Harvey Weinstein hires two new attorneys ahead of sex assault trial
Harvey Weinstein, the former Hollywood movie mogul, has hired two lawyers from a Chicago-based firm to join the legal team representing him in his September trial on rape and sexual assault charges, his representatives said on Thursday.
In victory for Trump, U.S. House Democrats back down on border aid bill demands
Democratic leaders in the U.S. House of Representatives backed down to President Donald Trump and passed a $4.6 billion aid package to address a migrant surge at the U.S.-Mexico border without the additional protections for migrant children that libera…
Democrat de Blasio apologizes for Che Guevara phrase in Miami
Democratic presidential candidate Bill de Blasio apologized on Thursday for unwittingly quoting Ernesto “Che” Guevara, a Marxist revolutionary reviled by many Cuban-Americans for helping Fidel Castro come to power in Cuba.
Five takeaways from Trump-Congress battle over border aid
It was a long, difficult battle, but the U.S. Congress on Thursday sent President Donald Trump a $4.6 billion bill to address a surge of migrants at the U.S. border with Mexico.
Supreme Court OKs blood draws from unconscious drivers without warrants
Police do not generally need a court-issued warrant to draw an unconscious criminal suspect’s blood, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled on Thursday in a Wisconsin drunken driving case, declining to place new evidence-gathering restrictions on law enforcement…
U.S. chief justice’s ‘swing’ role shown in census, gerrymandering rulings
U.S. Chief Justice John Roberts cemented his new role as the Supreme Court’s “swing vote,” angering people on the political left and right in the process, as he decided the outcomes of major rulings on the census and electoral map manipulation.
House passes Senate emergency border aid bill, sends to Trump
The U.S. House of Representatives on Thursday approved a Senate-passed bill providing $4.6 billion to address a surge of migrants at the U.S. border with Mexico, sending it to President Donald Trump for his signature after Democrats abandoned efforts t…
LGBTQ heroes celebrated with wall of honor at Stonewall Inn in New York
A half century after the launch of the modern LGBTQ rights movement, 50 trailblazers in the struggle for equality were honored on Thursday with the unveiling of a wall of honor inside New York’s historic Stonewall Inn.
VP Pence agrees lawmakers to be notified of child migrant deaths
U.S. Vice President Michael Pence, in a telephone conversation with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, agreed on Thursday that lawmakers would be notified within 24 hours after the death of a child migrant held in custody at the U.S.-Mexico border, a source f…
Boston Marathon bomber had fair trial despite news deluge, U.S. prosecutors argue in appeal
Prosecutors on Thursday urged a federal appeals court to reject Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev’s claim that trying his case in a city reeling from an attack that killed three people and wounded more than 260 others deprived him of a fair tria…
