Judge Fines Trump For Violating Gag Order
Judge Juan Merchan fined former President Donald Trump $9,000 Tuesday for violating his gag order, according to multiple reports. Prosecutors argued in court filings that Trump violated the order in 10 instances, arguing for the judge to impose the maximum $1,000 fine for each alleged violation. The gag order prevents Trump from making statements about […]
Trump New York trial: Testimony resumes as judge prepares gag order ruling
Donald Trump will be back in a New York criminal court on Tuesday, when a banker who played a role in the hush money payment to a porn star will resume testimony over his links to the former president’s ex-attorney and fixer, Michael Cohen. On Friday, testimony ended with Gary Farro, a senior managing director […]
NY v Trump criminal trial begins its 3rd week as former president accused of gag order violations
Former President Trump’s historic and unprecedented criminal trial is scheduled to resume for a third week on Tuesday. Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg indicted the former president on 34 counts of first-degree falsification of business records. Mr. Trump has maintained his innocence. So far, Trump’s lawyers and prosecutors from the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office have […]
Columbia starts suspending students defying order to vacate protest encampment
Columbia University officials have begun to suspend students who are refusing to comply with its order to disperse anti-Israel encampment protests on campus. The pro-Palestinian protesters have demanded the university divest from Israel, something officials have rejected after negotiations with the student protesters. The protests have garnered national headlines over reports of hostile behavior toward […]
Anti-Israel Protesters Defy Order to Clear Encampment: ‘Columbia Will Burn’
Anti-Israel demonstrators at the Columbia University encampment defied a sweep order from authorities by threatening to “burn” the university. Columbia University reportedly gave protesters an ultimatum to gather their belongings and “vacate the encampment” at 2 p.m. Monday. photograph University papers posted on Instagram account Aidan Parisiuniversity suspended students. Above the letter from the university […]
Putin Did Not Order Death of Navalny, U.S. Intelligence Finds: Report
WASHINGTON (AP) – U.S. intelligence officials say they have determined that Russian President Vladimir Putin likely did not order the killing of imprisoned opposition leader Alexei Navalny in February. This was revealed by an official familiar with the matter. U.S. officials believe that Putin was ultimately responsible for Navalny’s death and that he endured brutal […]
Columbia anti-Israel protesters are defying order to disperse by 2pm: Here’s what happens next
Anti-Israel demonstrators at Columbia University further escalated their actions against the university, defying a 2 p.m. deadline to vacate campus tent camps that expires on Monday and vowing to stay. It was not immediately clear whether the Ivy League school would once again oppose calls for the NYPD to remove students from its $90,000-a-year campus. […]
Supreme Court declines to hear Musk challenge to SEC order over Tesla posts
The Supreme Court on Monday declined to hear Elon Musk’s challenge to a 2018 settlement agreement with the Securities and Exchange Commission that required lawyers to approve some of the billionaire’s public posts about Tesla. . Tesla’s CEO appealed to the Supreme Court in December, arguing that the agreement is unconstitutional because it is a […]
Putin likely didn’t order Navalny’s death, says US intelligence official: report
Russian President Vladimir Putin likely did not order the killing of opposition leader Alexei Navalny, a senior US intelligence official. told the Wall Street Journal on sunday. Navalny died in a Russian prison in February, and foreign leaders quickly pinned the blame on Putin for what appeared to be a political assassination. The official told […]
Putin Likely Didn’t Order Death Of Russian Dissident Alexei Navalny, US Intel Agencies Say
The Wall Street Journal reported that American intelligence agencies believe the killing of Russian opposition leader and dissident Alexei Navalny may not have been ordered by Russian President Vladimir Putin. reported that it was found to be high. Navalny’s death in February in a prisoner of war camp in Russia’s Arctic region prompted the United […]