Новости за 16.05.2024

A wealthy Democratic congressman violated federal law by tardily disclosing tens of millions of dollars in government securities and stock trades — nearly a year late in some cases, according to a new congressional financial filling.

Former President Donald Trump's defense lawyer Todd Blanche is engaging in "meaningless" histrionics with his latest cross-examination of Michael Cohen, argued Pace University law professor and former New York prosecutor Bennett Gershman in conversation with Salon's Marina Villeneuve.

More than a year after a Travis County jury convicted Daniel Perry of murdering a protester in Austin, Gov. Greg Abbott pardoned the former U.S. Army sergeant on Thursday shortly after the Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles recommended a full pardon.

The international community's hopes of getting more aid into the Gaza Strip were boosted on Thursday by the completion of a temporary harbor and Israel allowing 365 lorries into the Palestinian territory.

Manhattan Criminal Court — Former President Donald Trump's lawyers made a demand Thursday condemned as "totally improper" by one legal expert, slammed by prosecutors, and quickly rejected by the judge.

Security footage obtained by the San Francisco Chronicle depicts police officers in the Bay Area city of Richmond moving away from a suspect in the middle of an arrest to beat up a local bystander who was filming them, according to The Daily Beast.

MSNBC host Katy Tur observed what she said was a "Mean Girls" moment in the courtroom where Donald Trump is on trial.

Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) demanded New York Attorney General Letitia James turn over documents relating to an attorney prosecuting Donald Trump in a hush money trial.

Manhattan Criminal Court — Donald Trump's attorney was schooled on the law by the former president's ex-attorney Michael Cohen as he sat in the witness box during his cross-examination Thursday.

In Belgrade, Serbia, protesters voiced their displeasure with a real estate deal involving former Trump White House Senior Adviser Jared Kushner, former Trump Administration aide Richard Grenell and the Serbian government.

A former top prosecutor for ex-FBI chief Robert Mueller heralded Michael Cohen for being "unflappable" while testifying in Donald Trump's hush money trial Thursday.

A federal grand jury indicted a Pennsylvania man for posting a video threat to kill President Joe Biden and his cabinet members.

Despite New York Supreme Court Justice Juan Merchan explicitly warning Donald Trump last week that any future violations of his gag order could result in jail time, the ex-president appears to have done so directly on Thursday.

Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-CO) has requested an extension to disclose her personal finances — and do so well after her competitive June 25 primary election.

Donald Trump's former lawyer Robert Ray took umbrage with MSNBC's legal experts, saying they were missing the point when they expressed confusion at the cross-examination of Michael Cohen.

A Turkish court on Thursday sentenced Selahattin Demirtaş, a jailed key Kurdish politician, to 42 years in jail over his alleged role in violent protests in 2014, local media reported.

Mary Trump noticed something unusual about her family's support for Donald Trump in his hush money trial.

An activist in Manhattan was quickly pushed away from a group of Republican lawmakers after he displayed a sign reading "bootlickers" as they spoke outside Donald Trump's hush money trial.

Legal analysts can't quite understand what Donald Trump's lawyer, Todd Blanche, is doing in his cross-examination of former lawyer Michael Cohen.

The Arab League on Thursday called for the deployment of a UN peacekeeping mission in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank.

The Federal Election Commission on Thursday defeated a proposal — introduced by a Donald Trump-nominated commissioner — that would have allowed some political donors to remain anonymous.

House Republicans' efforts to demonstrate unwavering support for Donald Trump as he stands trial in his election subversion, business records falsification, and "hush money" trial are growing, with GOP lawmakers showing up at trial and reading speeches reportedly written or edited by him that may violate the indicted ex-president's gag order, and even pausing a House hearing so members can travel to the Manhattan Criminal Courts Building to appear behind Trump, literally and figuratively.

Manhattan Criminal Court — The judge overseeing Donald Trump's criminal hush money case told the former president's lead attorney Thursday that if he could not clean up his own cross-examination mess, the prosecutors will do it for him.

The U.S. Supreme Court ruled on Thursday that the funding mechanism for the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) is constitutional, fending off a conservative attack on the agency.

Google boss Sundar Pichai has said he believes the tech giant, and wider industry, is well placed to combat AI-generated misinformation around elections. Concerns have been raised about the potential for AI-generated audio and visual content to be used by bad actors to interfere with elections around the world – in a year where billions of people in many of the world’s major democracies are due to go to the polls. Speaking during the technology giant’s annual developer conference, Google I/O,... Читать дальше...