
- Clem Delangue, CEO of Hugging Face, informs guests that his event may be "the biggest AI meetup in history."
- The event took place in the midst of a heated debate about large language models (LLMs) and their applications.
- "I think this event is a celebration of the power of open science and open source," Delangue added.
- "And that's what we've seen on Hugging Face: the impact of open science open source."
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Marie Antoinette comes to PBS Sunday: https://www.metacritic.com/tv/marie-antoinette-2022/season-1
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Quick Glance: The United States has returned a looted Ancient Egyptian sarcophagus to Egypt.
- According to Egyptian officials, an antique wooden sarcophagus on display at the Houston Museum of Natural Sciences was returned to Egypt after U.S. authorities found it was plundered years ago.
- Cairo officials were successful in having 5,300 stolen antiques returned to Egypt from all over the world in 2021.
- "We are pleased that this object will be returned to Egypt, where it rightfully belongs."
- According to Bragg, the same network transported a gilded casket out of Egypt that is now on display at New York's Metropolitan Museum.
Quick Glance: Despite Fed hikes, the United States adds a surprisingly strong 517,000 jobs.
- Employers in the United States added 517,000 jobs in January, a surprisingly strong gain given the Federal Reserve's aggressive drive to slow growth and tame inflation with higher interest rates.
- Though beneficial to workers, employers' consistent demand for labor has accelerated wage growth and contributed to high inflation.
- Healthcare added 58,000 jobs, while retail added 30,000.
- The economy added 375,000 jobs per month on average throughout 2022.
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Quick Glance: The debt ceiling chicken game has begun.
- Raising the debt ceiling just agrees to pay expenses that the government has already accrued; it does not permit new spending.
- Any spending reduction in the latter were fairly piecemeal.
- The Republican majority in the House is much smaller than it was a decade ago, which appears to allow a small number of more moderate Republicans to combine with Democrats if the far right goes too far.
- McCarthy, on the other hand, has largely control over what comes to the floor, and he has virtually agreed that he will not participate in any attempt to increase the debt ceiling without budget cutbacks – even if it means losing his job.
Quick Glance: Nonfarm payrolls increased 223,000 in December, exceeding expectations due to a healthy labor market.
- The unemployment rate is meaningless if average hourly earnings continue to fall."
- As of November, there were approximately 1.7 job opportunities for every available worker, a disparity that has remained consistent despite the Fed's rate hikes.
- Most analysts predict a slight recession in the United States in 2023 as a result of Fed policy tightening aimed at tamping down inflation, which is still near its highest level since the early 1980s.
- According to the Atlanta Fed, the economy ended 2022 on a high note, with GDP growth tracking at a 3.8% rate.
Quick Glance: Trump claims he "openly and transparently" obtained White House documents.
- "When will you invade the other Presidents' homes in search of documents, which are voluminous," Trump commented on Truth Social.
- It's one of numerous criminal investigations of Trump, and the DOJ and Attorney General Merrick Garland are under intense public pressure to stay impartial as they look into everything from Trump's preservation of official records to his involvement in the tragic Capitol riot on January 6, 2021.
- A few days later, Garland hired experienced war crimes prosecutor Jack Smith as special counsel to supervise Trump-related criminal investigations.
Quick Glance: The White House publishes additional JFK records
- The CIA stated in its most recent statement that all information related to his travel to Mexico City had previously been revealed, adding, "There is no new information on this topic in the 2022 release."
- According to the foundation, certain CIA records were never submitted to the archives and hence were not included in the batch that was recently disclosed.
- The White House stated that releasing the data will provide the public a better picture of the assassination probe.
- Biden released approximately 1 500 pages in October 2021, but stated that the remaining documents will remain sealed. (BBC
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The United States frustrated England in a 0-0 draw on Friday for its second consecutive tie in the World Cup. Fore more: https://www.guardian.co.tt/news/us-frustrates-england-again-at-a-world-cup-in-00-draw-6.2.1576322.4249eb71bd
Quick Glance: The failure of FTX has led in a planned class action lawsuit involving Tom Brady and Steph Curry.
- In the lawsuit, four charges are alleged: violations of the Florida Securities and Investor Protection Act, violations of the Florida Deceptive and Unfair Trade Practices Act, civil conspiracy, and a request for Declaratory Judgment against the Defendants.
- What was Brady's and the other defendants' role in this story?
- The complaint claims that
- The complaint mentions Curry's "nationwide ad campaign pushing the Deceptive FTX Platform, known as the "#notanexpert" campaign."