Jay Clayton, President Trump's nominee for top U.S. intelligence chief, appeared at his delayed confirmation hearing where lawmakers questioned him about subpoenas he issued to New York Times journalists in his current role as U.S. attorney for Manhattan. Democrats expressed concerns about potential interference with midterm elections.
Manhattan federal court Judge Lewis Kaplan ordered the release of $5.8 million from escrow to writer E. Jean Carroll, three years after a jury awarded her damages in a 2023 sexual abuse and defamation trial against Donald Trump. Trump has appealed the decision.
In a stunning reversal, lawyers for Luigi Mangione informed a judge Thursday that he will no longer pursue a psychiatric defense at his state murder trial for the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson on a Manhattan sidewalk. The withdrawal means Mangione will not introduce evidence that he was experiencing an extreme mental health crisis at the time of the alleged killing.
