Trump loses gag order appeal at top New York court

Former U.S. President Donald Trump arrives to speak to the press after attending the civil fraud trial against the Trump Organization in New York State Supreme Court, in New York City on Jan. 11, 2024. John Lamparski | AFP | Getty Images The top court in New York State on Tuesday rejected an appeal by … Read more

Trump rape defamation trial day after Iowa win

Former President Donald Trump, center, departs Trump Tower in New York, US, on Tuesday, Jan. 16, 2024. David Dee Delgado | Bloomberg | Getty Images A day after scoring a landslide win in the Iowa Republican caucuses, former President Donald Trump is set to begin a civil trial in a sex assault defamation lawsuit by … Read more

Trump loses Joseph Tacopina as lawyer in two cases

Joe Tacopina, Attorney for former President Donald Trump, leaves Federal Court after the civil trial against former President Donald Trump at Manhattan on May 09, 2023 in New York City. Spencer Platt | Getty Images Joseph Tacopina has withdrawn as a lawyer for Donald Trump in two major cases facing the former president, one of … Read more

Trump ordered to pay New York Times, reporters over lawsuit

Former U.S. President Donald Trump attends the closing arguments in the Trump Organization civil fraud trial at New York State Supreme Court in the Manhattan borough of New York City, U.S., January 11, 2024.  Shannon Stapleton | Reuters A New York judge on Friday ordered Donald Trump to pay The New York Times and three … Read more

Morgan Stanley will pay millions settle SEC block trade probe

Pawan Passi, former equities executive at Morgan Stanley, arrives at court in New York, US, on Friday, Jan. 12, 2024. Alex Kent | Bloomberg | Getty Images Morgan Stanley has agreed to pay a total of $249 million to settle a criminal investigation and a related Securities and Exchange Commission probe of the unauthorized disclosure … Read more

Trump not allowed make New York fraud trial closing argument

Former U.S. president and Republican presidential hopeful Donald Trump departs after speaking during a Commit to Caucus rally at the North Iowa Events Center in Mason City, Iowa, on Jan. 5, 2024. Christian Monterrosa | AFP | Getty Images Donald Trump has been barred from personally making a closing argument at his New York civil … Read more

Ecuador president declares war on armed gangs after TV station attack

Ecuadorean security forces patrol the area around the main square and presidential palace after Ecuadorean President Daniel Noboa declared the country in a state of “internal armed conflict” and ordered the army to carry out military operations against the country’s powerful drug gangs, in downtown Quito on January 9, 2024. Rodrigo Buendia | Afp | … Read more

National Realtors president resigns after blackmail threat

NAR President Tracy Kasper. Courtesy: NAR The president of the National Association of Realtors on Monday said she was resigning due to a blackmail threat that sought to “compromise” her leadership role. NAR President Tracy Kasper said she had notified the group’s leadership team “that she recently received a threat to disclose a past personal, … Read more

Supreme Court rejects appeal by Elon Musk’s X on disclosing federal surveillance

Elon Musk, CEO of SpaceX and Tesla, attends the Viva Technology conference dedicated to innovation and startups at the Porte de Versailles exhibition centre in Paris on June 16, 2023. Chesnot | Getty Images The Supreme Court on Monday refused to hear an appeal by the social media giant X challenging a ban on the … Read more

Trial canceled in Berkshire Hathaway suit by Haslam family

Jimmy Haslam, CEO of Pilot Flying J. and Warren Buffett, Chairman and CEO of Berkshire Hathaway. Lacy O’Toole | CNBC A billion-dollar trial that was to determine if Berkshire Hathaway improperly used an accounting method that would significantly short-change the Haslam family in a purchase of the family’s remaining minority stake in Pilot Travel Centers … Read more