Ex-Trump aide Manafort charged with mortgage fraud in New York
Paul Manafort has been charged in New York with residential mortgage fraud and other felonies, as state lawmakers move to ensure that U.S. President Donald Trump’s former campaign chairman can be prosecuted even if he receives a presidential pardon.
Manafort lawyer calls Washington prison sentence ‘hostile’, ‘unnecessary’
A lawyer for U.S. President Donald Trump’s former campaign chairman Paul Manafort on Wednesday said it was “unnecessary” for a Washington judge to sentence Manafort to time in prison for conspiracy and fraud charges.
U.S. drops reference to ‘Israeli-occupied’ Golan Heights in annual rights report
The U.S. State Department changed its usual description of the Golan Heights from “Israeli-occupied” to “Israeli-controlled” in an annual global human rights report released on Wednesday.
U.S. judge gives Manafort 73 months
A federal judge on Wednesday sentenced President Donald Trump’s former campaign chairman Paul Manafort to 73 months in prison for two conspiracy charges arising from Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation into Russia’s role in the 2016 U.S. pre…
Pelosi rejects Republican bill to change national emergencies law
U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Wednesday rejected a plan brewing in the Senate to put new controls on President Donald Trump’s declaration of an emergency at the southern border while allowing it to remain in effect for at least …
Trump ex-aide Manafort faces up to 10 years in second sentencing
President Donald Trump’s former campaign chairman Paul Manafort will be sentenced by a second U.S. judge on Wednesday after another judge last week gave the veteran Republican political consultant a surprisingly lenient sentence of under four years in …
Trump campaign ex-chairman Manafort apologizes in U.S. federal court
President Donald Trump’s former campaign chairman Paul Manafort apologized on Wednesday for conspiracy crimes to which he pleaded guilty in a case pursued by Special Counsel Robert Mueller.
White House opposes Saudi Yemen war powers resolution
White House advisers recommended on Wednesday that U.S. President Donald Trump veto a resolution to end Washington’s support for the Saudi Arabia-led military campaign in Yemen.
Pelosi rejects Republican bill to change national emergencies act
U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said on Wednesday the House of Representatives will not consider a Republican bill to amend a federal national emergencies law after President Donald Trump used the declaration in a bid to get money for his long-promise…
Trump’s ex-lawyer Cohen says testimony ‘could have been clearer’: lawyer
U.S. President Donald Trump’s former personal lawyer Michael Cohen’s testimony to Congress regarding any potential pardon for his crimes “could have been clearer,” but he never personally asked the president for such a reprieve, Cohen’s lawyer said.
