Nikki Haley in surprise ‘Saturday Night Live’ cameo

Nikki Haley in surprise ‘Saturday Night Live’ cameo

Republican presidential candidate former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley delivers remarks at her primary night rally at the Grappone Conference Center on January 23, 2024 in Concord, New Hampshire.  Joe Raedle | Getty Images Nikki Haley made a surprise — and funny — appearance on “Saturday Night Live,” where she asked a cast member playing her … Read more

RealPage antitrust lawsuits allege collusion among corporate landlords

RealPage antitrust lawsuits allege collusion among corporate landlords

A group of renters in the U.S. say their landlords are using software to deliver inflated rent hikes. “We’ve been told as tenants by employees of Equity that the software takes empathy out of the equation. So they can charge whatever the software tells them to charge,” said Kevin Weller, a tenant at Portside Towers … Read more

President Joe Biden wins South Carolina Democratic Primary, NBC News projects

President Joe Biden wins South Carolina Democratic Primary, NBC News projects

U.S. President Joe Biden delivers remarks on the U.S. economy and his administration’s effort to revive American manufacturing, during his visit in Flex LTD, a factory that makes solar energy microinverters, in West Columbia, South Carolina, July 6, 2023. Jonathan Ernst | Reuters President Joe Biden has won the South Carolina Democratic primary, NBC News … Read more

House Speaker Johnson announces ‘standalone’ Israel funding package

House Speaker Johnson announces ‘standalone’ Israel funding package

Speaker of the House Mike Johnson (R-LA) holds a news conference following a caucus meeting at the U.S. Capitol Visitors Center on January 30, 2024 in Washington, DC.  Chip Somodevilla | Getty Images House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., on Saturday announced an Israel-only funding package to be voted on next week, a huge step in … Read more

Judge postpones Trump D.C. election trial pending appeal

Judge postpones Trump D.C. election trial pending appeal

Former U.S. President Donald Trump speaks to his supporters, as he departs for his second civil trial after E. Jean Carroll accused Trump of raping her decades ago, outside a Trump Tower in the Manhattan borough of New York City, U.S., January 26, 2024.  Eduardo Munoz | Reuters A judge on Friday indefinitely postponed the … Read more

Trump Georgia prosecutor admits romantic relationship with Atlanta D.A. boss

Trump Georgia prosecutor admits romantic relationship with Atlanta D.A. boss

Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis speaks at a press conference next to prosecutor Nathan Wade after a Grand Jury brought back indictments against former president Donald Trump and his allies in their attempt to overturn the state’s 2020 election results, in Atlanta, Georgia, U.S. August 14, 2023.  Elijah Nouvelage | Reuters A top prosecutor … Read more

Russian war critic Boris Nadezhdin is an awkward challenge for Putin

Russian war critic Boris Nadezhdin is an awkward challenge for Putin

Boris Nadezhdin, the Civic Initiative Party presidential hopeful, arrives at the Central Election Commission to submit signatures collected in support of his candidacy, in Moscow on January 31, 2024. Vera Savina | Afp | Getty Images Over President Vladimir Putin’s 24 years in power, a systemic opposition has been wiped out in Russia with the … Read more

Trump clemency recipient Philip Esformes has Medicare plea deal

Trump clemency recipient Philip Esformes has Medicare plea deal

Philanthropist Philip Esformes attends the 15th annual Harold & Carole Pump Foundation gala at the Hyatt Regency Century Plaza on August 7, 2015 in Century City, California. Tiffany Rose | Getty Images Convicted Medicare fraudster Philip Esformes has reached a plea deal that could resolve a long-running, complicated criminal case that has included his 20-year … Read more

Trump New York business fraud verdict delayed

Trump New York business fraud verdict delayed

In this courtroom sketch, former U.S. President Donald Trump looks on as his attorney Alina Habba delivers closing arguments during E. Jean Carroll’s second civil trial in which Carroll accused Trump of raping her decades ago, at Manhattan Federal Court in New York City on Jan. 26, 2024. Jane Rosenberg | Reuters A verdict in … Read more

Ad giant Publicis paying $350 million to settle U.S. opioid claims

Ad giant Publicis paying 0 million to settle U.S. opioid claims

A sign for Publicis Groupe SA is seen at their headquarters in Paris, France, on Sunday, July 28, 2013.  Balint Porneczi | Bloomberg | Getty Images The health-care division of French ad giant Publicis agreed to pay $350 million to settle claims that its past marketing efforts for drugmakers helped fuel America’s opioid crisis, U.S. … Read more