Trump lawyers ask appeals court to toss $489 million civil fraud ruling

Lawyers for former President Donald Trump and his company told an appeals panel Thursday that it should throw out a judge’s ruling that Trump must fork over hundreds of millions in profit obtained through fraud, plus millions more in interest. At least two of the justices from the five-justice panel from the Appellate Division, First

Harris pitches herself as “pragmatic” capitalist as she tries to expand support

Pittsburgh — Vice President Kamala Harris spoke about lowering costs for the middle class and cast herself as a pro-business, “pragmatic” capitalist in an address Wednesday that focused on toplines of her economic plan and kept the details broad.  In describing her economic philosophy, Harris invoked Franklin Roosevelt and said she’d engage in “bold, persistent