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Michael Cohen outed MSNBC’s Katy Tur as one of the journalists with whom he had a close relationship and fed Trump stories. Read: Kristi Noem Is Banned From 20% of South Dakota.   The courtroom exchange during Cohen’s cross-examination: Cohen agrees that yes, if it was a “NYT-style” story, he would give Haberman tips, scoops.

Slovakia’s Prime Minister Robert Fico walks during the European Council summit at the EU headquarters in Brussels, on April 18, 2024.  Kenzo Tribouillard | Afp | Getty Images Slovakia’s populist Prime Minister Robert Fico is in a stable but “very serious” condition following surgery after an assassination attempt, a health official said Thursday. “His condition

President Biden is taking a series of executive steps to strengthen and grow America’s solar industry. Read: Kristi Noem Is Banned From 20% of South Dakota.   According to a White House fact sheet, the Biden administration will be taking the following actions: • Removal of the bifacial module exclusion under Section 201. Bifacial solar

The Department of Justice on Wednesday announced the indictment of two brothers who graduated from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology for allegedly stealing $25 million in cryptocurrency within roughly 12 seconds. The DOJ said the brothers —James Peraire-Bueno and Anton Peraire-Bueno — plotted the “first-of-its-kind” crypto fraud involving Ethereum blockchain over several months. Their father

CNN’s Jake Tapper and Dana Bash will moderate the first 2024 Biden/Trump debate in June. Read: Kristi Noem Is Banned From 20% of South Dakota.   Dylan Byers of Puck posted, “SCOOP @PuckNews : CNN’s JAKE TAPPER and DANA BASH will moderate the first presidential debate between Joe Biden and Donald Trump on June 27.”

Russian President Vladimir Putin’s meeting with Chinese leader Xi Jinping in China this week is the latest sign of deepening strategic ties between both sides.    Putin will make a two-day state visit to China from Thursday at the invitation of Xi, it was announced on Tuesday. This will be the Russian leader’s first overseas trip

Michael Cohen has drawn praise so far for being a calm, credible, and poised witness, but the powerful way that he closed his testimony did major damage to Trump. Read the biggest developments from Michael Cohen’s testimony.   Harry Litman posted about the end of Cohen’s testimony:“Do you have

Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-MD) speaks during a House Committee on Oversight and Accountability hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, on September 28, 2023. Mandel Ngan | AFP | Getty Images The House Oversight Committee’s top Democrat asked oil executives to reveal whether former President Donald Trump had proposed a “quid-pro-quo” arrangement to them at

Fox News repeated a question asked by a Democratic strategist to Republican Senator J.D. Vance (R-OH) wondering why Republicans were there to defend ex-president Donald Trump’s affair with a porn star. Read the biggest developments from Michael Cohen’s testimony.   FOX: A Democratic strategist said, “why are they all there, defending his affair with a

U.S. President Joe Biden meets Chinese President Xi Jinping on the sidelines of the G-20 leaders’ summit in Bali, Indonesia, on Nov. 14, 2022. Kevin Lamarque | Reuters The Biden administration announced stiff new tariff rates Tuesday on $18 billion worth of Chinese imports. The White House said the tariff hikes were necessary to protect

President Biden is taking action to protect American jobs from Chinese cheating in markets like steel and semiconductors. Read the biggest developments from Michael Cohen’s testimony.   The White House announced via a fact sheet: Today’s actions to counter China’s unfair trade practices are carefully targeted at strategic sectors—the same sectors where the United States

Sen. Robert Menendez arrives at the federal courthouse in Manhattan, New York City, May 13, 2024. Fatih Aktas | Anadolu | Getty Images A judge on Monday admonished attorneys about playing legal games shortly after they convened for the start of the federal bribery trial of Sen. Robert Menendez, D-N.J. “There’s been too much gamesmanship

Trump appeared to be in total panic mode as he read quotes and attacked the judge after the first day of Michael Cohen’s testimony. Read the biggest developments from Michael Cohen’s testimony.   Trump ended up quoting Sen. J.D. Vance about how his trial is a threat to democracy,

Police Force attend a protest against the foreign agents law as two Americans and one Russian citizen are among 20 detained on May 13, 2024 in Tbilisi, Georgia. Daro Sulakauri | Getty Images News | Getty Images Thousands of people took to the streets of Georgia’s capital on Monday as part of a last-ditch attempt

The Biden campaign announced the launch of Health Care Providers For Biden-Harris. The healthcare providers will organize other healthcare professionals to inform voters about the stakes in the 2024 election. Read About Ivanka Trump’s Plotting To Return To The White House On THE DAILY   The Biden campaign described what’s on the line in terms

Bruce Garelick walks following a hearing at the Manhattan Federal Court, in New York City, July 20, 2023. Amr Alfiky | Reuters A federal jury in New York on Thursday convicted an investor of insider trading in the stock of a shell company ahead of its announcement in October 2021 that it would merge with

An aerial photo shows the size of the beach space where Trump held his rally and the size of the crowd before the ex-president spoke, and it wasn’t 80,000 people. Read About Ivanka Trump’s Plotting To Return To The White House On THE DAILY   Here is the photo that according to a New York

Madeleine Westerhout, a former Trump executive assistant, departs Manhattan Criminal Court in New York City on May 9, 2024. Michael M. Santiago | Getty Images Prosecutors said Friday that they plan to call only two more witnesses in Donald Trump‘s criminal trial, and they could rest their case by the end of next week. One

Republicans have made no major investment in Kari Lake as Democrats put tens of millions of dollars behind Rep. Ruben Gallego in the Arizona Senate race. Read About Ivanka Trump’s Plotting To Return To The White House On THE DAILY   Politico reported: In Arizona, they are increasingly warning that Lake’s divisive persona and instinct

Combination showing Republican presidential candidate and former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley (L) and Former U.S. President and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump, campaigning in New Hampshire on Jan. 23rd, 2024. Reuters Donald Trump on Saturday made it clear that former Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley is not on his running mate