Former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich on Friday declared himself a “political prisoner” in a contentious interview with CNN’s Anderson Cooper over the substantial evidence prosecutors used to convict him on a host of public corruption charges. MORE
The jury of seven men and five women on Harvey Weinstein’s trial said on Friday that they were deadlocked on the two most serious charges, but suggested they were unanimous on the others. According to MORE
The children of late wildlife expert Steve Irwin have shared tributes to their father on what would have been his 58th birthday. Irwin, who was nicknamed “The Crocodile Hunter” due to his television series of the same name, MORE
Wells Fargo agreed to pay $3 billion to resolve allegations the bank pressured employees to meet “unrealistic” sales goals, leading to the creation of millions of fake customer accounts, the Justice Department announced Friday. In the settlement, MORE
Richard Grenell, the newly installed acting director of American spy agencies and loyalist to President Donald Trump, began his temporary tenure by moving aggressively to put his stamp on the intelligence community that Trump has repeatedly attacked. MORE
The judge suggested refiling the case against Fusion GPS could trigger sanctions. The California GOP lawmaker claimed that he was a victim of “active, coordinated and ongoing corruption, fraud and obstruction of justice” by the MORE
Bernie Sanders warned Russia Friday to “stay out of U.S. elections” as he confirmed that American intelligence officials had briefed him on Russian efforts to help his presidential campaign. “Let’s be clear, the Russians want MORE
NBC: Mike Bloomberg said Friday he’d release three women from nondisclosure agreements who’d complained about inappropriate comments they said he had made, two days after he was pressed to do so by Elizabeth Warren during MORE
A Bethel Ohio woman called 911 Wednesday at 10:30, reporting that she had been shot in the shoulder. When police arrived at the 300 block of E. Osborne Street they determined the woman had not MORE
A Greece man is facing federal charges after he allegedly threatened to kill two members of Congress. Salvatore Lippa II, 57, is charged with threatening to assault and murder a federal official on account of MORE
U.S. troops, Afghan forces and the Taliban will begin a seven-day partial truce Friday, a senior Department of State official confirmed, which if successful would lead to the signing of a long-awaited, broader U.S.-Taliban agreement that could MORE
In the wee hours of a rainy Monday, more than a dozen buses sat on the tarmac at Tokyo’s Haneda Airport. Inside, 328 weary Americans wearing surgical masks and gloves waited anxiously to fly home MORE
White House Chief of Staff Mick Mulvaney has expressed criticism of the Trump administration’s policies on immigration and the deficit. At an event in England Mulvaney said that the U.S. is “desperate” for more legal MORE
According to The New York Times: Intelligence officials warned House lawmakers last week that Russia was interfering in the 2020 campaign to try to get President Trump re-elected, five people familiar with the matter said, MORE
The day after the 9th Democratic Debate, Trump went to Las Vegas, Nevada, because he could not stand he wasn’t the center of attention to deliver a commencement address at the Hope for Prisoners Graduation MORE
Roger Stone, Trump’s former associate, has been sentenced to 40 months in prison for lying to and obstructing Congress and witness tampering in the Russia investigation. She also fined Stone $20,000. The Guardian: President Donald MORE
The unhinged and unstable George Zimmerman filed a $265 million defamation lawsuit against two of the Democrats running for president — Sen. Elizabeth Warren and Pete Buttigieg. The lawsuit claims the candidates “defamed Zimmerman for MORE
Le††uce Pay Gerald Groff says his religious rights were violated by making him work Sundays and penalizing him when he “couldn’t.” The Evangelical Christian claims he quit his job at The United States Postal Service, MORE
It all started almost exactly 2 years ago to the day in Clermont County, when the wife of Frederick Weber called 911, because her husband was drunk and had a firearm. Police arrive and Weber’s MORE
Former Democratic presidential candidate Andrew Yang is joining CNN as a political commentator, the network announced Wednesday. “I’m excited to join @CNN to help shed light on the election and the candidates’ experiences,” Yang wrote in a tweet following MORE
The 10 richest Americans have a combined wealth of well over half a trillion dollars, and we will be feeling their influence in the 2020 election. Of course, Mike Bloomberg, number 6 on this list, has the MORE
Attorney General Billy Barr has reportedly told some people that he may quit his post over Trump’s tweeting about Department of Justice matters, an administration official told the Associated Press. The administration official requested anonymity MORE
Before departing for California (lucky youse guys!) Trump told reporters that he has the right to interfere in the US Justice system as the chief law inforcement officer, typically the unofficial title of the Attorney MORE
President Donald Trump has signed an executive order granting a full pardon to former San Francisco 49ers owner Eddie DeBartolo Jr. related to a decades-old corruption charge, the White House said Tuesday. DeBartolo, who presided MORE
Tuesday morning before boarding Air Force One, Trump called Rod Blagojevich’s sentence “ridiculous.” “We have commuted the sentence of Rod Blagojevich,” Trump said. “He served eight years in jail – a long time. I watched MORE