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A federal judge tangled with an attorney for President Donald Trump on Wednesday and appeared skeptical of his arguments in a bid to erase Trump’s 2024 hush-money conviction. Trump’s personal attorneys at the time, Todd Blanche and Emil Bove, made a strategic and fatal mistake in July 2024 by going to the trial judge for […]

Judge says Ryan Routh engaged in ‘premeditated’ plot to kill Trump several months before the US presidential election. Published On 4 Feb 20264 Feb 2026 Click here to share on social media share2 Share A judge has sentenced Ryan Routh, convicted of plotting to kill Donald Trump two months before the 2024 US presidential election,

On February 7, 2019, Jeff Bezos took to Medium to write about The National Enquirer’s publication of his text messages. In a paragraph about halfway through the post, Bezos paused to reflect on his ownership of The Washington Post, which he had acquired in 2013. “My stewardship of The Post and my support of its

The Washington Post on Wednesday announced sweeping layoffs that will significantly shrink its newsroom. The Post eliminated its sports section, large parts of its foreign coverage and its storied books division, in what current and former staff described as one of the darkest moments in the paper’s history.The cuts, which affect nearly every department, come

Photo (cc) 2016 by Dan Kennedy. I’ve written about Jeff Bezos’ defenestration of The Washington Post multiple times over the past two-plus years, and I’m not going to rehash it in any great detail today. Suffice to say that today’s gutting of the Post, reported here by NPR’s David Folkenflik, is just the latest outrage

Trump says he had excellent call with China’s President Xi Jinping – CBS News Watch CBS News President Trump said Wednesday morning that he had an “excellent telephone conversation” with Chinese President Xi Jinping. CBS News’ Ed O’Keefe has more.

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump said Wednesday that he and Chinese President Xi Jinping discussed the situation in Iran in a wide-ranging call that comes as the U.S. administration pushes Beijing and others to isolate Tehran. Trump said the two leaders also discussed a broad range of other critical issues in the U.S.-China relationship,

President Trump held a “long and thorough call” Wednesday with Chinese President Xi Jinping — as Xi carries out a purge of senior military leaders to cement his 13-year grip on power. Follow The Post’s live coverage of President Trump and national politics for the latest news and analysis “I have just completed an excellent

‘An Open Letter to Hobbyists,’ typed by William Henry (Bill) Gates III, was shared with the budding computer hobbyist community 50 years ago this week. The letter makes it clear that, even from the start of the personal computer business, there has always been a problem with software piracy. The New York Times archives include

The eSafety commissioner, Julie Inman Grant, says global regulatory focus on Elon Musk’s X has reached a “tipping point” after a raid of the company’s offices in France this week. The raid on Tuesday was part of an investigation that included alleged offences of complicity in the possession and organised distribution of child abuse images,

The United States is hosting ministers from dozens of countries for a critical minerals conference in Washington, DC, this week. Officials are seeking to strengthen and diversify their nations’ stockpiles of critical minerals, which are essential for the defence industry and for the development of artificial intelligence. High on the agenda is the question of

Key events Show key events only Please turn on JavaScript to use this feature Robert Tait Democrats on Capitol Hill offered apologies and promises of accountability on Tuesday amid often harrowing testimony from people who had experienced violent encounters with federal agents engaged in Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown. With Republicans conspicuously absent, the forum of

Elon Musk believes the best way to solve the difficulties of building AI data centers on earth is to move them into outer space. His merger this week of his rocket company SpaceX with his artificial intelligence company xAI could help get them there. And he isn’t the only one thinking that way. “The only

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Whoopi Goldberg took shots at Elon Musk after the Tesla owner criticized Lupita Nyong’o’s possible character in Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey. The EGOT actor defended Nyong’o after Musk said Nolan had “lost his integrity” over unconfirmed rumors the Oscar winner would play Helen of Troy in the new epic. “Ooh, you know, because Homer described

US entrepreneur Elon Musk’s net worth surged past the $800 billion mark after SpaceX acquired his artificial‑intelligence firm xAI, making him the richest person in history by a wide margin. Musk’s net worth reached roughly $852 billion, almost $578 billion higher than the world’s second-wealthiest person, Google co-founder Larry Page, whose net worth is estimated

NEW YORK (AP) — A federal judge is set to hear arguments Wednesday after an appeals court directed him to… NEW YORK (AP) — A federal judge is set to hear arguments Wednesday after an appeals court directed him to take a fresh look at President Donald Trump’s bid to erase his hush money conviction.

HORRY COUNTY, S.C. (WPDE) — The Horry County Council voted to support the naming of a portion of I-73 “President Donald J. Trump Highway,” removing the requirement that the road receive federal funding before the end of Trump’s presidential term. The county resolution supports a greater proposal from the South Carolina General Assembly. Horry County

For months, United States President Donald Trump has called him a “sick man” and an “illegal drug leader”. But on Tuesday, Trump welcomed his Colombian counterpart, Gustavo Petro, to the White House for their first face-to-face meeting in Washington, DC. Recommended Stories list of 3 itemsend of list Both leaders hailed the meeting as productive,