WHO IS THE VICTIM OF TRUMP’S BOOKKEEPING? The trial of Donald Trump, in which a Democratic prosecutor in Manhattan seeks to jail the former president for a maximum of 136 years for bookkeeping offenses that allegedly hid a plot to steal the 2016 election, is now in a one-week break before closing arguments, jury instructions, and […]
One of the country’s most contentious debates made its way up to Capitol Hill on Wednesday: What’s the pizza capital of the U.S.? The answer depends on who you ask. Connecticut Rep. Rosa DeLauro (D) stirred up the conversation when she held an event on the House steps to declare New Haven, Conn., the best...
Nathan Wade, former special prosecutor for Fulton County, Ga., said the romantic relationship he once had with District Attorney Fani Willis has “no place” being discussed in a courtroom. “I felt like we dealt with it in a manner that was professional. We kept our personal lives personal and private,” Wade told MSNBC’s Joy Reid...
The police chief for the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) has been temporarily reassigned after violence erupted at pro-Palestine protests on the university’s campus. In a statement “about campus security processes,” Mary Osako, the vice chancellor for the university’s strategic communications, said the school named Gawin Gibson as the acting chief of police Tuesday....
A senior adviser to independent candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced she was leaving the campaign Wednesday, citing an “increasingly hateful and divisive atmosphere,” a blow to the third-party bid as it steps up ballot access efforts nationwide. Angela Stanton King, the campaign’s head of Black voter outreach, said Kennedy’s campaign “no longer aligns with...
Former President Trump attacked President Biden for his mental acuity in a radio interview Wednesday, and said he doubts his 2024 presumptive Democratic opponent “will even be running” in November. In an interview on the "Cats & Cosby Show" on WABC 770 AM with hosts John Catsimatidis and Rita Cosby, Trump repeated a popular line...
Story at a glance The number of vacant commercial buildings transformed into apartments jumped by more than 17 percent last year, according to a report from RentCafe. Since 2010, more old and unused factories, warehouses, hotels and office buildings are being adapted into apartments as the need for housing grows in the United States....
Harvard University’s governing board rejected an effort from faculty Wednesday to allow a group of 13 students sanctioned due to their participation in pro-Palestine protests to receive their degrees and graduate. The Harvard Corporation veto of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FAS) decision, which The Harvard Crimson described as “unprecedented,” underlines tensions between the...
Rep. Ayanna Pressley (D-Mass.) said Wednesday that former President Trump’s Department of Justice (DOJ) would “go on a murdering spree” if the presumptive GOP nominee wins a second term in the White House this coming November. In a House Oversight and Accountability Committee hearing on the Office of Personnel Management, Pressley warned of what she...
Welcome to The Hill's Business & Economy newsletter {beacon} Business & Economy Business & Economy The Big Story ‘Buy now, pay later’ lenders to be regulated as credit cards The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) has moved to classify popular “buy now, pay later” applications as credit cards, which would allow customers the ability...