WASHINGTON — An American soldier was detained in Russia last week on charges of "criminal misconduct," the U.S. Army said Monday. The soldier — whose name was not released — adds to the number of Americans held in Russia at a time of deep tensions with Washington over Moscow's invasion of Ukraine. "On May 2, 2024, Russian authorities in Vladivostok, Russia, detained an American soldier on charges of criminal misconduct," U.S. Army spokeswoman Cynthia Smith said.
Rep. Jared Moskowitz (D-FL) found himself under fire on Monday over a post on X that some commenters said contained a racist trope about Koreans.The post, which was subsequently deleted, was a response to a social media clip featuring Gov. Kristi Noem (R-SD), who is facing a storm of backlash over multiple claims she made in her upcoming book — first, a boast about shooting a puppy she was unable to train for hunting, and then a story about meeting North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un that she has...
A witness in Donald Trump's criminal trial Monday revealed that all personal checks from the ex-president's account were personally signed by him, reporters said. This includes the "reimbursement" that he sent his former lawyer, Michael Cohen, after he allegedly paid adult film star Stormy Daniels $130,000 to keep quiet about a sexual relationship with Trump.This is according to the testimony from Deborah Tarasoff, the Trump Organization employee who processed the invoices submitted by Cohen for...
Kari Lake, the probable Republican candidate this year for the U.S. Senate in Arizona, made more money last year just from speaking and writing than she would make as a senator, according to Raw Story’s analysis of her most recent financial disclosure.That’s $175,000 for Lake — and $174,000 for a U.S. senator.Lake disclosed the specific terms of her book deal royalty agreement in an amended personal financial disclosure report filed Friday. She reported receiving a $100,000 advance, against 25...
Biden administration officials are working on a plan to limit just how much damage former President Donald Trump and his loyalists could cause if he is re-elected back into the Oval Office with a fully Republican Congress to support him, according to a report.Part of the plan involves hindering the ambitions of Trump's longtime strategist Steve Bannon, who has long fostered dreams of destroying the administrative state — of tearing down the basic agencies that make government function.While...
Editor's note: An earlier version of this story stated that Charlie Kirk praised the frat boy. It was changed to "defends" to more accurately portray what was said.Right-wing podcaster Charlie Kirk used his Monday program to defend a white fraternity member who was seen on video making monkey noises at a Black woman.According to the Daily Beast, University of Mississippi student James “JP” Staples was expelled from Phi Delta Theta after a video of his racist gestures surfaced.On Monday, Kirk...
Donald Trump on Sunday threatened Joe Biden while blaming the current president for the recent indictment of a Democratic lawmaker who is accused of "participating in two schemes involving bribery, unlawful foreign influence, and money laundering."The indictment of Henry Cuellar was recently announced by the DOJ, which said that he and his wife allegedly took approximately $600,000 in bribes from a fossil fuel company owned by the Azerbaijani government and an unnamed bank headquartered in...
Donald Trump's own request for discovery led to "some gems" for the team of prosecutors charging him with a hush money cover-up case, a legal expert said Sunday.MSNCB legal analyst Lisa Rubin flagged the observation over the weekend, noting that, while the "Trump trial will resume tomorrow morning," the expert sought "to share an observation from my review of exhibits shown to Hope Hicks.""Several of Hicks’s communications from the campaign — including the ones below with & about the WSJ...
Donald Trump is forcing his attorney to take on a strategy that's more likely to lead to a conviction in the hush money cover-up case he faces, according to a criminal defense lawyer. Attorney David Oscar Markus appeared on CNN on Sunday, here he was asked about recent testimony in the criminal case in which the former president faces 34 felony charges related to alleged payments to adult film star Stormy Daniels. Specifically, the host raised the topic of Hope Hicks, Trump's longtime aide...
Donald Trump is likely hoping that the jury in his criminal case will find he has a "mixed motive" when it came to paying off adult film star Stormy Daniels to hide an alleged affair, but that might not be enough to save him, according to a legal expert Sunday.CNN legal analyst Norm Eisen, who also served as one of the impeachment lawyers for House Democrats and White House ethics czar, appeared on the network to talk about Trump's case. The former president is currently facing 34 felony...
Donald Trump tried to get out of criminal charges based on Nathan Wade's relationship with Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis, and now Wade is speaking out about his "regret."After months of silence, the former Fulton County special prosecutor who was involved in the election interference case against Trump "spoke out for the first time Sunday since resigning from the case after a public disqualification battle over his relationship," ABC reported on Sunday."Wade, who resigned from the...
It's "sickening" that Donald Trump has repeatedly vowed to pardon Jan. 6 offenders, according to a former police officer who was injured during the insurrection attempt.Former Washington Metropolitan Police Department Officer Michael Fanone appeared on MSNBC on Sunday, where he as asked about the former president's recent statements. Last month, Fanone condemned Trump for celebrating the rioters as he seeks a second term in office."Donald Trump has repeatedly pledged to pardon January 6...