A New York grand jury voted Thursday to indict former President Donald Trump in connection with a $130,000 hush money payment to porn star Stormy Daniels ahead of the 2016 election, his lawyer told CNBC. Trump is the first former president to be charged with a crime. The indictment comes as he is… Read Full […]
The Supreme Court handed a group of atheists a win Monday when it declined to take a case, Ocala v. Rojas, seeking to block their lawsuit over a 2014 prayer vigil arranged by the city of Ocala, Florida, after drive-by shootings that injured several children. But the victory might be relatively… Read Full Article Here […]
Michael Cohen, the former personal lawyer to Donald Trump, said Friday that he believes he will “very soon” be called to testify before a New York grand jury collecting evidence in a criminal probe of the former president. Cohen’s comments came as he was en route to meet for the 18th time with… Read Full […]
U.S. Rep. George Santos (R-NY) sits in the House Chamber prior to U.S. President Joe Biden delivering his State of the Union address at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, U.S., February 7, 2023. Evelyn Hockstein | Reuters The House ethics committee said Thursday that it has appointed a subcommittee… Read Full Article Here CNBC
A top election official in Georgia took aim at Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., for spreading “disproven conspiracies” after she falsely claimed during a House panel on election integrity that former President Donald Trump won the state in the 2020 election. “I had a discussion with the… Read Full Article Here CNBC
The Supreme Court heard arguments Tuesday on two cases challenging the Biden administration’s plan to forgive without congressional action an estimated $400 billion or more in federal student loan debt for tens of millions of Americans. President Joe Biden unveiled the plan, which would wipe out… Read Full Article Here CNBC
A top U.S. cybersecurity official urged businesses to take on more of the burden of securing their services for customers and suggested that new legislation should hold them accountable. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency Director Jen Easterly held up Apple as a positive example of… Read Full Article Here Source link
The Supreme Court on Monday agreed to hear arguments in a case challenging the constitutionality of funding for the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. The order taking the case came four months after a federal appeals court panel unanimously ruled that the CFPB’s funding mechanism was
The U.S. Supreme Court against a blue sky in Washington, D.C., US. Photographer: Stefani Reynolds/Bloomberg Bloomberg Creative | Bloomberg Creative Photos | Getty Images A legal test that Google’s lawyer told the Supreme Court was roughly “96% correct” could drastically undermine the liability shield that the company and other tech platforms have relied on for […]
Photographer | Collection | Getty Images Swedish telecom company Ericsson will lay off 8,500 workers as part of its cost-cutting measures, the company confirmed to CNBC on Friday. Reuters earlier reported on the layoffs, which will affect roughly 8% of its staff of 105,529 worldwide. The company employs about 11,994 people in North America, according […]