A New York judge has determined that Donald Trump committed fraud by falsely inflating his wealth and assets by billions of dollars, a partial conclusion to a sweeping lawsuit and a years-long investigation from the state’s attorney general taking aim at the former president’s business empire. The ruling from Judge Arthur F Engoron on 26 September found that the former …
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A federal judge has struck down a Texas law targeting drag performances as unconstitutional, a ruling that bars law enforcement officials in the state from enforcing the far-reaching ban. The ruling from US District Judge David Hittner on 26 September followed a two-day hearing to determine whether to issue a permanent injunction stemming from a lawsuit from a group of …
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A former president has been charged with crimes connected to his attempts to overturn the results of an American election. The federal investigation into the efforts from Donald Trump and his allies to subvert the outcome of the 2020 presidential election has yielded four criminal charges in a 45-page indictment, outlining three alleged criminal conspiracies and the obstruction of of …
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Donald Trump took to Truth Social to mock Fox News, joking that the network’s “voice” was suffering from an inflammation. “Fox News was our VOICE, but sadly, that VOICE has developed a serious case of Laryngitis!!!” the former president wrote on Tuesday. Earlier on Tuesday, Mr Trump was clearly upset at the focus on the other candidates in the Republican …
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Donald Trump is expected to skip the upcoming second Republican presidential primary debate and speak to a crowd of union workers in Detroit amid the ongoing auto strike, advisers of the former president told The New York Times. The snub comes after Mr Trump skipped the first GOP debate of the season last month, chosing instead to sit down with …
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President Joe Biden on Tuesday joined a United Auto Workers picket line outside a General Motors factory in Michigan, making a visible show of support for striking autoworkers and the US labor movement as the workers push for the “big three” automakers to honour their demands for better pay and benefits. Mr Biden, wearing a UAW hat and sweatshirt and …
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Andrew Tate and his brother Tristan, who both face human trafficking charges in Romania, appeared at a Bucharest court on Tuesday (26 September). Footage showed the brothers answering questions from a reporter as they made their way to court. The hearing was to ask that the current judicial measures imposed on them be lifted, alongside measures that saw a number …
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Sign up to our Evening Headlines email for your daily guide to the latest news Sign up to our free US Evening Headlines email The Federal Trade Commission and 17 state attorneys general are suing Amazon after accusing the e-commerce giant of unlawfully exploiting its monopoly to jack up prices and stifle competition. The FTC said in a statement that …
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Sen Cory Booker (D-NJ) called on his fellow New Jersey Democratic Sen Bob Menendez to resign amid an indictment accusing Mr Menendez of bribery and corruption. Mr Booker and Mr Menendez have worked together for a decade since Mr Booker won a special election in 2013 and the two are personally close. “Sen Menendez is again facing a federal indictment, …
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Sign up to our Evening Headlines email for your daily guide to the latest news Sign up to our free US Evening Headlines email JPMorgan Chase will pay $75m to settle a lawsuit with the US Virgin Islands that alleged the Wall Street giant was complicit in Jeffrey Epstein’s sex trafficking of young women. A JPMorgan spokesperson said the bank …
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