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Rudy Giuliani, a former senior member of former President Trump’s legal team, suggested he be hired to find who left the cocaine that was discovered in the White House earlier this week. “Why don’t they appoint me and give me a couple of … lie detector analysts and a couple of forensic experts, and I’ll catch them,” Giuliani said Thursday on Newsmax. He also accused White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre of “lying” because she has said the cocaine was found in a highly traveled part of the White House. “First of all, we’ll first figure out everybody that went...

Jackson Cosko, who calls himself a “Democratic Political Professional” with cybersecurity expertise, is accused of crimes for allegedly doxing Republican Senators during the Brett Kavanaugh/Christine Blasey Ford hearings. The United States Capitol Police arrested the suspect who allegedly “posted private, identifying information (doxing) about one of more United States Senators to the internet,” a statement said. According to Legistorm, he worked for U.S. Sen. Maggie Hassan (D-NH) and previously worked for Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-CA). A September 2018 letter from Sheila Jackson Lee (D -TX) identifies him as a staffer for her office.

Twenty-five people at the heart of the meltdown ... The worst economic turmoil since the Great Depression is not a natural phenomenon but a man-made disaster in which we all played a part. In the second part of a week-long series looking behind the slump, Guardian City editor Julia Finch picks out the individuals who have led us into the current crisis

OJ Simpson jury to announce decision tonight in Las Vegas at 10pm Pacific.

Congress Looks for a Culprit for Rising Oil PricesWednesday June 25, 4:35 am ET By JAD MOUAWAD With Americans growing angrier by the day about high gasoline prices, nobody can accuse Congress of turning a deaf ear. On Wednesday lawmakers will hold their 40th hearing so far this year on the cause of high oil prices. Filing bills on Capitol Hill to combat the problem is becoming a cottage industry, with clever names like the Prevent Unfair Manipulation of Prices Act, or PUMP Act, and the No Excuses Energy Act. Until recently, lawmakers had focused on the traditional suspects: oil...

Nabbed: Culprit of grapefruit juice-drug interaction Ben Harder Drinking grapefruit juice is a medical no-no for people who take any of several widely prescribed drugs. The drink affects how the body metabolizes the medications. Now, researchers have pinned down the class of natural juice compounds that's responsible for the unwanted chemical interaction. Researchers discovered around 1990 that grapefruit inhibits the enzyme CYP3A4, which participates in the metabolism of about half of all prescription drugs. Inhibition of that enzyme causes drugs to stay in the body longer, potentially overdosing the patient. Doctors subsequently advised many patients not to consumer the juice...

It's a scene right out of a Grade B prison movie: An inmate gets his tray, looks with disgust at the steaming mound of chili, slams down his knife and fork and growls, "I'm not going to eat this slop! It smells like (expletive deleted)!" Well, with apologies to anyone reading this at the breakfast table this morning, an inmate said just such a thing during Wednesday night's chow Wednesday at the Cumberland County Jail. And this time . . . gulp . . . he was right. "It's created a lot of chaos throughout this entire facility," said a...