Judge Juan Merchan denies the defense’s requests to both call a mistrial and to modify a court-imposed gag order to allow Donald Trump to respond to testimony by Stormy Daniels‘You wanted money, right?’: Trump team tries to dent Stormy Daniels’ testimonyDonald Trump’s motorcade has arrived at the Manhattan courthouse.Juan Merchan, the judge, has instructed...

Animal dubbed ‘Caramelo’ was trapped for days, balancing on two strips of slippery asbestos after flooding hit the Porto Alegre areaEmergency workers have rescued a horse that had been trapped for days on a rooftop after severe floods in southern Brazil, as the death toll from the disaster rose to 107 people.The animal, dubbed Caramelo on social media,...

New rule would restrict access sooner for people deemed to pose ‘national security or public safety risk’ in attempt to streamlineThe Biden administration on Thursday proposed a new rule that it said would streamline the asylum process by restricting access earlier for certain migrants deemed to “pose a national security or public safety risk”.According...

Judge Juan Merchan denies the defense’s request to modify a court-imposed gag order to allow Donald Trump to respond to testimony by Stormy Daniels‘You wanted money, right?’: Trump team tries to dent Stormy Daniels’ testimonyDonald Trump’s motorcade has arrived at the Manhattan courthouse.Juan Merchan, the judge, has instructed that photography is no...

Michelle Rowland announces joint select committee to probe big tech. Follow the day’s news liveGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastEverybody’s Home has urged the federal government to increase its social housing target and back it up with funding in next week’s Budget if it’s serious about easing the crisis. Only...

The music star’s ‘major neurocognitive disorder’ given as reason by a Los Angeles judge for a two-person conservatorshipA judge found Thursday that Beach Boys founder and music luminary Brian Wilson should be in a court conservatorship to manage his personal and medical decisions because of what his doctor calls a “major neurocognitive disorder”.At...