Month: April 2024

ProfileSectionstvFeaturedMore From NBCFollow NBC NewsThere are no new alerts at this timePolice in New York took possession of a gun belonging to writer E. Jean Carroll in February after she said during testimony in her defamation lawsuit against former President Donald Trump that she had an unlicensed firearm at home, according to a police report…
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Amid a fiercely competitive 2024 election rematch against incumbent President Joe Biden, former President Donald Trump will become the first former president put on criminal trial.Trump faces felony charges in four cases, but the first one to go to trial — and perhaps the only one likely to be completed before Nov. 5, Election Day…
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Multiple tribal nations in South Dakota have banned Gov. Kristi Noem (R) from their reservation land, citing her immigration, crime and race-related remarks. Relations between the governor and the tribes have been strained since she took office in 2019. But her recent comments have created even more tension, and she is now unable to step…
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ProfileSectionstvFeaturedMore From NBCFollow NBC NewsThere are no new alerts at this timeThe price of Trump Media closed trading Friday down nearly 20% for the week.DJT shares, which dropped by more than 8% within the first hour of trading Friday, eked out a slight gain by the end of the day.Shares closed up 18 cents at $32.59, an increase…
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A voter data expert who was hired by the Trump campaign in 2020 to look for voter fraud criticized claims by House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) about election integrity Friday.  “Speaker Johnson is an attorney, and he should know better,” Ken Block told CNN anchor Jim Sciutto during a Friday appearance on “Erin Burnett OutFront”.…
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The case was big news when it was filed last year, but it’s been overshadowed by a litany of other alleged crimes by the ex-presidentAs the criminal cases mounted against Donald Trump last year, one could be forgiven for not giving much thought to the New York case that charged him with 34 felony counts…
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‘They’ve turned the clock to the 1800s’, said the US vice-president as she excoriated ex-president as ‘architect of healthcare crisis’Kamala Harris pinned the blame for Arizona’s abortion ban squarely on Donald Trump, who she described as the “architect of this healthcare crisis” in a speech at a campaign event in Tucson on Friday.The state was…
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Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-Calif.) called a joint press conference on “election integrity” from former President Donald Trump and Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) “absurd” Friday, given the indictments Trump faces over 2020 election interference. “I mean, it’s too rich that Donald Trump and Mike Johnson are talking to us about election integrity. That’s like having to…
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Copyright 2024 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.Copyright 2024 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.Trump the defendant and 2024 presidential candidate aims to campaign at New York hush money trialFILE – Former President Donald Trump speaks before entering the courtroom at Manhattan criminal court, Thursday, Feb. 15, 2024, in New York. A dozen Manhattan residents…
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Copyright 2024 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.Copyright 2024 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump, center, takes a photo with Michaelah Montgomery, left, a local conservative activist, as he visits a Chick-fil-A eatery, Wednesday, April 10, 2024, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/Jason Allen)Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump, left,…
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FORT PIERCE, Fla. — U.S. District Judge Aileen M. Cannon on Friday seemed skeptical about dropping charges against Donald Trump’s two co-defendants in the classified documents case and suggested that their arguments for dismissal would be better suited as a defense at trial.Attorneys for Walt Nauta and Carlos De Oliveira — who are both still…
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Former President Trump described the upcoming jury selection in his first criminal trial as “largely luck” on Friday.Trump was asked about his hush money trial that begins on Monday in New York at a press conference alongside Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) at Mar-a-Lago.“Jury selection is largely luck,” the former president said. “It depends who you…
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Hear how Trump plans vengeance if he wins White House  CNNsource

E-EditionSign up for email newsletters Sign up for email newslettersE-Edition Trending: By JENNIFER PELTZ and MICHAEL R. SISAK (Associated Press)NEW YORK (AP) — The judge in Donald Trump’s hush money criminal case on Friday turned down the former president’s request to postpone his trial because of publicity about the case.It’s the latest in a string…
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Republican presumptive nominee struggles to articulate position on divisive issue after meeting with House speakerFacing the press alongside the House speaker, fellow Republican Mike Johnson, Donald Trump bragged: “We broke Roe v Wade.”The former president made the stark admission about his dominant role in attacks on abortion rights at the end of a week in…
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RFK Jr. Black outreach director called prominent Trump ally a ‘closet Gay’  POLITICOsource

Watch CBS News By Kathryn Watson Updated on: April 12, 2024 / 9:37 PM EDT / CBS News A photo op was worth a thousand words for House Speaker Mike Johnson on Friday as he stood alongside former President Donald Trump at his Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida, presenting a united front at a critical time…
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Then AT&T chief Randall Stephenson says president spent most of meeting about Beijing and tech on diatribe about women and sexDonald Trump has made antipathy to China a cornerstone of his campaign to return to the White House next year, but according to a new book, he allowed another obsession, over women and sex, to…
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ProfileSectionstvFeaturedMore From NBCFollow NBC NewsThere are no new alerts at this timeFormer President Donald Trump and House Speaker Mike Johnson pitched new legislation to crack down on noncitizen voting on Friday, despite the fact the practice is already illegal and occurs rarely.Johnson said House Republicans would introduce a bill to require documentary proof of citizenship…
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Former President Trump threw his support behind Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) on Friday as Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) — one of Trump’s closest allies on Capitol Hill — threatens to force a vote on ousting the House leader.Asked during a press conference at Mar-a-Lago if he supports Greene’s motion to vacate, Trump — while standing beside Johnson…
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The ex-president’s first criminal trial — the first for any president — kicks off with jury selection on Monday morning.

Biden prepares Pennsylvania swing to make the economic case against Trump  CNNsource

Kamala Harris hits Donald Trump on abortion from Arizona – POLITICO  POLITICOsource

Judge rejects Trump’s attempt to delay hush money trial over pretrial publicity  CNN Michael Cohen on the Trump Trial: Prepare To Be Surprised  POLITICO Opinion: Trump, a frightened, clucking chicken, fails to delay hush money trial  USA TODAY source