Trump campaign will host Florida donor retreat with potential VP picks POLITICOsource
Help keep Salon independentDonald Trump's social media posts landed him in hot water in his New York hush-money trial — and his lawyers' Tuesday arguments explaining his motives for them didn't help.New York Supreme Court Justice Juan Merchan held a hearing Tuesday morning on whether to hold Trump in contempt of court for violating his…
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Eleven Republicans who falsely declared that Trump beat Biden in Arizona in the 2020 election have been charged with conspiracy, fraud and forgery.
Watch CBS News By Melissa Quinn, Robert Legare April 23, 2024 / 5:08 PM EDT / CBS News Washington — The Supreme Court is set to convene Thursday to consider whether former President Donald Trump is entitled to sweeping immunity from criminal prosecution for what he says were official acts taken while he occupied the…
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A price floor means ex-president gets bonus even though Trump Media & Technology Group’s stock value has plummetedFormer president Donald Trump qualified for a bonus worth $1.2bn after shares in his social media company remained above a certain value despite falling sharply.Trump is poised to receive 36m additional shares in Trump Media & Technology Group…
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Day six of Donald Trump's hush-money trial in New York heard damaging testimony from a tabloid publisher.National Enquirer publisher David Pecker testified that he helped work to suppress negative stories about Mr Trump during the 2016 presidential campaign.Mr Trump has pleaded not guilty to 34 counts of falsifying business records.The BBC's Nada Tawfik breaks down…
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Trump and Blanche share a laugh – Live Updates – POLITICO POLITICOsource
Former President Trump will hold a campaign event next week in Wisconsin, marking the first time he will use a day off from his hush money trial in New York City to visit a battleground state. Trump will head to Waukesha next Wednesday, where his campaign said he will deliver remarks “to contrast the peace,…
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Attorneys delivered opening statements Monday in Trump’s trial in New York.Day 5 of Donald Trump's criminal hush money trial was also the first day of legal arguments before jurors.Proceedings lasted little more than three hours on Monday, but both parties delivered opening statements, lifting the veil on arguments they plan to present over the coming…
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AdvertisementVotes for dropout candidates are a regular feature of contested primaries.By Alex Lemonides and Christine Zhang Even after Nikki Haley dropped out of the Republican presidential primary, effectively handing the party’s nomination to former President Donald J. Trump, nearly 20 percent of G.O.P. primary voters have cast ballots for someone other than Mr. Trump. The…
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Prosecutors say Trump’s social post calling Michael Cohen and Stormy Daniels ‘sleaze bags’ is part of his trial strategy POLITICOsource
SEARCHThe former publisher of the National Enquirer appeared less enthused about his second courtroom appearance at Trump’s hush money trial on Tuesday.Special CorrespondentAs Donald Trump’s hush money trial resumed on Tuesday, David Pecker arrived without the improbable smile he had when he first took the witness stand the day before.On Monday, the 72-year-old accountant-turned-supermarket sleaze…
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Appeals court greenlights release of secret Trump battles to block aides from testifying POLITICOsource
Former president Donald Trump is, if nothing else — and at the risk of the understatement of the 2024 election — a man prone to hyperbole. His tendency to inflate numbers to bolster his image has now cost him dearly both in criminal and civil court.But with a presidential campaign to run and now a…
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Trump didn’t violate the gag, his lawyer says. He merely engaged in political speech. POLITICOsource
Pennsylvania Presidential Primary Election 2024: Live Results NBC Newssource
President Biden and former President Trump are tied in the latest national polling average of a hypothetical three-way general election race that includes independent candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr., according to The Hill/Decision Desk HQ (DDHQ). Biden and Trump are tied at 41.3 percent support, with Kennedy following at 7.7 percent, according to DDHQ’s average…
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Donald Trump will get $1.3 billion in Trump Media bonus shares if the stock doesn’t crash today Yahoo Financesource
With the former president on trial for allegedly falsifying business documents, his long and sordid history with the tabloid press may work against him.
Trump fumes while Biden hits the trail POLITICOsource
Trump’s lawyer during gag order arguments gets blasted by judge MSNBCsource
Voters in swing states are overwhelmingly supportive of taxing billionaires to support Social Security benefits, a new survey found. Seventy-seven percent of voters across seven key swing states approve the idea of raising taxes for billionaires to extend the life of Social Security, according to the Bloomberg News/Morning Consult survey published Wednesday. Fifty-seven percent of…
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ProfileSectionstvFeaturedMore From NBCFollow NBC NewsThere are no new alerts at this timePresident Joe Biden on Tuesday scorched Florida’s impending six-week abortion ban and said Donald Trump was responsible, casting the former president as a danger to women’s freedoms.“This extreme Florida law is going to impact 4 million women in the state,” Biden said during a…
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Trump attorney says Cohen’s “financial livelihood depends on President Trump’s destruction” CNNsource