January 2020

76ers beat Bulls … Doncic leads Mavs to victory again … Lightning drub Jets … Westwood leads

January 18, 2020, 2:31 PM 2 min read Furkan Korkmaz (FUR’-kan KOHRK’-mahs) nailed six 3-pointers and had a career-high 24 points as the 76ers knocked off the Bulls, 100-89. Korkmaz finished 6 of 9 from 3-point range and was 8 of 11 overall, including four straight treys in the third quarter. Ben Simmons finished with […]

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Alan Dershowitz Adds Trump to the List of His High-Profile Clients

WASHINGTON — When Alan M. Dershowitz told President Trump this week that he would join the legal team for his impeachment trial in the Senate, his transformation from a onetime liberal standard-bearer into a conservative provocateur appeared to be complete. Mr. Dershowitz, 81, a professor emeritus at Harvard Law School, prides himself on being a

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In Jay Sekulow, Trump Taps Longtime Loyalist for Impeachment Defense

WASHINGTON — Jay Sekulow, who will lead President Trump’s impeachment defense team with Pat A. Cipollone, is one of Mr. Trump’s longest-serving personal lawyers, an achievement in itself as the legal team’s revolving door spins wildly. Mr. Sekulow, 63, coordinates the work of eight lawyers from a cooperative working space a few blocks from the

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AP FACT CHECK: Trump’s compulsive claims of ‘biggest’ ever

WASHINGTON — Size matters to President Donald Trump. So much that he exaggerates continually, sometimes spectacularly, the size of what he does. Just as his tax cuts are far from the biggest in history, the economy isn’t the best ever and his election victory in 2016 was no landslide of historic proportions, Trump’s two trade

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Pat Cipollone: White House Counsel Who Will Help Lead Trump Legal Team

When President Trump needed to replace his first White House counsel, Donald F. McGahn II, he was looking for someone different. So when people recommended Pat A. Cipollone, a conservative lawyer who was well-liked by some of Mr. Trump’s aides, the president welcomed him to the role. Where Mr. McGahn plays guitar in a band,

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