A Manhattan judge has decided to delay Donald Trump’s sentencing in the hush-money case and indicated he may consider dismissing the case altogether, following Trump’s victory in the presidential election.
Manhattan Supreme Court Justice Juan Merchan announced that he would review arguments from Trump’s legal team, who assert that continuing with a case against a president-elect could disrupt the “orderly transition of executive power” and create significant instability for the nation.
This postponement significantly increases the likelihood that Trump will return to the White House with minimal repercussions from the four criminal cases that once posed a serious threat to his campaign and personal freedom.

Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) stated during an appearance on MSNBC’s Deadline on Thursday that the Department of Justice (DOJ) has not been weaponized against President-elect Donald Trump.
Host Nicolle Wallace raised the issue, saying, “I guess the problem with that is men like Bill Barr had a hard time stopping Donald Trump’s desire to use the IRS and use the Department of Justice against Trump’s enemies. Trump was relentless in this request. Do you think that it is a prerequisite for whoever replaces Matt Gaetz that they be willing to do retribution?”

President-elect Donald Trump revealed on Thursday night that Pam Bondi, the former Florida Attorney General and a dedicated Trump ally, is now his updated pick for U.S. Attorney General.
Earlier this year, during an interview with news host Chris Salcedo, Bondi shared her thoughts on pro-Palestinian demonstrations occurring on U.S. college campuses. “The students who protest against our Jewish friends and support Hamas – they should be deported from our country, they are ignorant children,” she said.
Bondi has consistently expressed strong support for Israel. Back in 2018, while serving as Florida’s Attorney General, she spoke on Fox News about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, making her stance unmistakably clear.

An arrest warrant issued by the International Criminal Court against Israeli Prime Minister Bibi Netanyahu concerning the Gaza conflict does not restrict UN representatives from engaging with him as part of their duties, according to the United Nations, AFP reports.
UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres and Netanyahu have not had direct communication since the outbreak of the war following the October 7, 2023, Hamas attacks on Israel. However, other UN officials operating in the region have maintained interactions with Netanyahu.

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov on Friday refused to comment on the International Criminal Court’s arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and others, saying that the court’s rulings are “insignificant” for Russia, which doesn’t recognizes the court’s jurisdiction. The ICC last year issued an arrest warrant for Russian President Vladimir Putin and a number […]

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán on Friday denounced the International Criminal Court’s issuing of an arrest warrant for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, saying he would defy it by inviting him to Hungary. In comments to state radio, Orbán accused the ICC, the world’s top war crimes court based in The Hague, of “interfering in an ongoing conflict for political purposes,” saying the decision to issue the warrant for Netanyahu over his conduct of the war in Gaza undermined international law and escalated tensions. Member countries of the ICC, such as Hungary, are required to detain suspects facing a warrant if they set foot on their soil, but the court has no way to enforce that.

Israel’s new Defense Minister, Yisrael Katz, has announced the end of administrative detention orders for Jewish settlers in Yehuda and Shomron, a policy that allows suspects to be held without charge for extended periods. Administrative detention, which has been primarily used against Palestinian terror suspects, has also been employed in some cases involving Jewish Israelis. The policy allows individuals to be detained without charge for up to six months, with detentions renewable indefinitely. Suspects are denied access to the evidence against them, making the practice highly contentious. In explaining his decision, Katz cited the unique challenges facing Jewish settlers in the West Bank.

US President Donald Trump’s team is already mapping out retaliatory measures against the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague after its decision to issue arrest warrants for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and former Defense Minister Yoav Gallant, Kan Reshet Bet reported Friday morning. Although Trump’s inauguration is still two months away, set for January 20, 2025, the President-Elect is preparing a firm response to the ICC’s actions. Sources in Washington revealed, “The possibility is of imposing personal sanctions not only on the prosecutor or the court – but also on the judges themselves who issued the order.” Some have even suggested that sanctions extend to the families of those court officials involved in issuing the warrants.