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Trump Organization hit with $1.6 million in fines for tax fraud conviction

1 year ago By Molly Crane-newman New York Daily News

NEW YORK — Two Trump Organization entities were slapped with $1.6 million in fines Friday — the price of committing years of tax fraud. The Trump Corporation and Trump Payroll Corporation were sentenced to pay the hefty sum in Manhattan Supreme Court.

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Lawmakers set to press Supreme Court on ethics standards

1 year ago By Michael Macagnone Cq-roll Call

WASHINGTON — Rhode Island Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse and other Democrats plan to push for new ethical standards for the Supreme Court in the next two years, even as the Republican control of the House may make that more difficult.

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Russia claims Donbas town but Ukraine says it’s in control

1 year ago By Bloomberg News

Russia claimed Moscow’s troops had taken Soledar, a small town in the Donetsk region of Ukraine, in one of their first victories in months. Kyiv rejected the claim.

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Japan indicts suspected killer of former premier Abe

1 year ago By Isabel Reynolds Bloomberg News

Japanese prosecutors indicted a man in his 40s on charges of fatally shooting former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe last year in a crime that horrified the country and triggered a scandal over the ruling party’s links with a fringe religion.

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Debt limit battle set to dominate 2023 fiscal agenda

1 year ago By Paul M. Krawzak Cq-roll Call

WASHINGTON — Lifting the statutory debt ceiling is set to dominate this year’s budget agenda. Republicans first need to agree among themselves on what to ask for in exchange.

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Suspect in University of Idaho killings appears in court. Preliminary hearing won't be anytime soon

1 year ago By Angela Palermo And Kevin Fixler The Idaho Statesman

MOSCOW, Idaho — The preliminary hearing for the suspect arrested in the fatal stabbings of four University of Idaho students won’t be held until late June. Bryan Kohberger, 28, charged with four counts of first-degree murder and one count of felony burglary in the students’ deaths, made his second appearance in Idaho court Thursday morning in Moscow.