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• Trump fined $5,000 for social media post violating gag order in fraud trial

  20-10-2023 21:44
  
  Judge Arthur Engoron avoided holding the ex-president in contempt for now, but reserved the right to do soA New York judge fined former US president Donald Trump $5,000 on Friday after a disparaging social media post about a key court staffer in his New York civil fraud case was allowed to linger on his campaign website after the judge ordered it deleted.Judge Arthur Engoron avoided holding Trump in contempt, for now, but reserved the right to do so – and possibly even put him in jail &nda
  
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• New York judge threatens to jail Trump for ‘blatantly’ violating gag order

  20-10-2023 17:30
  
  Arthur Engoron questions former president’s lawyers after he failed to remove social media post about judge’s clerkA New York judge threatened to imprison Donald Trump for “blatantly” violating a gag order on Friday after the former president failed to remove a social media post mocking the judge’s clerk.As proceedings in the civil court began on Friday, the New York judge Arthur Engoron asked Trump’s lawyers why “this blatant violation of the gag order
  
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• Republicans continue effort to erode US child labor rules despite teen deaths

  20-10-2023 13:00
  
  Violations have soared but legislative effort to strengthen protection for young workers have received little supportChild labor violations have been soaring in the US, but efforts to render solutions through legislation have received little support, and Republicans at the state level continue pushing bills that would roll back current child labor protections.In most recent fiscal year, the US Department of Labor wage and hour division reported 835 cases of child labor violations affecting 3,876
  
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