A New York jury has heard more testimony in the criminal trial against former United States President Donald Trump, who is accused of falsifying business records linked to hush-money payments ahead of the 2016 elections. But even before the jury was seated on Monday, Judge Juan Merchan levied another $1,000…
Judge in hush money trial says Trump violated the order nine times and warns future violations could result in jail time. The judge in Donald Trump’s New York hush money trial has held the former United States president in contempt of court for repeatedly violating a gag order. The order…
Twelve jurors and one alternate have been sworn in to serve in the criminal trial against former United States President Donald Trump, as the third day of his New York court proceedings concludes. Thursday saw Trump return to court after Wednesday’s weekly break. There, lawyers for both the defence and…
On Wednesday, Columbia University President Nemat “Minouche” Shafik will face a congressional committee over allegations that the leadership of the Ivy League school has failed to protect students and staff from rising anti-Semitism on its New York City campus. The university is one of many elite schools across the United…
So it begins. On Monday, history was made as former United States President Donald Trump appeared in a New York courtroom for the start of his trial over charges of falsifying business records. He became the first US president, past or present, to stand trial on criminal charges. Monday was…
In 1864, the territory of Arizona in the United States passed a law that criminalised nearly all abortions. Arizona was not even a state at the time of the law’s passage. But now, 160 years later, its state Supreme Court has ruled the near-total ban can go into effect in…
On the last day of the Republican National Convention in July 2016, which nominated Donald Trump as the GOP’s candidate for the presidential election, CNN’s Anderson Cooper led a panel of pundits commenting on the event. Among them was cotton-haired Jeffrey Lord, who was eager to report on a call…
US president announces renewed effort to provide ‘life changing’ debt relief, a key issue for young voters. Joe Biden has announced plans to ease student loan debt for millions of Americans, as the United States president tries to make good on a promise to younger voters ahead of the general…
It was the third-party challenge that wasn’t. The No Labels group announced on Thursday that it will not field a third-party candidate to challenge Democrat Joe Biden and Republican Donald Trump in November’s presidential election. The move comes after the organisation, which has billed itself as a bipartisan antidote to…
Trump has sought to dismiss cases accusing him of election interference in Georgia and of mishandling classified files. Donald Trump has suffered setbacks in two criminal cases against him, after judges in the United States nixed the former president’s efforts to dismiss charges over his efforts to overturn the 2020…
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