• Iraqi Ambassador submits her credentials to Saudi Crown Prince

    The Iraqi Ambassador to Saudi Arabia submitted her credentials on Tuesday

  • Mosquitoes can carry deadly viruses, but Reading’s residents can reduce risks by controlling the insect’s habitat

    City dwellers can reduce mosquito habitat by removing old tires, empty buckets and other items that can collect water.

  • Scaramucci: Trump will do ‘everything he can to expand executive powers’

    Former Trump communications director Anthony Scaramucci on Tuesday warned that former President Trump will "do everything he can" to expand his executive powers if reelected to the White House in November. "The real fear is, if you know the man, he will do everything he can to expand executive powers. He's got a very strong

  • Everything’s fine but somehow I feel I can never settle

    What is it in you that is so difficult to sit with, asks Philippa PerryThe question I’m in my mid-50s. I’m very lucky and grateful for all the great people and beings in my life. I have wonderful, pretty much grown-up children, and generally a good relationship with their father (we were together for a short time only, long enough, and never married). I have a close relationship with my boyfriend, a rewarding job and good health. I have the use of several houses. However, I cannot settle. I seem...

    • CNN

    Here’s what happens if Trump can’t get a $464 million bond

    Donald Trump’s legal team and the New York Attorney General’s office are working hard ahead of the former president’s Monday’s deadline to secure a bond for the multimillion-dollar civil fraud judgment against him. Trump personally owes over $454 million stemming from the ruling made by Judge Arthur Engoron back in February. The figure balloons up to $463.9 million when including the money owed from his sons, Eric and Donald Jr., the Trump Organization and the interest that was accrued as of the...

  • How can Donald Trump’s loss-making Truth Social be worth $9bn?

    The rightwing social network’s flotation, supported by fans of the ex-president, makes it look like part of the ‘meme stock’ phenomenon• Business live – latest updatesDonald Trump’s social network went public on Tuesday and quickly achieved a valuation of almost $8bn (£6.3bn), a gain of more than 15% on its initial public offering (IPO) value. Shares rose again in volatile trading on Wednesday, rising 14% and valuing it at $9.6bn. That enormous success has raised questions, and not all of them...

    • CNN

    Can $3B Truth Social windfall help Trump’s money crunch?

    Will Trump’s $3B share in Truth Social last, and can he use it to thwart property seizures? “It is possible,” says Erik Hirsch, Co-CEO of Hamilton Lane. But “selling that much stock into the market is going to be very difficult to not have negative consequences on the stock price .it’s hard to beat the market, and the market is going to want to see reality.”

    • MSNBC

    Trump may not be granted immunity, but there’s something else the Supreme Court can give him

    Donald Trump has now filed his brief at the Supreme Court arguing why he should be immune from prosecution in his federal election interference case. He asks the justices to dismiss special counsel Jack Smith’s indictment, which we don’t expect to happen. But even in the likely event that the high court doesn’t kill the case, Trump’s filing highlights a factor that could lead to further delay in the already-delayed case. That’s the possibility of “further fact-finding” on “remand,” as the filing...

    • CNN

    Trump’s hush money trial was set to begin Monday. Here’s what’s happening instead

    Donald Trump’s first criminal trial was supposed to begin Monday. Instead, his lawyers will get the chance to argue for a lengthy postponement and even a dismissal of the charges. Judge Juan Merchan is holding a pre-trial hearing in New York on Monday to discuss the discovery issues that led to the delay of the trial on charges brought by the Manhattan district attorney related to hush money payments until at least the middle of next month. Trump is charged with 34 counts of falsifying business...

    • KTVZ

    Trump’s hush money trial was set to begin Monday. Here’s what’s happening instead

    By Jeremy Herb and Kara Scannell, CNN (CNN) — Donald Trump’s first criminal trial was supposed to begin Monday. Instead, his lawyers will get the chance to argue for a lengthy postponement and even a dismissal of the charges. Judge Juan Merchan is holding a pre-trial hearing in New York on Monday to discuss the

  • What happens if Trump can’t secure $464m bond in civil fraud case? Here’s what to know

    New York Attorney General Letitia James says she is prepared to recover the former president’s assets

  • Court: Trump, GOP Co-Defendants Can Appeal Judge’s Retention Of Fani Willis

    Judge Scott McAfee ruled Wednesday that Donald Trump and eight GOP co-defendants may appeal his decision to not disqualify Fani Willis.