Month: May 2024

Trump Hush-Money TrialAdvertisementSupported byWitnesses discussed the salacious and the banal, and the judge warned the defendant he could go to jail.By Wesley ParnellDuring the past week in Donald Trump’s criminal trial, there has been talk of trysts and the trade in the secrets of the rich and famous.But the charges at its core revolve around…
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The nightmare-fueling idea involves an image of Rudy Giuliani and the former president’s eyelids.

South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem (R), who has been under the microscope this week for an anecdote about killing her dog, defended her actions Wednesday, saying she shot the “dangerous” pup in order to protect her children. “It was a dog that was extremely dangerous,” Noem said Wednesday on Fox News’ “Hannity.” “It had come…
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Former President Donald Trump isn’t going to be deterred by nine $1,000 fines for violating a gag order. And his track record shows he isn’t going to be deterred by a thousand $1,000 fines for criminal contempt of court.  Imprisonment is the only option.   Under the law, Justice Juan Merchan, the judge overseeing the former president’s hush-money…
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In his historic hush money trial taking place in lower Manhattan, former president Donald Trump is relying on one person more than anyone else: his lead defense attorney, Todd Blanche.The first former U.S. president to be tried on criminal charges, Trump was indicted on 34 felony counts for allegedly falsifying business records ahead of the…
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The “Tonight Show” host had a jolting idea to keep the former president from snoozing through his hush money trial.

Advertisement“If everything’s honest, I’ll gladly accept the results. I don’t change on that,” Donald Trump told The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. “If it’s not, you have to fight for the right of the country.”By Michael Gold and Chris CameronMichael Gold reported from Waukesha, Wis. Chris Cameron reported from Washington.Former President Donald J. Trump told The Milwaukee…
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Lending his voice to anti-DEI fervor sweeping the Republican party, Donald Trump telegraphed a dramatic shift to America’s approach to civil rights if he wins a second term as president, vowing to focus on “anti-white” racism, not on racism against people of color.Asked about supporters who believe anti-white racism now represents a greater problem than…
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CNN’s Kaitlan Collins suggested the former vice president “would disagree” with the Ohio senator’s assessment.

Michael Cohen Is Becoming a Problem for Alvin Bragg  Newsweeksource

Copyright 2024 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.Donald Trump returned briefly to the campaign trail and called the judge presiding over his hush money trial “crooked” a day after he was held in contempt of court and threatened with jail time for violating a gag order. Trump also urged college presidents to remove encampments and…
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The former president made the chilling remark about the 2024 election to a Wisconsin newspaper.

The former president said the capital was “unrecognizable” because “Europe opened its doors to jihad.”

The first general election debate is still set to take place on Sept. 16.The Commission on Presidential Debates is pushing back against suggestions from the Trump campaign that it move its general debate calendar up — standing firm in its decision to hold the first broadcast on Sept. 16, 2024.In a statement released on Wednesday,…
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Help keep Salon independentIn a recent segment of “The View,” cohost Sunny Hostin ripped Donald Trump for rumors that he's been passing gas in court during his hush-money trial. “He’s just losing it. He’s farting up a storm in the courtroom. Everyone’s writing about that,” Hostin said. “He’s probably just horrified about that. He’s sitting there…
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The former Trump White House communications director said she believed the presumptive GOP presidential nominee’s hush money trial was “gonna hurt him.”

FREELAND — Speaking at a Saginaw County airport, former President Donald Trump on Wednesday promised his campaign would mount “a historic effort” to prevent cheating in the 2024 election, working with the Republican National Committee and state parties “to ensure what happened in 2020 will never happen again.”He didn’t provide details about the effort, including…
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The former president pronounced the word wrong over and over again as he invited a vegan restaurant owner onstage at a rally.

Former President Trump on Wednesday used his off day from attending court in New York City to lambast the criminal cases against him as “bullshit” during one of his first battleground events since going on trial.Trump spoke to supporters in Freeland, Mich., where he lashed out at length about his legal problems and attacked the…
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Washington, D.C., May 1, 2024 — The Libertarian National Party, the Party of Principle, announced today that President Donald J. Trump has responded to an invitation, and challenge, from the Libertarian Party to speak at its National Convention, and directly address concerns voiced by its members. President Trump will speak on Saturday, May 25th, in…
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The New York Times reporter cited sources from the former president’s camp.

ProfileSectionstvFeaturedMore From NBCFollow NBC NewsThere are no new alerts at this timeIn the first two weeks of his hush money criminal trial, Trump largely sat alone, without allies, in a drab Manhattan courtroom. He listened to strangers deliver stinging criticism and former friends reveal unflattering details. And he grew frustrated, convinced his supporters could be…
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Donald Trump's criminal trial continued on Tuesday, starting with the judge ordering the defendant to pay a $9,000 fine for breaching a gag order and being in contempt of court.On the third week of the hush-money trial, Justice Merchan has found the former president willfully violated the court’s gag order in 9 of the 10…
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