Month: April 2024

Live: David Pecker back on the stand in Trump hush money trial  The Associated Presssource

Following David Pecker’s testimony, Rhona Graff was called to the witness stand, to comment on Trump and the adult film actorThe former tabloid publisher David Pecker’s testimony in Donald Trump’s criminal trial on Friday presented a granular look into a hush-money scheme which prosecutors allege was meant to sway the 2016 election in the real…
Read more

Former Rep. Peter Meijer (R-Mich.) has dropped his bid for Senate, according to a statement posted to the social platform X Friday. “After prayerful consideration, today I withdrew my name from the primary ballot,” Meiijer said in the statement. “Without a strong pathway to victory, continuing this campaign only increases the likelihood of a divisive…
Read more

Biden welcomes presidential debate after hedging on Trump’s conduct  Axiossource

Republican strategist Karl Rove said Friday that a debate between former President Trump and President Biden would be the most significant one in recent decades. “This will be the most important presidential debate, if it happens, since at least the 1980 presidential debate,” Rove said on Fox News to anchor Martha MacCallum.  Biden indicated in…
Read more

Donald Trump Sends Melania a Message From Court  Newsweeksource

<!– Welcome to The Hill’s Defense & NatSec newsletter {beacon} Defense &National Security Defense &National Security <!–   The Big Story  US announces largest ever batch of Ukraine aid The announcement comes after the U.S. began sending $1 billion in  new weapons to Ukraine earlier this week. © Getty Images Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin announced…
Read more

ProfileSectionstvFeaturedMore From NBCFollow NBC NewsThere are no new alerts at this timeThe prosecution moved onto its second witness in its case against Donald Trump after former National Enquirer publisher David Pecker finished his testimony, which included attempts by defense attorneys to muddy his remarks about a joint scheme to benefit Trump’s 2016 campaign.Pecker‘s dramatic testimony…
Read more

<!– A quick recap of the day and what to look forward to tomorrow {beacon} Evening Report {date(‘EEEE, MMMM d’,time(“now”))}   ©  Allison Robbert/TheHill; Associated Press Biden sits down for rare interview with ‘shock jock’ Howard Stern President Biden sat down with world-famous “shock jock” Howard Stern for a lengthy live interview on Friday that…
Read more

AdvertisementSupported byWhite House MemoPresident Biden has been trying to hit his opponent where it hurts, critiquing everything from his hairstyle to his energy levels in court.By Katie RogersKatie Rogers has covered the Trump and Biden administrations. She reported from Washington.This week, one presidential candidate has called the other a loser, made fun of him for…
Read more

The Biden administration is bolstering health care protections against discrimination for gay and transgender people, reversing a Trump administration rule that gutted the protections.  In a wide-ranging final rule released Friday, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) strengthened the Affordable Care Act’s (ACA) rules that prohibit discrimination on the basis of sex, including on…
Read more

Copyright 2024 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.As he entered the Manhattan courthouse for his New York hush money trial, former President Donald Trump spoke to reporters about his wife Melania’s birthday, the Supreme Court arguments Thursday and how ‘freezing’ he finds the courtroom.As he entered the Manhattan courthouse for his New York hush money…
Read more

What Does Donald Trump’s Gag Order Really Mean?  New York Magazinesource

Former President Trump’s potential plan to exert more influence over the Federal Reserve is alarming experts and investors. The Wall Street Journal reported Thursday that a group of Trump allies are crafting ways to chip away at the independence of the central bank — a constant thorn in the side of the former president —…
Read more

John Dean, former White House counsel for the Nixon administration, said Friday that former President Trump’s offer to testify in his New York hush money trial is just “bravado for his base.” Dean told CNN anchor Boris Sanchez he suspected Trump’s legal team was trying to dissuade the former president from testifying, when Sanchez asked.…
Read more

Testimony in Trump’s New York trial continues as Supreme Court considers immunity claim in separate federal case.Former United States President Donald Trump saw two of the four criminal cases against him move forward on Thursday.In New York, Trump was again in court in a case connected to hush money payments made to adult film star…
Read more

Pecker on Trump: ‘I still consider him a friend’  POLITICOsource

Ex-National Enquirer publisher David Pecker offered fresh details in testimony.Secret deals, six-figure payoffs, salacious stories — the testimony of former National Enquirer publisher David Pecker in Donald Trump’s hush money trial this week has offered a rare window into the tabloid practice of checkbook journalism, where a publication pays its sources.A scheme to “catch and…
Read more

ProfileSectionstvFeaturedMore From NBCFollow NBC NewsThere are no new alerts at this timeVoters continue to rank President Joe Biden’s age and former President Donald Trump’s legal woes as the most compelling reasons to oppose them in November, according to new data from the latest national NBC News poll.Respondents in the recent poll, conducted April 12-16, were…
Read more

Wanting Trump’s Truth Social to fail has rarely been this profitable  The Associated Presssource

President Biden indicated Friday that he’s willing to debate former President Trump ahead of November’s election.“I am, somewhere. I don’t know when, but I am happy to debate him,” Biden told Howard Stern on his radio show when asked about the prospect.Stern suggested to Biden that if he were standing on a stage next to…
Read more

“It would be nice to be with her, but I’m at a courthouse for a rigged trial,” the former president said of Melania Trump.

CNN anchor Kaitlan Collins pressed an attorney for former President Trump on a line of questioning by Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan in the former president’s presidential immunity case at the Supreme Court on Thursday.“What are the circumstances where ordering a military coup is an official act of the presidency?” Collins said, referring to a…
Read more

Mary Trump Hypes ‘Bombshell’ at Donald Trump Trial  Newsweeksource

A notable forecaster of presidential elections said in a recent interview that “a lot would have to go wrong for [President Biden] to lose” in November. In an interview with The Guardian released Friday, American University professor Allan Lichtman pointed to his method to predict presidential elections using 13 “keys” including whether “the incumbent party…
Read more