ABC News and anchor George Stephanopoulos agreed on Saturday to pay $15m to a foundation and museum to be established by Donald Trump as part of a settlement in the defamation lawsuit Trump filed against the network earlier this year. In addition to $15m, ABC News and Stephanopoulos agreed to issue statements of regret surrounding…
ABC News settled a defamation lawsuit filed by Trump for $15 million. The money will go toward Trump’s future presidential library, according to court documents. Anchor George Stephanopoulos in March inaccurately said that Trump had been found “liable for rape.” ABC News will pay $15 million toward Donald Trump’s future presidential library to settle a…
A Republican representative from New Jersey called on federal officials on Saturday to address the many recent drone sightings in the state. “For weeks, we have asked for the truth and actions to mitigate all threats to people and property,” Chris Smith said at a news briefing. “Now, we are demanding it.” Smith also announced…
article U.S. House Speaker Emerita Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) speaks during a news conference November 19, 2024 in front of the U.S. Capitol in Washington, DC. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images) Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi had hip replacement surgery Saturday after falling at an event in Luxembourg earlier this week. Ian Krager, a spokesperson…
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi had hip replacement surgery Saturday at a U.S. military hospital in Germany after falling while at an event in Luxembourg with other members of Congress. Pelosi, 84, “is well on the mend,” said Ian Krager, a spokesman for the California Democrat, in a statement. Pelosi thanked the staff at Landstuhl…
US Senate minority leader and polio survivor Mitch McConnell has condemned attempts to undermine the polio vaccine after reports that a lawyer affiliated with Robert F Kennedy Jr – the health secretary pick for Donald Trump’s second presidency – petitioned for the Food and Drug Administration to revoke its approval of the vaccine. In a…
For Yoon Suk Yeol, last week’s short-lived martial law declaration wasn’t just a catastrophic miscalculation – it was the culmination of a presidency that had been troubled from the start. When he narrowly won the election in March 2022, Yoon was already a divisive figure. The former prosecutor turned politician positioned himself as an arch-conservative,…
The vote, boycotted by opposition parties in Parliament, sets up a standoff with the sitting president and deepens turmoil in the country after protests and a disputed election. 2024-12-14 15:39:41 [og_img]
The far-right former soccer player Mikheil Kavelashvili was voted in as the new president of Georgia on Saturday, deepening tensions over the country’s ties to Russia. Kavelashvili, 53, is a former lawmaker for the ruling Georgian Dream party, and later co-founded the People’s Power political movement, a splinter group known for its strong anti-Western rhetoric….
Some members of President Yoon Suk Yeol’s own party helped remove him from office. But the political uncertainty is far from over. 2024-12-14 13:17:20 [og_img]
