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Billionaire Gautam Adani charged in New York with massive fraud
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Billionaire Gautam Adani charged in New York with massive fraud

Chairperson of Indian conglomerate Adani Group, Gautam Adani addresses a gathering during the inaugural session of Vibrant Gujarat Global Summit 2024 in Gandhinagar on January 10, 2024. Punit Paranjpe | AFP | Getty Images Gautam Adani, the chair of India’s Adani Group conglometerate and one of the world’s richest people, has been indicted in New […]

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Senate Democrats seek evidence from FBI sex-trafficking probe of Trump AG pick Matt Gaetz
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Senate Democrats seek evidence from FBI sex-trafficking probe of Trump AG pick Matt Gaetz

Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., is seen outside a meeting of the House Republican Conference in the U.S. Capitol on Tuesday, January 3, 2023. Tom Williams | CQ-Roll Call, Inc. | Getty Images The Senate Judiciary Committee asked the FBI on Wednesday for its “complete evidentiary file” of a prior investigation into the alleged sex trafficking […]

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Trump hush money case prosecutors support sentencing delay but oppose case dismissal
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Trump hush money case prosecutors support sentencing delay but oppose case dismissal

Former U.S. President Donald Trump speaks to members of the media amid his trial on charges of covering up hush money payments linked to alleged extramarital affairs, at Manhattan Criminal Court in New York City, on May 16, 2024. Angela Weiss | Via Reuters The Manhattan District Attorney’s Office told a judge Tuesday that it […]

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Hong Kong jails 45 democracy activists in landmark national security trial
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Hong Kong jails 45 democracy activists in landmark national security trial

Police stand guard outside the West Kowloon Magistrates’ Courts building before the sentencing against the 45 convicted pro-democracy activists charged under the national security law, in Hong Kong, China November 19, 2024. Tyrone Siu | Reuters Hong Kong’s High Court on Tuesday jailed 45 pro-democracy activists for up to 10 years following a landmark national security trial that has damaged the city’s once feisty democracy movement and […]

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Georgia appeals court cancels arguments in Trump election case until further notice
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Georgia appeals court cancels arguments in Trump election case until further notice

US President-elect Donald Trump speaks during a meeting with House Republicans at the Hyatt Regency hotel in Washington, DC on November 13, 2024. Allison Robbert | AFP | Getty Images A Georgia appeals court on Monday canceled until further notice oral arguments on an effort by President-elect Donald Trump and other co-defendants to remove Fulton […]

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House Ethics panel to meet on Trump attorney general pick Matt Gaetz report Wednesday
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House Ethics panel to meet on Trump attorney general pick Matt Gaetz report Wednesday

Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., leaves the House Republican Conference meeting at the Capitol Hill Club on Tuesday, Oct. 22, 2019. Bill Clark | CQ-Roll Call, Inc. | Getty Images The House Ethics Committee will meet Wednesday to discuss its report on former Rep. Matt Gaetz, who has been tapped by President-elect Donald Trump to be […]

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House Speaker Johnson calls ethics report on Matt Gaetz a ‘rough draft’ and says it shouldn’t be released
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House Speaker Johnson calls ethics report on Matt Gaetz a ‘rough draft’ and says it shouldn’t be released

U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) speaks to reporters as House Republican leaders hold a press conference at the U.S. Capitol House in Washington, U.S., November 12, 2024.  Nathan Howard | Reuters House Speaker Mike Johnson said Sunday that House Ethics Committee’s probe into Matt Gaetz, President-elect Donald Trump’s pick for U.S. attorney general, is a “Pandora’s box” […]

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Trump Defense pick Hegseth investigated in 2017 for alleged sex assault; no charges filed
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Trump Defense pick Hegseth investigated in 2017 for alleged sex assault; no charges filed

Pete Hegseth, host of Fox & Friends, at the National Council of Young Israel Gala in New York City. Michael Brochstein | SOPA Images | Lightrocket | Getty Images Police in California investigated Fox News host Pete Hegseth — who was picked this week by President-elect Donald Trump to be the next Defense Department secretary […]

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Bitfinex hacker sentenced to five years in prison for bitcoin money laundering scheme
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Bitfinex hacker sentenced to five years in prison for bitcoin money laundering scheme

Booking photos for Heather Morgan and Ilya Lichtenstein. Courtesy: Alexandria Adult Detention Center. A man whose 2016 hack of Bitfinex drained nearly 120,000 bitcoin from that cryptocurrency exchange was sentenced Thursday to five years in prison for a money laundering scheme that he and his wife pulled off to hide the swiped crypto. The value […]

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Rudy Giuliani lawyers seek to quit defamation claim case over ‘fundamental disagreement’
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Rudy Giuliani lawyers seek to quit defamation claim case over ‘fundamental disagreement’

Rudy Giuliani (C) arrives at the New York court following a judge’s order compelling his appearance in the defamation case filed by Georgia election workers in New York, United States on November 07, 2024.  Lokman Vural Elibol | Anadolu | Getty Images Lawyers representing Rudy Giuliani in a lawsuit related to a massive defamation judgment […]

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