Dr. Cyril Wecht, a pathologist and attorney, died Monday at age 93. A cause of death was not announced, just that he “passed away peacefully.” While he was serving as an assistant district attorney in Allegheny County and a pathologist in a Pittsburgh hospital, he became involved with the analysis of former President John F. Kennedy’s death. […]
Indicted Sen. Bob Menendez (D-NJ) was back in a Manhattan courtroom Monday to begin his New York criminal trial for alleged public corruption, accepting bribes, and acting as a foreign agent. The third-term senator has remained defiant in his innocence and said he will not resign from office, at least not before a jury hands […]
Two public universities in Virginia have scrapped their planned diversity, equity, and inclusion requirements after a review by Gov. Glenn Youngkin’s (R-VA) administration. Virginia Commonwealth University and George Mason University canceled their plans to implement DEI-oriented classes as a requirement for undergraduate studies after Youngkin raised concerns about “core curriculum mandates that are a thinly […]
China’s maritime forces have begun the process of building additional “large man-made islands” in the South China Sea, according to Philippine officials who announced new patrols to thwart the effort. “No one will guard these locations except us,” Philippine National Security Council spokesman Jonathan Malaya told local media on Monday. “It is our responsibility under […]
The White House defended President Joe Biden from his criticism of former President Donald Trump for slapping tariffs on Chinese imports before an expected announcement about levies of his own. “We have always had concerns on China’s unfair trade policies,” press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre told reporters Monday. “We have been very clear about that, and […]
An Army officer assigned to the Defense Intelligence Agency has resigned in protest over the United States’s continued military support for Israel. Maj. Harrison Mann said he resigned from the DIA over the “nearly unqualified [U.S.] support” for Israel, “which has enabled and empowered the killing and starvation of tens of thousands of innocent Palestinians […]
Former President Donald Trump‘s ex-attorney, Michael Cohen, testified Monday that it was Melania Trump who devised the way to “spin” the Access Hollywood tape as “locker room talk.” The hot-mic audio tape in which Donald Trump is heard boasting about grabbing women “by the p****” surfaced just one month before the 2016 election and sparked […]
Sen. Bob Menendez (D-NJ), once one of the most powerful Democrats in Congress, is expected to get personal in his second corruption trial, which began Monday with jury selection. The longtime Democratic senator from New Jersey is expected to dig deep and reveal his penchant for hoarding big gold bars and his wife’s alleged lies and blame […]
Nebraskans will head to the ballot box Tuesday to vote in both congressional and presidential races, with all of the Cornhusker State’s seats in Congress up for reelection, and the fate of the 2024 presidential race could rest in the state’s hands. West Virginia, Maryland, and Nebraska will hold congressional and presidential primaries on Tuesday. […]
Michael Cohen’s legal adviser declared Monday that the ex-attorney of former President Donald Trump has atoned for his wrongdoing and will be believed by the hush money trial jury. “Michael and I talked last night, and we recalled the journey that we’ve been on,” legal crisis manager and attorney Lanny Davis told Mika Brzezinski of […]
