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Judge Arthur Engoron gives lawyers for the state of New York and the defense in the $370 million civil financial fraud trial until 5 p.m. ET on Wednesday to detail what they know about former Trump Org. CFO Allen Weisselberg’s apparent negotiations to plead guilty to committing perjury during the trial. In the Georgia election interference case, 17 ethics experts, former prosecutors and defense attorneys file a legal brief with Judge Scott McAfee in which they argue that a sexual… Source link

Former President Donald Trump takes the witness stand in the second civil defamation trial brought against him by columnist E. Jean Carroll. His lawyers join a motion by a co-defendant in the Georgia election interference case to disqualify Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis because of allegations of an improper relationship with the lead prosecutor in the case. U.S. District Judge Amit Mehta, meanwhile, sentences Peter Navarro, a former trade adviser in Trump’s administration, to… Source link

Tesla (TSLA) CEO Elon Musk took the witness stand on Friday to defend his 2018 Twitter posts against a group of Tesla shareholders. The shareholders hope to persuade jurors that the posts — specifically the one where Musk tweeted “funding secured” to take Tesla private — were false and therefore violated securities laws. “The tweets are truthful — just simply short,” Musk said on the stand Friday in response to the shareholders’ lawyer who questioned whether Twitter’s character… Source link

NFL power rankings Week 1: Where Commanders stand after win vs. Jaguars originally appeared on NBC Sports Washington In typical NFL fashion, Week 1 didn’t disappoint. The Bears sprung an upset on Trey Lance and the 49ers at rain-soaked Soldier Field, Meanwhile, Justin Jefferson torched the Green Bay Packers a few hours to the west, while the Eagles stomped the Detroit Lions to the east. The 49ers weren’t the only expected title contender to lay an egg in Week 1. The Packers, Rams, Bengals,… Source link

Late hours on Wall Street are part of industry lore, but in a post-pandemic world, banks are still hashing out official return-to-office policies. Earlier this week, moves by Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley to lift COVID protocols at their offices drew attention to the ambiguity around official RTO rules across financial institutions. While messaging from the companies was shy of mandating a five-day-per-week return, lifting vaccine and testing requirements appears to be part of a broader… Source link

OXNARD, Calif. — Ever since the Dallas Cowboys signed Ezekiel Elliott to one of the worst running back contracts in recent history, it has felt as if a clock was ticking on his departure. It also established a bit of training camp echo Wednesday, featuring a familiar storyline from a year ago. Something along the lines of: What can this team expect to get out of Ezekiel Elliott this season, and how much longer can it wait for him to live up to his elite salary? The answer last season was… Source link

Elon Musk “doesn’t have a leg to stand on” in what could become a long courtroom battle with Twitter (TWRT), says one veteran stock analyst. “After a careful reading of Twitter’s lawsuit against Elon Musk, we flipped our view. We were formally skeptical about Twitter, now we’re skeptical about Elon’s position,” Barton Crockett of Rosenblatt Securities told Yahoo Finance Live. Twitter filed a suit in Delaware against Musk earlier this week after the CEO of Tesla (TSLA) Source link

Amazon Prime Day officially starts on July 12 and runs until the 13th, but early deals are already rolling in across the retailer and its competitors. For example, several Google products are on sale at Amazon and retailers like Target, from the Chromecast With Google TV to Nest Cams. Some items might see further discounts on Prime Day itself, but many have already expired. These are some of our favorites that are currently kicking.  Check out our Amazon Prime Day coverage for more deals… Source link

Amazon Prime Day officially starts on July 12 and runs until the 13th, but early deals are already rolling in across the retailer and its competitors. For example, several Google products are on sale at Amazon and retailers like Target, from the Chromecast With Google TV to Nest Cams. Some items might see further discounts on Prime Day itself, but these are still solid deals.  Check out our Amazon Prime Day coverage for more deals ahead of the big sale. Our Prime Day Shopping Tips will help… Source link

U.S. men’s national team coaches link arms during the national anthem before their Wednesday friendly against Morocco. (Photo by Lee Klafczynski/ISI Photos/Getty Images) Reggie Cannon, like most of the U.S. men’s national soccer team, has traveled the globe representing his country and playing his sport. He grew up in Texas, some five hours from Uvalde, but he now lives in Portugal. And so, as news of May’s devastating shooting in his home state left Cannon “completely distraught,” his… Source link