NEW YORK — The world has long known two Michael Cohens. There’s the fire-breathing “fixer” who famously bullied Donald Trump’s foes. And there’s the social media resistance hero he became after breaking with his former boss, lobbing insults at Trump with the same expletive-laden fury he used to reserve for Trump’s enemies. On Monday, the […]
It’s been nearly 33 years since Anita Hill testified before the Senate Judiciary Committee in a series of hearings that both captivated and polarized the nation. In October of 1991, the little-known Oklahoma law professor was called to testify over allegations that her former supervisor, Supreme Court nominee, Clarence Thomas, had sexually harassed her while […]
WEST PALM BEACH — At 19, Cristian Leon impersonated a police officer, pulled over a woman and demanded that she show him her breasts. At 24, he sexually assaulted a college student walking alone in downtown West Palm Beach, and one week later, he did it again. Though convicted of all three offenses, Leon’s bid […]
Ex-Rudy Giuliani associate Lev Parnas slammed former President Donald Trump and his associates for pushing what he said were false allegations against the Biden family during the House Oversight Committee’s hearing Wednesday in the GOP impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden. Parnas, a Ukrainian-American businessman who worked closely with former Trump attorney Giuliani in 2018 […]
The head of Donald Trump’s Secret Service detail informed an agitated president on Jan. 6, 2021, that large groups of people had been denied entry to his rally that day because they were carrying prohibited items, the driver of his presidential SUV told congressional investigators, according to a transcript reviewed by POLITICO. The testimony is […]
The entire YouTube Music team is out of a job after going on strike last year. Some of the workers were lobbying for support for their union at an Austin City Council meeting. A Google spokesperson said the move was a regular contract termination. The entire YouTube Music team is out of a job as […]
After spending more than two hours tasting wine at a Napa Valley estate with her top prosecutor on the Georgia election subversion case, Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis reached into her purse and pulled out about $400 in cash. Willis used the money to pay for two bottles of wine – each valued at […]
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — One member of the jury that convicted Alex Murdaugh of murdering his wife and son testified Monday that when a clerk court urged jurors to watch his actions and body language during the trial, it made him seem guilty — and those comments influenced her decision to convict. But the other […]
A Fort Worth woman who directed a man with a pistol to fire at a moving vehicle and kill an 18-year-old with a shot to the back of the head will soon be released after serving about four years in custody. Cristina Watkins, 33, on Tuesday pleaded guilty to deadly conduct-discharge of a firearm in […]
LAS VEGAS (AP) — The lawyer who helped orchestrate the Trump campaign’s fake elector scheme in 2020 was a target in a criminal investigation in Nevada, but his name was removed from the indictment in exchange for his cooperation with authorities, according to newly released transcripts of secret grand jury proceedings in Las Vegas. The […]