Opening statements, first witness called in Trump “hush money” trial

Opening statements, first witness called in Trump “hush money” trial – CBS News Watch CBS News Prosecutors alleged in their opening statement that former President Trump committed election interference and falsified business records to pay off adult film star Stormy Daniels in the leadup to the 2016 election. Trump’s defense attorneys, however, claimed that no

RFK Jr. Could Shake Up Presidential Race in Key Battleground State

Independent is likely to pull votes away from both major candidates in Michigan, but Trump could stand to benefit the most. Robert F. Kennedy Jr. will appear on the presidential ballot in Michigan, a key battleground state in the 2024 election, threatening to upend what was essentially a two-person contest between President Joe Biden and

Columbia Professors Declare Solidarity With Student Protesters and Call for Shafik’s Resignation

‘She has forfeited the privilege to lead this great university,’ said history professor Christopher Brown MANHATTAN—A group of Columbia University professors held a rally Monday to express solidarity with the anti-Semitic students suspended for holding unauthorized protests on campus and to lambaste university president Minouche Shafik for cracking down on them. One faculty member, Columbia

TikTok Bill Is About Defense, Not Censorship, Retired US General Says

Retired U.S. Air Force Brig. Gen. David Stilwell says new legislation to force the popular video-sharing application TikTok to divest from its Chinese ownership or lose the ability to operate within the United States should be seen as a measure of national defense rather than an issue involving free speech and censorship. On April 20,