Month: April 2024

By Armando Tinoco Night & Weekend Editor Stephen Colbert is standing up to Donald Trump and defending Jimmy Kimmel after the former POTUS attacked this year’s Oscars host. Colbert addressed Trump’s latest tirade against Kimmel on The Late Show, calling out his obsession with the Academy Awards. “You keep my friend Jimmy Kimmel’s name out…
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Donald Trump’s Mad About How Jury Selection Is Going So Far  Newsweeksource

Only 9 percent of young Americans believe the U.S. is headed in the right direction, according to a new poll. The survey, released Thursday from Harvard Kennedy School’s Insitute of Politics, found that less than 10 percent of voters 18-29 said the country is generally headed in the right direction. Roughly 58 percent of respondents…
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NEW YORK — Former President Trump on Wednesday took aim at prospective jurors in his first criminal trial despite a gag order barring him from making public statements about them.  “’They are catching undercover Liberal Activists lying to the Judge in order to get on the Trump Jury,” Trump posted on Truth Social, giving credit…
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The former president was forced to hear about being called “dumb as f**k,” among other things, in posts shared by prospective jurors.

Featured ShowsMSNBC TVMoreFollow msnbcMore BrandsMore ShowsJust Security Fellow Adam Klasfeld has been covering Donald Trump’s criminal trial from the Manhattan courtroom. Klasfeld and MSNBC legal analyst Andrew Weissmann join MSNBC’s Lawrence O’Donnell to discuss the first day of the historic criminal trial of a former president.April 16, 2024 © 2024 NBC UNIVERSAL source

SEARCHYes, there were jeers—but also cheers.Special CorrespondentA cheery young Hispanic working single mom who should terrify the Democrats had just picked up her 1-year-old son from his babysitter on Tuesday evening when she encountered a crowd at Broadway and W. 139th St. in Harlem.None other than Donald Trump was just beyond a line of police…
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Ex-Trump lawyer Eastman, California bar clash over law license status  Reuterssource

Biden chides Trump for being ‘a little busy right now’  POLITICOsource

Since 2016, the coup-attempting former president has collected more than $1.5 billion from donors giving $50, $20 or even just $5 at a time.

Legal analyst Jeffrey Toobin said Wednesday that former President Trump’s recent social media post “clearly” violated the gag order in his hush money criminal case. Trump’s post, quoting a Fox News host, reads: “’They are catching undercover Liberal Activists lying to the Judge in order to get on the Trump Jury,’ Jesse Watters.” In an…
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President Joe Biden has misstated key details about his uncle’s death in World War II as he honored the man’s wartime service and said Donald Trump was unworthy of serving as commander in chiefWASHINGTON — President Joe Biden on Wednesday misstated key details about his uncle’s death in World War II as he honored the…
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The once and possibly future U.S. president blames the country for his political woes. KYIV — Donald Trump doesn’t easily forgive or forget.As Trump’s Republican allies in the United States Congress block military aid that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says Kyiv desperately needs to avoid defeat in its war with invading Russian forces, it’s clear…
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Both Democrats and Republicans worry that Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s independent candidacy could spoil their respective presumptive nominee’s campaigns.

Former President Trump is on trial in New York in his criminal hush money case.First seven jurors selected in Trump hush money caseFormer 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 Daniels. It marks the…
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One was a beheading meme. One was an AI clip titled “Dumb As Fuck Trump.” Another was a 2016 get-out-the-vote video featuring Mark Ruffalo promising “to do a nude scene” in his next movie.So far, five potential jurors have been shown the door at Donald Trump’s hush-money trial after his lawyers complained about these and…
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New Yorkers’ unvarnished views of Donald Trump aired in ‘hush money’ trial  Financial Timessource

Fact check: Donald Trump attacks Jimmy Kimmel for something Al Pacino did  CNN Trump fires back after Kimmel jokes about hush money trial, social media company  The Hill Trump Takes Trial Break to Rant About Kimmel’s Month-Old Oscars Performance  Rolling Stone source

President Biden and former President Trump are now neck and neck, according to The Hill/Decision Desk HQ’s (DDHQ) latest average of polls, released Wednesday.The two rivals are tied at 45.1 percent, based on DDHQ’s average of 658 polls pitting the two against each other in a likely 2024 match-up.Prior to Wednesday, Trump’s lead over Biden…
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AdvertisementThe Trump campaign said that candidates using his brand should turn over at least 5 percent of donations and encouraged them to send more than the minimum.By Chris CameronThe presidential campaign of former President Donald J. Trump said in a letter to Republican vendors that candidates may use his name, image and likeness in campaign…
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Seven people have been picked from a vast jury pool – five more jurors and six alternates remain to be chosen for the historic trialDonald Trump is due to return to a New York courtroom on Thursday for the third day of his hush-money trial and a continuation of the process of jury selection for…
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Notifications can be managed in browser preferences.Please refresh the page or navigate to another page on the site to be automatically logged inPlease refresh your browser to be logged inThird day of jury selection begins at 9.30am ET on Thursday, with seven jurors already selected Find your bookmarks in your Independent Premium section, under my…
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“Don’t say you weren’t warned,” said Hasan, who used Trump and his allies’ own words to set the ominous scene.

The Biden campaign is seeking to make former President Trump the face of the anti-abortion movement as Democrats look to harness voter fury following the overturning of Roe v. Wade. At campaign stops in the days since a Civil War-era abortion ban was upheld in Arizona, Vice President Kamala Harris has gone hard against “Trump…
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