Month: April 2024

AdvertisementSupported byJesse WegmanBy Jesse WegmanA member of the editorial boardDid the American Revolution actually happen? If it did, was it a good thing?This is more or less what Justice Elena Kagan seemed to be wondering during the oral arguments in Donald Trump’s Jan. 6 immunity case at the Supreme Court on Thursday morning. “Wasn’t the…
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President Joe Biden says he’s ‘happy to debate’ Donald Trump. Trump says he’s ready to go  Yahoo! Voicessource

Copyright 2024 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.As he left the courthouse for the week, Donald Trump declared again that his hush money case is politically motivated and challenged President Joe Biden to debate “any time he wants,” even Friday night or at the White House.President Joe Biden steps off of Marine One on the…
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Trump’s hush money trial done for the week after third witness testifies  The Washington Postsource

In Trump Case, the Defense Will Try to Knock Down the Allegation of a Plot  The New York Timessource

Biden says he’ll debate Trump: ‘I’m happy to’  POLITICOsource

Former President Trump came out swinging against independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Friday, despite weeks of amping him up over his likely November rival, President Biden. In a series of post on Truth Social, Trump suggested Kennedy was put in the race to help Biden win reelection and claimed his running mate, Nichole…
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Trump advisors are considering plans to dramatically revamp the Fed, WSJ report says  CNBCsource

LIVE UPDATESFormer President Trump was in court on Day 8 of his criminal trial in New York.Day 4 of witness testimonies underway in Trump’s hush money trialFormer President Donald Trump is on trial in New York City, where he is facing felony charges related to a 2016 hush money payment to adult film actress Stormy…
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Latest Biden and Trump Election News: Latest Updates  The New York Timessource

Trump Hush-Money TrialAdvertisementFew people knew Donald J. Trump like Ms. Graff, a Queens native who made a career serving the defendant.By Matthew HaagFor decades, few people had access to Donald J. Trump like Rhona Graff. Now, Ms. Graff, his former personal assistant at the Trump Organization, became the second person to testify against Mr. Trump…
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The mastermind behind Trump 2.0 – POLITICO  POLITICOsource

Trump hush money trial live: Rhona Graff had office next to Trump’s  BBC.comsource

AdvertisementNewsletterAllies of the former president are said to be devising plans to reduce the central bank’s independence if he is re-elected, a move that would have big consequences for monetary policy.By Andrew Ross Sorkin, Ravi Mattu, Bernhard Warner, Sarah Kessler, Michael J. de la Merced, Lauren Hirsch and Ephrat LivniThis week, investors had planned to examine the latest inflation data,…
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Trump trial live updates: Longtime assistant Rhona Graff takes the stand  The Hillsource

Donald Trump’s Flipping Joe Biden Voters, According to New Poll  Newsweeksource

Bernard Condon, Associated Press Bernard Condon, Associated Press Leave your feedbackNEW YORK (AP) — Rooting for Donald Trump to fail has rarely been this profitable.Just ask a hardy band of mostly amateur Wall Street investors who have collectively made tens of millions of dollars over the past month by betting that the stock price of…
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The Supreme Court heard oral arguments Thursday over whether former President Donald Trump has immunity from criminal charges for trying to overturn the 2020 election, with the ex-president’s attorney D. John Sauer doubling down on claims that presidents have sweeping immunity from criminal prosecution for official acts in office—even if that includes assassinating political rivals.Anti-Trump…
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Day 8 of Trump New York hush money trial  CNNsource

David Pecker gave prosecutors just what they were looking for in Trump hush money testimony  POLITICOsource

Watch CBS News By Graham Kates, Katrina Kaufman Updated on: April 26, 2024 / 4:39 PM EDT / CBS News Prosecutors in former President Donald Trump’s criminal trial in New York called two new witnesses to the stand on Friday, rounding out the first week of testimony in the historic proceedings.Rhona Graff served as Trump’s…
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Derek Schmidt addresses the crowd on election night in November 2022 at the GOP watch party in Topeka. (Tim Carpenter/Kansas Reflector)TOPEKA — Former Attorney General Derek Schmidt announced Friday he would run for the congressional seat being vacated by U.S. Rep. Jake LaTurner.Schmidt, a Republican from Independence, served 12 years as the state’s attorney general…
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US judge upholds Trump’s $83.3 million defamation loss, rejects new trial  Reuterssource

The names at the top of ballots nationwide in November will be familiar to Americans who have voted for or against them before. Except one.Donald Trump has to pick a new running mate. He had a post-2020 election falling out with then-Vice President Mike Pence after Pence declined to help Trump overturn the election. For…
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By Sean Piccoli Over three days of testimony this week, Donald Trump’s hush money trial in Manhattan has spawned subplots inside and outside the courtroom.  With a decision on one contempt motion pending, Judge Juan Merchan has scheduled a hearing on Thursday for prosecutors to argue that Trump has committed more violations of the judge’s gag…
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