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Trump’s E. Jean Carroll Tirade Comes Back To Bite Him Hours Later

Trump’s E. Jean Carroll Tirade Comes Back To Bite Him Hours Later

All Tuesday morning, former President Donald Trump used social media to attack writer E. Jean Carroll. By Tuesday afternoon, it was part of the court record in her latest defamation trial against him. An attorney for Carroll, Shawn Crowley, nodded to Trump’s diatribe in her opening statements as she told a panel of New York City jurors that Trump has publicly smeared her client ever since she came forward to accuse him of sexual assault. Carroll maintains that Trump raped her in a dressing… Source link

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Republican Rep. Boebert slammed for controversial MLK Day statements

Republican Rep. Boebert slammed for controversial MLK Day statements

“I think at this point it is a slap in the face,” said Ameshia Cross, a Democratic strategist, tells theGrio. U.S. Rep. Lauren Boebert, R-Colo., faced backlash over controversial statements she made while commemorating Martin Luther King Jr. Day. On Monday, the conservative lawmaker took to X, formerly known as Twitter, and wrote, “This Martin Luther King Jr. Day we celebrate the life of a man who led a movement for freedom and prosperity for all.” Rep. Lauren Boebert, R-Colo., and Dr…. Source link

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Trump ‘unleashed his followers’ on E. Jean Carroll, her lawyer tells jury

Trump ‘unleashed his followers’ on E. Jean Carroll, her lawyer tells jury

In her opening statement Tuesday, E. Jean Carroll’s lawyer Shawn Crowley tells the jury in former President Donald Trump’s second defamation trial that he “unleashed his followers to go after her” by continually denying her claim that he raped her in a department store changing room in the 1990s. Judge Lewis Kaplan tells prospective jurors “it has been determined already that Mr. Trump did sexually assault Ms. Carroll.” Here are the latest legal developments surrounding the… Source link

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US needs to catch up on crypto regulation: Coinbase policy chief

US needs to catch up on crypto regulation: Coinbase policy chief

Coinbase (COIN) will serve as the custodian for many of the spot bitcoin ETFs that were approved by the US Securities and Exchange commission last week. Coinbase Chief Policy Officer Faryar Shirzad speaks with Yahoo Finance’s Julie Hyman and Brian Sozzi about the approval from the World Economic Forum annual meeting in Davos, Switzerland. Shirzad argues the approval will bring new investors into the crypto community and it “put the SEC on record as blessing an important crypto product.” He… Source link

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Digital World Acquisition jumps on Trump’s Iowa Win

Digital World Acquisition jumps on Trump’s Iowa Win

Shares of Digital World Acquisition (DWAC) surged on Tuesday following former US President Donald Trump’s winning of the Iowa caucus, with 20 delegates from the state set to vote for Trump at the Republican National convention. The company is known for financially backing Trump’s social media platform, Truth Social, to go public. Yahoo Finance anchors Josh Lipton and Madison Mills break down the latest developments for the company and what Trump’s win could mean going forward. For more expert… Source link

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Boeing drags down Dow to start 4-day trading week

Boeing drags down Dow to start 4-day trading week

Small caps have been all the rage on Wall Street over the past two months. In fact, according to Bank of America’s latest fund managers survey, investors haven’t been this bullish on small caps in almost three years. The survey conducted from Jan. 5-11 revealed investors see large-cap companies underperforming small-cap companies in the next 12 months for the first time since June 2021. A chart from Bank of America shows sentiment around large caps outperforming small caps has deteriorated in… Source link

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US stocks fall at start four-day trading week

US stocks fall at start four-day trading week

US stocks retreated on Tuesday, with investors still focused on the path of interest rates after a lackluster start to earnings season that kicked off with big bank results. Dow Jones Industrial Average (^DJI) dropped 0.4%, while S&P 500 (^GSPC) shed 0.2%. The tech-heavy Nasdaq (^IXIC) was down 0.3% despite flipping into green territory several times during the session as semiconductors Nvidia (NVDA) and AMD (AMD) rose. Goldman Sachs (GS) shares were trading higher on Tuesday after the bank Source link

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