Trump unrepentant, claims judge comments ‘misconstrued’

Trump unrepentant, claims judge comments ‘misconstrued’

NEW YORK – Donald Trump isn't backing down from his fiery and controversial claim that a Latino federal judge's Mexican heritage means he can't be impartial overseeing a lawsuit that accuses the presumptive Republican presidential nominee's Trump University of fraud.

On Tuesday, Trump doubled down on his rhetoric, issuing a statement in which he continued to stick by his criticisms of U.S. District Judge Gonzalo Curiel, who is presiding over a federal lawsuit concerning the defunct university's real estate seminar program.

Cambridge excoriates Columbus, sets Indigenous Peoples’ Day
Massachusetts

Cambridge excoriates Columbus, sets Indigenous Peoples’ Day

NBP Staff

BOSTON – Across the Charles River from the seat of Bay State power sits the city of Cambridge, the intellectual heart of the commonwealth and sometimes known as the Peoples Republic.

So when the Cambridge City Council formally declared Christopher Columbus as a sort of historical persona non grata Monday, it may not have raised many eyebrows.

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