Trump’s personal lawyer attacked by U.S. prosecutor over privacy claim
NEW YORK (Reuters) - A U.S. prosecutor on Friday attacked a claim by President Donald Trump’s longtime personal lawyer Michael Cohen that many of the materials seized this week in FBI raids on Cohen’s office and home as part of a criminal investigation should remain...
Trump, called an unethical liar in book, blasts ex-FBI chief as ‘slime ball’
WASHINGTON/NEW YORK (Reuters) - President Donald Trump attacked James Comey as a “weak and untruthful slime ball” on Friday after the fired former FBI director castigated him as an unethical liar and likened him to a mob moss in a searing new memoir. The president...
Forman, Oscar-winning director of ‘Cuckoo’s Nest’ and ‘Amadeus’, dies at 86
PRAGUE (Reuters) - Milos Forman, the Czech-born movie director who found fame in Hollywood with the Oscar-winning classics “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest” and “Amadeus,” has died at the age of 86. FILE PHOTO: Czech director Milos Forman talks after being presented...
‘I was scared,’ Cosby accuser says of alleged assault aftermath
(Please note graphic language in paragraph five) By David DeKok NORRISTOWN, Pa. (Reuters) - The woman whose accusation brought Bill Cosby to trial in Pennsylvania on sex-assault charges testified on Friday that the comedian drugged and raped her in 2004 and she was...
Trump attacks former FBI director as ‘slime ball’ over deeply critical book
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump attacked former FBI Director James Comey on Friday as a “weak and untruthful slime ball,” reacting to news accounts that cite Comey as searingly critical of the president in a memoir due to be published next week....
Trump lawyer tries to prevent use of materials found in FBI raid
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump’s personal lawyer, Michael Cohen, is seeking a temporary restraining order regarding searches of Cohen’s home and office by FBI agents on Monday, a Justice Department spokesman said on Friday. U.S. President Donald...
Cosby’s main accuser to testify in sexual assault case
NORRISTOWN, Pa. (Reuters) - A woman who is at the center of the case against Bill Cosby is expected to take the stand on Friday in a Pennsylvania courtroom, where she previously accused the comedian of drugging and sexually assaulting her more than a decade ago. Actor...
UK’s Prince Harry and Meghan snap up wedding photographer
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain’s Prince Harry and his American fiancee Meghan Markle have chosen New York-based fashion photographer Alexi Lubomirski as the photographer for their wedding next month, the prince’s office said on Friday. Britain's Prince Harry and his...
Trump denies report he tried to fire special counsel Mueller
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday denied a newspaper report that he had planned to fire U.S. Special Counsel Robert Mueller late last year. Special Counsel Robert Mueller departs after briefing members of the U.S. Senate on his...
Republicans, eyeing midterms, set up ‘messaging’ vote on deficits
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Republican-controlled U.S. House of Representatives is expected to vote as early as Thursday on a “balanced budget amendment” that would prohibit federal spending from exceeding federal revenues, but it is seen as a largely symbolic gesture....