David Knowles
An editor at Yahoo News, David has worked as a reporter and editor for Bloomberg Politics, the New York Daily News, The Daily and AOL, and his writing has appeared in the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, Newsday, and the Hollywood Reporter. An active musician, he also served as a Senior Editor at Acoustic Guitar magazine, and was Editor of the quarterly publication, Ukulele. The author of the long-form essay “Remembering to Remember the World Trade Center,” he has published two novels, The Secrets of the Camera Obscura (Chronicle Books) and The Third Eye (Nan A. Talese/Doubleday), and lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.
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Trump trial updates: Former National Enquirer publisher David Pecker details efforts to help Trump's 2016 campaign
In what amounted to incredibly damning testimony, former National Enquirer publisher David Pecker laid out the 2015 deal he reached with Donald Trump “to help the campaign.”
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Trump trial updates: Prosecutors say Trump engaged in criminal conspiracy and a cover-up. Defense lawyers call it 'democracy.'
Former President Donald Trump's historic trial on 34 felony counts of falsifying business records got underway in Manhattan on Monday.
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Trump's hush money trial jury is set. Here's why we won't learn much about them.
The jury that will decide whether Donald Trump is guilty of 34 felony counts of falsifying business records is made up of seven men and five women who live in Manhattan.
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Trump trial updates: Jury selection finished, man sets himself on fire outside courthouse
Five more alternate jurors were selected Friday following questioning from prosecution and defense lawyers, rounding out the 12 jurors and six alternates needed for the case against Trump to proceed.
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Trump trial update: Trump rebuked by judge for speaking during jury selection — and 7 jurors are seated
On Tuesday, the second day of former President Donald Trump’s hush money trial, Judge Juan Merchan rebuked defense lawyers after Trump was heard muttering his disapproval of an answer given by a potential juror in the case.
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Trump trial updates: 'We have our jury,' Judge Merchan declares after turbulent day in court
Six alternates still need to be selected before opening arguments.
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Trump trial: Judge Merchan mulls prosecution request to fine Trump $3,000 for attacking witnesses
On the first day of Trump’s first criminal trial, prosecutors asked Judge Juan Merchan to fine Trump $3,000 for three social media posts attacking witnesses who will testify in the hush money case against him that they say violate a gag order put in place by the judge last month
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Trump's hush money trial began Monday. We answer your questions about the case.
We've received hundreds of questions from Yahoo News readers wanting to know more about Donald Trump's trial in New York.
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Trump's 1st criminal trial is underway. Here's what you need to know.
On Monday, Donald Trump will again make history, becoming the first former president to go to trial on criminal charges.
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What questions do you have about Trump's hush money trial?
Yahoo News wants to hear what questions you have about former President Donald Trump's hush money trial.
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Trump legal news brief: 3rd appeals court judge in 3 days rejects Trump motion to delay hush money trial
An appeals court judge rejects former President Donald Trump’s latest attempt to delay the start of the hush money trial on the grounds that presidential immunity protects him from being prosecuted.
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Trump legal news brief: Judge hands Trump another defeat, blocking ‘fishing expedition’ subpoena to NBC over Stormy Daniels documentary
Judge Juan Merchan blocks an attempt by former President Donald Trump to force NBCUniversal to hand over information about the release of its recent documentary about adult film star Stormy Daniels.
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From a Californian: What East Coast residents should know about earthquakes
Californians waking up to the news that an earthquake measuring 4.8 on the Richter scale rattled buildings and nerves in New Jersey and across much of the East Coast Friday morning, but caused no reported damage, could be forgiven for reacting with a shug.
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Biden and Netanyahu speak for 1st time since Israeli airstrikes killed 7 aid workers
The call comes at a time of growing U.S. disapproval of Israel’s handling of the war against Hamas.
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Trump legal news brief: Trump tries yet again to get Fani Willis kicked off Georgia case
Former President Donald Trump and several of his co-defendants charged in the Georgia election interference case submit an application to appeal Judge Scott McAfee’s ruling allowing Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis to continue to prosecute them.
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Rescued Key Bridge construction worker couldn’t swim. Here’s what we know about the recovery effort.
Julio Cervantes, one of eight construction workers who were plunged into the Patapsco River when the Francis Scott Key Bridge collapsed early Tuesday morning, did not know how to swim, according to his wife.
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Divers find bodies of two victims of Francis Scott Key Bridge collapse. Here’s what we know about the recovery effort.
Maryland State Police said Wednesday that they had discovered the bodies of two construction workers amid the wreckage of Baltimore’s Francis Scott Key Bridge, which collapsed early Tuesday morning after being struck by a cargo ship.
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Trump legal news brief: Trump's media merger is unlikely to stop Letitia James from targeting his assets on Monday
Former President Trump stands to gain billions in stock shares in a merger announced Friday of his social media company and a shell company.
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U.N. fails to adopt U.S. resolution calling for immediate ceasefire in Gaza
The United States ended decades of stalwart support for Israel in the United Nations Security Council on Thursday, submitting a draft resolution that calls for an immediate ceasefire between Israel and Hamas in Gaza.
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Trump legal news brief: Nathan Wade resigns as special prosecutor in Georgia election interference case
His resignation means that Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis can continue prosecuting her sprawling racketeering case against former President Donald Trump and his associates.