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WASHINGTON (AP) — Republicans have insisted for months that they have the grounds to launch impeachment proceedings against President Joe Biden. On Thursday, they will begin formally making their case to the public and their skeptical colleagues in the Senate. The chairmen of Oversight, Judiciary, and Ways and Means will …

SYDNEY (AP) — Sri Lankan cricket international Danushka Gunathilaka has been found not guilty of raping a woman he met on a dating site during the south Asian team’s tour of Australia last November. Judge Sarah Huggett acquitted the 32-year-old player as he sat at Sydney’s Downing Centre District Court …

Murdaugh’s attorney previously accused Hill of jury tampering in court documents filed in the South Carolina Court of Appeals on Sept. 5 and obtained by Today. The documents stated that Hill was “advising them not to believe Murdaugh’s testimony” and “pressuring them to reach a quick guilty verdict.” Murdaugh’s team said …

U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan acknowledged that recusal is an important tool to ensure every defendant receives a fair trial, but warned the powerful tool can be a “procedural weapon” in the wrong hands. WASHINGTON (CN) — U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan on Wednesday denied a motion brought by former …

WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan said Wednesday she won’t recuse herself from Donald Trump’s 2020 election interference case in Washington, rejecting the former president’s claims that her past comments raise doubts about whether she can be fair. Chutkan, who was nominated to the bench by President Barack …

Courtroom sketch depicting Judge Tanya Chutkan in an exchange with Donald Trump’s lawyers.  Former President Donald Trump on Wednesday lost a bid to have a federal judge remove herself from presiding over his criminal election-interference case in Washington, D.C., because of statements she made while sentencing Jan. 6 Capitol riot …

In the days immediately following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, the Ukrainian government filed a case against Moscow in the UN’s highest court, the International Court of Justice. Ukraine accuses Russia of violating the Genocide Convention by falsely claiming its invasion was required because Ukraine’s government and military …

By Nelson Acosta HAVANA, Sept 27 (Reuters) – Cuba and Russia are working together on the case of Cubans recruited to fight in the Russian military, Russia’s ambassador to Cuba told reporters on Wednesday, as evidence grows of a large-scale recruiting effort on the Caribbean island. The Cuban government this …

NEW YORK — Court officials are cementing plans to proceed with Monday’s $250 million civil fraud trial against former President Donald Trump after attorneys for Trump and the New York attorney general’s office hashed out some pretrial issues at a hearing Wednesday — although lingering questions remain regarding the impact …

Ambassador-at-Large of the Ukrainian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Anton Korynevych, Director General for International Law of the Ukrainian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Oksana Zolotaryova and Russian Ambassador to Netherlands, Alexander Vasilievich Shulgin, Russia’s Ambassador-at-Large Gennady Kuzmin, Russian Deputy Permanent Representative Acquire Licensing Rights Read more THE HAGUE, Sept 27 (Reuters) …

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Alabama is headed to the first significant revamp of its congressional map in three decades after the U.S. Supreme Court rejected the state’s bid to keep using a plan with a single majority-Black district. The decision on Tuesday sets the stage for a new map with …

NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez on Wednesday arrived at a courthouse where he’s due to answer to charges that he used his powerful post to secretly advance Egyptian interests and do favors for New Jersey businessmen in exchange for bribes of cash and gold bars. The New …

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Chanting from one to 43, relatives of students abducted nine years ago counted out the number of the missing youths as they marched through Mexico City Tuesday to demand answers to one of Mexico’s most infamous human rights cases. With President Andrés Manuel López Obrador’s term …

NEW YORK, Sept 26 (Reuters) – A New York judge found Donald Trump and his family business fraudulently inflated the value of his properties and other assets, in a major defeat for the former U.S. president that could severely hamper his ability to do business in the state. The scathing …

By Sam Cabral BBC News, Washington 26 September 2023, 21:56 BST Updated 17 minutes ago Donald Trump “repeatedly” misrepresented his wealth – by up to $3.6bn (£3bn) – to banks and insurers, a New York judge has ruled. The decision resolves a key claim made by New York’s attorney general …

NEW YORK — Former President Donald Trump submitted “fraudulent valuations” for assets that were then used by himself, his eldest sons and his business to obtain better loan and insurance terms, a judge in New York decided Tuesday. The judge’s determination came as he granted partial summary judgment in New …