Angela Weiss – Pool/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Day 5 of Donald Trump’s criminal hush money trial was also the first day of legal arguments before jurors. Proceedings lasted little more than three hours on Monday, but both parties delivered opening statements, lifting the veil on arguments they plan toRead More →
Fatih Aktas/Anadolu via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Columbia University has been thrust into turmoil in the last week, reeling from a congressional hearing on antisemitism with President Nemat Shafik and NYPD’s arrest of more than 100 protesters in support of Palestinians on the university’s lawn. Now, Columbia University’s classesRead More →
Center for Islamic Life at Rutgers University (CILRU) (NEW YORK) — Federal prosecutors charged a man with hate crimes Monday for allegedly breaking into and vandalizing the Center for Islamic Life at Rutgers University during Eid al-Fitr two weeks ago. Jacob Beacher, 24, was arrested after investigators said they determinedRead More →
Chicago Police Department (CHICAGO) — A Chicago police officer who was gunned down Sunday outside his home after returning from his shift had his gun taken from him as well as his car in the attack, ABC station WLS reported Monday. The slain 30-year-old officer, Luis M. Huesca, was shotRead More →
Kali9/Getty Images (OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla.) — Five people — including at least two children — have been mysteriously found dead at an Oklahoma home, according to authorities. Oklahoma City police said they were notified around 9:35 a.m. Monday and responding officers found the five bodies inside the house. All fiveRead More →
Eva Marie Uzcategui/Bloomberg via Getty Images, FILE (WASHINGTON) — Former first lady Melania Trump at a fundraiser on Saturday announced a major voter outreach initiative to garner conservative gay and lesbian support for former President Donald Trump’s 2024 bid — in an effort to boost his standing with a groupRead More →
joe daniel price/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — A majority of Supreme Court justices on Monday appeared sympathetic to an Oregon city making it a crime for anyone without a permanent residence to sleep outside in an effort to crack down on homeless encampments across public properties. The case, City of GrantsRead More →
Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — A potential ban of TikTok in the United States sailed through the House of Representatives over the weekend as part of a $95 billion foreign aid package that garnered bipartisan support. The social media crackdown may stand poised to become law, since President Joe BidenRead More →
Ryan McGinnis/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The Supreme Court said Monday it would take up the issue of “ghost guns” next term and the Biden administration’s appeal seeking to regulate the self-assemble weapons kits as any other firearm. The 5th Circuit Court of Appeals struck down a 2022 regulation from theRead More →
SimpleImages/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Former President Donald Trump is on trial in New York City, where he is facing felony charges related to a 2016 hush money payment to adult film actress Stormy Daniels. It marks the first time in history that a former U.S. president has been triedRead More →
