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Miriam Margolyes provided a health update and confirmed that she had undergone heart surgery on Wednesday. The actress, 82, has undergone a procedure called transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) – which she called a ‘refined’ operation and stopped her from having to have open heart surgery. Speaking on the Table …

The trial of Sam Bankman-Fried has thus far strongly supported the prosecution’s charges of securities fraud, analysts say; meanwhile, any questions regarding his massive political donations have been put off for another day. Since its start on Oct. 3, the trial has featured compelling testimony from former colleagues FTX co-founder …

Republican senators have expressed strong reservations over President Joe Biden’s choice for U.S. Ambassador to Israel, which has suffered a barrage of Hamas terrorist attacks since Oct. 7. During a Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing on the nomination of former U.S. Treasury Secretary Jack Lew on Oct. 18, Republicans cited …

Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) sent a letter to Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas on Monday, questioning why the agency has not yet provided protection to 2024 presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. “On July 21, 2023, you made the executive decision to deny Secret Service protection to …

Senators on both sides of the aisle are expressing optimism that they will pass a spending bill to provide increased security and humanitarian aid to Israel. The display of unity follows a classified briefing on Oct. 18 in which senators received new intelligence about the ongoing Israel-Hamas War. “I think …

A panel of Huntington Beach community members will soon determine what books will go into the city’s libraries with the aim of keeping sexually inappropriate books out of the children’s section. The resolution, passed by the council’s conservative majority Oct. 17, will create a 21-member panel of community members who …

A large group of protesters demanding an Israeli cease-fire entered the Cannon House office building in the afternoon of Oct. 18, resulting in several arrests, according to Capitol police. “Demonstrations are not allowed inside Congressional Buildings,” the U.S. Capitol Police posted on X, formerly Twitter. “We warned the protesters to stop demonstrating, …

On Wednesday, a federal judge said there was no reason to delay a civil petition brought against former President Donald Trump, accusing him of playing a part in causing the death of a Capitol Police officer. In August, President Trump argued that similar issues have been brought in a federal …

A federal appeals court has dismissed a lawsuit brought by former Republican candidates Kari Lake and Mark Finchem, who claimed that the use of “inherently unreliable” electronic tabulation machines in the Arizona’s 2022 midterm elections was a violation of their constitutional rights to vote. In their lawsuit, originally filed last …

Shaking his head, throwing his hands in the air, whispering, former President Donald Trump appeared frustrated Wednesday in a New York City courtroom during his ongoing civil trial. Trump has already been found liable for fraud, but the trial is proceeding on several other accusations, including falsification of business records …