Lawyers for Sam Bankman-Fried, the former head of the collapsed cryptocurrency exchange FTX, have requested a sentence of just five to six years in prison in the wake of his conviction last year on seven counts of fraud. U.S. probation officials have recommended a sentence of 100 years for Bankman-Fried’s role in orchestrating what prosecutors […]Read More
Households are hitting pause on their tub-to-shower conversion plans and buying new shower curtains instead. After a pandemic-era renovation craze, the nation’s two largest home improvement retailers say customers are spending less on big projects in favor of cheaper do-it-yourself fixes. Lowe’s said this week that it’s seeing shoppers cut back on kitchen and bathroom […]Read More
The House returned to Washington on Wednesday with the goal of averting a partial government shutdown — a looming deadline that has become routine in the past several months as the notoriously fractious House Republican conference has fought against a Democratic Senate and the White House. Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.), the conference’s nascent leader who […]Read More
Lawmakers in the Democratic-led New York legislature approved a new congressional map Wednesday with slight adjustments made to the boundaries of a few districts after earlier this week rejecting a map drawn by an independent commission. Gov. Kathy Hochul (D) announced on social media later Wednesday that she had signed the new map into law. […]Read More
The Supreme Court will review Donald Trump’s unprecedented claim that he is shielded from prosecution for actions taken while in office, further delaying the former president’s federal trial in the nation’s capital on charges of conspiring to overturn his 2020 election loss to remain in power. The justices set argument for the week of April […]Read More
A school board member in Frederick County, Va., who has faced calls to resign over his presence inside the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, was arrested Tuesday and charged with trespassing and disorderly conduct during the riot. Miles Adkins, 40, was elected in 2021 and has repeatedly come under fire from some parents for […]Read More
A divided Supreme Court seemed to struggle Wednesday with the legality of a federal ban on bump stock devices, which allow semiautomatic rifles to fire hundreds of bullets per minute. Liberal justices suggested the devices were exactly what Congress had in mind when it long ago imposed restrictions on machine guns. Some conservative justices, however, […]Read More
A Republican congressional candidate in Ohio said Wednesday that he would not end his campaign despite backlash over comments he recently made denigrating people with mental disabilities. “After carefully considering the pressure and attacks by the Washington Establishment Machine, my family and I have decided that there is no mission more important than continuing this […]Read More
NEW YORK — A New York judge on Wednesday rejected a request from former president Donald Trump to delay enforcement of a judgment totaling at least $450 million while he appeals that order. But he did allow Trump’s adult sons to remain in leadership positions atop the Trump Organization for the time being. The decision […]Read More
President Biden won Michigan’s Democratic primary on Tuesday but faced a notable challenge from voters selecting “uncommitted” to protest his handling of Israel’s military campaign in Gaza, a potential sign of vulnerability for Biden among rank-and-file Democrats. Democratic leaders in the state were bracing for tens of thousands of “uncommitted” votes, as Biden aides and […]Read More
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