Donald Trump on Wednesday appealed a judge’s refusal to dismiss New York Attorney General Letitia James’ civil fraud lawsuit against him and his family business, two days after the case went to trial. The appeal to the Appellate Division, a mid-level appeals court, was filed as the former U.S. president sat in a Manhattan courtroom…
The man who set off smoke bombs on a crowded New York subway train before shooting 10 people in April 2022 was due to be sentenced in a Brooklyn courtroom on Thursday, after he pleaded guilty to terrorism and weapons charges earlier this year. Frank James, 64, could face life in prison for committing one…
Anti-vaccine activist Robert F. Kennedy Jr., a member of one of the most storied American political families, could draw the support of about one in seven U.S. voters, according to a Reuters/Ipsos poll ahead of his presidential campaign’s expected Monday launch. The poll found that Kennedy, the son and namesake of the slain U.S. senator, could…
About 75,000 medical workers from Kaiser Permanente facilities went on a planned three-day strike on Wednesday, putting pressure on one of the leading not-for-profit U.S. healthcare networks to reach an agreement on a new contract. It is the largest walkout ever in the U.S. healthcare sector, surpassing a 53,000-person strike in 2018. It stems from…
A lawyer for the state of Texas on Thursday told a U.S. appeals court President Joe Biden’s administration has no power to force the state to remove a 1,000-foot (305-meter) barrier placed in the Rio Grande river to deter illegal border crossings. Three judges on the New Orleans-based 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals heard…
President Joe Biden’s administration said on Thursday it will add sections to a border wall to stave off record migrant crossings from Mexico, a reversal that embraces a signature policy of former President Donald Trump. Trump is the frontrunner for the Republican Party nomination to challenge Biden, a Democrat, in the 2024 presidential race. Trump…
Former President Donald Trump may meet next week with fellow Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives when they hear from candidates who hope to replace ousted Speaker Kevin McCarthy, several media outlets reported on Thursday. Several media outlets reported that Trump was considering a trip to Washington on Tuesday to attend a closed-door forum…
British police said on Wednesday they had opened an investigation into corporate manslaughter at the hospital where nurse Lucy Letby, who murdered seven babies, had worked. Letby, 33, Britain’s most prolific serial child killer of modern times, was convicted in August of killing five baby boys and two baby girls at the Countess of Chester hospital in…
Britain’s GB News channel sacked actor-turned-political activist Laurence Fox on Wednesday after it said comments he made about a female journalist on air were “completely unacceptable”. The 45-year-old member of Britain’s Fox acting dynasty was a guest on presenter Dan Wootton’s evening show last month when he made demeaning sexual remarks about journalist Ava Evans….
Britain’s Prime Minister Rishi Sunak promised on Wednesday that he would cut taxes once inflation was under control, following mounting concerns from Conservative Party members about a rise in tax levels since the COVID-19 pandemic. “I know you want tax cuts. I want them too and we will deliver them. But the best tax cut…
