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...Today we’re talking about: Stormy Daniels’ testimony Ken Griffin holds fire Biden vs the oil barons In a salacious episode of this year’s biggest courtroom drama, porn actor Stormy Daniels took the stand...
...One thing to start: Stormy Daniels, the porn actor at the centre of Donald Trump’s “hush money” case, is expected to testify today. Check FT.com for updates throughout the day....
...Chávez consolidated power, increased state control over the economy, boosted spending and cracked down on the opposition....
...weekends will be crucial for Trump, who spent much of the past couple of weeks in a Manhattan courtroom, as New York prosecutors alleged that he falsified documents to pay and silence porn actor Stormy Daniels...
...legal fees Manhattan prosecutors launched their opening salvo against Donald Trump yesterday, saying he tried to “corrupt” the 2016 election by getting his team to buy the silence of porn star Stormy Daniels...
...CNN chief executive Mark Thompson told the FT’s Daniel Thomas and Anna Nicolaou that the broadcaster would take greater care to make tighter checks than in previous elections....
...When Maduro assumed power following his mentor’s death, a downward spiral that had begun under Chávez accelerated....
...not liking Trump, and at the same time, Trump being the game,” Jon Miller, a former top Murdoch lieutenant and current chief executive of Integrated Media, told the FT’s Anna Nicolaou, Lauren Fedor and Daniel...
...Trump was indicted last year for falsifying business records of payments allegedly made to buy the silence of porn star Stormy Daniels in the run-up to the 2016 presidential election — she had alleged she...
...Separately, the former president is set to appear in court in Manhattan related to his alleged hush-money payments to porn star Stormy Daniels....
...Like Chávez, he has kept a tight rein on dissent. Some 7.7mn Venezuelans have fled the repression and economic hardship, with many making their way north to the US....
...Last week Ecuador’s President Daniel Noboa escalated a spat with López Obrador by ordering police to storm Mexico’s embassy in Quito, violating diplomatic protocols....
...After assuming power following the death of his revolutionary socialist mentor Hugo Chávez in 2013, Maduro oversaw a drastic economic collapse and responded by clamping down on dissent....
...Additional reporting by Steff Chávez in Washington...
Havana says it has launched criminal proceedings against those involved in effort to find mercenaries to fight in Ukraine
...Maduro assumed power in 2013 following the death of Hugo Chávez, the firebrand socialist who at the turn of the century launched Venezuela’s so-called Bolivarian Revolution....
...Maduro, in office since his firebrand predecessor Hugo Chávez died of cancer in 2013, has yet to officially announce his candidacy in the upcoming elections....
...Sign up for our US Election Countdown newsletter to get the latest updates and insights on the campaign from Washington reporter Steff Chávez....
...Since assuming the presidency from the late Hugo Chávez in 2013, Maduro has presided over an economic collapse and widespread shortages of food and fuel....
...But independent observers questioned the official turnout figure of 10.5mn — which if true would exceed the number who voted for Maduro’s popular predecessor Hugo Chávez in the presidential election of 2012...
...Maduro, who is widely expected to run next year, assumed the presidency in 2013 following the death of Hugo Chávez, the father of Venezuela’s so-called Bolivarian Revolution....
...An economic collapse that began during Chávez’s rule accelerated under Maduro, with 7mn people fleeing abroad....
...He assumed the presidency in 2013 following the death of his mentor Hugo Chávez....
...Maduro, who is widely expected to run in the election, assumed the presidency in 2013 following the death of Hugo Chávez, the father of the so-called Bolivarian revolution, which promoted heavy public spending...
...In addition to separate federal criminal charges over the handling of classified documents, he is also facing state charges over alleged hush money payments made to the porn star Stormy Daniels in the run-up...
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