The Daily Populous

Sunday October 8th, 2023 evening edition

Biden on pace to match, even exceed Trump's number of lower court judicial appointments
Authored by foxnews.com
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Biden has gained confirmation of 144 federal judges, including his Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson.

Trump finished out his term having appointed more than 230 lower court judges, in addition to three U.S. Supreme Court justices.

"There is a good chance that Biden will be edging Trump out on lower court judges," Levey told Fox News Digital.

Biden is a little behind Trump on the circuit court judges.".

Biden made his 38th round of judicial nominations, as the Senate Democratic majority pushes to impact lower courts in the face of Republican appointees holding a 6-3 majority on the Supreme Court.

The lower court nominees were a mix of state judges, prosecutors, and public defenders.

"Past Democratic presidents appointed typical Democrats to the bench who were lower court judges or law professors. »

Republicans Slammed Over 'Attempt to Politicize' Hamas Attack
Authored by newsweek.com
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Former President Donald Trump and several other Republican politicians have attempted to place responsibility on the Biden administration following the deadliest attack on Israel by Hamas militants in decades.

Following the attack, Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said his country was now "at war".

Blinken signed the sanctions waiver that some Republicans claim has been used to fund Iran allies. »

Amazon Luna subscribers can now buy individual Ubisoft games
Authored by engadget.com
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Late last year, Amazon Luna and Ubisoft deepened their partnership by allowing subscribers to stream the developer's games that they already own on PC.

Subscribers can now purchase select Ubisoft games from the developer's portal on Luna, and the selection includes several Assassin's Creed titles, the Far Cry games, Child of Light and Watch Dogs.

Customers will be able to purchase any game they want from within Luna, using their Amazon account and as long as their Ubisoft account is linked. »

Israel asks civilians for help in identifying missing persons
Authored by jpost.com
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Friends and family members of the missing, believed to be upwards of 700 people, have banded together in order to help people locate their loved ones.

The Haaretz correspondent went on to mention a few others who are abducted or missing.

Ivonne and Antonio, parents of a 6 and a 4-year-old, are still missing.750 Israelis are missing, unofficially. pic.twitter.com/wH7TYLLOaZ — Lee Yaron (@lee_yaron) October 7, 2023. »

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