The proposals, which would not require congressional approval, are a response to Silicon Valley Bank’s failure earlier this month, which sent shocks through the financial system.
Plans by the defendants’ lawyers to make an aggressive case to the jury have been scaled back as prosecutors have undercut testimony from defense witnesses.
The president’s decision to publicly criticize Israel is highly unusual for a leader who has pledged not to interfere in the country’s domestic politics.
The former president is attempting to cast the investigations into his actions as politically motivated uses of the justice system. In office, he regularly sought to use government powers against his foes.
President Biden said he had reached the limit of his powers to act alone on gun violence, and needed Congress to respond. Republicans said they had already done all they were willing to do.
With a strong governor, a Legislature passing a raft of liberal measures and a looming early presidential primary, Democrats are testing the promise and pitfalls of complete control of the state.
Party officials across the country have sought to erect more barriers for young voters, who tilt heavily Democratic, after several cycles in which their turnout surged.
The proposed court, a joint effort by Ukraine and other nations, would investigate the Kremlin for the crime of aggression, but there’s a catch: President Vladimir V. Putin could be immune from prosecution.
The ruling in Washington was the latest setback to efforts by former President Donald J. Trump’s legal team to limit testimony to grand juries investigating him on various matters.