Lies, loyalty and a gag order upheld: Tuesday's Trump hush money trial takeaways
Donald Trump’s defense attorneys have grilled prosecutors’ star witness in his hush money trial, portraying former attorney Michael Cohen as a media-obsessed liar who’s determined to see the former president behind bars.
US suggests possibility of penalties if production of Chinese electric vehicles moves to Mexico
The Biden administration is suggesting the possibility that new penalties could be put in place if the Chinese makers of electric vehicles try to move their production to Mexico to avoid newly announced import taxes.
Biden hikes tariffs on Chinese EVs, solar cells, steel, aluminum — and snipes at Trump
President Joe Biden says in defending his new tariffs on Chinese products that China's government subsidies ensure its companies don’t have to turn a profit, giving them an unfair advantage in global trade.
Biden blocks Chinese-backed crypto mining firm from land ownership near Wyoming missile base
President Joe Biden on Monday issued an order blocking a Chinese-backed cryptocurrency mining firm from owning land near a Wyoming nuclear missile base, calling its proximity to the base a “national security risk.”.
Donald Trump's GOP allies show up in force as Michael Cohen takes the stand in hush money trial
As Donald Trump’s hush money trial reaches a pivotal moment the former president’s allies are out in force and serving as his voice to criticize the process and people while Trump himself is under a gag order.
Star witness Michael Cohen says Trump was intimately involved in all aspects of hush money scheme
The star prosecution witness at Donald Trump's hush money trial says Trump was intimately involved with all aspects of a scheme to stifle stories about sex that threatened to torpedo his 2016 campaign.
Election deniers: West Virginia voters must pick from GOP candidates who still dispute 2020 outcome
West Virginia Republican primary voters will have a hard time finding a major candidate on the ballot in any statewide race who openly acknowledges President Joe Biden as the winner of the 2020 election.
For a second time, Sen. Bob Menendez faces a corruption trial. This time, it involves gold bars
For the second time in a decade, Sen. Bob Menendez is finding his political career and freedom on the line in a federal criminal case that already has forced him out of one of the Senate's most powerful posts.
Controversy follows Gov. Kristi Noem as she is banned by another South Dakota tribe
South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem is now banned from entering nearly 20% of her state after another tribe banished her this week over comments she made earlier this year about tribal leaders benefitting from drug cartels.