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Israel’s Netanyahu taken to hospital for a heart procedure and placed under sedation as hundreds of thousands march in protest of his plans to overhaul the judiciary

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[ad_1] Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said early Sunday he was going to the hospital for an emergency procedure to receive a pacemaker, but vowed to press ahead with his controversial judicial overhaul plan. In a brief videotaped statement released at 2 a.m. local time, Netanyahu said he had been fitted with a monitoring device … Read more

China finalizes first-of-its-kind rules governing generative A.I. services like ChatGPT

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[ad_1] China artificial intelligence Ying Tang | Nurphoto | Getty Images Chinese regulators on Thursday finalized first-of-its-kind rules governing generative artificial intelligence as the country looks to ramp up oversight of the rapidly growing technology. The powerful Cyberspace Administration of China (CAC) said it worked with several other regulators to come up with the new … Read more

Trump co-defendant Walt Nauta can’t find local lawyer, has arraignment postponed

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[ad_1] Walt Nauta, aide to former president Donald Trump, disembarks Trump’s airplane, known as Trump Force One, in Bedminster, New Jersey, following a court appearance at Wilkie D. Ferguson Jr. U.S. Courthouse in Miami, June 13, 2023. Jabin Botsford | The Washington Post | Getty Images Donald Trump aide Walt Nauta has been unable to … Read more

Texas House launches historic impeachment proceedings against Attorney General Ken Paxton

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[ad_1] Texas’ Republican-led House of Representatives launched historic impeachment proceedings against Attorney General Ken Paxton on Saturday as Donald Trump defended the scandal-plagued GOP official from a vote that could lead to his ouster. The House convened in the afternoon to debate whether to impeach and suspend Paxton from office over allegations of bribery, abuse … Read more

JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon testifies he had no involvement with Jeffrey Epstein account, bank says

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[ad_1] JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon talks to reporters as he leaves the U.S. Capitol after an unannounced meeting with U.S. Senate Majority Leader Schumer that was reportedly about the possibility of the U.S. defaulting on its debt, outside the U.S. Capitol in Washington, May 17, 2023. Evelyn Hockstein | Reuters JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie … Read more

‘Hard choices’ will need to be made about which bills go unpaid if the debt ceiling is not raised, Yellen says

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[ad_1] Janet Yellen, US Treasury secretary, speaks during the Independent Community Bankers Of America (ICBA) Capital Summit in Washington, DC, US, on Tuesday, May 16, 2023.  Nathan Howard | Bloomberg | Getty Images Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said Sunday that “hard choices” will need to be made about which bills will go unpaid if the … Read more

A husband hid $500,000 in bitcoin during a divorce — and got busted by a crypto hunter

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[ad_1] A few months into her divorce proceedings, Sarita thought it was suspicious that her spouse, who earned $3 million annually, didn’t have many assets. After spending half a year on discovery and enlisting the help of a forensic accountant, the New York housewife eventually tracked down 12 bitcoins — then worth half a million … Read more

Deutsche Bank agrees to pay $75 million to Jeffrey Epstein victims to settle lawsuit

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[ad_1] Jonathan Raa | Nurphoto | Getty Images Deutsche Bank agreed to pay $75 million to victims of sex predator Jeffrey Epstein to settle a federal lawsuit accusing the bank of enabling and benefitting from its customer’s sex trafficking of young women, sources told CNBC on Wednesday night. The bombshell deal still leaves JPMorgan Chase … Read more

Deposition of JPMorgan CEO Dimon in Jeffrey Epstein lawsuits set for late May, source says

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[ad_1] Jamie Dimon, chairman and chief executive officer of JPMorgan Chase & Co., during a Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee hearing in Washington, D.C., US, on Thursday, Sept. 22, 2022. Al Drago | Bloomberg | Getty Images JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon will be deposed in late May over two days for civil … Read more

Dominion defamation lawsuit against Fox News delayed

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[ad_1] A political display is posted on the outside of the Fox News headquarters on 6th Avenue in New York July 21, 2020. Timothy A. Clary | AFP | Getty Images Dominion Voting Systems’ $1.6 billion civil defamation lawsuit against Fox News has been delayed on the eve of its scheduled start date, an official … Read more