Former U.S. President Donald Trump speaks after arriving for his civil business fraud trial in New York State Supreme Court on December 7, 2023 in New York City. Eduardo Munoz Alvarez | Getty Images Former President Donald Trump on Monday filed a notice of appeal of the New York civil judgment finding him liable for … Read more
A Manhattan jury has returned a verdict in a civil case accusing the NRA and its longtime head Wayne LaPierre of corruption. The lawsuit, brought by New York Attorney General Letitia James in 2020, named LaPierre and the gun rights organization, along with other NRA leaders John Frazer and Wilson “Woody” Phillips. Attorneys for the … Read more
A New York judge formally ordered Donald Trump to pay $454 million, including interest, on Friday, a move that will give the former president one month to post nearly half a billion dollars to appeal the fraud verdict. Judge Arthur Engoron’s signed judgment was posted to the court docket Friday, one week after he found … Read more
Four days after a judge ordered former President Donald Trump to pay $354 million in his civil fraud case, New York Attorney General Letitia James told ABC News that she is prepared to seize the former president’s assets if he is unable to find the cash to cover the fine. “If he does not have … Read more
Former President Donald Trump reacted to the $355 million judgment in his civil fraud trial in his typical fashion: with a lengthy outburst onTruth Social. “A Crooked New York State Judge, working with a totally Corrupt Attorney General who ran on the basis of ‘I will get Trump,’ has just fined me $355 Million based … Read more
Accounts from Myanmar army soldiers who have surrendered or defected over the past three months reveal that the military is suffering from plunging morale and overstretched logistics amid a rebel offensive that has prompted mass surrenders. These accounts, provided by more than 30 soldiers, suggest that the rebels’ recent battlefield successes go beyond mere territorial … Read more
NEW DELHI — Want to move in with your boyfriend or girlfriend? If you are in India’s state of Uttarakhand, you’ll have to register your relationship with the authorities according to a new law — or face up to six months in prison and a $300 fine. The rules for unmarried, cohabiting partners, called “live-in … Read more
Uttarakhand, a Himalayan state in northern India, has become the first to pass a new law that, regardless of religion, governs the personal matters of all Indian citizens including marriage, divorce, adoption, and inheritance. Drafted as the “Uniform Civil Code Bill” (UCC), the law was passed by the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Wednesday, … Read more
“When I’m trying to identify disinformation operations in the wild I need to understand the initial signals and ideas that Russian state media and influencers are sharing,” Walter tells WIRED. “Russian Telegram channels just blew up overnight, and started really dialing into messaging specifically about the possibility that Texas could be an independent state, the … Read more
By Jack Queen (Reuters) -A New York judge overseeing Donald Trump’s civil fraud trial has asked lawyers in the case for information about possible perjury by the former U.S. president’s onetime finance chief, who is reportedly facing criminal charges for lying on the stand. In a letter docketed Tuesday, Justice Arthur Engoron told lawyers for … Read more