To cover the damages that could be awarded in his civil fraud trial‚ former President Donald Trump may be forced to sell his assets‚ according to experts. Judge Arthur Engoron is expected to issue a final ruling in the Republican's civil fraud case this week. In September‚ he issued a partial summary judgment in the case‚ brought by New York Attorney General Letitia James‚ and ruled that Trump and top executives at The Trump Organization committed fraud. He held...

This is the future liberals wanted. For years‚ economic thinkers on the left pushed for more government spending and urged the Federal Reserve to be less paranoid about inflation‚ with the goal of driving down unemployment as low as possible. Their logic: Workers would have more leverage to demand higher wages‚ as employers competed for employees. With higher incomes‚ people would be able to spend more‚ which would fuel the economy by creating demand for goods and services. It could also...

In early February‚ just days after the United States launched dozens of strikes against Iranian-backed militants in retaliation for the killing of three American soldiers‚ Secretary of State Antony Blinken finally found time to provide guidance to his staffers on a really‚ really pressing issue facing the nation: the threat of “misgendering.” Making assumptions about another person’s gender identity based on their appearance or name “can be problematic” and send a “harmful‚...

Russia’s Alexei Navalny‚ a fierce anticorruption campaigner who galvanized the country’s political opposition‚ has died in prison‚ Russian news agencies reported Friday. The cause of his death was still being established‚ said prison authorities‚ cited by Russian news agency TASS. Navalny had been serving sentences in a penal colony amounting to more than 30 years on various charges. He was 47 years old. A statement from the prison authorities said that he had felt unwell...

Does the US still have the power to deter its adversaries? When the US launched airstrikes earlier this month against the proxy militias linked to Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) in retaliation for the attack that killed three US soldiers at a base in Jordan‚ President Joe Biden noted that while the US would continue to respond to Iran-linked attacks “at times and places of our choosing‚” it “does not seek conflict in the Middle East or anywhere...

President Joe Biden flies into East Palestine‚ Ohio‚ on Friday to address mounting criticism he has ignored the victims of an explosive fire caused by a train derailment over one year ago. The long-promised visit will be Biden’s first interaction with voters on the ground since a special counsel’s report last week questioned the mental acuity of the octogenarian president‚ as Breitbart News reported. AP reports Biden‚ 81‚ goes to the village of 5‚000 at the invitation...

Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny‚ one of Russian President Vladimir Putin’s biggest foes‚ died Friday while being held in a Russian penal colony in Kharp‚ a city outside Moscow‚ the Federal Prison Service said. He was 47. According to the statement released by the country’s prison agency‚ Navalny lost consciousness after he felt unwell during a walk. While emergency services attended to him‚ they did not manage to revive him‚ they added. Navalny’s spokesperson Kira Yarmysh...

Jailed Russian opposition politician Alexei Navalny is dead‚ the prison service of the region where he had been serving his sentence says. Navalny‚ an outspoken critic of President Putin‚ has been in Russian jail since 2021 on charges widely viewed as politically motivated. Kira Yarmysh‚ Navalny's spokesperson‚ said his team had yet to receive confirmation of the death but his lawyer was travelling to Siberia. Putin's spokesman said Russian's penitentiary service was looking into...

The future of Donald Trump's family business may be decided on Friday when a New York judge is expected to deliver a verdict in his civil fraud trial. The former president‚ his adult sons and his namesake company have already been found liable for fraudulently inflating the value of assets in statements to lenders. Prosecutors have asked the judge to fine Mr Trump $370m (£291m) and to put restrictions on his ability to conduct business in the state. That's a lot of money‚ even for a...

Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny has died aged 47 at a prison colony above the Arctic Circle‚ Russian prison services said Friday. Navalny allegedly felt unwell after a walk at some point on Friday‚ and subsequently lost consciousness‚ the Federal Penitentiary Service said‚ according to The Associated Press. His death is being investigated per standard prison procedure. His team publicly stated on Friday that they’ve no confirmation of Navalny’s death. “Alexey’...