Appeals court rules Trump must testify in NY probe
Former President Trump must provide testimony in the New York attorney general's probe into his business practices, a state appeals court ruled Thursday, rejecting his challenge to a subpoena. A four-judge panel for the Appellate Division of the New York Supreme Court unanimously ruled against Trump's appeal in the case, dismissing the former president's arguments that the subpoena is part of a politically motivated investigation. "OAG began its investigation after public testimony of a senior corporate insider and reviewed significant volumes of evidence before issuing
Read MoreTexas broadcast of Jimmy Kimmel's Uvalde shooting monologue cut short
Late night television host Jimmy Kimmel said his monologue was cut short by a Dallas ABC affiliate channel following the mass shooting in Uvalde, Texas, that left 19 children and two adults dead. “To my friends in Dallas who are asking: I do not know whether our ABC Network affiliate WFAA cut away from my monologue tonight intentionally or inadvertently but I will find out,” Kimmel said in a tweet with a link to his full monologue for those who “didn’t get to see.” In the monologue, Kimmel called the failure of lawmakers to take action on the issue “indefensible.”
Read MoreSchumer vows to force vote on gun-control legislation after Memorial Day recess
Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) told colleagues Thursday morning that they should be prepared to vote on gun-control legislation when they return to Washington next month after the Memorial Day recess, promising a showdown with Republicans after mass shootings in Buffalo and Texas left 31 people dead. Schumer said he’s not scheduling a vote this week on two House-passed bills to expand background checks because he wants to give Sen. Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) and other colleagues more time to negotiate a deal with Republicans on background check or red-flag legi
Read MoreAmid the cryptocurrency debacle, it’s time to give the dollar its due
The collapse of the TerraUSD stablecoin this month is reverberating throughout the cryptocurrency world at a time when the market capitalization of Bitcoin and other digital currencies has fallen by about 65 percent from a peak of $3 trillion in November. While heightened volatility is nothing new to the cryptocurrency market, the sudden plunge in Terra
Read MoreKevin Spacey faces new sexual assault charges in UK
Kevin Spacey is facing sexual assault charges against multiple men in the United Kingdom. The former “House of Cards” actor is being charged with four counts of sexual assault against three men, the U.K.’s Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) announced Thursday. The 62-year-old performer has also been charged with “causing a person to engage in penetrative sexual activity without consent,” Rosemary Ainslie, head of the CPS’s special crime division, said in a statement to ITK. “The charges follow a review of the evidence gathered by the Metropolitan Police in it
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