The historic criminal trial of former President Donald Trump kicked off in a Manhattan courtroom Monday — the first time a former president in U.S. history has stood trial on criminal charges. The proceedings before Judge Juan Merchan moved forward after Trump made multiple attempts to delay them, resulting in a string of losses that failed
When former President Donald Trump’s criminal trial began in New York on Monday, it marked the culmination of a yearslong investigation and open a new chapter of a story that goes back even further, to an alleged affair in 2006. It’s a tale that weaves together presidential politics, tabloid headlines and the mundane intricacies of
Washington — House Speaker Mike Johnson on Monday unveiled a proposal for sending wartime aid to Israel and Ukraine as he seeks to fend off a right-wing revolt that could put his leadership in peril. The Louisiana Republican said he plans to put four separate bills on the floor, separating aid for Israel with assistance
Many missiles aimed at Israel were launched by Iran’s allied militant groups in Iraq, Syria, and Yemen Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei (Majid Saeedi/Getty Images) A coalition of 60 Republican House lawmakers on Monday filed legislation that would impose sanctions on 11 Iranian terrorist proxy groups operating across the Middle East, according to a
Washington — The Supreme Court on Monday agreed to allow Idaho officials enforce a ban on gender-affirming medical care for nearly all transgender minors statewide, granting a request from state officials to narrow the scope of a lower court’s order that blocked the law from taking effect. The court’s conservative majority granted the state’s request
Bowman, Lee, and Bush use Iran’s attack as a reason to criticize Israel Cori Bush, Jamaal Bowman (Drew Angerer/Getty Images) Members of the left-wing “Squad” are responding to the unprecedented attack on Israel by equating Iran with the Jewish state and condemning both nations. After Iran fired hundreds of drones and missiles at Israel early
The request by prosecutors comes less than a month before the trial’s start date.