Defense attorneys for former President Donald Trump told the jury Tuesday he is innocent, did not commit any crimes, and declared that Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg “did not meet the burden of proof. Period.”  Defense attorney Todd Blanche delivered closing arguments Tuesday after a six-week-long historic and unprecedented criminal trial of a former President of the United States.  Trump was charged with 34 counts of falsifying business...

Pennsylvania Democratic Sen. John Fetterman will receive the highest honor awarded by the top U.S. Jewish university this week, the New York City school confirmed to Fox News Digital on Tuesday. While Yeshiva University celebrates the graduation of more than 1,700 students on Wednesday, the Washington Heights institution will award Fetterman its Presidential Medallion. In a statement, the school called Fetterman an “American patriot and hero of Israel,”...

The Supreme Court on Tuesday rejected Michael Avenatti’s appeal request, upholding a conviction for plotting to extort $25 million from Nike.  “The petition for a writ of certiorari is denied,” the Court’s order said without elaboration, other than to note that Justice Brett Kavanaugh did not participate in the consideration or decision. Avenatti represented Julie Swetnick, one of the women who publicly accused Kavanaugh of sexual misconduct when...