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Former President Donald Trump's criminal hush money trial continues in New York. Follow here for the latest live news updates, analysis and more.
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Victims and others affected by the infected blood scandal are waiting to hear how much they will be paid.
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 Mark Peterson/ReutersEven in the closing stages of Donald Trump's hush money trial, there's seemingly no end to the drama.
Defense witness Robert Costello—a former federal prosecutor called by Trump's attorneys as they seek to undermine the credibility of the prosecution's star witness, Michael Cohen—will be back on the stand Tuesday. His return comes the day after extraordinary scenes in the Manhattan courtroom that prompted Judge Juan Merchan to repeatedly rebuke Costello for his "contemptuous" behavior, even threatening to strike all of his testimony.
After Cohen finished his fourth day of testimony, jurors heard from Costello—a lawyer who once advised Cohen and acted as a backchannel between Cohen and Trump's White House in 2018.
Read more at The Daily Beast.
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Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and his vice-presidential pick, Nicole Shanahan, are on the same ticket. Getting on the same page is taking a bit more time.
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The president is heading to New Hampshire to discuss care for veterans suffering from toxic exposure, an issue that resonates for him personally and, his campaign hopes, politically.
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Benefit claimants will get training for roles in sectors including hospitality, care and construction.
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PM truly sorry as inquiry finds authorities covered up scandal and exposed victims to unacceptable risks.
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Former President Donald Trump's criminal hush money trial continues in New York. Follow here for the latest live news updates, analysis and more.
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The International Criminal Court's chief prosecutor is seeking arrest warrants for five senior officials, including Israel's Benjamin Netanyahu and Hamas's Yahya Sinwar.
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Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi died in a helicopter crash on Sunday, along with other top officials. Today on "Post Reports," the reactions to his death from within Iran and worldwide - and what it will mean for the country's leadership.
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President Biden said it was "outrageous" that ICC prosecutor Karim Khan had applied for arrest warrants against Israeli leaders, while some liberal Democrats cheered the court's move.
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Tehran has concluded that a regional reordering is underway. The death of the president and foreign minister won't change that.
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The announcement ramps up pressure on Israel and puts the United States in a new bind.
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An inquiry concludes that thousands of people were failed repeatedly by the NHS and successive governments.
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The Trump campaign and RNC reported that they jointly raised about $25 million more than the Biden campaign said it raised across all its committees in April.
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The report author, Sir Brian Langstaff, thinks a cultural change within government is possible.
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 TIMOTHY A. CLARY/GETTYA cadre of MAGA loyalists who had gathered to show their support for Donald Trump during his hush-money trial was shouted down by a bevy of cowbell-clanging anti-Trump protesters on Monday when they tried to speak outside of a lower Manhattan courthouse.
In what has become a familiar scene, several of the former president's allies appeared in New York City on Monday to rail against Trump's prosecution and demonstrate to the 2024 White House hopeful their utter devotion to him. In recent days, a number of wannabe vice-presidential candidates and MAGA lawmakers have made the trek to curry favor with Trump and help him circumvent the judge's gag order.
The group that flanked the twice-impeached ex-president this time around included South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson, former New York police commissioner Bernie Kerik, ex-Trump administration official Kash Patel, Trump senior advisor Jason Miller, and Rep. Andrew Clyde (R-GA). All but Patel, meanwhile, were customarily decked out in Trump's standard red tie and navy suit combo.
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The bipartisan border enforcement compromise, blocked by Republicans in February, is all but certain to be thwarted again. Democrats aim to tag the G.O.P. as the culprit in its failure.
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It's more about the GOP than the Democrats.
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WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange on Monday won the right to appeal his extradition to the United States. Assange's lawyers argued before the British High Court that the U.S. government provided "blatantly inadequate" assurances that Assange would have the same free speech protections as an American citizen if extradited from Britain. Assange has spent more than a decade facing the threat of extradition to the U.S., where he faces up to 175 years in prison for publishing classified documents exposing U.S. war crimes in Iraq and Afghanistan. "This is a victory for Julian Assange in that he lives on to fight another day, his case lives on to fight another day. But he's not out of Belmarsh [Prison] yet, and he's not in the clear yet," says Chip Gibbons, policy director of Defending Rights & Dissent. "This could still end in him being sent to the U.S. And the person who can stop this is Joe Biden and Merrick Garland."
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The chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court has announced he is seeking arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant and three leaders of Hamas: Yahya Sinwar, Ismail Haniyeh and Mohammed Deif. The charges against Netanyahu and Gallant include starvation of civilians, extermination, intentionally directing attacks against a civilian population, among other crimes. The charges against the Hamas leaders include extermination, murder, taking hostages, rape, among other crimes. "It places Israel's leaders of this genocidal onslaught on the Gaza Strip in the dock," says Middle East analyst Mouin Rabbani, who explains why this will be "very significant" for Israel's allies and signatories to the ICC. "They now have to make a choice between Israeli impunity and obligations under the Rome Statute."
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 Reuters/Evelyn HocksteinMonths after he was accused of overseeing a "boy's club" workplace rife with misogyny and harassment, the FDIC Chairman Martin Gruenberg said Wednesday he's prepared to step down once a successor is confirmed.
"In light of recent events, I am prepared to step down from my responsibilities once a successor is confirmed," he said. "Until that time, I will continue to fulfill my responsibilities as Chairman of the FDIC, including the transformation of the FDIC's workplace culture."
A Wall Street Journal report in November marked the beginning of Gruenberg's downfall, with women at the FDIC claiming male employees got to keep their jobs despite sending colleagues pictures of their penises, inviting others to a strip club, and speaking openly about having sex with a subordinate. The agency was also accused of tolerating a messy drinking culture, with staffers having allegedly urinated off the roof and vomited in the elevator of a hotel where employees are housed for trainings.
Read more at The Daily Beast.
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Sources in Prince Harry and Meghan Markle's camp have defended the couple after claims were made in the Daily Mail that they were flown around Nigeria for free "by an airline whose chairman is a fugitive wanted in the U.S."
The Mail said that the founder of Nigerian airline Air Peace, Dr. Allen Onyema, which provided the Sussexes with air transport during their tour of Nigeria, is wanted in the US, "facing multiple charges linked to millions of dollars' worth of alleged fraud set down in a federal indictment filed in November 2019."
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An Israeli airstrike in Gaza City on Friday killed the eldest daughter and the infant grandson of the prominent Palestinian poet and past Democracy Now! guest Refaat Alareer, who himself was killed in an Israeli airstrike in December. Shaima Refaat Alareer was killed along with her husband and 2-month-old son while sheltering in the building of international relief charity Global Communities. Shaima had recently lamented on Facebook that her father never got to meet his grandson, writing, "I never imagined that I would lose you early even before you see him." "Why is the state of Israel and its military targeting the families and relatives of those it has already assassinated and murdered?" asks Jehad Abusalim, a scholar, policy analyst and friend of Refaat Alareer and his family. "Israel seeks to eradicate, to destroy the social environment that fosters resistance and defiance. This environment produced figures like Refaat."
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Terrence Bradley said that, contrary to what he suggested in text messages, he did not know when District Attorney Fani Willis and special prosecutor Nathan Wade began dating.
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WASHINGTON - The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced the deadline for submissions for the DHS Cooling Solutions Challenge has been extended to February 24, 2022.
DHS first announced the prize competition in September 2021. The competition is the first of a new series of prize competitions focused on strengthening nationwide resilience to climate change. American innovators are encouraged to develop groundbreaking solutions for climate change-related hazards facing communities across our country. Winners will receive cash prizes from a total pool of $195,000 for their innovative solutions.
The cooling challenge is being led by DHS's Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) and Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). The challenge incentivizes American innovators to find new ways to protect people at risk of heat-related illness or death during extreme heat events or in connection with other disasters. Extreme heat is the Nation's leading cause of weather-related deaths, and as extreme heat disproportionately harms underserved communities, developing new and better ways to protect people on the hottest days will advance equity in disaster preparedness and response efforts.
DHS administers prize competitions using authority provided under the America COMPETES Act. Challenges are open to individuals who are over the age of 18 and are U.S. citizens or lawful permanent residents at the time of submission, as well as to U.S. entities that are incorporated in and whose primary place of business is in the United States. Federal entities or federal employees acting within the scope of their federal employment are not eligible to participate. Eligibility is subject to verification by DHS. This verification occurs before cash prizes are awarded.
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- Today, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced the awarding of 37 grants, totaling $20 million, under the Fiscal Year 2021 (FY21) Targeted Violence and Terrorism Prevention (TVTP) Grant Program. The TVTP Grant Program is managed by DHS's Center for Prevention Programs and Partnerships (CP3) and is the only federal grant program dedicated to enhancing the capabilities of local communities to prevent targeted violence and terrorism. This year's grant program prioritized the prevention of domestic violent extremism, including through efforts to counter online radicalization and mobilization to violence.
"Domestic violent extremism and targeted violence pose significant and persistent threats to our homeland," said Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro N. Mayorkas. "Attacks on schools, houses of worship, workplaces, and public gatherings threaten Americans' lives and inflict trauma on our communities. The Targeted Violence and Terrorism Prevention Grant Program prioritizes investments that empower and equip communities across our country to prevent acts of violence before they occur."
The FY21 TVTP grants expand on the Department's new approach to prevention, which centers on providing local communities with evidence-based tools to help prevent violence, while protecting civil rights and civil liberties and privacy rights. These grants will help local communities strengthen online and in-person prevention efforts, including by addressing early-risk factors that can lead to radicalization and violence.
The FY21 TVTP Grant Program is open to state, local, tribal, and territorial government agencies; institutions of higher education; and nonprofit organizations. DHS anticipates the next round of funding will become available for competition in late Winter/early Spring 2022. To ensure more equitable access to this grant program, CP3 provides technical assistance to interest
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