Kenneth Tiven

Political Kabuki theatre over the issue transfixed America and the world for several months ending just 48 hours short of default in a victory for common sense. President Joe Biden’s approach was a textbook case of negotiating skill—praise your opponent and keep talking, give up a little to win while letting the other team believe they won something of value

The current debt-ceiling issue is a phony crisis with a hostage scenario in a massive culture war. The right-wing dream is to replace a pluralistic democracy with an authoritarian government favouring a strong Christian nationalist perspective on all issues.

Nearly three decades ago, a gossip columnist named E Jean Carroll was sexually assaulted in an upscale New York department store dressing room by a playboy real estate tycoon. Recently, nine jurors in a federal court civil case in Manhattan unanimously agreed that Donald Trump, the ex-president was a sexual predator. Carroll was awarded a total of $5 million dollars in her assault and defamation case against Trump, who is running again in 2024 to be president of the US. This verdict finally may have consequences for someone who has escaped legal accountability

Controversy swirls around US Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas regarding ethical issues from not reporting decades of substantial gifts from an activist, moneyed Republican donor. His response in this case, exposed by ProPublica, a non-profit journalism organization, resulted in a rare public statement that essentially confirmed the report. It brings into focus the rules of ethics followed by federal judges at all levels.

Indian workers on H1B visas caught a modest bit of help recently from a federal district court in Washington DC.

Donald Trump has earned the dubious distinction for the first ever indictment of any president in American history for a criminal act. Arraignment for the as-yet-unrevealed indictment is the result of a New York Grand Jury probing an improper $130,000 payment to porn star Stormy Daniels in the weeks before the 2016 election.

The facts swirling around the failure of the mid-sized Silicon Valley Bank in California, USA, resemble a who-done-it mystery with an action movie-style rescue included to save its depositors.

They are making headlines in political and judicial circles in the USA. Vivek Ramaswamy has announced his nomination for president while Arun Subramanian is the first Indian-American to become a federal judge. Both of them have contrasting back stories.

The Indian social hierarchy of caste has become an issue in the city of Seattle, Washington. Caste discrimination has been added to an existing ordinance to do with race, religion and gender identity. What’s behind the caste issue?

Donald Trump’s bid to win the Republican nomination for US president in 2024 has run into stumbling blocks. Indian-American politician Nikki Haley announced she was running for president against her former boss. Meanwhile, an Atlanta prosecutor is probing possible criminal interference by Trump in the 2020 election in Georgia.