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Trump sat still after the verdict was read, with his hands in his lap, looking forward. At the heart of the criminal case against Trump was a payment that prosecutors said was designed to influence the 2016 election. A historic trial with tawdry detailsThe verdict follows the first-ever criminal trial of a former American president. AdvertisementFormer U.S. President Donald Trump departs the courtroom after being found guilty on all 34 counts in his hush money trial at Manhattan Criminal Court. In opening statements at the trial, prosecutor Matthew Colangelo described the case against Trump as being about a "criminal conspiracy," while Blanche likened hush money to "democracy."

Persons: —, Donald Trump, Trump, Stormy Daniels, Juan Merchan, Michael Cohen, Trump's, Daniels, Cohen, Merchan, Cohen —, Justin Lane, Robert Costello, Costello, scoffing, Matthew Colangelo, Blanche, Joe Biden, Robert De Niro, Eric Trump, Alina Habba Organizations: Service, Business, New, Trump, Manhattan Criminal, Prosecutors, Biden, Secret Service, Georgia — Locations: Manhattan, Tahoe, American, Washington ,, Georgia, Florida

☆ A family spent 3 months rebooking flights home from Bali after being incorrectly marked as a no-show by Turkish Airlines. Now, they might lose $5,000.
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-30 | by ( Monica Humphries | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

Now, ticket prices have increased, and the Parfitt family is looking at flights that cost $5,000 more than initially planned. In October, the family spent $12,093 on four business-class tickets for a January flight on Turkish Airlines. With no available Turkish Airlines flights, airline staff rebooked the Parfitt family on an Emirates flight to Denpasar with a layover in Dubai the next day. Related storiesAfter 13 calls to Turkish Airlines, Parfitt said an agent finally discovered the issue: The family had been incorrectly marked as no-shows on the second leg of their original Turkish Airlines flight. Turkish Airlines' no-show policy states that a business-semi-flexible ticket isn't automatically canceled; it "may be reused for a specified fee, no refunds."

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☆ Trump just debuted a new trial spin as the jury deliberates, claiming 'nobody knows what the crime is'
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-30 | by ( Jacob Shamsian | Laura Italiano | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

On its own, the crime of "falsifying business records" in New York is considered a misdemeanor crime. AdvertisementNew York Supreme Court Justice Juan Merchan explained it clearly in his hourlong instructions to the jury on Wednesday morning. "What you're asking me to do is change the law, and I'm not going to do that," Merchan told Trump's legal team. On Truth Social, Trump posted quotes from Fox News host Jesse Watters, falsely claiming "the jury can pick whatever crime they want." "The other thing, the confusion is, nobody knows what the crime is, because there is no crime," Trump told reporters in the hallway outside the courtroom before he left.

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☆ Donald Trump's jury ends its first day of deliberations deep in the hush-money conspiracy weeds
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-30 | by ( Laura Italiano | Jacob Shamsian | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

Read previewFormer President Donald Trump's Manhattan jury deliberated for four-and-a-half hours on Wednesday — and their first note to the judge shows they were deep in the hush-money conspiracy weeds before breaking for the day. Pecker's testimony continued. Reuters/Mike Segar'The boss is going to be very angry'The second chunk of the transcript to be read back Thursday morning concerns still more of Pecker's testimony. It was at this meeting that the illegal campaign conspiracy underlying Trump's indictment was hatched, according to the witnesses. Under the alleged conspiracy, Pecker, Trump's longtime friend, would alert Cohen when negative stories arose.

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☆ Goldman Sachs names global ‘alpha’ stock ideas — and gives one nearly 60% upside
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-30 | by ( Amala Balakrishner | In Amala-Balakrishner | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

Those searching for pockets of opportunities in the region can look to Goldman Sachs' selection of "alpha" stock opportunities. Goldman Sachs' list of opportunities include stocks with "deep value" and "defensive growth" characteristics. The company's shares are traded in the First Trust United Kingdom AlphaDEX Fund (1.2% weight) and Goldman Sachs ActiveBeta Europe Equity ETF (0.3%). 'Strong top-line prospects' Growth stocks the Wall Street bank is bullish on include those "with strong top-line prospects at reasonable growth-adjusted valuations." ASML: Goldman said the company has a "multi-decade competitive moat in High NA, which will be extremely difficult to replicate for the next 10-20 years at least."

Persons: Goldman Sachs, JD, Goldman, ASML, CNBC's Michael Bloom Organizations: Alpha, Sports Fashion, International Consolidated Airlines Group, ISS, First, United, AlphaDEX Fund, Equity, U.S . Global Jets ETF, NA, Euronext Amsterdam, Nasdaq Locations: U.S, Danish, Europe, Adyen

☆ Diede de Groot: The unstoppable force in tennis leaving no stone unturned in pursuit of greatness
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-30 | by ( Aleks Klosok | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +9 min

Wheelchair tennis player Diede de Groot, though, has been unequivocally the dominant constant in the face of those challenges. Diede De Groot is one of the most decorated tennis players of all time. “Twenty years ago wheelchair tennis was one of the biggest Paralympic sports in the Netherlands,” says De Groot. So, it’s just a coincidence … but it’s a funny coincidence!”De Groot has won a total of 39 grand slam titles. It’s a really fun time to be a wheelchair tennis player.”De Groot has noticed a recent improvement in visibility for wheelchair players.

Persons: CNN —, Diede de Groot, ‘, ” De Groot, “ They’re, Diede De Groot, Scott Barbour, De Groot, “, ”, Groot, I’m, ” De, Frank Franklin II, Esther Vergeer’s, Roland Garros, Vergeer, Shingo Kunieda, De Groot’s, Vergeer’s –, Julian Finney, –, Mike Hewitt, …, Alfie Hewitt, Novak … he’s, Dylan Alcott, It’s, Lewis Storey, I’ve, “ It’s, Ivan Alvarado Organizations: CNN, Wheelchair, Paralympic, De, Getty, Lawn Tennis Association, Tennis Centre, ATP, WTA, Miami Open, Wimbledon, Tokyo Games, Reuters Locations: Paris, Dutch, Amstelveen, Netherlands, Woerden, Miami, Tokyo, Rio

☆ For the first time in 323 years, Yale has elected a woman as its permanent president
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-30 | by ( Morgan Smith | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

History has been made at Yale University as Maurie McInnis becomes the first woman to be named permanent president of the Ivy League school. She has served as a Yale trustee since 2022 and earned master's degree and doctorate from Yale, per the school's announcement Wednesday morning. Yale has had only one other female leader, the historian Hanna Holborn Gray, who served as interim president from 1977 to 1978. It is the last Ivy League school to name a permanent woman president. In an interview with the Yale Daily News, McInnis expressed her gratitude for being elected president and reiterated her commitment to "tackle the world's most pressing challenges."

Persons: Maurie McInnis, McInnis, Hanna Holborn Gray, Peter Salovey, Joshua Bekenstein, — Organizations: Yale University, Ivy League, Yale, Stony Brook University, University of Texas, University of Virginia, Bain Capital, Yale Corporation, Yale Daily News, Harvard University, University of Pennsylvania, Cornell University, Stony Brook, CNBC Locations: New Haven , Connecticut, Long, New York, Austin, Israel, Stony

Read previewThe jury in former President Donald Trump's criminal hush-money trial has reached a verdict. At the heart of the criminal case against Trump was a payment prosecutors said was designed to influence the 2016 election. Trump repaid Cohen with a series of checks in 2017, once he was already president, prosecutors alleged. The verdict follows the first-ever criminal trial of a former American president. "Just take care of it," Cohen said Trump told him in ordering him to quash Daniels' sex story.

Persons: —, Donald Trump's, Trump, Stormy Daniels, Michael Cohen, Trump's, Daniels, Cohen, Juan Merchan, Cohen —, Robert Costello, Costello, scoffing, Matthew Colangelo, Todd Blanche, Merchan, Joe Biden, Robert De Niro Organizations: Service, Business, Trump, New, Prosecutors, Biden, Georgia — Locations: Manhattan, Tahoe, American, Washington , DC, Georgia, Florida

☆ Why Americans Don't Get Enough Sleep: Money Stress, Jobs, Health
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-30 | by ( Jeremy Ney | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +9 min

When we don't get enough sleep, it can influence everything from how much money we make to our likelihood of developing dementia, heart disease, and diabetes. Researchers have found that stress is one of the strongest indicators of poor sleep. On top of that, the county struggles with poor health, another major contributor to poor sleep. In our analysis, we overlaid the CDC's sleep data with a CDC survey on mental health and found a 79% correlation between mental-health problems and poor sleep. In the food-services industry, people juggle inconsistent shifts and low pay that often requires taking on multiple jobs, and 40% of workers don't get enough sleep.

Persons: Tim Cook, Robinhood's Vlad Tenev, Gordon Ramsay, Drake, Michael Phelps, Mingo, It's, Johns Hopkins, isn't Organizations: Centers for Disease Control, South . Residents, CDC, Columbia, Johns Hopkins University, Graduate Medical Locations: South, West Virginia , Kentucky, Alabama, Mingo, West Virginia, Boulder County , Colorado, America, healthiest, Manhattan, San Francisco, Mississippi, . California, Florida

☆ Twitch terminates all members of its Safety Advisory Council
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-30 | by ( Hayden Field | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

Twitch on Friday will terminate all members of its Safety Advisory Council, according to sources familiar with the situation and documents viewed by CNBC. The council is a resource of nine industry experts, streamers and moderators who consulted on trust and safety issues related to children on Twitch, nudity, banned users and more. The Amazon -owned game-streaming company formed its Safety Advisory Council in May 2020 to "enhance Twitch's approach to issues of trust and safety" on the platform and guide decisions, according to a company webpage. "Looking ahead, the Safety Advisory Council will primarily be made up of individuals who serve as Twitch Ambassadors," the email, viewed by CNBC, stated. Payment depended on the length of the contract, but council members were paid between $10,000 and $20,000 per 12-month period, according to a source familiar with the contracts.

Persons: Twitch, Sameer Hinduja, Emma Llansó, T.L, Taylor Organizations: Advisory, CNBC, Council, Twitch, Cyberbullying Research, Center for Democracy, SAC

☆ Mount Everest climber sets record for fastest ascent by a woman
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-29 | by ( Lilit Marcus | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

CNN —Twenty-four hours and 26 minutes, without stopping to sleep: Nepal’s Phunjo Lama has just broken the world record for the fastest ascent of Mount Everest by a woman. Her journey from Everest Base Camp to the top took 14 hours and 31 minutes, then the descent from Everest was another nine hours and 18 minutes. Due to the limited climbing season and challenging conditions on Mount Everest, the window to reach the top of the mountain is small. That record was broken in 2021 by Hong Kong native Ada Tsang in 25 hours and 50 minutes. Currently, the record for fastest ascent by a male climber is 10 hours and 56 minutes, set by Nepali Lhakpa Gelu Sherpa in 2003.

Persons: CNN —, Lama, Samantha McMahon, Ada Tsang, she’s, “, Kim Lal Gautam, Niranjan Shrestha Organizations: CNN, Everest Base, Base, Guinness World Records, Lhakpa, Guinness Locations: Everest, Base, Hong Kong, Kathmandu, “, North America, Pakistan

☆ Mexico’s next president will be a woman. But violence has overshadowed the glass ceiling being shattered.
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-29 | by ( Tara John | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +11 min

Sheinbaum is riding on a wave of popularity with the support of her long-time ally, Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador, and their leftist Morena party. Mexico's President Andrés Manuel López Obrador gestures during an event in Mexico City. It was a strategy that saw the son of Mexican drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman released on the orders of López Obrador in 2019 to avoid bloodshed. The Supreme Court upheld an opposition complaint and ordered López Obrador to return the National Guard to civilian jurisdiction. Amid ongoing “gender-based violence, including femicides and disappearances,” Kloppe-Santamaría said, getting a female president at this moment feels “very paradoxical.”

Persons: Claudia Sheinbaum, “, Sheinbaum, –, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, Xochitl Gálvez, Raquel Cunha, ” Stephanie Brewer, ”, López Obrador’s, Enrique Peña Nieto’s, Ulises Ruiz, Galvez, ” Gálvez, …, ” Brewer, Felipe Calderón, “ Militarization, López Obrador, Joaquin “ El Chapo ” Guzman, Armando Perez Luna, Ivan Macias Ivan Macias, Brewer, Falko Ernst, Gema, Santamaría Organizations: CNN, Mexico City, PAN, Reuters, Washington Office, Latin, Mexico’s National Institute of Statistics, –, coy, Mirador, AFP, Getty, National Guard, Defense, Defense . Police, National Action Party, REUTERS, Crisis, ” CNN, Defence, George Washington University ., Galvaz, Mexico City police Locations: Mexico, ”, Chiapas, Mexico’s, Guatemala, Morena, Mexico City, “ Mexico, Latin America, WOLA, Mirador San Miguel, Lagos de Moreno, Jalisco State, militarization, Maravatio, Michoacan, Mexican, femicides

☆ Israel Says It Has ‘Tactical Control’ of Gaza Corridor Bordering Egypt
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-29 | by ( Aaron Boxerman | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

The Israeli military said on Wednesday night that it had taken “tactical control” over the Philadelphi Corridor — a sensitive strip of Gaza along its border with Egypt — in a move that could further tax Israel’s already strained ties with Cairo. “It must be in our hands; it must be closed,” Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel told reporters in December, after being asked whether Israel still intended to capture the zone. But in briefing reporters later on Wednesday night, Admiral Hagari stopped short of claiming that the tunnels crossed the border. “I can’t say now that all of these tunnels cross into Egypt,” he said. The tunnel shafts in Gaza “are located in proximity to the border with Egypt, including in buildings and homes,” he added.

Persons: Daniel Hagari, Benjamin Netanyahu, Israel, Admiral Hagari, ”, “, “ We’ll Organizations: Hamas, ” Locations: Gaza, Egypt, Cairo, Palestinian, Israel, rearming

☆ Black passengers sue American Airlines, alleging they were thrown off a plane because of false body odor complaint
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-29 | by ( Marnie Hunter | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

CNN —A lawsuit filed Wednesday on behalf of three Black men alleges “blatant and egregious race discrimination” by American Airlines when they were removed from a flight. An American Airlines representative approached each of the men before takeoff, the complaint said, ordering them off the plane. “(O)nce they reached the jet bridge, they saw that several other Black men were also being removed from the plane. In fact, it appeared to Plaintiffs that American had ordered all of the Black male passengers on Flight 832 off the plane,” the complaint reads. American representatives told the men a complaint about body odor had prompted their removal, according to the suit.

Persons: Alvin Jackson, Emmanuel Jean Joseph, Xavier Veal –, “, ”, Y’all, “ Plaintiffs Organizations: CNN, American Airlines, American, Cell, Airlines, NAACP Locations: Phoenix, JFK, New York City

☆ Haiti gets a new prime minister as nation remains under siege by gangs
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-29 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +5 min

Conille has been UNICEF's regional director for Latin America and the Caribbean since January 2023 and previously served as Haiti's prime minister from October 2011 to May 2012 under then President Michel Martelly. He replaces Michel Patrick Boisvert, who was named interim prime minister after Ariel Henry resigned via letter in late April. He worked for several years at the United Nations before Martelly designated him as prime minister in 2011. It also accused the council of not being transparent while choosing a new prime minister, saying it did not publicly share the criteria used or the names submitted, among other things. In addition to picking a new prime minister, the council also is responsible for selecting a new Cabinet and holding general elections by the end of next year.

Persons: Garry Conille, Henry, Conille, Michel Martelly, Michel Patrick Boisvert, Ariel Henry, Louis Gérald Gilles, Laurent St . Cyr, Prince, Martelly, Fritz Bélizaire, Critics, Liné Balthazar, Emmanuel Vertilaire, Petit, Jean, Charles Moïse, Smith Augustin, Claude Joseph, Fritz Alphonse Jean of, Leslie Voltaire, Fanmi Lavalas, Bertrand Aristide, Edgard Leblanc Fils, Laurent Saint, Cyr Organizations: Associated Press, United Nations, Montana Accord, Petit Desalin, EDE Locations: Kenya, America, Caribbean, Laurent, Haiti, Port, Haitian, Montana

Learn morePeacock is NBC's streaming service, making it the best choice for fans of "Brooklyn Nine-Nine," "New Girl," and this year's Olympics. New and returning subscribers can get a whole year of Peacock Premium for only $20. In our guide to the best streaming services, we recommend Peacock as the best service for NBC fans. AdvertisementHow to get the Peacock dealScoring this deal on NBC's Peacock is as easy as signing up and checking out. It's amongst the cheapest streaming services you can choose from at the moment — but keep in mind that this tier is ad-supported.

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☆ Archaeologists uncover ‘astonishing’ remains of horses buried 2,000 years ago
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-29 | by ( Issy Ronald | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

CNN —Archaeologists in France have uncovered nine “astonishing” graves containing the skeletons of 28 horses that were buried about 2,000 years ago, though their precise cause of death remains a mystery. All these horses were buried at the same time shortly after their deaths, archaeologists said after observing the position of the skeletons and the connections between the bones. That leaves, archaeologists said, the possibilities that these horses were either killed in battle or as part of a ritual sacrifice. The horses may have been killed in battle or sacrificed. If these horses were indeed buried as part of a ritual rather than killed in battle, the sheer number shows the “importance and extent of the sacrifice,” the statement added.

Persons: Julius Caesar, Gaul Organizations: CNN — Archaeologists, French National Institute for Preventive Archaeological Research, Inrap Locations: France, Villedieu

☆ Opinion: I’ve observed the Trump jury. Here’s what could be happening in deliberations
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-29 | by ( Opinion Norman Eisen | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

They are the first jury in the 235-year history of the United States to be confronted with that weighty question. The payment was made to keep her silent about allegations that she and Trump had a sexual encounter (which Trump denies) ahead of the 2016 presidential election. Merchan then offered a detailed explanation of the legal rules that the jury must apply to make those determinations. This time it was for the judge to re-read the jury instructions to them, another indicator of the care they are taking in deliberations. We will see how long their deliberations take, but this afternoon’s developments suggest that it will not be an instant process.

Persons: Norman Eisen, “, Donald Trump, ”, Juan Merchan, Donald Trump’s Manhattan, Trump, Norm Eisen, Norm Eisen Trump, Stormy Daniels, Merchan, —, David Pecker, Todd Blanche, Michael Cohen, Blanche, Pecker, Cohen, Karen McDougal, McDougal Organizations: CNN, Yorkers, National Enquirer, Trump, Twitter, Facebook Locations: American, United States, Manhattan

☆ 22,000-year-old artifacts could rewrite ancient human history in North America
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-29 | by ( Jenny Mcgrath | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

"It really changed everything about what we understood about when and how people arrived to the Americas," Braje said of the Chile site. Dating ancient artifacts like this is tricky and is often the source of contention around these sites that question our understanding and timeline of ancient human history. That's why only a handful of Lowery's artifacts could be tested. If these artifacts are as old as the lab analysis suggests, then Lowery's discovery could rewrite our understanding of ancient American human history. For Braje, Lowery's research is reminiscent of past debates when new discoveries pushed back the timeline for the first American arrivals.

Persons: —, Todd Braje, Darrin Lowery, he's, Lowery, hasn't, Braje, Lowery doesn't Organizations: Service, University of Oregon Museum of Natural, Business, Parsons, NOAA, Washington Post Locations: South America, Americas, Island , Maryland, North America, Maryland, Chesapeake, Canada, Asia, Siberia, Alaska, Chile, Monte Verde, Coast, Parsons

☆ ‘Eric’ review: Benedict Cumberbatch pulls the right strings in Netflix series about a puppeteer and his missing son
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-29 | by ( Brian Lowry | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

CNN —Weird, dark but compulsively watchable, “Eric” stars Benedict Cumberbatch and a hulking foul-mouthed puppet, not necessarily in that order. When Edgar abruptly goes missing, both parents blame Vincent, who becomes convinced his child’s drawings of an ogre-like puppet named Eric are somehow the key to finding him. As Vincent turns to self-medication to ease his anxiety and guilt, Eric appears to him, and him alone, ostensibly to help him locate the boy. Ivan Howe plays the missing child in Netflix's "Eric." Eric might need somebody to pull his strings, but give credit to “Eric” – especially considering the challenging nature of the concept – for so effectively tying those threads together.

Persons: “ Eric ”, Benedict Cumberbatch, Edgar, Ivan Howe, Vincent, Cumberbatch, ”, Cassie, Gaby Hoffmann, isn’t, Eric, Lennie, Dan Fogler, Abi Morgan, McKinley Belcher III, –, hasn’t, Henry Sugar, Morgan, Eric ”, “ Eric ” – Organizations: CNN, Netflix, “ Locations: New York, Netflix's, Welsh, York

☆ Placebos can improve mental health symptoms, study finds
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-29 | by ( Kristen Rogers | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

CNN —When you’re trying to address mental health symptoms, simply the belief that you can be helped may be an important factor. Symptoms of nine mental health disorders substantially improved under placebo treatment, according to a new review of 90 randomized controlled trials — known as a meta-analysis — totaling 9,985 adult participants largely in their 30s and 40s. “This is the most comprehensive study of placebo effects in psychiatry.”The results are also important for patient treatment, Bschor said. But for disorders that didn’t see as much improvement with placebos — such as OCD or schizophrenia, which is a psychotic disorder — medication may be more necessary. Improvement in absence of medicationThat mental health symptoms improved with placebo treatment may be due to a few potential influences, experts said.

Persons: Tom Bschor, Jonathan Alpert, Dorothy, Marty Silverman, Alpert, wasn’t, Bschor, ” Bschor, ”, Richard Keefe, Keefe, Felipe Barreto Schuch, ” Schuch wasn’t, “, ” Alpert, you’ve Organizations: CNN, Psychiatry, University Hospital Dresden, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Duke University Medical Center, Brazil’s Federal University of Santa Locations: Germany, New York City, North Carolina, Brazil’s Federal University of Santa Maria

☆ Biden pledges to name progressives to the Supreme Court, suggesting he expects vacancies
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-29 | by ( Kevin Liptak | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

CNN —President Joe Biden promised Black voters Wednesday that he would appoint progressives to the US Supreme Court if elected to a second term, suggesting he expects vacancies on the high court over the next four years. The ideological makeup of the court has emerged as one of the defining facets of American political power. Breyer announced his retirement in January 2022, allowing Biden to fulfill a campaign pledge to nominate a Black woman to the court, Ketanji Brown Jackson. Instead, he consulted the justice on lower court nominations as a way to cultivate a degree of comfort with the process. “Many presidents never get the opportunity to appoint a Supreme Court justice.

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☆ In a baffling closing argument, Trump attorney Todd Blanche used DA's evidence against his own client
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-28 | by ( Laura Italiano | Jacob Shamsian | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

AdvertisementTrump was not involved with any such conspiracy to influence the 2016 election, Blanche told jurors in great detail on Tuesday, during a three-hour summation. "The government has to prove to you that President Trump caused these entries — even if they were false — with an intent to defraud," Blanche told jurors. "That was outrageous, Mr. Blanche," state Supreme Court Justice Juan Merchan told Blanche after jurors were dismissed for lunch. Advertisement"President Trump tweeted what happened when it came out," and then signed a government ethics form that also admitted to the reimbursement, Blanche told jurors Tuesday. Cohen is "literally like an MVP of liars," Blanche told jurors.

Persons: —, Donald Trump's, Todd Blanche, Blanche, Trump, Michael Cohen, Stormy Daniels, reimbursing Cohen, Cohen, Juan Merchan, It's, they'd, Allen Weisselberg, what's, he's Organizations: Service, Business, Prosecutors, New, BI, Trump Organization —, Trump, — Trump Locations: Manhattan, York, New York, Blanche's summations

☆ Spain, Ireland and Norway have recognized Palestinian statehood. Where does Europe stand on the issue?
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-28 | by ( Rob Picheta | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

CNN —Spain, Ireland and Norway formally recognized Palestinian statehood on Tuesday, cementing a joint move that further isolates Israel over its war against Hamas in Gaza. The move also highlights just how split Europe is on whether to recognize Palestinian statehood. Spain, Ireland and NorwayThe move by these three countries to recognize Palestinian statehood in tandem sent an impactful message to Israel, and other Western states. Western EuropeIn 2014, Sweden became the first major Western European nation to recognize Palestinian statehood. “The path of symbolic recognition of statehood is not the way forward.”Eastern EuropeOfficially, a number of countries that previously fell under the Soviet sphere of influence in eastern Europe recognize Palestinian statehood.

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☆ Garry Conille: Haiti’s transitional council picks prime minister
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-28 | by ( Michael Rios | Caitlin Stephen Hu | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

CNN —Haiti’s Transitional Presidential Council has tapped former Prime Minister Garry Conille to return to the position during the government’s transition period, council president Edgard Leblanc Fils said Tuesday. Conille briefly served as prime minister from 2011 to 2012 during the presidency of Michel Martelly. His appointment is a key step in the reconstruction of Haiti’s government, following the ouster of former Prime Minister Ariel Henry earlier this year. The new prime minister and the nine-member council must also select a cabinet and eventually lead Haiti to new elections. That foreign mission, led by Kenya, is now expected to arrive sometime in June.

Persons: Garry Conille, Edgard Leblanc Fils, Conille, Leblanc Fils, Michel Martelly, Ariel Henry, Henry Organizations: CNN, UNICEF, Caribbean, CARICOM Locations: America, Haiti, Kenya, Port

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