Democratic Hawaii Gov. Sylvia Locke has been indicted by a grand jury on charges of criminal conspiracy to commit bribery, bribery, and falsifying candidate committee reports stemming from a bribe she allegedly received while she was a state lawmaker in 2022. The indictment alleges that local businessman and lobbyist Toby Solidum offered Locke a $35,000 … Read more
Tel Aviv — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday asked the country’s president to grant him a pardon on corruption charges — seeking to end a long-running trial that has bitterly divided the country. Netanyahu, who is waging a war against the country’s legal system over these accusations, said that the request would help … Read more
Donald Trump launched a memecoin a few days before the inauguration of his second presidential term. Its sole purpose, to Trump, is unambiguous and unmistakable: It is a vehicle for him to become richer. Likewise, its only conceivable value to literally any other person or entity on the face of the earth is also quite … Read more