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Former Trump CFO Allen Weisselberg pleads guilty to perjury in ex-president’s civil fraud case
By Jake Offenhartz, The Associated Press on March 4th, 2024
NEW YORK (AP) – Allen Weisselberg, the former chief financial officer of the Trump Organization, pleaded guilty Monday in New York to perjury in connection with testimony he gave in the ex-president’s civil fraud case. Weisselberg, 76, surrendered to the Manhattan prosecutor’s office earlier Monday and entered state court in handcuffs, wearing a mask, before ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Former Trump CFO Allen Weisselberg pleads guilty to perjury in ex-president’s civil fraud trial
By Jake Offenhartz, The Associated Press on March 4th, 2024
NEW YORK (AP) – Allen Weisselberg, the former chief financial officer of the Trump Organization, pleaded guilty Monday in New York to perjury in connection with testimony he gave at the ex-president’s civil fraud trial. Weisselberg, 76, surrendered to the Manhattan prosecutor’s office earlier Monday and entered state court in handcuffs, wearing a mask, before ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Supreme Court restores Trump to ballot, rejecting state attempts to ban him over Capitol attack
By Mark Sherman, The Associated Press on March 4th, 2024
WASHINGTON (AP) – The Supreme Court on Monday restored Donald Trump to 2024 presidential primary ballots, rejecting state attempts to hold the Republican former president accountable for the Capitol riot. The justices ruled a day before the Super Tuesday primaries that states cannot invoke a post-Civil War constitutional provision to keep presidential candidates from appearing ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Former Trump Organization CFO Allen Weisselberg surrenders to NYC prosecutors on new charges
By The Associated Press on March 4th, 2024
NEW YORK (AP) – Allen Weisselberg, the former chief financial officer of the Trump Organization, surrendered to the Manhattan district attorney Monday morning for arraignment on new criminal charges, the prosecutor’s office said. The district attorney didn’t immediately disclose the nature of the charge, but people familiar with the investigation had previously told The Associated ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Thai court acquits former PM Yingluck Shinawatra on charges of mishandling government funds
By The Associated Press on March 4th, 2024
BANGKOK (AP) – A Thai court on Monday acquitted former Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra, now living in exile, on charges of mishandling expenditures for a government project in 2013. The action comes shortly after her brother Thaksin Shinawatra, who also previously served as prime minister, was released on parole for corruption-related offenses. Last year, he ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Thai court drops case against former PM Yingluck Shinawatra
By The Associated Press on March 3rd, 2024
BANGKOK (AP) – A Thai court on Monday dropped a charge against former Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra, now living in exile, for mishandling government project expenditure in 2013. It is the latest favorable ruling in criminal cases hanging over the former leader. The court cleared Yingluck of abuse of power in December last year. The ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Nikki Haley wins the District of Columbia’s Republican primary and gets her first 2024 victory
By Meg Kinnard And Will Weissert, The Associated Press on March 3rd, 2024
WASHINGTON (AP) – Nikki Haley has won the Republican primary in the District of Columbia, notching her first victory of the 2024 campaign. Her victory Sunday at least temporarily halts Donald Trump’s sweep of the GOP voting contests, although the former president is likely to pick up several hundred more delegates in this week’s Super ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!A Supreme Court decision could come Monday in a case about barring Trump from the 2024 ballot
By Mark Sherman, The Associated Press on March 3rd, 2024
WASHINGTON (AP) – A Supreme Court decision could come as soon as Monday in the case about whether former President Donald Trump can be kicked off the ballot over his efforts to undo his defeat in the 2020 election. Trump is challenging a groundbreaking decision by the Colorado Supreme Court that said he is disqualified ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Shehbaz Sharif is Pakistan’s new premier. Imran Khan’s allies in parliament protest, allege rigging
By The Associated Press on March 3rd, 2024
ISLAMABAD (AP) – Lawmakers in Pakistan’s National Assembly elected Sunday Shehbaz Sharif as the country’s new prime minister for the second time as allies of imprisoned former premier Imran Khan in parliament shouted in protest against his appointment, alleging rigging in last month’s election. Speaker Ayaz Sadiq said Sharif secured 201 votes, defeating Omar Ayub ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Lawmakers elect Shehbaz Sharif as Pakistan’s new premier. Protests in parliament greet appointment
By The Associated Press on March 3rd, 2024
ISLAMABAD (AP) – Lawmakers in Pakistan’s National Assembly elected Sunday Shehbaz Sharif as the country’s new prime minister for the second time. Allies of imprisoned former premier Imran Khan in parliament shouted in protest against his appointment, alleging rigging in last month’s election. Speaker Ayaz Sadiq said Sharif secured 201 votes, defeating Omar Ayub of ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Plane believed to be carrying Norway’s king departs Malaysia, a day after he received a pacemaker
By Vincent Thian, The Associated Press on March 2nd, 2024
LANGKAWI, Malaysia (AP) – An airplane believed to be carrying Norway’s King Harald departed Malaysia on Sunday, a day after he was implanted with a pacemaker. Europe’s oldest reigning monarch was hospitalized in Malaysia for an infection during a private vacation in the northern resort island of Langkawi, the royal house said Tuesday. He underwent ... Read More »
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