Stormy Daniels, a key witness in former President Donald Trump’s criminal hush money trial in Manhattan, testified in the case on Tuesday [Reuters], detailing her alleged sexual encounter with Trump in 2006, which Trump denies. She alleges she was paid $130,000 in 2016 to prevent her from going public with her story right before the […]
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TikTok sues U.S. government. What does it mean for the potential ban of the platform?
TikTok filed a widely expected lawsuit Tuesday seeking a court order to prevent the U.S. from enforcing a ban on the social app after President Biden signed the legislation last month. The potential ban would require the platform’s parent company, the China-based ByteDance, to divest from TikTok and sell to a U.S.-based company by Jan. […]
Stormy Daniels takes the stand to testify today in hush money case
Excerpts from Trump’s 2004 book were read aloud in court today. (Penguin Random House) According to CNN, prosecutor Rebecca Mangold asked witness Sally Franklin, senior vice president at Penguin Random House, to read lines from Trump’s 2004 books Trump: How to Get Rich and Trump: Think Like a Billionaire: Everything You Need to Know About […]
Stormy Daniels expected to testify today in hush money case
Stormy Daniels, the central character in the hush money trial, is expected to testify today. (Britta Pedersen/picture alliance via Getty Images) According to the New York Times, Stormy Daniels is in the courthouse and is expected to testify today. It’s still unclear whether she’ll be called first thing in the morning or later in the […]
Testimony resumes in hush money case
Donald Trump’s hush money trial is set to resume Tuesday in Manhattan Criminal Court, where the prosecution will continue presenting its historic case against the former president. On Monday, the court heard testimony from Trump Organization accountants about Trump’s payments to his lawyer and fixer Michael Cohen, who facilitated the $130,000 deal to silence adult […]
Trump fined again for gag order violations, jury hears testimony about Cohen reimbursement payments
The jury about payments former President Donald Trump made to his lawyer Michael Cohen. Prosecutors allege those checks were to reimburse Cohen for the money he paid to adult film actress Stormy Daniels to buy her silence about an alleged extramarital affair. This is Yahoo News’ succinct update on the criminal and civil cases against […]
All the updates you need to know about college campus protests
College campus protests continued over the weekend and into Monday. More than 2,200 people have been arrested as demonstrators continue their demands that schools cut financial ties with companies that are contributing to Israel’s war in Gaza. 📝 What’s the latest? 64 demonstrators have been arrested at the University of California, San Diego as police […]
All the updates you need to know about college campus protests
College campus protests continued over the weekend and into Monday. More than 2,200 people have been arrested as demonstrators continue their demands that schools cut financial ties with companies that are contributing to Israel’s war in Gaza. 📝 What’s the latest? Columbia University on Monday canceled its main commencement ceremony, planned for May 15, due […]
Judge finds Trump violated gag order again and threatens jail time, while jury sees paper trail in hush money case
Trump Organization senior vice president and controller Jeffrey McConney walks to the courthouse in the company’s trial on Nov. 1, 2022, in New York. (Seth Wenig/AP) Prosecutors have called Jeffrey McConney, a former Trump Organization controller, to testify on the witness stand. He worked directly under the organization’s former chief financial officer, Allen Weisselberg. The […]
Judge finds Trump violated gag order again and threatened him with jail time
Donald Trump’s hush money trial is set to resume Monday in Manhattan Criminal Court, where the prosecution will continue presenting its historic case against the former president. Ahead of testimonies, Judge Juan Merchan informed Trump that he has found him in contempt of court for a 10th time for violating the gag order. “The last […]
Testimony resumes in hush money case
Donald Trump’s hush money trial is set to resume Monday in Manhattan Criminal Court, where the prosecution will continue presenting its historic case against the former president. Last week, the court heard testimony from Hope Hicks, Trump’s former longtime aide and press secretary for his 2016 campaign who testified about behind-the-scenes efforts to bury negative […]
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott vows student Gaza protester demands will ‘NEVER’ be met. Here’s how we got here.
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott issued a defiant statement Sunday, vowing that the demands made by student protesters at the University of Texas at Austin for the school divest itself from companies manufacturing weapons for Israel, and calling for the resignation of UT president Jay Hartzell, will “NEVER happen.” “This will NEVER happen,” Abbott wrote on […]