One month of prison for corporate lawyer in U.S. college admissions scandal
The former co-chairman of the New York corporate law firm Willkie Farr & Gallagher was sentenced on Thursday to one month in prison for his role in what prosecutors say is the largest college admissions scam uncovered in the United States.
Trump again seeks foreign help to investigate Bidens, calling on China
President Donald Trump on Thursday again invited foreign interference in a U.S. presidential election, publicly calling on China to investigate Democratic political rival Joe Biden – similar to a request that has already triggered an impeachment inquir…
Pentagon wasn’t listening to Trump call with Ukraine’s Zelenskiy
No one from the U.S. Defense Department was listening to a July phone conversation between President Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy that is at the heart of a House of Representatives impeachment inquiry, the Pentagon said on T…
Biden campaign: Trump is ‘melting down’ with request to Ukraine, China to investigate Bidens
A spokeswoman for Joe Biden, a leading candidate seeking the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination, said on Thursday that U.S. President Donald Trump was “desperately clutching for conspiracy theories that have been debunked and dismissed by independ…
U.S. House intel panel chief: Trump’s cannot use office to probe rivals
U.S. President Donald Trump’s comments calling on Ukraine and China to probe one of his top Democratic rivals in the 2020 election only add to the urgency of the House of Representative’s impeachment inquiry, the head of the intelligence panel said on …
Las Vegas massacre survivors, families reach $735 million settlement with MGM
Survivors and family of 58 people who were slain in the deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history have reached a settlement of at least $735 million with MGM Resorts, a law firm representing the victims and MGM Resorts International said on Thursd…
Las Vegas massacre survivors, families reach $735 million settlement with hotel
Survivors and family of 58 people who were slain in the deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history have reached a settlement of at least $735 million with MGM Resorts, a law firm representing the victims said on Thursday.
Trump says he wants Ukraine, China to investigate Bidens
U.S President Donald Trump said on Thursday he wanted Ukraine and China to investigate political rival and former U.S. Vice President Joe Biden and his son, openly advocating an action that triggered a Democratic impeachment inquiry in Congress.
U.S. diplomat at center of Trump-Ukraine affair testifies to lawmakers
A longtime U.S. diplomat who served as President Donald Trump’s special envoy for Ukraine appeared before congressional committee staff on Thursday as part of a Democratic-led impeachment probe of the Republican president.
U.S. Supreme Court to tackle gay rights, guns, abortion and Trump
The U.S. Supreme Court’s new term opens on Monday with the conservative majority in a position to take a more aggressive rightward turn on divisive issues including abortion, gay rights and gun control while also refereeing legal brawls involving Presi…
