Month: May 2024

In exchange, the former president vowed to undo many of President Joe Biden’s green energy policies.

ProfileSectionstvFeaturedMore From NBCFollow NBC NewsThere are no new alerts at this timeFormer President Donald Trump will spend his day off from court hosting a dinner at his Mar-a-Lago residence for buyers of his NFT trading cards, according to a source familiar with the planning.NFTs, or nonfungible tokens, are part of a suite of non-campaign-focused ventures…
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The senator, who became a meme over her SOTU rebuttal earlier this year, cast Donald Trump as a role model for kids.

Barron Trump to enter political arena as Florida delegate at GOP convention  POLITICOsource

Megyn Kelly said on Wednesday that former President Trump should pick an “establishment” Republican like former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley or Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis to be his running mate in the 2024 presidential election. In an interview on NewsNation’s “Elizabeth Vargas Reports,” Kelly noted that Trump is “not that popular” among a significant…
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ProfileSectionstvFeaturedMore From NBCFollow NBC NewsThere are no new alerts at this timeAfter Indian Americans surpassed Chinese Americans as the largest Asian-alone population in the U.S., experts say they’re solidifying themselves as a political force — and a group politicians can’t ignore in 2024. From grassroots activism to voter registration to running for office, Indian Americans…
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Election Updates: As the V.P. race heats up, Tim Scott will hold a fund-raiser with Trump-resistant donors.  The New York Timessource

Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in a Thursday interview knocked the Supreme Court for delaying its ruling on former President Trump’s presidential immunity claim in his federal election interference case. “The other point I would quickly make is that the Supreme Court is doing our country a grave disservice in not deciding the case…
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Copyright 2024 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.In the first criminal trial of a former U.S. president, Donald Trump, terms like “hush money” and “catch-and-kill” are central. The Associated Press defines these terms.FILE – Former President Donald Trump, with lawyer Todd Blanche, left, attends trial in New York City, April 23, 2024. Trump’s New York…
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Stormy Daniels testimony puts Trump lawyers under pressure to their client happy  MSNBCsource

Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) is suggesting he wants to move on from Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.)’s effort to oust him from his position. “I don’t hold grudges. I’ve got to work with everybody. I told her last night before she left the floor, let’s move on, Marjorie,” Johnson said Thursday in an interview with…
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President Biden on Wednesday expressed deep skepticism that former President Trump would accept November’s election results if he loses, calling it “dangerous” behavior from his opponent.“The guy is not a democrat with a small ‘d,’” Biden told CNN’s Erin Burnett.“This is Trump … and he may not accept the outcome of the election? I promise…
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Senior Democratic strategist David Axelrod hit President Biden over his economic messaging Wednesday following a campaign event in Milwaukee, saying the president’s “pride” could be his undoing in November. Biden has consistently framed struggles with the economy in the past tense, and treated the issue as already won. Most Americans disagree, with polls showing most…
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Former President Trump pinned the blame on President Biden for the college graduations that have been canceled amid the ongoing pro-Palestinian protests, describing the president as “too weak to demand law and order.” “Crooked Joe Biden is 100% responsible for these weak colleges, like Columbia University, cancelling the graduations for thousands of students!” Trump wrote…
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Juan Merchan has cited at least three instances of Trump’s potentially intimidating a witness or jurors. But experts say Trump’s trademark ambiguity makes it hard to police.Donald Trump seems to face an increasing threat of jail during his Manhattan criminal trial. It’s not just that he’s violated his gag order 10 times. New York Supreme…
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Trump Hush-Money TrialAdvertisementSupported byThe porn star at the center of the ex-president’s criminal trial, who will testify again on Thursday, spoke under oath about their encounter at a golf tournament in 2006, a meeting that could shape American history.By Ben Protess, Jonah E. Bromwich, Maggie Haberman, Michael Rothfeld and Jonathan SwanWhen Donald J. Trump met Stormy Daniels, their…
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The younger Trump graduates from high school next week and will serve as one of Florida’s 41 at-large delegates when the RNC begins mid-July.

Former President Trump attacked former Speaker Paul Ryan (R-Wis.), arguing he should be removed from the board of Fox Corp. “Rupert Murdoch should fire pathetic RINO Paul Ryan from the Board of Fox,” Trump wrote in a post on Truth Social early Thursday. “Ryan is a loser, always has been, and always will be. He…
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Morning Rundown: Trump’s son Barron steps into politics, a sharp rise in colon cancer rates for young people, and another pageant queen gives up her crown ProfileSectionstvFeaturedMore From NBCFollow NBC NewsThere are no new alerts at this timeGeorgia’s state Court of Appeals said Wednesday that it will consider an appeal from former President Donald Trump challenging…
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Former President Trump chastised President Biden early Thursday morning for threatening to withhold certain offensive weapons from Israel if Israeli forces invade Rafah, a city in southern Gaza. “Crooked Joe Biden, whether he knows it or not, just said he will withhold weapons from Israel as they fight to eradicate Hamas Terrorists in Gaza,” Trump…
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This story originally appeared on NBCNewYork.com.A high-profile New York real estate lawyer, whose law license was once suspended, said he approached the judge presiding over Donald Trump’s civil fraud case to offer unsolicited advice about a law at issue in the case.Attorney Adam Leitman Bailey made the claim during an interview with NBC New York,…
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The Fox News host offered a deeply misogynistic take on the adult film star’s testimony about her alleged affair with Trump.

Georgia appeals court says it will consider Trump’s effort to disqualify DA Fani Willis from election subversion case  CNNsource

One possible vice-presidential candidate, Sen. Tim Scott (R-S.C.), repeatedly declined to say whether he will accept the outcome.Top Republicans, led by former president Donald Trump, are refusing to commit to accept November’s election results with six months until voters head to the polls, raising concerns that the country could see a repeat of the violent…
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Georgia court to consider Trump’s appeal of decision to keep Fani Willis on criminal case  MSNBCsource