Michael Avenatti, attorney and founding partner of Eagan Avenatti LP, second from left, leaves federal court in New York, USA on Tuesday, May 28, 2019. Louis Lanzano | Bloomberg | Getty Images Nike has asked a federal judge in Manhattan to convict fallen attorney Michael Avenatti to pay more than $ 856,000 in compensation for…

By Jessica DiNapoli NEW YORK (Reuters) – More than 150 companies including Apple Inc, Best Buy Co Inc and PepsiCo urged U.S. lawmakers to introduce and pass a voting reform act in a letter signed on Wednesday, as other efforts have stalled in Congress. The companies called on lawmakers to reintroduce the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act, an amendment…

Flanked by Texas state House Democrats, U.S. Rep. Marc Veasey (D-TX) (C) speaks as Rep. Lloyd Doggett (D-TX) (R) and Texas State Rep. Chris Turner (D-District 101) (L), Chair of the Texas House Democratic Caucus, listen during a news conference on voting rights outside the U.S. Capitol July 13, 2021 in Washington, DC. Alex Wong…

Roy Moore was a bit of an albatross for the Republican Party. The former Alabama Supreme Court Justice won the 2017 Senate primary. Then there were allegations of sexual misconduct with an underage girl. Thanks to these allegations, Democrat Doug Jones was able to win the race in the incredibly red state. Jones remained a…

Soldiers patrol in Petion Ville, the neighborhood where the late Haitian President Jovenel Moise lived in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Wednesday, July 7, 2021. Joseph Odelyn | AP One of the Haitian-American suspects arrested in connection with the assassination of Haitian President Jovenel Moise had worked as an informant for the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration.  The DEA…

According to the new book by Wall Street Journal reporter Michael Bender, “Honestly, We Won This Election: The Inside Story of How Trump Lost,” former President Donald Trump called for whoever was to be executed leaked information about his stay in the White House bunker during the protests in June last year. At the time,…

Haitian citizens hold up their passports as they gather outside the U.S. embassy in Tabarre, Haiti, on July 10, 2021, seeking asylum after the assassination of President Jovenel Moise, explaining that there is too much uncertainty in the country and them for their fear of life. Publicity. Valerie Bäriswyl | AFP | Getty Images Five…

Hillbilly Elegy writer JD Vance, a new Senate candidate, criticized Vice President Kamala Harris after speaking out against voter identification laws. Harris had said voter identification laws would harm people in rural areas. “I don’t think we should underestimate what this could mean, because in the opinion of some people it means, well, you have…

United States President Joe Biden speaks prior to signing an executive order in the State Dining Room of the White House in Washington, DC on Friday, July 9, 2021. Alex Edelmann | CNP | Bloomberg | Getty Images President Joe Biden announced the names of four new candidates on Friday to serve as US ambassadors…

Trump and Maria Bartiromo sat around cooking up conspiracy theories involving Speaker Pelosi and the shooting of Ashli Babbitt. Video: Trump and Maria Bartiromo suggest that Nancy Pelosi was involved in the shooting for criminal and domestic terrorist Ashli Babbitt. pic.twitter.com/yTJlitznNL — Sarah Reese Jones (@PoliticusSarah) July 11, 2021 Bartiromo said, “That is right, I…