SAN DIEGO — Ghislaine Maxwell’s lawyer on Friday acknowledged that she is continuing to seek a pardon from President Donald Trump in the wake of the release of the Epstein files.
The remarks from Maxwell’s lawyer, David Oscar Markus, came during an on-stage conversation at an American…
A federal judge has quashed the Justice Department’s criminal probe into Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell’s Senate testimony regarding the central bank’s headquarters renovation, writing that the grand jury subpoenas were a “mere pretext” to pressure the Fed.
“There is abundant…
Security had been increased at Jewish public institutions following an earlier incident in Rotterdam.
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney joined the leaders of Germany and Norway on Friday in criticizing the Trump administration’s decision to temporarily lift sanctions on Russian oil, exposing a public split between Washington and key NATO allies.
At a joint press conference in Bardufoss,…
French President Emmanuel Macron said on Saturday that Lebanon was ready to “engage in direct talks” with Israel, offering to host the two sides in Paris for negotiations.
“The Lebanese government has signaled its willingness to engage in direct talks with…
Agence France-Presse reported the damage had been caused by a drone strike, not a missile.
Several videos, circulated by the AP and the BBC, show pillars of smoke rising from inside the facility.
Saturday’s strike in Baghdad came after a drone attack in northern Iraq on Thursday…
He later told the New York Times that Kyiv had deployed interceptor drones and a team of drone specialists to help protect U.S. military bases in Jordan.
POLITICO reported last week that Ukrainian officials were in talks with Persian Gulf countries and the U.S. to offer their anti-drone…
U.S. President Donald Trump late Friday said the U.S. had launched air strikes on Kharg Island, targeting only military assets in what he called one of the “most powerful bombing raids in the History of the Middle East.” The island, a 5-mile strip of land, is home to Iran’s most…
Top military officials warned the Pentagon unsuccessfully last year not to gut oversight offices that limit risk to civilian casualties and investigate responsibility for their deaths, such as the recent strike on an Iranian girls’ school that killed hundreds of children.
Then-Central…
U.S. Energy Secretary Chris Wright on Friday took action to hit back at two of the Trump administration’s top antagonists: oil supply disruptions brought on by the war in Iran and California Governor Gavin Newsom.
Wright issued an order paving the way for a company operating off the…