Liz Magill — the president of the University of Pennsylvania — is stepping down after equivocating over the “genocide of Jews” and whether calling for that violated their rules. The announcement over Magill’s resignation came down Saturday straight from Penn itself — with a statement from a member of the Board of Trustees reading … … Read more
The walls appear to be caving in on the University of Pennsylvania’s president, Liz Magill, who faces scathing criticism over her performance at a House hearing earlier this week. Prominent donor Ross Stevens threatened to claw back a $100 million donation. The university’s board of trustees held an emergency meeting Thursday. And the powerful Wharton … Read more
An attorney for Donald Trump provided scathing evidence against the former president in his federal classified documents case in Florida, and CNN legal analyst Elie Honig said it may lead to a conviction once the case goes to trial. ABC News reported that Trump attorney Jennifer Little told a grand jury that she “very clearly” … Read more
Ivanka Trump’s testimony in her father and brothers’ New York civil fraud trial hurt her family members far more than it helped them, according to CNN legal analyst Norm Eisen. “She threw him under the bus,” he told host Wolf Blitzer Wednesday evening. “She did not defend these financial statements. She said she didn’t prepare … Read more
Ivanka Trump on Thursday filed an appeal to block a judge’s order for her to testify in her father’s civil fraud trial until an appeal can be heard by the New York appellate court. The appeal asked for the higher court to pause the entire fraud trial against former President Donald Trump, two of his … Read more
Robert DeNiro testified at his civil trial against his former assistant … and he got into some heated exchanges with opposing counsel, uttering at one point, “This is all nonsense!” The Oscar-winning actor took the stand in an NYC courtroom for most of Monday afternoon — and he appeared grumpy as he tried to keep … Read more
FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried leaves US Federal Court in New York City on March 30, 2023. Kyle Mazza | Anadolu Agency | Getty Images FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried resumed his testimony on Monday, and used his time on the stand to blame his former close friends and colleagues for the downfall of his crypto empire. … Read more
Donald Trump stormed out of the courtroom on Wednesday amid testimony from his former attorney Michael Cohen in a New York civil fraud trial concerning the Trump Organization. The former president’s Secret Service agents were caught off guard and chased after him as he abruptly left the room, according toreporters who were present. Trump exited … Read more
Comment on this storyCommentAdd to your saved storiesSave TEL AVIV — Released Israeli hostage Yocheved Lifshitz described on Tuesday the “unimaginable hell” of her kidnapping ordeal that included being thrown over the back of a motorcycle, beaten by sticks and held in a “spiderweb” of wet tunnels after she was abducted from a kibbutz in … Read more
Sam Bankman-Fried and other FTX executives spent $8 billion worth of customer funds on real estate, venture capital investments, campaign donations, endorsement deals and even a sports stadium, according to testimony from former senior FTX executive Nishad Singh. Singh’s testimony, which kicked off the third week of Bankman-Fried’s trial, provides fresh details of exactly where … Read more