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Immigration
organizationTennis star Novak Djokovic faces deportation again after the Australian government revoked his visa for a second time. Immigration Minister Alex Hawke used his ministerial discretion to cancel the 34-year-old Serb’s visa on public interest grounds. Deportation from Australia usually leads to a three-year ban on returning to the country. Decision comes just three days out from the start of the Australian Open.
Sarah Bloom Raskin
personSarah Bloom Raskin is a former Fed governor and Treasury official under Obama. She will replace Randal Quarles who was appointed the Fed's vice chair for supervision. If confirmed, she will arrive at the Fed at a critical juncture.
Alex Hawke
personTennis star Novak Djokovic faces deportation again after the Australian government revoked his visa for a second time. Immigration Minister Alex Hawke said he used his ministerial discretion to revoke the 34-year-old Serb’s visa on public interest grounds. It is the second time his visa has been canceled since he arrived in Melbourne last week to defend his Australian Open title.
Joe Biden
personOnly 33% of adults approve of President Joe Biden's job performance. Just 41% of Americans approved of his economic leadership last month. Justices Stephen Breyer, Elena Kagan and Sonia Sotomayor wrote a joint dissent.
Supreme Court
organizationMarian van Overwaele, 71, refused to pay a bill relating to a bridalwear business she ran in 1997 - with her debt later rising to £30,000. The former businesswoman was subsequently made bankrupt in 2000 and has spent the last two decades appealing attempts to have her removed from Knockderry Castle, in Cove, Argyll. Sunny Hostin ranted against the Supreme Court on Friday, declaring Americans have the "Freedom to die from COVID" but not to vote or read the work of Toni Morrison.
Buckingham Palace
organizationBuckingham Palace forced him to drop his HRH title and dashed his hopes of resuming public duties. Duke of York failed in bid to have civil sexual assault case thrown out. US Judge Lewis A Kaplan decided it will go to trial. Andrew was stripped of his military titles and royal patronages.
Lisa Cook
personSarah Bloom Raskin is a former Fed and Treasury official. Lisa Cook would be the first Black woman in the Fed’s over 100-year history to serve as a Fed governor. Philip Jefferson is an economist, dean of faculty at Davidson College.
Martin Shkreli
personJudge orders Martin Shkreli to return $64.6M in drug profits, bars him from pharmaceutical industry for life. Ex-CEO and convicted felon is also banned from ever participating in the pharmaceutical industry again. Turing Pharmaceuticals raised the price of the medication Daraprim by more than 5,000 percent.
Megan Fox
personMachine Gun Kelly proposed to Megan Fox at the Spa Botánico at the Ritz-Carlton Dorado Beach in Puerto Rico on Wednesday. The Born with Horns artist, 31, had a custom-made emerald and diamond ring made.
Douglas Ross
personJacob Rees-Mogg dismisses Douglas Ross as a "lightweight" within the party. Mr Ross said Boris Johnson should step down after he admitted attending a Downing Street party during lockdown. Michael Gove dismisses Mr Ross as being "in Elgin"
Kyrsten Sinema
personThe Arizona Democrat said the answer to divisiveness in the Senate is not to change filibuster rules. The comments are effectively the final nail in the coffin of Democrats' longshot effort to pass two elections bills over unified Senate GOP opposition.
Gavin Newsom
personGavin Newsom has denied parole for Sirhan Sirhan, 77, who has spent more than 50 years in prison for the assassination of Robert F Kennedy. RFK’s widow Ethel, who is 93, said in a statement released by one of her daughters that Sirhan ‘should not be paroled’ California Gov. Gavin Newsom is calling for $2 billion to expand access to housing and mental health services for homeless people.
Kevin McCarthy
personRep. Liz Cheney said House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy was trying to 'cover up' what happened at the Capitol riot. She also refused to rule out the option of subpoenaing him. McCarthy said he would be willing to testify about his conversations with Trump to an outside commission.
Granit Xhaka
personGranit Xhaka was sent off in the 24th minute for a foul on Diogo Jota. Arsenal and Liverpool drew 0-0 at Anfield in the first leg of their Carabao Cup semi-final. The winner will meet Chelsea in the title match at Wembley Stadium next month.
MI5
organizationChristine Ching Kui Lee was chief legal adviser to the Chinese embassy in London. Her law firm bankrolled former Labour front-bencher Barry Gardiner MP’s office, to the tune of over £500,000 over five years.
Halyna Hutchins
personHalyna Hutchins, 42, died from her injuries while director Joel Souza fought for his life. Police are looking into how live ammunition could have been present on set, which is strictly prohibited in the film industry.
Prince Andrew
personJudge Kaplan dismissed legal team's attempt to have case thrown out. Andrew’s other honorary military titles were: Honorary air commodore of RAF Lossiemouth; Colonel-in-chief of the Royal Irish Regiment. Ministry of Defence said it had no comment because it was a matter for the Palace.
Machine Gun Kelly
personMachine Gun Kelly proposed to Megan Fox at the Spa Botánico at the Ritz-Carlton Dorado Beach in Puerto Rico on Wednesday. The silver engagement ring consists of two parts, one with an emerald gem and one with a diamond.
the Oath Keepers
organizationStewart Rhodes and 10 others have been charged with seditious conspiracy. The charge means a maximum sentence of 20 years in prison. Rhodes is a former U.S. Army paratrooper and Yale Law School graduate.
Jason Momoa
personMomoa, 42, and Bonet, 54, met and started dating in 2005. Couple has two young teen children, Lola and Nakoa-Wolf. Bonet also mother to 33-year-old "Big Little Lies" actor Zoë Kravitz.