Assistant District Attorney Joshua Steinglass talks to jurors as attorney Todd Blanche and former U.S. President Donald Trump pay close attention during Trump’s criminal trial on charges that he falsified business records to conceal money paid to silence porn star Stormy Daniels in 2016, in Manhattan state court in New York City, U.S. April 18, … Read more
Former President Donald Trump met on April 18 in New York with Polish President Andrzej Duda, the latest in a series of meetings with foreign leaders as Europe braces for the possibility of a second Trump term. The presumptive Republican nominee hosted Mr. Duda at Trump Tower, where the two discussed the war in Ukraine … Read more
Former President Donald Trump walks out of the courtroom following the first day of jury selection at the Manhattan criminal court in New York on April 15, 2024. | Photo Credit: Reuters The Supreme Court on April 16 is taking up the first of two cases that could affect the criminal prosecution of former President … Read more
Traders and investors are looking to global interest rate cuts and a closely-fought U.S. election to drag the world’s currency markets from their deepest lull in almost four years.Measures of historical and expected volatility – how much prices move over a set time period – have sunk in recent months with the world’s biggest central … Read more
A voter fills out his ballot at a polling booth in Manhattan, New York on April 2, 2024. Rhode Island, Connecticut, New York and Wisconsin held their presidential primaries on Tuesday. | Photo Credit: Seth Wenig U.S. President Joe Biden and his Republican rival and predecessor Donald Trump have won their presidential primaries in four … Read more
U.S. President Joe Biden, former U.S. Presidents Barack Obama and Bill Clinton participate in a discussion moderated by Stephen Colbert, host of CBS’s “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert”, during a campaign fundraising event at Radio City Music Hall in New York, U.S., March 28, 2024. | Photo Credit: Reuters Former presidents Barack Obama and … Read more
Former U.S. President Donald Trump. File | Photo Credit: AP The New York judge presiding over Donald Trump’s trial over alleged hush money payments to a porn star slapped a partial gag order on the former president on Tuesday. Judge Juan Merchan ordered Trump not to publicly attack potential witnesses, prosecutors, court staff, their families … Read more
Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump speaks after voting in the Florida primary election in Palm Beach, Fla., Tuesday, March 19, 2024. | Photo Credit: AP Donald Trump suggested Tuesday that he’d support a national ban on abortions around 15 weeks of pregnancy, voicing for the first time support for a specific limit on … Read more
Nippon Steel would move its U.S. headquarters to Pittsburgh where its acquisition target U.S. Steel is based if the deal goes through, an executive said, adding to the pledges from the Japanese steelmaker to secure the transaction. Nippon Steel’s proposed $15-billion takeover of U.S. Steel has drawn sharp criticism in the United States where President Joe … Read more
The window for interest rate cuts may be closing. On the eve of the Federal Reserve’s two-day policy meeting, Wall Street forecaster Jim Bianco believes the central bank will likely stay on hold until next year. “I’m in the camp that the Fed does not change policy in the summer of an election year,” the … Read more