Michael Cohen, former President Trump’s attorney, lost his appeal Tuesday to revive the claim that Trump retaliated against Cohen, using his presidential powers to jail him from promoting his book. Cohen, who was often referred to as Trump’s “fixer,” pleaded guilty to campaign finance violations, tax evasion and lying to Congress. While incarcerated, he began...
Danish shipping giant Maersk is pausing its operations through the Red Sea again following a Sunday attack on one of its ships from the Iranian-backed Houthi rebel group. Maersk said in a Tuesday advisory that it would pause Red Sea transits until further notice, continuing to redirect ships around Africa and the Cape of Good...
The creation of a state-run court in Jackson, Miss., a Black-majority city, has been temporarily halted by a federal appeals court. Responding to a request from the NAACP, the U.S. 5th Circuit Court of Appeals granted a temporary administrative stay, which prevents the court — the Capitol Complex Improvement District Court — from being created...
Former President Trump has agreed to participate in a town hall event airing on Fox News on the same night CNN is hosting a Republican primary debate featuring a handful of candidates challenging him for the GOP nomination. The town hall event — which, like the debate, will take place in Des Moines, Iowa, on...
The perceived success of stressing values and freedom in the pro-abortion rights fight means Democrats are thinking about taking that message to other policy fights. But they won’t be promoting American values, they will be pushing center-left policies hidden behind conservative-leaning phrases.
Republican presidential primary candidate Vivek Ramaswamy tore into CNN for what he called "shenanigans" and unfair coverage of him ahead of a GOP debate the network is hosting this month. Predicting the CNN debate will "be the most boring in modern history," Ramaswamy wrote in a lengthy post on X, the platform formerly known as...
A train derailed and caught fire near San Francisco causing minor injuries and service disruptions on New Year’s Day, local officials confirmed. The Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) train had just left Orinda, Calif., on its way to Lafayette around 9 a.m. on Monday when the front two cars went off the track, agency spokesperson...
For former President Trump, a year makes a big difference. The former president went from political vulnerability to dominance in the race for the 2024 Republican nomination