Judge orders BNSF to pay Swinomish Tribe nearly $400 million for trespassing with oil trains

Judge orders BNSF to pay Swinomish Tribe nearly 0 million for trespassing with oil trains

SEATTLE (AP) — BNSF Railway must pay nearly $400 million to a Native American tribe in Washington state, a federal judge ordered Monday after finding the company intentionally trespassed when it ran trains to several times 100-car trains carrying crude oil across the tribe’s reservation. U.S. District Judge Robert Lasnik initially ruled last year that … Read more

Dinesh D’Souza’s film on election fraud, ‘2000 Mules,’ withdrawn after defamation lawsuit

Dinesh D’Souza’s film on election fraud, ‘2000 Mules,’ withdrawn after defamation lawsuit

Dinesh D’Souza attends the premiere of his film, “Death of a Nation,” at E Street Cinema on August 1, 2018 in Washington, DC. Shannon Finney | Getty Images Andrews filed a federal defamation lawsuit in late 2022 against D’Souza’s company and the nonprofit advocacy group True The Vote, which contributed to the “2000 Mules” project. … Read more