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“This is a basically a death penalty for a business,” said Columbia University law professor Eric Talley. Bank officials called to testify couldn’t say for sure if Trump’s personal statement of worth had any impact on the rates. His nonprofit Trump Foundation agreed to shut down in 2018 over allegations he misused funds for political and business interests. The Deutsche unit making the Trump business loans wasn’t the typical lending unit, but its private wealth division. A POTENTIAL COMPROMISETo be sure, the attorney general’s office has argued that there are larger issues than victim losses at play in Trump's case.

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☆ Opinion: Swatting by Trump’s followers is putting public officials in danger. It has to stop
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-29 | by ( Adam Kinzinger | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +11 min

“I will tell you that the last thing you want is to see multiple law enforcement officials with guns drawn pointing at my parents and thinking that something happened,” the former South Carolina governor told NBC. It’s been in the headlines recently because of a spate of incidents involving public officials. When prominent public officials are victims of swatting, one can’t always prove a cause-and-effect relationship between inflammatory rhetoric posted online or delivered during a speech and a caller’s reckless false emergency call to 911. We need tougher laws to protect public servants, and some states are increasing penalties for perpetrators of swatting. Swatting increases the likeliness of inadvertent harm to the public by the very people whose job it is to protect us.

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☆ Trump lashes out at financial monitor in business fraud case after she reports errors
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-29 | by ( Kevin Breuninger | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

Donald Trump on Monday lashed out at the financial monitor overseeing the Trump Organization and urged a judge to fire her days after she reported a range of issues — and flagged a questionable $48 million loan — in the former president's New York civil business fraud case. New York Attorney General Letitia James has asked Engoron to order that Jones continue to monitor the Trump Organization for at least five years as part of his judgment in the case. Robert made that argument three days after Jones submitted a report to Engoron accusing the Trump Organization of providing incomplete, inconsistent or incorrect information about its financial disclosures. In a footnote in that report, Jones said she identified a loan between Trump himself and an entity related to Trump Chicago Tower that later turned out not to exist. She also seeks five-year bans with the same conditions for Donald Trump Jr. and Eric Trump, who took over the Trump Organization after their father became president in 2017.

Persons: Donald Trump, Barbara Jones, Trump, Arthur Engoron, Clifford Robert, Jones, Letitia James, Engoron, Robert, James, Donald Trump Jr, Eric Trump Organizations: Monday, Trump Organization, Manhattan, New York, Trump Chicago Tower, Trump Locations: York

But an Associated Press analysis of nearly 70 years of similar cases showed Trump’s case stands apart: It’s the only big business found that was threatened with a shutdown without a showing of obvious victims and major losses. “This sets a horrible precedent,” said Adam Leitman Bailey, a New York real estate lawyer who once sued a Trump condo building. But AP’s review of nearly 150 cases reported in legal databases found that in the dozen cases calling for “dissolution,” victims and losses were key factors. The New York attorney general who filed the lawsuit, Letitia James, said that helped the ex-president receive lower interest rates. In fact, the bank made its own estimates of Trump’s personal wealth, at times lopping billions from Trump’s figures, and still decided to lend to him.

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☆ As Trump Awaits Fraud Penalty, a Monitor’s Report Could Raise His Risk
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-29 | by ( Jonah E. Bromwich | Ben Protess | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

After a monthslong trial, the attorney general, Letitia James, asked for a penalty of roughly $370 million, which would come on the heels of a separate jury verdict in a defamation case requiring Mr. Trump to pay $83.3 million. The new accusations against Mr. Trump’s family business, the Trump Organization, came late last week in a report from an outside monitor whom Justice Engoron assigned in late 2022 to keep an eye on the company. The monitor, Barbara Jones, a former federal judge, has overseen how the company represents its finances to lenders. Her report highlighted several paperwork issues at a family company trying to shake a legacy of sloppiness: missing disclosures, typos, math errors and questions about a $48 million loan between Mr. Trump and one of his companies. Ms. Jones, now a law firm partner, told the judge that collectively, the issues “may reflect a lack of adequate internal controls.”

Persons: Donald J, Arthur F, Trump, Letitia James, Justice Engoron, Barbara Jones, Jones Organizations: New, Trump Organization Locations: New York

☆ Say cheese: Rats like taking selfies too
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-29 | by ( Issy Ronald | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

The rats were trained to press a button that triggered a camera attached to their cage. ECAL/Augustin LignierAs the two rats — which Lignier named Augustin and Arthur, after himself and his brother — began exploring their new environment, they would randomly touch the button that gave them sugar, Lignier said. ECAL/Augustin LignierTheir antics produced a series of selfies, some of which appeared as if they’d been shot against a clean, white background. Giving randomized rewards in return for taking selfies mirrored the tactics used by social media companies and dating apps to keep users coming back, Lignier said. “I was fascinated by this.”After spending a few days taking selfies, the pet rats went to live with Lignier’s mother in Arles, southern France, until they died and were buried in her back garden.

Persons: Augustin Lignier, Lignier, ” Lignier, Augustin Lignier “, Skinner, B.F, Augustin, Arthur, —, ECAL, they’d, “ Organizations: CNN Locations: France, Arles

☆ Special monitor suggests Trump falsified disclosures over $48 million loan in what could be tax evasion, report says
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-28 | by ( Katherine Tangalakis-Lippert | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

download the appSign up to get the inside scoop on today’s biggest stories in markets, tech, and business — delivered daily. Jones and Trump Organization attorney Alan Garten did not immediately respond to requests for comment from Business Insider. A 'pretty brazen' plotGarten told The Daily Beast an "internal loan" wherein Trump "leant money to the entity that he owns" does exist. "It would appear, assuming Judge Jones' letter is accurate, that this amounts to tax evasion," Martin Lobel, a tax lawyer, told The Daily Beast. So, instead of paying income taxes of up to 39% on the forgiven debt, the outlet reported, Trump "invented a loan — and then parked it."

Persons: —, Barbara Jones, Donald Trump's, Arthur Engoron, Jones, Trump's, Trump, Donald J, Alan Garten, Garten, Judge Jones, Martin Lobel, Mother Jones, Adam Levitin, didn't, Jordan Organizations: Service, Daily, Business, Manhattan, Trump Organization, Chicago, Government, New York Times, Georgetown University, Citizens Locations: York, Washington

☆ At the Defense Table, Trump Uses the Courtroom as a Stage
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-28 | by ( Maggie Haberman | Kate Christobek | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

He spoke to his lawyers, his words sometimes quite audible to the packed courtroom. He wrote instructions for his defense team that he shoved their way. He walked in late at one point, and at another, while a lawyer suing him was speaking to the jury, he stalked out. His use of the defense table as a stage also provided clues to the public, and a reminder to his own legal team, of how he might handle himself if and when any of the four criminal cases he is facing go to trial. And in recent months he sat for many days of the trial a few blocks away at 60 Centre Street, where Justice Arthur F. Engoron of State Supreme Court oversaw the fraud trial against Mr. Trump and his company.

Persons: Donald J, Jean Carroll —, New York —, Carroll, general’s, Trump, Judge Lewis A, Kaplan, Arthur F Organizations: New, Republican, Court, Mr Locations: New York, Manhattan

Should terminally ill people be able to choose how they die? But for many Americans in similar circumstances, this is not an option. In this audio essay, the writer Steven Petrow shares the story of his sister’s last day and why MAID should be a right for everyone. Read Steven’s guest essay on Julie’s decision here. (A full transcript of this audio essay will be available by Monday.)

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☆ NFL: Raheem Morris named Atlanta Falcons head coach, Carolina Panthers hire Dave Canales
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-26 | by ( Samuel Joseph | Jacob Lev | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

CNN —Coaching vacancies continue to be filled around the NFL, as the Atlanta Falcons announced on Wednesday that Raheem Morris had been hired as head coach of the organization, while the Carolina Panthers named Dave Canales as their new head coach. Kyusung Gong/APIn replacing Arthur Smith in Atlanta, Morris becomes the first full-time Black head coach in franchise history, per the Falcons. “I am overjoyed for the opportunity for my family and I to return to Atlanta as the Falcons head coach,” Morris said in a statement, where he also thanked McVay and the Rams. He served as offensive quality coach, assistant quarterbacks coach, wide receivers coach, quarterbacks coach and pass game coordinator between 2010 and 2022. Mike Carlson/APThe Panthers have put their faith in the first-time head coach to turn the franchise around.

Persons: Raheem Morris, Dave Canales, Morris, Sean McVay, Dan Quinn, Kyusung Gong, Arthur Smith, “, ” Morris, McVay, Arthur Blank, Bill Belichick, Belichick, Greg M, Cooper, Dave Canales Canales, David Tepper, ”, Canales, Tom Brady, Baker Mayfield, Mayfield, Mike Carlson, Bryce Young, Young Organizations: CNN, NFL, Atlanta Falcons, Carolina Panthers, Atlanta, Los Angeles Rams, Falcons, Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Rams, Bowl, New England Patriots, AP Carolina Panthers, Tampa, Panthers, ” Panthers, Bucs, Seattle Seahawks, NFC, Philadelphia Eagles, Detroit Lions, Carolina, Chicago Bears Locations: Washington, LA, Atlanta, Tampa Bay

In addition to his two losses in the Carroll cases, Trump faces civil penalties in a case in New York, where a judge has already determined that Trump inflated his net worth to win better financing terms. In both the New York and the second Carroll case, Trump has made theatrical appearances and remarks. The Best Cartoons on Donald Trump View All 272 ImagesIn the Carroll case, Trump stormed out of the courtroom during closing arguments and was chastised by the judge for interrupting while his own lawyer, Alina Habba, was speaking. The initial Carroll verdict came as something of a surprise. Haley earlier in the month said she had not "looked at" the Carroll case.

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☆ Australia marks national day that stokes patriotism and anger
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-26 | by ( Angus Watson | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +9 min

Sydney CNN —“Australia Day is Dead!” Indigenous activist Gwenda Stanley chants into the loudspeaker, as a crowd of thousands breaks into applause. This is not a day to celebrate.”Nearby, Kevin Shaw-Taylor agrees January 26 is “absolutely not” an appropriate day for national celebrations. On the other side of the city, the Australia Day party was in full swing. A yacht sails in Sydney Harbor to mark Australia Day on January 16, 2024. Instead of guilt on Australia Day, a vast number of Australians “associate it with summer fun,” says Bongiorno, from the ANU.

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☆ Apple takes top spot in China's smartphone market for the first time as Huawei returns to the top 5
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-25 | by ( Arjun Kharpal | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Apple's overall smartphone shipments fell 2.2% year-on-year in 2023, while the overall market fell 5%, IDC said. China's smartphone market has been hit because of an uncertain economic environment in the country and weak consumer spending. In 2023, Honor, a spin-off from Chinese company Huawei, held the second spot with 16.8% market share, followed by Vivo, Huawei and then Oppo. Another market research firm called Counterpoint Research also came out with China numbers on Thursday. Counterpoint said it expects the China market to record low single-digit year-on-year growth in 2024, the first year of growth since 2018.

Persons: Tim Cook, Justin Sullivan, Arthur Guo, Apple Organizations: Getty, Apple, International Data Corporation, IDC, Huawei, IDC China, Vivo, Research Locations: Cupertino , California, China

☆ My dad is 91 and still drives, travels solo, and plays tennis. His memory is great and I hope his longevity is genetic.
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-25 | by ( Elana Rabinowitz | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

He plays tennis, drives with New York City acumen, and walks almost everywhere. I'm not sure what the genetic cocktail is, but my father makes me less afraid to grow old. A few days later, he took out a small piece of paper where he etched three of his previous addresses on. We continued to some of his old schools when, alas, we ended at The Luber, the last place he lived. Maybe it was the growing up in the Boogie Down Bronx, having to work for everything, always using his hands, his love of tennis.

Persons: I'm, He's, you'd, Aunt Mary, spry Organizations: Camry, Cross Locations: Oaxaca, Mexico, New York City, New York, Bronx, Boogie

“The thing you’ve got to do primarily is set rules and enforce them,” said John S. Martin Jr., a former U.S. District Court judge in Manhattan. In Ms. Carroll’s defamation trial, Mr. Trump seemed almost to be goading Judge Kaplan into throwing him out of the courtroom. After his two recent confrontations with the judges, Mr. Trump held news conferences before cheering supporters in the lobby of his building at 40 Wall Street. Ms. Carroll’s defamation trial is being heard by a nine-person jury in Federal District Court, with Judge Kaplan overseeing the proceedings. During his diatribe, Mr. Trump refrained from attacking any staff members.

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☆ iPhone grabs top share in China and analyst negativity abates. What's going right at Apple
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-25 | by ( Morgan Chittum | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +6 min

After a rough early start to 2024 and lots of analyst negativity, Apple has turned the corner. The iPhone captured a firm-record 17.3% market share in China last year, according to the International Data Corporation's quarterly phone tracker report . 1 spot in China, Apple made the rare move of offering limited-time iPhone 15 discounts there during this month. Last week, IDC crowned Apple as the biggest smartphone maker in the world , dethroning Samsung for the first time ever. And, just about two weeks ago, we reported that the Street hadn't been this cautious on Apple stock in years.

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☆ Apple's iPhone is the bestselling smartphone in China despite stiff competition from local competitor Huawei
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-25 | by ( Beatrice Nolan | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Apple's iPhone was the bestselling smartphone in China for the first time last year. Apple had a record market share of 17.3% in 2023, International Data Corporation figures showed. Local competitor Huawei trailed behind Apple's 20% market share in Q4 with 13.9% of the market share in the year's final quarter, per the data. Huawei previously outpaced Apple's iPhone 15 with its Mate 60 Pro smartphone, released just weeks before Apple's new model, Jefferies analysts said. Preliminary data from the IDC Worldwide Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker showed that China smartphone shipments totaled 271.3 million units in 2023, a decline of 5.0% from 2022.

Persons: —, Tim Cook, Arthur Guo, Apple Organizations: Apple, International Data Corporation, Huawei, Service, Local, Apple's, Jefferies, IDC China, IDC, Business Locations: China

☆ Trump plans to testify in E. Jean Carroll's trial. His only move would be to apologize and beg for forgiveness, experts say.
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-24 | by ( Jacob Shamsian | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +12 min

On Monday, Trump's attorney Alina Habba said he intends to take the witness stand in his defense. Trump's two driving impulses — to fight the system and to take the witness stand — will create the judicial equivalent of a car wreck, experts told Business Insider. Alternatively, Trump can get on the witness stand and "try to testify in a narrative fashion," Jones said. Carroll's trial does have a jury, making it harder to "unring that bell" of forbidden testimony, Jones said. Or wager that he'll inflict wounds on himself by taking the witness stand?

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NEW YORK (AP) — A poetry collection, a coming-of-age novel and a history of deep sea exploration are unlikely to be found in the same section of your favorite bookstore. But they all have enough in common to be this year's winners of Science + Literature awards, $10,000 prizes administered by the National Book Foundation and the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation. While ““The Bathysphere Book” is the only winner you could officially classify as science, all three works draw upon science and the natural world. In “Digging Stars,” the protagonist is an astronomer from Zimbabwe who emulates her father's profession. Sze, a National Book Award winner for poetry in 2019, has written often about nature and the cosmos.

Persons: Alfred P, Arthur Sze's “, Rosa, Brad Fox’s, ”, “, Sze, Brad Fox, Arthur Sze, Novuyo Rosa Tshuma, Ruth Dickey, Doron Weber, Kai Bird, Martin J, Sherwin's “ Oppenheimer, Margot Lee Shetterly's, Weber, Sloan, ” Weber, Shane Campbell, Staton, Brian Teare, Ricardo Nuila Organizations: National Book Foundation, Sloan Foundation, Book Foundation, Sloan, People’s, Medicine Locations: Zimbabwe, Manhattan, Japan

☆ When Masters of Black-and-White Spin the Color Wheel
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-24 | by ( Arthur Lubow | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

His black-and-white picture of Big Tex, the cowboy effigy that hovers over the State Fair of Texas in Dallas, shows a motley assortment of Texans sitting and cavorting beneath the absurd figure. In the color variant, much of the space is taken up by a blank blue sky and the visitors are indistinct, so that the comedy is drained. In the color image, probably taken an instant later, the man is looking at the camera, the woman’s expression has changed, and the impact is diffused by the photographer’s own obscuring shadow and a distracting crowd of passers-by. The previously published “White Sands National Monument, New Mexico,” 1964, transposes Winogrand’s fascination with alienated and isolated Americans into a beautiful blue-and-white image. And some of his very early Coney Island photographs, taken in the ’50s, use color to convey the tender vulnerability of sand-streaked flesh.

Persons: Big Tex, Coney Organizations: State Fair of, Texans, Zoo Locations: State Fair of Texas, Dallas, Zoo , New York, Sands, New Mexico

☆ Billy Joel is releasing his first single in 17 years
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-23 | by ( Lianne Kolirin | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

CNN —Billy Joel has delighted his fans with news that he is about to release his first new single in 17 years. “It’s TIME TO TURN THE LIGHTS BACK ON,” he wrote on X, referencing the name of the song to be released on February 1. The clip describes “Turn the Lights Back On” as “the first new single in decades,” though that may be a slight stretch. Joel’s most recent single, “All My Life,” was released in 2007, which was his first new music since his album “River of Dreams” was released in 1993. On Wednesday, he will play a one-night concert in Tokyo before returning to Madison Square Garden on February 9.

Persons: Billy Joel, ”, Joel, “, Freddy Wexler, Justin Bieber, Ariana Grande, Arthur Bacon, Wayne Hector, Rolling Stone, Sting, Stevie Nicks Organizations: CNN, Madison, Garden Locations: New York City, Tokyo

The testy clashes have come to be expected as Trump's lawyers carry into the courtroom the bombastic, and often antagonistic, style that defines his campaign trail demeanor. There's no doubt that the lawyers, with some exceptions, have struggled to score major points with judges and in fact have often provoked their ire. Both cases have been defined by contentious exchanges between judges and Trump and his lawyers. In November, for instance, they pushed unsuccessfully for a mistrial in the fraud case, accusing Judge Arthur Engoron of “tangible and overwhelming” bias. Chutkan has repeatedly admonished Trump’s lawyers for political arguments, once telling attorney John Lauro during debate over whether restrictions could be placed on Trump's speech that though she knew he had a “message” to convey, she didn't want campaign rhetoric in court.

Persons: Alina Habba, ”, Lewis A, Kaplan, There's, Trump, “ Trump, Ty Cobb, ” Trump, E, Jean Carroll, Judge Arthur Engoron, Engoron, Christophe Kise, Kise, Habba, he’d, “, ” Kaplan, Joe Biden, ” They’ve, Biden, Tanya Chutkan, Barack Obama, Chutkan, John Lauro, Lauro, Todd Blanche, Chris Kise, Tim Parlatore, Joe Tacopina, Tacopina, — “, “ Donald Trump, Donald Trump, that’s, Aileen Cannon, Trump’s, ” Stephen Saltzburg, ___ Richer, Larry Neumeister Organizations: Trump White House, Trump, Biden, Justice Department, U.S, MSNBC, George Washington University, Associated Press Locations: New York, Washington, Atlanta, Georgia, York, Florida, Lago, Boston, Sisak

☆ Swatting Is a Political Problem - The New York Times
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-23 | by ( Barbara Mcquade | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +3 min

In a year with so much political and legal tension, law enforcement is seeing a disturbing trend: targeting public officials with swatting, or false emergency calls intended to draw a heavily armed police response. Recent incidents involving officials who have taken stands seen as hostile to Donald Trump and bomb threats in multiple state capitols are signs of a troubling escalation in political violence. In addition, swatting diverts law enforcement resources from real emergencies. But more insidiously, these tactics are tools of intimidation, designed to silence voices in the political process. The frequency and visibility of these incidents suggest that swatting and political violence require prosecutors to prioritize their efforts to stop it.

Persons: Donald Trump, swatting, Tanya S, Chutkan, Trump, Jack Smith, ”, Gabriel Sterling, Trump’s, Arthur Engoron, Shenna Bellows, isn’t, Michigan’s, Gretchen Whitmer Organizations: Republican, ” Locations: Kansas, Georgia, York, New Jersey

☆ New York AG pushing for lifetime Trump ban cites Martin Shkreli ruling
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-23 | by ( Dan Mangan | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Martin Shkreli, former chief executive officer of Turing Pharmaceuticals AG, exits court in New York, US, on Wednesday, Oct. 4, 2023. What does former President Donald Trump have in common with "Pharma bro" Martin Shkreli? A penchant for harshly trolling their enemies online and an attorney general who wants both of them banned for life from their preferred business. The ruling stemmed from an antitrust lawsuit James, the Federal Trade Commission, and six other states filed against Shkreli. James, in that case, asked Judge Arthur Engoron to ban Trump for life from the New York real estate industry and to bar his sons, Donald Trump Jr. and Eric Trump, from that sector for five years, along with fining them $360 million.

Persons: Martin Shkreli, Donald Trump, Pharma bro, Letitia James's, James, Judge Arthur Engoron, Donald Trump Jr, Eric Trump, Engoron, Colleen Faherty Organizations: Turing Pharmaceuticals AG, Pharma, New York, Shkreli, Trump, U.S, Circuit, New York federal, Federal Trade Commission, New Locations: New York, Manhattan, Fed

☆ Video shows a Russian soldier diving out of the way of a drone, which then explodes just behind him
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-22 | by ( Sinéad Baker | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Read previewFootage appears to show a Russian soldier dodging a Ukrainian drone that's targeting him, before it hits the ground nearby and explodes. It said the soldier lured the drone toward him, and then dodged out of its way. A drone then enters the frame, and the soldier tries to run from it. pic.twitter.com/imTWG8FdVm — Arthur Morgan (@ArthurM40330824) January 14, 2024It's not clear how the soldier allegedly lured the drone, or why. Footage captured during the fighting has shown Ukrainian drones blowing up a Russian hideout, chasing Russian soldiers, and dropping grenades on tanks.

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