Defense attorneys for Donald Trump portrayed his former fixer as someone bent on seeing the former president behind bars.
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House Speaker Mike Johnson appeared at the courthouse with Trump and used his bully pulpit to turn his political party against the rule of law by declaring the Manhattan criminal trial illegitimate.
Cohen provided jurors with an insider’s account of payments to silence women’s claims of sexual encounters with Trump, saying the payments were directed by Trump to fend off damage to his 2016 White House bid.
The social media platform and its Chinese parent company argue in the lawsuit that the law is a violation of the First Amendment.
A $400 million increase in federal funding is available for security in places of worship, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer announced Sunday.
Hicks, the former White House communications director under Donald Trump, is the first close adviser to testify in the criminal case against the former president.
The Federal Trade Commission on Thursday voted to restore “net neutrality” rules that prevent broadband internet providers from favoring some sites and apps over others.
The measure, which President Joe Biden signed Wednesday, requires TikTok’s China-based parent company to sell the social media platform or face a nationwide ban.
The Biden administration issued final rules Wednesday to require airlines to automatically issue cash refunds for things like delayed flights and to better disclose fees for baggage or canceling a reservation.
The Senate passed legislation Tuesday that would force TikTok’s China-based parent company to sell the social media platform under the threat of a ban.
The rule from the Interior Department’s Bureau of Land Management will allow public property to be leased for restoration in the same way that oil companies lease land for drilling.
Mike Johnson referred to himself as a “wartime speaker” of the House and indicated in his strongest self-defense yet he would press forward with a U.S. national security aid package.
In a post on his Truth Social platform Wednesday, Trump called his former lawyer, Michael Cohen, and the adult film actor Stormy Daniels “two sleaze bags who have, with their lies and misrepresentations, cost our Country dearly!”
The president met Friday with the families of the victims near the bridge, the White House said.
A New York appellate court had given the former president 10 days to put up the money after a panel of judges agreed last month to slash the amount needed to stop the clock on enforcement.
