The Daily Populous

Friday February 23rd, 2024 morning edition

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The judge in former President Donald Trump's civil fraud case has rejected a request from the defense to delay the enforcement of the penalties in the case.

The defendants had asked Judge Arthur Engoron to delay the enforcement of the penalties by 30 days to allow for an "orderly post-judgment process.".

Trump last week was ordered to pay a $354.8 million fine plus interest and was barred from leading any New York company for three years.

His sons Donald Trump Jr. and Eric Trump were also fined $4 million apiece and barred for two years.

The defense's request for a delay in the penalties stemmed from a dispute about the case's judgment order, the court document that, at the end of a trial, starts the clock for the penalties in a case.

In this Oct. 4, 2023, file photo, former President Donald Trump attends the third day of his civil fraud trial in New York.

Citing the "magnitude" of the penalties in the case, Robert requested a stay of penalties by 30 days if Engoron opts to sign the attorney general's proposed judgment. »

Moon landing: US lander successfully touches down in 'giant leap forward for all of humanity'

Authored by news.sky.com

The Intuitive Machines' lander is also the first US lander to successfully reach the moon in more than 50 years - since the last of NASA's Apollo programme in 1972.

Image: This was the scene at Intuitive Machines HQ in Houston after teams heard the spacecraft had reached the moon's surface.

Image: Intuitive Machines' lunar lander separating from the rocket's upper stage and heading toward the moon. »

Nearly one in five Americans believe Taylor Swift-Biden conspiracy, poll finds

Authored by theguardian.com

Just under a fifth of Americans believe Taylor Swift is part of a conspiracy to help Joe Biden win re-election in November, a new poll found.

According to the New Jersey college, 18% of respondents said they believed in the conspiracy while 46% said they had heard about it.

According to the Monmouth poll, while 73% of respondents said they did not believe the Taylor Swift conspiracy existed, 9% said they did not know either way. »

President Biden met with Alexei Navalny's widow and daughter

Authored by nbcnews.com
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President Joe Biden met with the widow of Alexei Navalny, Yulia Navalnaya, and their daughter, Dasha, in California on Thursday, less than a week after her husband died in a Russian prison.

Biden has expressed exasperation with former President Donald Trump for failing to blame Putin for Navalny's death.

At a fundraiser in San Francisco Thursday, Biden referred to Russia's president while talking about climate change. »