Trump posts US$175M bond in NY civil fraud case, averting costly asset seizure
The bond Trump is posting with the court now is essentially a placeholder, meant to guarantee payment if the full $454-million judgment is upheld by an appeals court.
U.S. News
Apr 1
‘Impossible’ for Donald Trump to pay $454M bond, his lawyers say
Donald Trump hasn't yet secured a bond that would allow the former president to challenge a $454-million decision against him, his lawyer said Monday.
U.S. News
Mar 18
U.S. Supreme Court considers Jan. 6 obstruction charges faced by rioters
It wasn’t clear how the justices would rule in a case that could affect hundreds of prosecutions related to the U.S. Capitol attack, as well as a charge against Donald Trump.
U.S. News
Apr 16
Iran fires air defences at military base after suspected Israeli drone attack
An apparent Israeli drone attack on Iran saw troops fire air defences at a major air base and a nuclear site early Friday morning near the central city of Isfahan.
World
Apr 19
Special counsel defends report on Biden’s memory, says president not exonerated
U.S. special counsel Robert Hur noted that the investigation uncovered evidence that Biden knowingly kept secret documents after leaving the vice presidency in 2017.
U.S. News
Mar 12
Biden wins Michigan primary but sees eroded support over stance on Gaza
U.S. President Joe Biden faced a sizeable protest campaign from Arab-Americans who chose to vote "uncommitted" in the Michigan primary, where Donald Trump also clinched victory.
U.S. News
Feb 27
Houthi attack kills 2 in rebels’ 1st fatal assault on Red Sea shipping
A missile attack by Yemen’s Houthi rebels on a commercial ship in the Gulf of Aden killed two of its crew members and forced survivors to abandon the vessel on Wednesday.
World
Mar 6
Donald Trump, sons, businesses fined US$364M in NY civil fraud case
Trump will also be barred from serving as an officer or director of any New York state corporation or applying for loans from New York financial institutions for three years.
U.S. News
Feb 16
Trump tells judge he would ‘love’ threatened removal from E. Jean Carroll trial
Donald Trump was threatened with expulsion from a civil defamation trial Wednesday after he repeatedly ignored a warning to keep quiet while writer E. Jean Carroll testified.
U.S. News
Jan 17
Biden’s campaign speech repeatedly interrupted by pro-Gaza protesters
U.S. President Joe Biden took aim at Republican efforts to curb abortion rights in a Virginia speech, but his remarks were interrupted repeatedly by pro-Gaza protesters.
U.S. News
Jan 23
Biden says 2024 election is ‘all about’ if American democracy will survive
Biden warned Donald Trump's efforts to retake the White House in 2024 pose a grave threat to the country, the day before the third anniversary of the Jan. 6, 2021, attack.
U.S. News
Jan 5
Family of Ashli Babbitt files $40M lawsuit over Jan. 6 shooting death
Ashli Babbitt was fatally shot by Lt. Michael Byrd while she tried to climb into the Speaker's Lobby through a broken window of a barricaded door on Jan. 6, 2021.
U.S. News
Jan 8
3 years after Jan. 6, views of the attack are more divided than ever before
Three years later, any consensus over what occurred on Jan. 6, 2021, has evaporated and warped into something more dangerous as Republicans embrace falsehoods about the attack.
U.S. News
Jan 6
Brazil marks 1 year since pro-Bolsonaro mob stormed capital over election loss
On Sunday night in the capital, Brasilia, the words “Democracy Unites Us” were projected on Congress' annex buildings that tower behind its chambers.
World
Jan 8
More than 50 countries go to the polls this year. What will democracy look like?
More than 50 countries are due to hold national elections in 2024, but the number of citizens exercising the right to vote is not unalloyed good news.
World
Jan 11
More Jeffrey Epstein docs shed light on abuse suffered by victims
The documents unsealed so far — with more to come — detail how Epstein leveraged connections to the rich, powerful and famous to recruit his victims and cover up his crimes.
Crime
Jan 4
Jeffrey Epstein docs unsealed: Bill Clinton, Prince Andrew among names
The documents implicate other notable people, including lawyer Alan Dershowitz, former New Mexico governor Bill Richardson and French fashion model scout Jean Luc Brunel.
U.S. News
Jan 3
Iran says at least 100 killed in blasts at memorial for slain general
No one immediately claimed responsibility for what appeared to be the deadliest militant attack to target Iran since its 1979 Islamic Revolution.
World
Jan 3
Rudy Giuliani seeks bankruptcy after order to pay $148M in defamation case
In a filing in U.S. Bankruptcy Court in New York, Giuliani said he had between $100 million and $500 million in liabilities and $1 million to $10 million in assets.
U.S. News
Dec 21, 2023
Cuba Gooding Jr. faces new sexual assault lawsuits
Cuba Gooding Jr. settled a civil lawsuit in June, moments before trial, by a woman who accused him of a 2013 rape. Terms were not disclosed.
Entertainment
Nov 23, 2023