Trump lawyer says judge’s possible conflict may taint $83 million Carroll verdict
By Jonathan Stempel NEW YORK (Reuters) – A lawyer for Donald Trump said on Monday a possible conflict of interest involving the judge who oversaw E. Jean Carroll’s recent defamation trial may justify overturning the writer’s $83.3
Democratic Biden challenger Dean Phillips asks Wisconsin Supreme Court to put him on ballot
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Democratic presidential candidate U.S. Rep. Dean Phillips wants the Wisconsin Supreme Court to order that he be put on the primary ballot in the battleground state after he was excluded by the state’s
4 dead, including Florida man suspected of shooting and wounding 2 police officers
PALM BAY, Fla. (AP) — Four people were killed in a city on Florida’s Space Coast, including a retired priest and a man accused of wounding two police officers during a shootout at a family birthday party,
Teenager awaiting trial in 2020 homicide who fled outside hospital is captured in Philadelphia
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A teenager awaiting trial in a homicide case who escaped outside a Philadelphia hospital last week was captured on Sunday, police said. Shane Pryor was taken into custody by the U.S. Marshals Service, said
Attorney General Merrick Garland to undergo surgery, Justice Department says
WASHINGTON (AP) — Attorney General Merrick Garland will undergo back surgery this weekend and delegate his duties to the deputy attorney general during the procedure, the Justice Department said Monday. The news comes as Defense Secretary Lloyd
The Bahamas pushes to reduce violence as the US Embassy warns of a spike in killings
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Authorities in the Bahamas say they are cracking down on crime after the U.S. Embassy issued a security alert warning that the archipelago has reported at least 18 slayings so far
US Congress negotiators reach deal on 12 gov’t spending bills -Republican lawmakers
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Bipartisan negotiators in the U.S. Congress have reached agreement on the spending levels in the 12 bills that legislators would need to pass to avert a government shutdown beginning in early March, Republican lawmakers said
Back home in Florida after White House bid ends, DeSantis is still focused on Washington’s problems
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — On the heels of a failed presidential bid, Republican Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis finally weighed on what he wants state lawmakers to do this year: Change Washington. Less than two weeks after suspending
Judge sets April hearing on release request from woman involved in Slender Man attack as a child
WAUKESHA, Wis. (AP) — A Wisconsin judge will hold a hearing in April to determine whether the second of two women who nearly stabbed their sixth-grade classmate to death in 2014 to please online horror character Slender
Grief and mourning for 3 US soldiers killed in Jordan drone strike who were based in Georgia
SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — During their last phone conversation, Spc. Kennedy Sanders told her mother she wanted to take her military career to a new level when she returned home from the Middle East. She also revealed,