Russian Ambassador Blames Ukraine Militia For Violence, Denies Takeover Plans

(NEW YORK) — Stormy Daniels took the witness stand Tuesday at Donald Trump’s hush money trial, describing for jurors a sexual encounter the porn actor says she had with him in 2006 that resulted in her being paid off to keep silent during the presidential race 10 years later. [time-brightcove not-tgx=”true”] Jurors appeared riveted as Daniels, over the repeated objections of defense lawyers and occasional admonitions from the judge, offered a detailed and at times graphic account of an encounter Trump has denied.

President Joe Biden on Tuesday warned of “the ferocious surge of antisemitism” in the wake of pro-Palestinian protests that have swept college campuses nationwide over Israel’s war with Hamas, and vowed to continue to support Israel. “I understand people have strong beliefs and deep convictions about the world,” Biden said at a ceremony at the U.

ALBANY, N. Y. — New York Gov. Kathy Hochul says she regrets making an offhand remark that suggested Black children in the Bronx do not know what the word “computer” means. Hochul, a Democrat, made the extemporaneous comment Monday while being interviewed at a large business conference in California to discuss expanding economic opportunities in artificial intelligence for low-income communities. [time-brightcove not-tgx=”true”] “Right now, we have young Black kids growing up in the Bronx who don’t even know what the word computer is.

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