Malaysia’s prime minister Anwar Ibrahim during a news conference in New Delhi, India, on Tuesday, Aug. 20, 2024. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images Eradicating corruption in Malaysia continues to be a difficult hurdle Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim needs to overcome if he wants to attract more foreign direct investments into the country. As Anwar … Read more
Caroline Ellison, the star witness in the prosecution of her former boyfriend, FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried, was sentenced Tuesday in New York federal court to two years in prison and ordered to forfeit $11 billion for her role in the massive fraud and conspiracy that doomed the cryptocurrency exchange once valued at $32 billion. The prison … Read more
New York Police Department Commissioner Edward Caban speaks during the first quarter crime briefing press conference Wednesday, April 3, 2024, in Manhattan, New York City. Barry Williams | Tribune News Service | Getty Images NYPD Commissioner Edward Caban resigned Thursday from his post helming the country’s largest police department amid a federal investigation into its nightclub enforcement, according to … Read more
House Speaker Mike Johnson canceled a planned vote Wednesday on a stopgap funding bill that could keep the government open for the next six months after more than a dozen of his fellow Republicans walked back their support for it. “We’re going to work through the weekend on that,” said Johnson, R-La., less than five … Read more
Former independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s name must be removed from North Carolina’s November ballot, the state’s Supreme Court ordered. The ruling Monday night may help Republican nominee Donald Trump against the Democratic nominee, Vice President Kamala Harris, in the key battleground state, and his chances in the national election. Trump has a … Read more
Republican presidential nominee and former U.S. President Donald Trump gestures as he holds a rally at the Cambria County War Memorial Arena in Johnstown, Pennsylvania, U.S. August 30, 2024. Brian Snyder | Reuters Former President Donald Trump on Tuesday once again pleaded not guilty to the criminal charges he faces in his federal election interference … Read more
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump, left, meets with Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sissi at the Plaza Hotel in New York, Sept. 19, 2016. Dominick Reuter | AFP | Getty Images Democrats on the House Oversight Committee asked former President Donald Trump to show proof that he never received any money from Egypt, following a recent … Read more
This an aerial view of the Saxony Court, home in Manhasset, New York belonging to Chris Hu and Linda Sun, July 24, 2024. Sun is the former deputy chief of staff for New York State governor Kathy Hochul. The FBI searched the home on July 23, 2024. J. Conrad Williams Jr. | Newsday | Getty … Read more
Ryan Salame, the former co-chief executive of FTX Digital Markets, exits the Federal Court after he pleaded guilty to two charges including conspiring to make unlawful U.S. political contributions, in New York City, Sept. 7, 2023. Brendan McDermid | Reuters Convicted former FTX executive Ryan Salame’s domestic partner Michelle Bond has been indicted on charges … Read more
Ryan Salame, former co-chief executive officer of FTX Digital Markets Ltd., exits federal court in New York, US, on Tuesday, May 28, 2024. Yuki Iwamura | Bloomberg | Getty Images Ryan Salame, a former top lieutenant at FTX under founder Sam Bankman-Fried, asked a judge to void the deal he reached with the government and his … Read more
