The verdict comes more than a month after the trial began in Federal District Court in Manhattan where the jury heard weeks of emotional and often graphic testimony.
Prosecutors say the Alexander brothers operated a sex trafficking conspiracy for nearly 20 years. Their trial ended on Monday, when the jury found them guilty on every count they each faced.
“There is tape in the Oval Office,” said Mr. Butterfield, a former White House aide, in testimony that rocked the Watergate hearings and led to the president’s resignation.
Alexander P. Butterfield testifying before the Senate Watergate Committee in July 1973. He revealed to the American public the existence of a secret recording system that President Richard M. Nixon had authorized and that had picked up virtually all of his meetings and telephone conversations.
Representative Joaquin Castro of Texas led a delegation of Democrats to a South Texas detention center to press for the release of the brothers and their family.
Representative Joaquin Castro, Democrat of Texas, greeting Caleb Gámez-Cuéllar and his family after their release from the Dilley Immigration Processing Center in Dilley, Texas, on Monday.
The ruling found that the three-person leadership team in New Jersey’s federal prosecutor’s office was illegal, and sharply questioned President Trump’s priorities.
President Emmanuel Macron said the warships would help protect France’s allies in the region, and could be part of a force to escort ships through the Strait of Hormuz. He said the war could continue for “several days, maybe several weeks.”
Court papers submitted as part of the agreement with Halkbank, which was accused of doing business with Iranian entities, said Turkey’s assistance “was instrumental” in the Israel-Hamas cease-fire.
Washington National Opera’s new production of Scott Joplin’s “Treemonisha,” which opened at Lisner Auditorium at George Washington University on Saturday.
As President Trump prepares to close Washington’s premier performing arts venue for two years, loyal patrons wonder where they’ll get their cultural fix.
Since the Kennedy Center opened in 1971, some three million people have relied on it for concerts, plays and other cultural offerings each year, according to the Government Accountability Office.
President Trump has repeatedly said that the war he commenced with Iran would be short-lived, rendering it unnecessary for the U.S. government to mount a major economic response.
The clashes during immigration sweeps in Minneapolis earlier this year have left local activists and officials in other cities worried that their communities could face similar crackdowns.
The subpoena was issued in recent days to the Arizona State Senate, which oversaw a sprawling but partisan audit of the vote result in Maricopa County.
Election workers counting ballots in Phoenix in 2020. An F.B.I. subpoena indicated that the Justice Department had added Arizona to its efforts to re-examine the 2020 race.
A new report says the lack of information provided for a required annual examination was so “pervasive” that auditors declined to opine on the agency’s financial numbers.
As the G.O.P. gathered in Miami for a party retreat where lawmakers hoped to focus on the economy, the president was threatening to block his own party’s legislative agenda.
“It’s an interpretation of the human spirit, said Killer Mike, the performer and political activist, about James Broadnax’s lyrics. “It is not an admission of guilt.”
The company is seeking F.C.C. approval to test an idea to reflect sunlight to Earth at night, possibly powering solar panels. Critics say it could be bad for people and wildlife.
The start-up Reflect Orbital wants to launch mirror-bearing satellites which it says could address one of the biggest weaknesses of solar power: that electric generation stops when the sun goes down.
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