Month: May 2024

What is the endgame of U.S. policy toward China? Can the U.S. avoid a war with China? Much of the debate about how U.S. policy should cope with an ambitious, reemergent China, turns on those questions.   In what seems at once both a job application and a declaration of war, two prominent China critics —…
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Former Trump aide Anthony Scaramucci, meanwhile, pointed out how the absence of family at the former president’s trial is a big deal.

Judge fines Trump $9000, threatens jail for contempt in hush money trial  Reuterssource

Video: CNN fact-checks Trump’s remarks after day nine of hush money trial  CNNsource

President Biden bashed Florida’s new abortion ban arguing that former President Trump is worried about voters holding him accountable for it in November. The law goes into effect Wednesday, after Florida’s state Supreme Court ruled in early April to allow a six-week abortion ban approved by the state Legislature. “There is one person responsible for…
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Morning Rundown: Trump trial witness recounts hush money deal, how a false election rumor ran wild, and a possible comeback for Grizzly bears ProfileSectionstvFeaturedMore From NBCFollow NBC NewsThere are no new alerts at this timeThe must-have accessory at Donald Trump’s hush money trial? Binoculars.In a New York City courtroom where cameras are not allowed and where…
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Experts said whatever the court decides, it is likely to be divided.When Donald Trump began to claim presidential immunity from criminal prosecution related to his efforts to overturn his 2020 election loss, many legal analysts ABC News spoke with considered it a weak argument.But last week, in nearly three hours of oral arguments, several Supreme…
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Trump Media insider trading trial begins with co-founder testifying, ‘I’ve never been paid at all’  CNBCsource

Judge Juan Merchan held former President Donald Trump in contempt of court Tuesday for nine gag order violations in his New York hush money trial. He now faces a $9,000 fine and potential jail time if there are future gag order violations.Merchan originally issued the gag order in March to protect potential witnesses, including adult…
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Former President Donald Trump will make another stop in Wisconsin this week for a campaign rally as his criminal hush money trial continues in New York.The presumptive Republican nominee will speak at the Waukesha County Expo Center on Wednesday, May 1, at 2 p.m. local time. This return visit marks his second to the state…
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Republican presidential candidate and former President Donald Trump mocks U.S. President Joe Biden while speaking during a Get Out The Vote rally at Coastal Carolina University on Feb. 10, 2024, in Conway, South Carolina. South Carolina holds its Republican primary on Feb. 24. (Win McNamee/Getty Images)WASHINGTON — Former President Donald Trump in his second term…
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Donald Trump thinks he’s identified a crucial mistake of his first term: He was too nice.We’ve been talking for more than an hour on April 12 at his fever-dream palace in Palm Beach. Aides lurk around the perimeter of a gilded dining room overlooking the manicured lawn. When one nudges me to wrap up the…
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Watch CBS News By Graham Kates, Katrina Kaufman Updated on: April 30, 2024 / 8:05 PM EDT / CBS News The judge overseeing former President Donald Trump’s criminal trial in New York held him in contempt of court on Tuesday for violating a gag order that limits what he can say about those involved in…
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Trump tried to hook the journalist up with a fellow reporter in 2001 because of one thing, the “Way Too Early” anchor told Seth Meyers.

Trump held in contempt after violating gag order in hush money trial  The Washington Postsource

Matthew Chapman is a video game designer who attended Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and lives in San Marcos, Texas. Before joining Raw Story, he wrote for Shareblue and AlterNet, specializing in election and policy coverage. Donald Trump's attorneys in his Manhattan hush money trial are about to walk through a legal minefield as they cross examine…
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Michael R. Sisak, Associated Press Michael R. Sisak, Associated Press Jennifer Peltz, Associated Press Jennifer Peltz, Associated Press Jake Offenhartz, Associated Press Jake Offenhartz, Associated Press Alanna Durkin, Associated Press Alanna Durkin, Associated Press Leave your feedbackNEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump’s defense team attacked the credibility Friday of the prosecution’s first witness in his…
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Featured ShowsMSNBC TVMoreFollow msnbcMore BrandsMore ShowsMSNBC Legal Contributor Katie Phang breaks down what happened during day nine of former President Donald Trump's hush money trial.May 1, 2024 © 2024 NBC UNIVERSAL source

NEW YORK — A lawyer who represented former Playboy model Karen McDougal testified Tuesday about his efforts to get her story of an affair with Donald Trump into the hands of the National Enquirer during the 2016 presidential campaign.Attorney Keith Davidson, who had also represented porn star Stormy Daniels, texted the Enquirer’s editor that he…
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Trump associate Steven Witkoff allegedly planned to host a $250,000-a-head soiree at an upcoming Formula One raceOfficials with the Miami Grand Prix recently halted a Donald Trump presidential campaign fundraiser being planned for the upcoming Formula One race, sending a cease-and-desist letter to its organizer.A Miami Grand Prix representative notified Steven Witkoff, a close friend…
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Formula 1: Miami Grand Prix sends cease and desist letter to prevent Donald Trump fundraiser during race  Yahoo Sportssource

The former president criticized pro-Palestinian protesters at Columbia University for causing “tremendous damage.”

Democratic groups are ramping up persuasion efforts to convince undecided voters to cast ballots for President Biden.  In an election where enthusiasm is low and voters are lukewarm on support for both parties’ candidates, Democrats are focusing on early persuasion in battleground states to help sway so-called surge voters — the part of the electorate who…
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Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) is taking steps to thaw relations with former President Trump, his primary-season rival, as he considers his next political move — including another potential White House bid in 2028. DeSantis met with Trump in a private meeting in Miami over the weekend, the first time he had spoken with the…
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