Monday was a tough day for President Donald Trump and his coterie of lawyers on both sides of his slush fund deal. U.S District Judge Kathleen Williams threw…
Read more In Trump’s failed slush fund deal, everyone’s a loserThis week, editors Peter Suderman, Katherine Mangu-Ward, and Nick Gillespie are joined by reporter Reem Ibrahim to discuss America’s declining sense of patriotism and whether it’s possible to distrust the government while still…
Read more Can you hate the government and still love America?Wake County will have the most understaffed prosecutor’s office in the state if North Carolina’s new budget plan becomes law. It’s currently the third-worst in the state in…
Read more ‘Playing politics with public safety’: Budget makes Wake County prosecutors NC’s most understaffedEthics experts sounded the alarm Wednesday after new financial disclosure reports revealed that President Trump’s income ballooned to $2.2 billion in 2025, with $1.4 billion coming from various…
Read more As Trump reports $2.2 billion in 2025 income, ethics experts raise alarmsENGLISHTOWN, N.J. — A notorious mob hitman who once testified against John “Junior” Gotti before cleaning up his life and becoming a councilman in New Jersey has been…
Read more Prosecutors allege mob hitman turned councilman in New Jersey has returned to crimeMcDonald, who is a former Assistant U.S. Attorney in the Southern District of New York, is currently a litigation partner at the Sullivan & Cromwell law firm and…
Read more Trump Names James M. McDonald to Lead Powerful New York Federal Prosecutor’s OfficePANAMA CITY — Panamanian investigators carried documents Thursday out of offices belonging to a Hong Kong-owned company that operated ports at either end of the Panama Canal until…
Read more Panamanian investigators remove documents from offices of coAudio By Vocalize Illustrating Kenya’s economic model without AI. [XN Iraki] Kenya is a magical country, not because of the wildlife and landscape. It’s magical because of our…
Read more Kenya’s economy exhibits unique traits and magicSEOUL, South Korea (AP) — A South Korean court sentenced former first lady Kim Keon Hee to 20 months in prison for corruption Wednesday ahead of the verdict…
Read more South Korea’s Former First Lady Sentenced to 20 Months in Prison for CorruptionThe incidents made visible the growing schism between Skeet Jones and his nephew, Brandon Jones, the county constable. Skeet’s faction maintains that they have been the subjects of…
Read more The Battle for One of the Richest and Smallest Counties in TexasThere were suspicions, but nobody knew for sure whose side Eddie Villarreal was on until the night he pulled over the two FBI agents. By day, Villarreal was…
Read more How police departments’ loosely-written and poorly-enforced rules enable off-duty police misconductJAKARTA, Indonesia — An Indonesian court on Monday opened the trial of a co-founder of the country’s ride-hailing and payments company Gojek, who is accused of corruption in…
Read more Founder of Indonesian ride-hailing app Gojek stands trial over Chromebooks procurementA newly unsealed U.S. Justice Department indictment accuses captured Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro of running a “corrupt, illegitimate government” fueled by a drug-trafficking operation that flooded the U.S.…
Read more How cocaine, corruption led to Maduro’s indictmentA newly unsealed U.S. Justice Department indictment accuses captured Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro of running a “corrupt, illegitimate government” fueled by an extensive drug-trafficking operation that flooded the…
Read more How cocaine and corruption led to the indictment of MaduroUkrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has named spy chief Kyrylo Budanov as his new chief of staff, just over a month after his previous top aide resigned amid a…
Read more Zelensky names spy chief to head presidential office after corruption rowSOFIA, Bulgaria — On New Year’s Day, Bulgaria becomes the 21st country to join the euro currency union, furthering its integration into the European Union. But the historic…
Read more Bulgaria to become the 21st country to join the euro, deepening EU ties despite fearsHere’s a look back at what happened in the Chicago area on Dec. 26, according to the Tribune’s archives. Is an important event missing from this date? Email…
Read more Today in Chicago History: Chicago resident Jack Johnson becomes first Black heavyweight boxing champMIDLAND, Texas — Retired Chinese official Li Chuanliang was recuperating from cancer on a Korean resort island when he got an urgent call: Don’t return to China, a…
Read more A Chinese whistleblower now living in the US is being hunted by Beijing with US techWASHINGTON — The Supreme Court’s conservatives signaled Tuesday they are likely to rule for Republicans and President Trump by throwing out a Watergate-era limit on campaign funding by political…
Read more Supreme Court poised to strike down Watergate-era campaign finance limitsPlanned pardon of Hernández, convicted for cocaine trafficking, comes before the country’s election. José de Córdoba Source link
Read more Trump to Pardon Honduran Ex-President Serving 45-Year Drug Sentence
