DELIBERATIONS: The jury in Donald Trump’s criminal trial asked to re-hear four sections of testimony as well as the judge’s instructions before they were dismissed for the day yesterday afternoon. They had deliberated about 4 ½ hours.   The jury wants to …

IN CLOSING: The prosecutor in Donald Trump’s New York criminal trial made his final argument yesterday that the former president was at the head of a conspiracy to sway the outcome of the 2016 election with a payoff to a porn …

THE WAR ROOM: There’s a lot of depressing news today, but some days are like that.   An Israeli airstrike on a tent camp in the Rafah area of Gaza killed at least 45 people, the Gaza Health Ministry said.    The Israeli …

THE WAR ROOM: The International Court of Justice yesterday ordered an immediate halt to Israel’s military offensive in Rafah in a stunning rebuke to Israel’s prosecution of the war to eradicate Hamas militants in Gaza in which 35,000 people have been …

SOUR NOTE: The Justice department yesterday sued to break up Live Nation, the concert giant that also owns Ticketmaster thereby controlling a majority of the venues and sales.   The lawsuit joined by 29 states and the District of Columbia accuses Live Nation …

FLAG WAVING: Only a week after revealing that an upside down American flag was flown at the home of Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito, a sign of distress, the paper also reports that a revolution-era flag adopted by the Christian right …

WITHOUT WORDS: Donald Trump repeatedly vowed that of course he would testify in his New York criminal trial and of course he did not. The defense rested yesterday after calling just two witnesses, neither of them Trump.   The jury was dismissed …

TRUMP ON TRIAL: Donald Trump’s defense called two witnesses yesterday after the prosecution rested following about 17 hours of testimony from former lawyer-fixer Michael Cohen. The Trump lawyers are expected to wrap it up today.    Things quickly went south with the …

PRIME SUSPECTS: The chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court announced that he has requested arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Defense Minister Yoav Gallant, and leaders of Hamas for their conduct of the war in Gaza and Israel.   The request …

HEAVY WEATHER: It was a rough week in the Houston area where a storm bearing winds up to 100 mph ripped apart homes and businesses, killing four people. Windows were blown out of high rise buildings and the streets of Houston …