Senate convenes the Mayorkas impeachment trial, but Democrats will seek a quick dismissal
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said that the two articles of impeachment brought against the secretary over his handling of the US-Mexico border “fail to meet the high standard of high crimes and misdemeanors” and could set a dangerous precedent.
Prospective jurors being questioned in Karen Read case to join four already seated
Out of roughly 90 potential jurors in the courtroom, nearly 60 said that they’d heard about the case. Two dozen said they had an opinion, and 12 said they had a bias against one side or the other.
A veteran jurist. A former public defender. And now, the judge presiding over the Karen Read case.Superior Court Judge Beverly Cannone, who will preside over the Karen Read murder trial, will be challenged to shield the proceedings from the drama that has swirled around the high-profile case.
She was surprised Concord Academy removed her as commencement speaker. She thinks it had to do with her ‘politics.’
“I didn’t have any proof as to why they removed me, but I had an educated guess, which is my politics,” said Porsha Olayiwola, Boston’s poet laureate.
What we know so far about the jurors in Trump’s New York hush money trial
Jury selection is underway in the historic hush money trial of former president Donald Trump, with the first seven jurors being seated Tuesday.
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