Supreme Court to hear major challenge to felony statute used against Jan. 6 Capitol rioters

by admin | Dec 13, 2023 | Politics

Grant Faint/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — The U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday announced it will take up a major challenge to a felony obstruction statute the Justice Department has used against more than 300 defendants in their investigation of the Jan. 6, 2021,...

Michael Cohen’s lawyer cited cases that may not exist in bid to end supervised release, judge says

by admin | Dec 13, 2023 | Politics

ftwitty/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — Former President Donald Trump’s onetime fixer Michael Cohen sought an early end to his supervised release based on case law that may not exist, according to a federal judge in New York. Cohen, who went to federal prison...

Donald Trump loses appeal in E. Jean Carroll case, clearing way for defamation trial

by admin | Dec 13, 2023 | Politics

Marilyn Nieves/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — Former President Donald Trump lost his bid to invoke an immunity defense to E. Jean Carroll’s remaining defamation claim on Wednesday, clearing the way for a trial on damages to begin next month in New York. The 2nd...

‘Freedom is on the line’: Biden, Zelenskyy push for Ukraine aid in joint news conference

by admin | Dec 13, 2023 | Politics

President Joe Biden, right, shakes hands with President Volodymyr Zelenskyy of Ukraine as he hosts a meeting in the Oval office of the White House in Washington, D.C. (Bill O’Leary/The Washington Post via Getty Images)(WASHINGTON) — Ukrainian President...

Biden says Israel’s military campaign is starting to lose support

by admin | Dec 13, 2023 | Politics

U.S. President Joe Biden speaks during a meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, D.C., on Dec. 12, 2023. (MANDEL NGAN/AFP via Getty Images)(WASHINGTON) — In some of his strongest public comments to...