Prosecutors urge judge to consider postponing Trump’s sentencing

President-elect Donald Trump’s six-year New York criminal odyssey might need to continue for at least another four, prosecutors said Tuesday.  Lawyers for Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg wrote in a letter to Justice Juan Merchan that Trump should not be sentenced for his crimes until after he completes his second term in office. That would be

Manhattan District Attorney Agrees to Postpone Sentencing for Trump

Trump has filed a motion based on presidential immunity. Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s office has agreed to postpone sentencing for President-elect Donald Trump in his business records case. A Nov. 19 letter to New York Justice Juan Merchan showed Bragg stating that his office believed “further proceedings before this Court should be adjourned to

Trump To Tap Howard Lutnick for Commerce Secretary

President-elect Donald Trump is expected to tap Wall Street financier Howard Lutnick to lead the Commerce Department, the Wall Street Journal reported. Lutnick, chair and CEO of the financial services firm Cantor Fitzgerald, is currently serving as co-chair of the Trump transition team. The Jewish Republican publicly endorsed the president-elect’s proposed tariffs on U.S. imports,

Hakeem Jeffries Reelected as House Democrat Leader

House Democrats also reelected Rep. Katherine Clark as House Democratic whip and Rep. Pete Aguilar as House Democratic Conference chairman. WASHINGTON—House Democrats reelected Rep. Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) as their leader on Nov. 19, just weeks after falling short of reclaiming the lower congressional chamber. Jeffries, who also serves as House minority leader, said during a

US Unlikely to Take Chinese Leader Xi’s ‘Red Line’ Warning in Last Biden Meeting Seriously, Say Experts

‘There is now a broad, bipartisan understanding that we are dealing with an untrustworthy regime,’ an expert said. In his recent in-person meeting with outgoing U.S. President Joe Biden, Chinese Communist Party (CCP) leader Xi Jinping laid out four topics that he deemed off-limits for the incoming administration, which experts say the United States is