SAN FRANCISCO (Diya TV) — Neomi Rao is officially heading to the DC Circuit Court of Appeals, replacing Brett Kavanaugh on the nation’s second most powerful court. She becomes the second Indian-American on the court, joining Judge, Sri Srinivasan.
Saying they need more time, for the third time in four years, China prevented a UN Security Council committee from putting Masood Azhar, the head of Jaish-e-Mohammad, on a blacklist that would freeze his assets and ban him from global travel.
The Pakistan-based terror group say they were behind the Pulwama suicide bombing that left 40 Indian military members dead.
Former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort will now serve a total sentence of more than 7 years in federal prison, receiving additional 43 months for his guilty plea in a Washington, DC, conspiracy case. Last week, he received a 47 month prison sentence for financial fraud.
After today’s sentencing, in a separate case, New York prosecutors announced 16 more criminal charges against Manafort.
And California Governor Gavin Newsom, signed an executive order to indefinitely freeze capital punishment in the Golden State, giving a reprieve to 737 inmates on death row.
Ravi Kapur & Alejandro Quintana contributed to this report.
