A New York federal judge says former President Donald Trump can wait a week to testify at a defamation trial where he could face millions of dollars in damages after a jury concluded that he sexually abused a columnist in the 1990s. Judge Lewis A. Kaplan said Sunday that Trump's attorneys notified him Friday that Trump planned to attend the trial, which starts Tuesday. He denied their request to delay the trial a week while Trump attends his mother-in-law's funeral Thursday. He said that if the trial is otherwise finished by Thursday... Читать дальше...
Business Insider says it is satisfied with the fairness and accuracy of stories that made plagiarism accusations against the wife of a hedge fund billionaire who was active in the ousting of Harvard President Claudine Gay. A spokesman for Axel Springer, the German media company that owns the publication, said Sunday that executives are standing by the coverage. The company had said it would look into the stories about former M.I.T. professor Neri Oxman following complaints by her husband, Bill Ackman, CEO of the Pershing Square investment firm.
Guatemalan President-elect Bernardo Arévalo is waiting to be sworn in as the old-guard Congress dawdling has delayed the inauguration ceremony. That sparked angry protests Sunday by demonstrators tired of months-long attempts to keep the new president from taking office. Supporters who had been waiting hours for a festive inauguration celebration in Guatemala’s City’s emblematic Plaza de la Constitución marched to the building where congress was meeting. They scuffled with lines of riot police, sweeping... Читать дальше...
North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum endorsed Donald Trump’s comeback bid for the White House ahead of the Iowa caucuses. Burgum appeared on stage with Tr8ump at a rally Sunday in Indianola and heaped praise on the former president. His endorsement comes just over a month after Burgum ended his own longshot campaign for the Republican presidential nomination. Burgum did not catch fire or build a substantial base in his own campaign. His support for Trump is unlikely to make a difference in the Monday caucuses, which Trump is expected to dominate.
