CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — South Africa’s main political rivals are now partners in government after they came together in a last-minute coalition deal that ensured President Cyril Ramaphosa was dramatically reelected with cross-party support, and a struggling country was given a boost. The agreement was only sealed on the sidelines of a marathon […]
The News South Africa’s leading political parties are in last-minute bargaining talks to establish a coalition government with less than 24 hours left before parliament meets to select a president. The ruling African National Congress (ANC) lost its 30-year parliamentary majority in the May 29 general election, claiming only a 40% share of the votes. […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — Twenty-three million families in the U.S. will have bigger internet bills starting in May. That’s because a federal broadband subsidy program they’re enrolled in is nearly out of money. Dozens of people joined Biden administration officials, advocates and U.S. Sen. Peter Welch, a Democrat from Vermont, at a Washington public library on […]
After suffering a string of defeats in their efforts to delay or kill the New York hush money trial, lawyers for former President Donald Trump file another appeal to try to remove Judge Juan Merchan from the proceedings and to challenge his ruling that Trump is not protected from prosecution by presidential immunity. Court filings […]
After suffering a string of defeats in their efforts to delay or kill the New York hush money trial, lawyers for former President Donald Trump file another appeal to try to remove Judge Juan Merchan from the proceedings and to challenge his ruling that Trump is not protected from prosecution by presidential immunity. Here are […]
Donald Trump appears set to file a lawsuit against Judge Juan Merchan, the judge overseeing a trial concerning his alleged falsification of business records in order to cover up his affair with an adult film actress. The move, which comes one week before the trial is set to start, is a last-minute attempt to delay […]
Judge Juan Merchan denies a motion by Donald Trump that sought to delay the April 15 start of the hush money trial until after the United States Supreme Court ruled on whether presidential immunity protects him from prosecution. In the classified documents case, meanwhile, prosecutors on special counsel Jack Smith’s team ask Judge Aileen Cannon […]
Peter Navarro is asking the Supreme Court to give him one last chance to stay out of jail. The former Trump White House trade adviser is slated to report to federal prison in Miami next Tuesday to begin serving a four-month sentence for defying a subpoena from the Jan. 6 select committee, but is seeking […]
Former President Donald Trump’s lawyers file a last-ditch appeal with the United States Supreme Court on the question of whether presidential immunity protects him from being prosecuted for alleged crimes he committed when he tried to overturn his loss to Joe Biden in the 2020 election. Here are the latest legal developments surrounding the former […]
(Bloomberg) — Emmanuel Macron’s government will try to defuse French farmers’ fury over falling incomes and stringent European regulations, in an attempt to stop demonstrations from escalating into a blockade of Paris. Most Read from Bloomberg Protests that began in the south of France have spread through the week, as farmers blocked major roads and […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin Republicans made a last-ditch effort Tuesday to avoid having the liberal-controlled state Supreme Court put in place new legislative district boundaries for the November election. Republican senators introduced new Senate and Assembly maps on the floor of the Senate, not giving the public or Democrats a chance to review them […]
LAKETOWN TWP. — The planned demolition of the Huyser House in Laketown Township was largely confirmed Wednesday, Jan. 17, following a vote from the parks commission to recommend a bid to the township board. The commission also rejected a resident’s proposal to save the home through a long-term lease. Commissioners voted unanimously in November to […]