Former Congressman David Rivera’s Pal Ana Alliegro To Be Sentenced In Campaign Finance Scheme

NEW YORK — A federal appeals court on Monday upheld a jury’s finding in a civil case that Donald Trump sexually abused a columnist in an upscale department store dressing room in the mid-1990s. The 2nd U. S. Circuit Court of Appeals issued a written opinion upholding the $5 million award that the Manhattan jury granted to E.

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden said Monday that the United States will send nearly $2.5 billion more in weapons to Ukraine as his administration works quickly to spend all the money it has available to help Kyiv fight off Russia before President-elect Donald Trump takes office. The package includes $1.25 billion in presidential drawdown authority, which allows the military to pull existing stock from its shelves and gets weapons to the battlefield faster.

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — President-elect Donald Trump is endorsing House Speaker Mike Johnson as he prepares to fight to keep his role leading Republicans in Congress. Trump said Monday in a post on his social media network that Johnson “is a good, hard working, religious man” and said the Louisiana Republican “will do the right thing, and we will continue to WIN.” [time-brightcove not-tgx=”true”] “Mike has my Complete & Total Endorsement,” Trump wrote. Johnson’s continued leadership seemed in jeopardy after a fight over a federal funding plan put the government at risk for a pre-Christmas shutdown.

Rep. Victoria Sparz (R-IN) says she needs to be convinced to re-elect Mike Johnson as speaker.

Bloomberg: “Worries that the world’s richest person would subvert sensitive state-run telecommunications channels around the globe are being replaced by attempts by government officials trying to tap economic incentives.”

President-elect Donald Trump offered his “complete and total endorsement” of Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) on Monday, days before a House vote on Friday to elect a new Speaker, The Hill reports. Said Trump, on Truth Social: “Speaker Mike Johnson is a good, hard working, religious man. He will do the right thing, and we will continue to WIN.