Author: Tyrone Jones

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BURBANK, Calif. (AP) — Disney shareholders supported CEO Robert Iger for a long time, voting on Wednesday to reject activist investor Nelson Peltz and former Disney chief financial officer Jay Rasulo, who had tried to get seats on the company's board. The company suggested a group of directors that did not have Peltz or Rasulo in it. The opposing […]

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White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre will brief reporters Wednesday afternoon following a significant protest vote against President Biden in Tuesday’s Wisconsin primary. Some 48,000 voters in that state chose “uninstructed” over the incumbent in the Democratic Party contest. That tally continues a series of symbolic but highly visible actions expressing opposition to the Biden…

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Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s (D) office is opposing former President Trump’s demand that his fast-approaching hush money trial be delayed because of prejudicial publicity.  In court papers made public on Wednesday, prosecutors argued the April 15 trial date should go ahead as planned, noting it was Trump’s eighth bid to postpone the schedule as…

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Nearly 50,000 Democratic primary voters in Wisconsin voted for an “uninstructed” delegation on Tuesday as a protest against President Biden's handling of the Israel-Hamas war. The “uninstructed” margin — 48,000 votes, or about 8 percent — was more than 10 times larger than it was in 2020 and surpassed the general election margin…

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