ProfileSectionstvFeaturedMore From NBCFollow NBC NewsThere are no new alerts at this timeWASHINGTON — Rep. Byron Donalds, speaking Tuesday at a Black voter outreach event for former President Donald Trump, suggested that Black families were more unified and better off during the Jim Crow era, sparking immediate backlash from top Black Democratic officials.At the Philadelphia campaign…
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Trump asks judge to lift gag order after conviction in hush money case Reuterssource
WATCH LIVEPHILADELPHIA (WPVI) — Donald Trump's campaign celebrated the opening of a field office in Philadelphia's Holmesburg neighborhood.Republican Congressman Wesley Hunt of Texas was a guest speaker at Tuesday night's event.It took place on the 8000 block of Frankford Avenue.The Biden Campaign released a statement saying in part, "It has been present in Pennsylvania for…
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Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) on Tuesday threw his support behind House Freedom Caucus Chair Bob Good (R-Va.), who faces a Trump-backed primary challenger in a closely watched contest this month. “Vote for @RepBobGood,” Gaetz wrote on the social platform X late Tuesday night, reposting a separate statement from an X account that claimed to speak…
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WASHINGTON – Republican lawmakers are seeking revenge for the historic conviction of former President Donald Trump in a New York hush money case, which they’re calling a miscarriage of justice and a pointed political maneuver.In the Senate, a cohort of conservative lawmakers are pledging to stop all Democratic priorities and block Biden administration nominees from…
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One minute before the verdict was read, wifi wasn’t working – such was a typical day covering the most atypical court proceeding most Americans will probably seeIt was 5.06pm Thursday.Donald Trump, the first president in US history to face a criminal trial, was one minute from hearing the verdict in his momentous case. History, or…
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How a pro-Trump media outlet allegedly funneled tens of millions in an illicit money laundering scheme CNNsource
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is using former President Trump’s guilty verdict in a New York hush-money trial to court voters on the fence about the former president’s conviction. Kennedy, who’s running as an independent, railed against the decision last week, calling it “profoundly undemocratic” and suggesting the trial was a political ploy by Democrats to…
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Former Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) on Wednesday joined a chorus of Democrats rallying to President Biden’s defense after the Wall Street Journal published a report casting doubt on the president’s mental acuity and performance in private meetings. Pelosi, in a statement on the social platform X, criticized the reporting for glossing over Democrats’ accounts of…
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Trump launches effort to promote mail voting ahead of November The Hillsource
The Trump campaign has sent vetting materials to a handful of potential running mates, a source familiar with the matter confirmed to The Hill, a sign that the former president’s search for a vice president is ramping up. The source said North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum (R) and Sens. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.), Tim Scott (R-S.C.)…
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AdvertisementThe Republican congressman from Florida was visiting Philadelphia to persuade Black voters to support former President Donald J. Trump.By Neil Vigdor and Maya KingRepresentative Byron Donalds, a Florida Republican whom Donald J. Trump is said to be considering for his running mate, suggested on Tuesday that the Jim Crow era had some virtues for Black…
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‘I will not be intimidated’: Attorney General Merrick Garland to slam attacks against Justice Department CNNsource
Garland is speaking before the House Judiciary committee on Tuesday.Attorney General Merrick Garland pushed back forcefully on "false" and "extremely dangerous" narratives he said are being spread about the Department of Justice in an appearance before the House Judiciary Committee on Tuesday, saying he and the department "will not be intimidated."The hearing came as House…
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BREAKING: Senate Republicans block bill to protect Americans’ access to contraception ProfileSectionstvFeaturedMore From NBCFollow NBC NewsThere are no new alerts at this timeFresh off last week’s historic guilty verdict, former President Donald Trump had a warning for his political opponents on Tuesday.In an interview with the conservative outlet Newsmax, Trump seemed to float the possibility…
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Former President Donald Trump faces 13 charges in the case.
The order should at least extend through sentencing and other post-trial motions, prosecutors argued.
Former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo weighed in on President Biden’s metal acuity and age Wednesday, after a report raised questions about Biden’s capabilities, noting that he takes no joy in saying the president isn’t capable of doing his job effectively. Pompeo spoke with Fox News on Wednesday to discuss the report, published by The…
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Trump Lender Axos Sinks After Hindenburg Shorts Bank’s Stock Yahoo Financesource
Donald Trump on Tuesday suggested he might try to retaliate against Hillary Clinton, his 2016 opponent, if he returns to the White House.
Former President Trump leads President Biden by 5 points in a hypothetical head-to-head matchup among Georgia voters, according to a poll released Wednesday. In a Quinnipiac University survey, conducted May 30-June 3, 49 percent of registered voters in the battleground state support Trump, while 44 percent support Biden. The two major parties’ presumptive nominees…
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This is Totally Normal Quote of the Day, a feature highlighting a statement from the news that exemplifies just how extremely normal everything has become.“I did gun prosecutions for six years … I bet you there weren’t 10 cases prosecuted nationwide of addicts or unlawful drug users who possessed firearms or lied on applications … why are you…
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<!– Welcome to The Hill’s Campaign newsletter {beacon} Campaign Report Campaign Report <!– The Big Story How Hunter Biden’s trial could impact the election Just days after former President Trump was convicted in his Manhattan fraud trial, the federal gun case against President Biden’s son Hunter is underway in Delaware – creating a courtroom…
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Copyright 2024 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.Former President Donald Trump speaks with attorney Todd Blanche and staff outside of the courtroom as jurors began deliberations for his criminal trial at Manhattan Criminal Court in New York on Wednesday, May 29, 2024. Trump was charged with 34 counts of falsifying business records last year, which…
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Voters in Georgia were nearly evenly split over last week’s guilty conviction of former President Trump in his hush money case in New York, according to a new survey. In a new poll, published by Quinnipiac University on Wednesday, 50 percent of voters said they agreed with the hush money verdict, while 44 percent disagreed.…
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