When trial begins next week, attorneys for former President Donald Trump won’t even know what witnesses prosecutors will call to the stand until they enter the courtroom. Prosecutors declined to share that information, citing President Trump’s social media posts. Week one of Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s case against the former president was marked with […]
Google fired 28 employees after the protests held across two of the company’s offices on April 16. The employees had staged the protests over Google’s association with the Israeli government, which involves cloud-computing services known as “Project Nimbus.” The company alerted the police after sit-in protests at offices in New York and Sunnyvale, California, which […]
A man set himself on fire across the street from a Manhattan courthouse just minutes after the full jury was selected in former President Donald Trump’s criminal trial that alleges falsification of business records. New York Police Department (NYPD) said at a press conference that the individual has been identified as Max Azzarello and that […]
Police arrested more than 100 people on Columbia University’s campus on Thursday after protesters set up an encampment on the campus to protest against Israel’s military actions against Hamas in Gaza. New York City Mayor Eric Adams said that 108 people were arrested for trespassing on the university’s property. Police ensured that there was “no […]
Former President Donald Trump on Friday said that he should be campaigning instead of sitting in a courtroom as he again called for the judge in the case to remove a gag order. Before entering the courtroom in Manhattan on Friday, he told reporters that he is “sitting in a courthouse all day long, while […]
Live updates of day 4 of former President Donald Trump’s “hush-money” trial in New York on April 19. Trump Says He’ll Testify Reporters shouted questions as President Trump left court. Asked if he would testify, he replied “yes!” on his way out. Prosecutors are arguing they should be allowed to bring up the recent civil […]
Chaos broke out at Columbia University on Thursday as police broke up an anti-Israeli encampment and arrested dozens of student protesters. Michelle Ahdoot, a director of programming and strategy at End Jew Hatred, says Jewish students are terrified on campus, and not enough is being done to protect them.
Micron Technology will get $6.1 billion in grants from the Department of Commerce to build advanced chip-manufacturing fabs in New York and Idaho, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) said on Wednesday. The Biden administration has reached a preliminary agreement to provide Micron with $6.1 billion in funding from CHIPS and Science law—a legislation that […]
Prosecutors in the New York criminal hush money case against former President Donald Trump have said they plan to question him over his previous civil trials as part of efforts to undermine his credibility. In a notice filed with the Supreme Court of New York on April 17, Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg said he […]
A second juror who was seated on the jury for former President Donald Trump in the Manhattan ‘Hush-Money’ Trial earlier this week was excused on Thursday, after prosecutors said that someone with the same name was arrested in the 90s for “tearing down political advertisements.” The Associated Press also reported that this juror, an IT […]
Former President Donald Trump met with Polish President Andrzej Duda Wednesday at Trump Tower in New York City. This is the latest meeting the former president has had with foreign leaders. The Trump campaign described the two men as “great friends.” The pair discussed a proposal by Mr. Duda that NATO countries spend a minimum […]
A juror who was seated on the jury for former President Donald Trump in the Manhattan “Hush-Money” Trial earlier this week was excused on Thursday, saying she had concerns about her ability to be fair and impartial and had concerns about her identity being made public. New York Supreme Court Justice Juan Merchan called attorneys […]
Day three of former President Donald Trump’s so-called “hush-money” trial started on Thursday as the former president’s lawyers said they attempted to serve a key witness in the case with a subpoena. As the former president entered the courtroom on Thursday, he made no comments to the media, according to reporters in the court. On […]
BALLSTON SPA, N.Y.—A man was sentenced Wednesday to 47 years to life in prison for kidnapping and sexually assaulting a 9-year-old girl who went missing from a state park in upstate New York last year. Craig N. Ross Jr. pleaded guilty in February to taking the girl in September from a campground at Moreau Lake […]
A juror who was excused from serving on the Manhattan trial of former President Donald Trump provided details about the questions potential jurors were asked. Kara McGee told media outlets outside the courtroom on Tuesday that she was dismissed but said she believes she could be impartial, adding still that it would be “very difficult […]
Google employees in two different office locations staged protests against the company over its involvement with the Israeli government. Google signed a billion-dollar contract with Israel in 2021. The contract, known as Nimbus, operates jointly with Amazon and offers cloud computing services to the U.S. ally. The protesters organized the sit-ins across Google’s Sunnyvale, California, […]
Former President Donald Trump stopped by a Harlem bodega on Tuesday after wrapping up the second day of his hush money trial in Manhattan, pledging to “straighten New York out” if reelected in November. A large crowd was seen in a video gathering around the bodega and chanting “four more years” as the presumptive GOP […]
The first seven jurors have been selected and sworn in to serve on former president Donald Trump’s criminal trial in New York, with the selection process continuing to pick another five to make up the 12-member jury panel, as lawyers grilled members of the jury pool to determine whether they can sit in fair judgment of […]
In an interview with “60 Minutes,” acclaimed novelist Sir Salman Rushdie revealed his thoughts on the knife attack that nearly claimed his life in August 2022, describing his survival as an inexplicable occurrence. Reflecting on the incident, Mr. Rushdie pondered, “How does somebody who doesn’t believe in the supernatural account for the fact that something […]
Prosecutors in the so-called “hush-money” case filed court papers Tuesday alleging former President Donald Trump violated a judge’s gag order by commenting on potential and likely witnesses involved in the case. Several weeks ago, Judge Juan Merchan imposed the gag order on President Trump, writing that he cannot make public comments about witnesses such as […]
