Former President Donald Trump risks a trip to jail if he attacks witnesses in his New York hush-money trial. But his allies aren’t covered by the gag order he has repeatedly violated, and they’re increasingly launching the broadsides that Trump can’t. On Monday, as former Trump “fixer” Michael Cohen testified that Trump was directly involved […]
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US energy panel approves rule to expand transmission of renewable power
WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal energy regulators on Monday approved a long-awaited rule to make it easier to transmit renewable energy such as wind and solar power to the electric grid — a key part of President Joe Biden’s goal to eliminate carbon emissions economy-wide by 2050. The rule, under development for two years, is aimed […]
Biden blocks Chinese-backed crypto mining firm from land ownership near Wyoming military base
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden on Monday issued an order blocking a Chinese-backed cryptocurrency mining firm from owning land near a Wyoming nuclear missile base. The order forces the divestment of property operated as a crypto mining facility near the Francis E. Warren Air Force Base. It also forces the removal of certain equipment […]
Top Biden official doubts Israel can achieve ‘total victory’ in Gaza
By Humeyra Pamuk WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Biden administration does not see it likely or possible that Israel will achieve “total victory” in defeating Hamas in the Palestinian enclave of Gaza, U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Kurt Campbell said on Monday. While U.S. officials have urged Israel to help devise a clear plan for the […]
US airlines are suing the Biden administration over a new rule to make certain fees easier to spot
WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. airlines are suing to block the Biden administration from requiring greater transparency over fees that the carriers charge their passengers, saying that a new rule would confuse consumers by giving them too much information during the ticket-buying process. The U.S. Transportation Department said Monday it will vigorously defend the rule against […]
Israel’s ‘total victory’ in Gaza is unlikely, top US official says
The Biden administration doesn’t believe Israel’s current strategy against the Hamas militant group will lead to “total victory,” a top U.S. official said Monday. Speaking at the NATO Youth Summit in Miami, Deputy Secretary of State Kurt Campbell said the U.S. has been “struggling over what the theory of victory is” in Gaza. “Sometimes when […]
What to know about Trump fixer-turned-foe Michael Cohen’s pivotal testimony in the hush money trial
NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump‘s hush money trial reached a pivotal moment Monday when Trump’s onetime loyal attorney and fixer, Michael Cohen, took the witness stand to testify against his former boss. As the prosecution’s case enters its final stretch, Cohen is providing jurors with an insider’s account of hush money payments at the […]
Donald Trump’s GOP allies show up in force as Michael Cohen takes the stand in hush money trial
With Donald Trump barred from publicly attacking the key witness in his hush money trial, his campaign brought to court a phalanx of Republican elected officials to speak for him. “The thing that the president is prevented from saying, which is a disgrace, is that every single person involved in this prosecution is practically a […]
US airlines are suing the Biden administration over a new rule to make certain fees easier to spot
WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. airlines are suing to block the Biden administration from requiring greater transparency over fees that the carriers charge their passengers, saying that a new rule would confuse consumers by giving them too much information during the ticket-buying process. The U.S. Transportation Department said Monday it will vigorously defend the rule against […]
At Trump trial, Michael Cohen recalls when he and Donald ‘Von ShitzInPantz’ were co-conspirator besties
Michael Cohen is on the witness stand at Donald Trump’s hush-money trial in New York. He is the key witness behind prosecutors’ “election conspiracy” theory. Cohen began by describing an allegedly conspiratorial hey-day before the two men hated each other. It may be hard to believe, but 10 years before he coined the online taunt […]
Donald Trump leads Joe Biden in five key battleground states, new polls show
Donald Trump leads Joe Biden in five crucial battleground states less than six months out from election day, new polls showed. The surveys from the New York Times, the Philadelphia Inquirer and Siena College put the former president up in Pennsylvania (three points), Arizona (seven), Michigan (seven), Georgia (10) and Nevada (12). Biden led by […]
China and US envoys will hold first top-level dialogue on artificial intelligence
GENEVA (AP) — High-level envoys from the United States and China are set to meet in Geneva on Tuesday for talks about artificial intelligence, including the risks of the fast-evolving technology and ways to set shared standards to manage it. The meeting, billed as an opening exchange of views, is the first under an inter-governmental […]