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Boris Johnson endures high-stakes grilling over ‘partygate’

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Former British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has been giving testimony Wednesday, to a parliamentary enquiry into Downing Street parties during the pandemic. Boris Johnson, who resigned in July after a series of scandals including partygate, promised to tell “the whole truth”, placing his hand on a Bible at the start of the four-hour hearing. Johnson … Read more

Poop and parody to be argued at Supreme Court in high-stakes intellectual property dispute

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Supreme Court hears dispute over Biden

Parody, pet poop and product protection will be before the U.S. Supreme Court in a humorous take on a serious subject: when spoofs of well-known commercial brands go too far under federal law. The justices will hear oral arguments Wednesday in an appeal from distiller Jack Daniel’s, which is suing to stop an Arizona company … Read more