Corey Lewandowski, a former political adviser to Donald Trump and top aide at the Department of Homeland Security, is under criminal investigation over allegations he profited off his role in the US government.
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he → profit → government
The DoJ has not yet issued subpoenas or other legal demands in the criminal investigation, and a lawyer for Lewandowski did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
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lawyer → issue → comment
The justice department under Trump has investigated several prominent critics of the president, but investigations of people close to Trump have been rare.
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investigations → investigate → Trump
Lewandowski served as a top aide to Kristi Noem during her tenure as homeland security secretary.
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Lewandowski → serve → secretary
Lewandowski allegedly signed some DHS contracts despite having questionable legal authority as a special government employee, according to one DHS official.
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Lewandowski → sign → official
Certain grants and contracts, including those involving the Federal Emergency Management Agency, were put on hold at Lewandowski’s direction, according to two other sources.
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grants → include → sources
US judge orders Trump administration to halt noncitizen voting investigation
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judge → order → investigation
A federal judge in California has ordered the Trump administration to halt investigations in nine states into whether noncitizens are registered to vote.
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noncitizens → order → states
The judge found the government’s effort was relying on data that was full of errors and that it was leading to intimidation of groups performing voter assistance efforts.
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it → find → efforts
She said it should be halted until polls close on election day on 3 November.
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polls → say → November
The ruling comes as the Trump administration has been hunting for noncitizen voters throughout the country.
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administration → come → country
The administration has signaled that it is a widespread problem, when in fact it is quite rare, as even its own investigations have shown.
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investigations → signal → fact
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Where else has Trump suffered a legal setback?
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Trump → suffer → setback
Donald Trump has been ordered by a US judge to cooperate with the discovery process mandated for his lawsuit against the BBC and to sit for a deposition by 11 December – or else he could be subject to sanctions, including possible dismissal of the $10bn lawsuit.
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What request has Trump claimed he made of Google?
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he → order → Google
Trump has said Google rejected his request to rename the Atlantic Ocean after himself or America.
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Google → say → himself
Google has previously acceded to Trump’s demands, with locations labeled “Gulf of America” and “Lake America” for US users at the president’s request.
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locations → accede → request
Video footage of Kohen Wiley shooting released after toddler’s death deemed ‘justified’
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footage → release → death
“The word ‘justified’ has haunted me since Monday,’” Veronica Roberson, Kohen Wiley’s maternal grandmother, has said after the Mississippi attorney general announced that the police shooting of the one-year-old baby “was justified”.
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shooting → haunt → baby
Footage of the shooting has been made public, and the family’s attorney Ben Crump said the leaked videos were “slaps in the face”.
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videos → make → face
In the footage, five officers with guns drawn descend on a car.
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guns → draw → car
Allegedly, two women had stolen a pack of diapers.
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women → steal → diapers
“We’re the most prosperous nation in the world and we’re going to draw guns to shoot people over misdemeanor allegations of baby diapers?” Crump said.
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Crump → ’re → diapers
Flu cases rise on west coast earlier than usual as US health experts encourage vaccine
Flu cases on the west coast are on the rise months earlier than normal, prompting US health experts to stress the importance of the annual vaccine.
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cases → rise → vaccine
Flu activity typically ramps up in December, hitting its peak in February.
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activity → ramp → February
But this season has kicked into action earlier this year.
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season → kick → action
Influenza vaccines can reduce severe illness and hospitalization, according to the American Medical Association, which recommends flu shots for all people aged six months and older.
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which → reduce → people
The “looksmaxxing” livestreamer Braden Peters, better known by his stage name Clavicular, pleaded not guilty yesterday to charges he raped a 17-year-old girl at his family’s Massachusetts home.
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he → know → home
Known for promoting an extreme devotion to male beauty, Peters, 20, is accused of giving the girl alcohol until she was drunk and then sexually assaulting her.
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she → know → her
Peters has denied the allegations.
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Peters → deny → allegations
In other news …
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A priceless pre-second world war globe coveted by the US defense secretary Pete Hegseth for his office in the Pentagon was damaged by his staff in a botched attempt to relocate it.
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globe → covet → it
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A Florida police officer has been accused of stealing the house and identity of a man he found dead during a welfare check.
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he → accuse → check
He appeared in court on charges including official misconduct and criminal use of a deceased person’s identification.
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He → appear → identification
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A select group of actors will screen-test to become the next James Bond this weekend.
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group → test → actors
The Dune film-maker Denis Villeneuve is set to direct the next instalment of the 007 franchise for Amazon MGM Studios.
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Villeneuve → set → Studios
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King Charles has been urged as a “human brother” whose family had benefited from slavery to support reparations talks at a Caribbean summit.
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family → urge → summit
Heat killed 50,000 people in Europe’s cities this summer, scientists warn
Heat killed a record 50,000 people in European cities this summer, research suggests, with scientists blaming climate breakdown for two in every three of the deaths.
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scientists → kill → deaths
It may have bombed at the box office, but Oliver Milman argues the bombastic, misanthropic epic is also the near-perfect climate change film for our era.
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epic → bomb → era
We also have Danny Leigh interviewing Sandra Hüller, who is turning out to be the star of four – or, possibly, five – of the year’s biggest films.
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who → have → films
Don’t miss this: How Democrat Mary Peltola is on the verge of flipping right-leaning Alaska
Since becoming the 49th state in 1959, Alaska has only once supported a Democratic candidate in a presidential election, but Democrats believe circumstances have aligned this year for them to win a slew of competitive elections in the state.
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them → miss → state
Chris Stein has been in Anchorage, Alaska, to find out why.
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Stein → find → Anchorage
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