Factbox: Does attorney-client privilege apply to Trump lawyer raid? U.S. President Donald Trump has assailed the Monday raid by Federal Bureau of Investigation agents on the New York offices and home of his personal lawyer Michael Cohen, complaining on Twitter on Tuesday that “attorney-client privilege is dead!” Federal prosecutors in […]
politics NEWS
Mark Zuckerberg’s Testimony to Congress: A Sneak Peek Facebook’s chief executive, Mark Zuckerberg, will make his much-anticipated appearance before members of Congress starting Tuesday afternoon. In two days of hearings, he will face tough questions on how and why the company failed to protect the delicate data of many millions […]
F.B.I. Raids Office of Trump’s Longtime Lawyer Michael Cohen Trump Calls It ‘Disgraceful’ The F.B.I. raided the Rockefeller Center office and Park Avenue hotel room of President Trump’s longtime personal lawyer, Michael D. Cohen, on Monday morning, seizing business records, emails and documents related to several topics, including a payment […]
What Mark Zuckerberg Will Be Grilled On at the Congressional Hearings Facebook’s chief executive, will testify at two congressional hearings this week: Tuesday at 2:15 p.m. before the combined Senate Judiciary and Commerce committees. Wednesday at 10 a.m. before the House Energy and Commerce Committee. The Times will have complete […]
Mueller Investigating Ukrainian’s $150,000 Payment for a Trump Appearance The special counsel is investigating a payment made to President Trump’s foundation by a Ukrainian steel magnate for a talk during the campaign, according to three people briefed on the matter, as part of a broader examination of streams of foreign […]
Trump Denounces F.B.I. Raid on His Lawyer’s Office as ‘Attack on Our Country’ Update: President Trump had attorney-client privilege on his mind early Tuesday, tweeting out his frustrations a day after the F.B.I. raided the office and hotel room of his personal attorney. “Attorney–client privilege is dead!” Mr. Trump wrote, […]
Family of slain DNC staffer sues Fox News over retracted story The family of Democratic National Committee staffer Seth Rich, who was killed in 2016, has filed a lawsuit against Fox News, an investigative reporter and one of the network’s frequent guests over a story about Rich and allegations that […]
Barack Obama keeps most admired status in annual Gallup poll, Donald Trump 2nd More Americans are likely to name former President Barack Obama as the man they admire most, although the gap between the former president and the current has narrowed over the last year, a poll has found. Seventeen […]
Hate Crimes in the U.S. Rose 5 Percent Last Year, FBI Says The number of hate crimes committed in the U.S. rose 5 percent in 2016, compared to the year before, according to data gathered from local law enforcement agencies by the FBI. Of the 6,063 incidents involving 7,509 victims, […]
Attorneys general plan to sue Trump if he ends DACA Attorneys general plan to sue Trump if he ends DACA:- Attorneys general from New York and Washington state have threatened legal action against the White House amid reports that President Trump will end the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, or […]
