George Santos lied to a judge in 2017 bid to help a ‘family friend’ charged with fraud

NEW YORK — George Santos lied to a Seattle judge about working for Goldman Sachs while speaking at a 2017 bail hearing for a “family friend” who later pleaded guilty to fraud in an ATM skimming scheme, according to an audio recording of the proceeding and court records. “So what do you do for work?” King County Superior Court Judge Sean O’Donnell asked Santos at the May 15,...

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Seen in East Palestine: Buttigieg, Giuliani and a total political circus

EAST PALESTINE, Ohio — Pete Buttigieg rolled into this deep-Republican village in his government-issued SUV on Thursday, looking to address the public uproar over this month’s toxic train wreck. He found a community where the circus had arrived. Former President Donald Trump had visited the day before, offering pallets of self-branded “Trump Water” and seeking to energize...

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Judge won’t unseal details of Trump's privilege fight over Jan. 6 grand jury

A federal judge has rejected a bid by two news outlets to obtain access to details of former President Donald Trump’s efforts to block testimony by aides to a grand jury investigating his effort to derail the transfer of power after the 2020 election. In a ruling on Thursday, Chief Judge Beryl Howell of the U.S. District Court in Washington said a federal court rule mandating...

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Trump-allied group wants J6 committee staffers blacklisted

A conservative non-profit group allied with former President Donald Trump urged “Hill staffers and their colleagues” to cut off meetings with any former Jan. 6 committee staffers who have since joined firms that lobby. In a letter sent to hundreds of recipients on the Hill, the dark money group American Accountability Foundation listed the names of the former committee staffers...

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DeSantis blasts immigration laws once popular with Florida Republicans

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Gov. Ron DeSantis is using his sway over the Republican-dominated Legislature to urge lawmakers to repeal state laws that offered additional legal rights to undocumented immigrants, protections that less than a decade ago were popular with many Florida Republicans, including DeSantis’ own lieutenant governor. The new proposals were outlined in an immigration...

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U.N. calls for Russia to leave Ukraine

The United Nations General Assembly on Thursday adopted a resolution calling for Russia to withdraw its troops from Ukraine, almost exactly one year after it invaded the neighboring country. In the 193-member body, 141 members voted in support of the resolution, exceeding the two-thirds threshold needed to pass. Seven members — Belarus, North Korea, Eritrea, Mali, Nicaragua,...

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Newsom’s proposal to cap oil profits in California meets skepticism in first public hearing

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Gov. Gavin Newsom’s proposal to cap oil companies’ profit margins in California met a dose of skepticism at its first public hearing Wednesday before a state Senate committee. Senators expressed concern about high prices, but none have yet appeared willing to go as far as Newsom in imposing a penalty for what he has called “price gouging” and industry...

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