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Judge sets Trump classified documents trial for May 2024, months before election

Former President Donald Trump’s trial on charges of mishandling classified documents will begin on May 20, 2024, a federal judge…

Chinese hackers breached email accounts of top U.S. diplomats

China-linked hackers breached the email account of U.S. Ambassador to China Nicholas Burns, as part of a recent targeted intelligence-gathering…

Trump Media merger partner DWAC settles with SEC over fraud charges

WASHINGTON — The Securities and Exchange Commission announced Thursday that it had settled fraud charges with Digital World Acquisition Corp.,…

The White House plan to sell Bidenomics: Hit the road, ignore the polls

President Joe Biden on Thursday toured a revitalized shipyard in Philadelphia, where he made the argument that is increasingly dominating…

New York woman sentenced in ‘catfish’ extortion bid of CEO

A New York woman was sentenced to time already served in jail for cyberstalking in a case where she was…

Junk fees, medical debt and artificial intelligence: CFPB chief lays out regulatory agenda

Rohit Chopra has lofty plans for the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau to tackle artificial intelligence threats, medical-debt reporting, exorbitant credit…

‘Old friend’: Henry Kissinger meets China’s Xi Jinping in second surprise Beijing talks

Veteran U.S. diplomat Henry Kissinger met with Chinese President Xi Jinping on Thursday during a surprise visit to Beijing, according…

Convicted Ponzi schemer granted clemency by Trump charged with new Ponzi scheme

WASHINGTON — A New Jersey man who had his prison sentence for running a massive Ponzi scheme commuted by Donald…

Trump loses bid to move New York hush money criminal case to federal court

Former President Donald Trump on Wednesday lost a bid to transfer to federal court his New York state court case…

Trump criminal target letter in election probe cites laws on conspiracy, witness tampering

The target letter that special counsel Jack Smith recently sent lawyers for former President Donald Trump mentions three federal criminal…