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State Department offers condolences for death of Iran’s president in ‘baffling’ move, human rights lawyer says

The State Department offered its condolences Monday following the deaths of two Iranian leaders, including the Islamic Republic’s president – a “baffling” move considering Iran’s well-known human rights abuses, a human rights lawyer said.  In a statement, the agency expressed “its official condolences for the death of Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, Foreign Minister Amir-Abdollahian, and Read More

Amal Clooney played key role in ICC arrest warrants for Netanyahu, Hamas leaders

Amal Clooney, wife of actor George Clooney, was among the experts who advised the International Criminal Court (ICC) in seeking arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar over alleged war crimes. The ICC’s chief prosecutor, Karim Khan, asked Clooney, 46, to assist him with evaluating evidence of suspected war Read More

Cohen’s bombshell admission could lead to hung jury, if not acquittal: expert

Former Trump attorney Michael Cohen’s admission in court Monday that he stole from the Trump Organization further damaged the disbarred attorney’s credibility, and could lead at the very least to a deadlocked jury that cannot reach a verdict, a legal expert told Fox News Digital.  “I think after last week’s cross-examination, Michael Cohen’s credibility as Read More

Newsom bashes Trump at Vatican climate summit: ‘Open corruption’

Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom of California took a moment in his keynote speech at the Vatican’s Climate Summit last week to jab Donald Trump, accusing the former president of cozying up with big oil companies in what he called “open corruption.” “And with respect and, forgive me, if this comes off a little too harsh. Read More

NY v. Trump: Michael Cohen testifies he’s considering congressional run

Former President Trump’s former attorney Michael Cohen is mulling a run for Congress.  The admission came on the witness stand Monday in what is Cohen’s fourth day of testimony in the NY v. Trump case. Cohen told the court that he would pursue congressional office because he has the “best name recognition out there.” He Read More