Special prosecutor Nathan Wade sits in court on March 1 in Atlanta, Georgia. The hearing is to determine whether Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis should be removed from the case because of a relationship with Nathan Wade, the special prosecutor she hired in the election interference case against former President Donald Trump. Alex Slitz […]
New York City Mayor Eric Adams wanted to send New York police in earlier to break up the pro-Palestinian protests on college campuses, but “we were not going to overstep out authority,” he said Sunday. “[We] communicated with the college officials for several days leading up to the New York City police department action, and […]
Now, because of your efforts, and Fox goes, oh, she’s an agent of chaos, she’s a narcissist, it’s all about her ego. Because of your action, Politico’s reporting they’re going to have a formal power-sharing agreement, which they’ve had to date, but now that you’ve smoked them out, now they have to come forward because […]
The Commission on Presidential Debates is pushing back against criticism from the Trump campaign over its debate schedule. The nonpartisan entity, which announced the dates and locations for three debates late last year, responded Wednesday to Trump campaign officials’ calling the timeline “unacceptable.” “The CPD has only one mission: to sponsor and produce general election […]
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Ecuador on Wednesday defended its storming of the Mexican Embassy in Quito last month, telling judges at the United Nations’ top court that it acted to take in “a common criminal” — Ecuador’s former vice president — who was holed up inside the diplomatic post. The statement by lawyers for […]
Eric Church has addressed his polarizing performance at Stagecoach. The acclaimed singer, who headlined the country music festival for a fifth time last week, was skewered online for his gospel-inspired acoustic set. It seems fans were expecting Church to dazzle the sold-out crowd with an energetic rendition of his hit songs. That’s not what happened. […]
South Dakota governor and Republican vice presidential contender Kristi Noem on Friday responded to a news report about a section of her forthcoming book where she describes killing her 14-month-old dog. “We love animals, but tough decisions like this happen all the time on a farm,” she said in a post to X above a […]
By Tim Reid WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Kristi Noem, a contender to become Republican Donald Trump‘svice presidential running mate, defended herself on Friday against Democratic attacks over her account of shooting a dog on her family farm. Noem, the governor of South Dakota, describes killing an “untrainable” dog called Cricket which she “hated” in an upcoming […]
The leader of the far right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party has defended the actions of its leadership in connection with reports about the possible involvement of leading party politicians with Russia and China. “We will draw clear consequences if these things are confirmed against Mr Krah and Mr Bystron,” Tino Chrupalla said on the […]
Jeremy Hunt has defended plans to slash civil service jobs to increase defence spending and Ukraine aid, during a surprise trip to Kyiv. The chancellor said cutting public services will cost “a great deal less” compared to allowing Russia to succeed. The government has pledged to increase UK military spending to 2.5% of national income […]
Apr. 22—AUGUSTA — Christopher Wainwright defended his actions during a hearing Monday to consider whether to remove him as sheriff of Oxford County. The hearing will continue Wednesday morning with further testimony and closing statements. The Oxford County Commission sent a detailed 10-page complaint in February to Gov. Janet Mills, asking her to remove Wainwright […]
(Recasts first paragraph; adds details from court hearing, paragraphs 1, 4-8) NEW YORK, April 22 (Reuters) – A lawyer for Donald Trump tried to convince a judge on Monday that the insurer that provided the former U.S. president with a $175 million bond in his New York civil fraud case was empowered and strong enough […]