Jurors in Trump’s hush-money trial asked the judge to re-read his ‘rain metaphor’ instructions. The jury is weighing 34 counts of falsifying business records related to Stormy Daniels. Jurors seem to want clarity on how to gauge Trump’s intent in the hush-money scheme. The jury in Donald Trump’s criminal hush-money trial had a specific request […]
LAS VEGAS (KLAS) — The Clark County District Attorney has filed a motion to prevent a judge from presiding over criminal cases prosecuted by his office. District Attorney Steve Wolfson filed the motion for the recusal of Clark County District Court Judge Erika Ballou on Wednesday. Wolfson referred to an ethics complaint he filed with […]
Amber Rodriguez told judges and investigators she was scared of her ex-husband’s potential for violence years before he killed her. Her estranged husband Elias Zuniga Huizar, a former Yakima police officer, was short-tempered and controlling of her actions, and she was terrified of what he might be capable of, she told police and judges. Hundreds […]
Though it was a big part of the last-minute budget deal between the governor and Republican leaders in the Oklahoma Legislature, a planned pay raise for some members of the judiciary isn’t going over so well with those who would get the increase. This week, Gov. Kevin Stitt backed off trying to tie the FY […]
The city of Miami has approved a new voting map and agreed to pay out nearly $1.6 million in attorneys’ fees after a federal judge ruled last month that the city gerrymandered its district boundaries to ensure that three Hispanic commissioners, one Black commissioner and one white commissioner would be elected to the five-member commission. […]
President Biden hit a milestone on Wednesday, officially appointing 200 judges to the federal bench and cementing what will be a long-lasting effect on the country’s judiciary, according to experts and lawmakers. Biden is currently outpacing former President Trump, who made significant traction in judicial appointments. Trump was able to get nearly as many federal […]
Windsor Mayor Barry Wilson is out as mayor of the town after a judge ruled Wednesday his election to the seat in April is null and void because he was not eligible to run for the office. In a lawsuit, Windsor resident James Cosner alleged Wilson wasn’t eligible to run for mayor because if he […]
Former South African President Jacob Zuma has said the country’s constitution must be changed after he was barred from running for parliament on Monday. In his first interview since the ban, Mr Zuma told the BBC the Constitutional Court was wrong to decide he was unfit to run, based on his 2021 conviction for contempt […]
WASHINGTON — The Democratic-led Senate is poised to confirm President Joe Biden’s 200th federal judge Wednesday, a milestone that highlights a sharp contrast with his election rival, Republican former President Donald Trump, as they seek to shape the courts over the next four years. It’s unclear whether Biden will catch up to the 234 judges […]
After days of trying to dismantle Donald Trump‘s former fixer Michael Cohen’s credibility, the defense began presenting its own case, calling two witnesses that may make up the totality of its presentation. It was during a defense witness’ testimony that one of the most heated exchanges of the trial erupted. As attorney Robert Costello grumbled […]
FILE – In this photograph provided by Stephen Davis Phillips/Goldwater Institute, Amber Lavigne, of Newcastle, Maine, poses on March 25, 2023, at her home in Newcastle. A federal judge dismissed a lawsuit brought by the Maine woman who accused school officials of encouraging her teen’s gender expression by providing a chest binder and using a […]
Tesla Chairwoman Robyn Denholm, who is one of Fortune’s Most Powerful Women, didn’t mince words as she pushed back against a Delaware judge’s criticism of the board’s—as well as her own—oversight of CEO Elon Musk. In an interview with the Financial Times, she addressed Musk’s historic compensation package that’s worth more than $50 billion and […]