As we brace for closing arguments in Donald Trump’s New York hush money trial, the latest news in all four of Trump’s criminal cases.Welcome back to the Trump trials newsletter, where we are inundated with requests for predictions about this week.So here are our predictions: Closing arguments Tuesday in the first criminal trial of a…
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Closing arguments in the former president’s hush money trial are scheduled to start Tuesday.
Bill Maher has come under fire from Democrats who claim his rhetoric toward them has flipped — but he says it’s the left that has changed. “I haven’t turned. Yes, people have said to me, ‘You made fun of the left more than you used to,’ and guilty, I have, because the left has changed,”…
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Copyright 2024 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.This combination photo shows, top row from left, Michael Cohen on May 14, 2024, in New York, Stormy Daniels on May 23, 2018, in West Hollywood, Calif., Hope Hick on Feb. 27, 2018, in Washington, and bottom row from left, Jeffrey McConney on Nov. 15, 2022, in New…
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Trump mocks Libertarians at their own convention The Hillsource
David joined Raw Story in 2023 after nearly a decade of writing about the legal industry for Bloomberg Law. He is also a co-founder and a commissioning editor at Hypatia Press, a publisher that specializes in philosophical works that challenge religion or spirituality. Donald Trump's criminal defense team in the criminal hush money cover-up case…
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Donald Trump winning the presidential election would be bad news for the bond markets, said “Bond King” Bill Gross.A Trump presidency would worsen US fiscal deficits, which would hurt bonds, the billionaire investor and PIMCO cofounder said in an interview with the Financial Times.“Trump is the more bearish of the candidates simply because his programs…
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Former FBI counterintelligence agent Peter Strzok compared former President Trump’s recent attacks on the Department of Justice, in reference to the classified documents case, to that of authoritarians “around the world.” “The problem isn’t so much that, you know, he immediately turns to try and fundraise from it, the problem is he’s doing what authoritarians…
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Trump booed at Libertarian National Convention NBC Newssource
Lanny Davis, a former attorney to Michael Cohen, said Monday that the evidence against former President Trump in his criminal hush money trial could be enough to convict him, brushing aside concerns over Cohen’s reliability as the case heads to closing arguments and jury deliberations this week. Davis, in an MSNBC interview with guest host…
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5 issues that could determine Trump’s guilt in the hush money trial POLITICOsource
Trump’s lawyers cite Cohen’s insults to undercut his credibility Reuters.comsource
Senator Tim Scott reacts to Biden’s new ad targeting Black voters CNNsource
The former president’s speech at the Libertarian Party’s National Convention on Saturday was met with overwhelming boos.
“Joe Biden was locked & loaded ready to take me out & put my family in danger,” the former president wrote in a fundraising email last week.
Sarah Matthews, an ex-spokesperson for former President Trump, criticized former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley for choosing to “bend the knee” and vote for her former boss. “She was building momentum, and she really could have been, maybe in a post-Trump Republican Party, been the leader, but instead, she chooses to bend the knee, kiss the…
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Jack Smith ‘Exposes’ Donald Trump in New Court Filing—Legal Analyst Newsweeksource
Playbook: Trump’s everything, everywhere, all at once strategy POLITICOsource
E-EditionSign up for email newsletters Sign up for email newslettersE-Edition Trending: Local Republicans have a challenge this year — what to do about a twice-impeached former president that is seeking another stint in the White House while simultaneously facing criminal charges.Talking about Donald Trump is a double-edged sword.Backing him could alienate the Democrats and Independents…
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The former president somehow thought that a clip of the “Morning Joe” star being vulgarly heckled at the airport was amusing.
The Memo: Midwest-Sun Belt divide to play key role in Trump-Biden fight The Hillsource
Donald Trump was booed repeatedly during an appearance at the Libertarian Party's national convention on Saturday as he asked members for their support.Mr Trump, the presumptive Republican presidential nominee, told the party's delegates to unite with him to beat Democrat Joe Biden. "We must work together," he said. "Combine with us. You have to combine…
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Copyright 2024 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis, the Georgia prosecutor who brought a sprawling racketeering case against former President Donald Trump and others, has won the Democratic primary in her bid for reelection. Fulton County Superior Court Judge Scott McAfee, who was randomly assigned to preside over the election…
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It’s all about the ego, said New York University history professor Ruth Ben-Ghiat.