Former President Trump said he wants President Biden to be drug-tested before their first debate. “I’m gonna demand a drug test too, by the way,” Trump said at the Minnesota Republican Party’s Lincoln Reagan Dinner Friday. “I am, no I really am. I don’t want him coming in like the State of the Union, he…
Read more
Help keep Salon independentTo listen to the pundits inside and outside of the courtroom, the Manhattan felony case against former President Trump rests on the testimony and cross-examination of former Trump fixer Michael Cohen. I disagree.Cohen, once Trump’s personal attorney, closest employee and greatest ally, left Trump’s inner circle after being convicted of lying on…
Read more
Biden continues outreach to Black voters; Trump heading to Minnesota The Washington Postsource
“If Arizona authorities can’t find me by tomorrow morning … They must dismiss the indictment,” the Donald Trump ally said shortly beforehand.
Trump lawyer Todd Blanche yelled at the former fixer as he attempted to paint him as a serial fabricatorDonald Trump, flanked by his son Eric and staunch congressional supporters Lauren Boebert and Matt Gaetz, returned to the Manhattan courthouse on Thursday for the 18th day of his hush-money trial.The former president sat and occasionally glowered…
Read more
Former President Donald Trump, the presumed 2024 Republican nominee for president, said in a video on Monday, April 8, 2024, that abortion law should be set by the states. Trump is shown speaking May 28, 2022, in Casper, Wyoming. (Chet Strange/Getty Images)OMAHA — More than 1 in 5 Republican presidential primary voters in Nebraska’s 2nd…
Read more
Johnson’s Trump trip unsettles some Republicans: ‘Tell me this isn’t so’ The Hillsource
At a certain point, none of this makes sense. “This” being President Joe Biden officially becoming the Democratic nominee for president come the convention in August. The number of Democrats who are honestly thrilled by that eventuality would not fill a Mini Cooper. A growing number of Democrats see Biden as becoming the political version…
Read more
Copyright 2024 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.Baron Trump, the son of former President Donald Trump and former first lady Melania Trump, graduated from an exclusive private high school in Florida on Friday.Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump speaks at the Minnesota Republican Lincoln Reagan Dinner Friday, May 17, 2024, at the Saint Paul…
Read more
GOP pollster Frank Luntz likened members of the House Oversight and Accountability Committee to “cast members on Bravo” Thursday. “You know American leadership is in a crisis when you can’t tell the difference between congressional reps on C-SPAN and cast members on Bravo,” Luntz said in a post on the social platform X that featured…
Read more
Mary Trump Says Donald Trump Deserves Credit for One Thing Newsweeksource
Trump to hold first NY rally since 2016, weeks after massive Jersey Shore gathering New York Post source
Former “Reading Rainbow” host LeVar Burton chimed in Friday on the recent fight in the House Oversight and Accountability Committee. “Words of the day; bleach, blond, bad, built, butch and body,” Burton said in a post on the social platform X. Burton’s post refers to a question posed by Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-Texas) amid a…
Read more
Watch CBS News Updated on: May 17, 2024 / 11:40 PM CDT / CBS/AP Former President Donald Trump headed to Minnesota on a day off from his hush money trial for a Republican fundraiser Friday night in a traditionally Democratic state that he boasts he can carry in November.Trump headlined the state GOP’s annual Lincoln Reagan…
Read more
AdvertisementNewsletterFigures from Donald Trump’s past have sworn an oath that could threaten his future.By Jonah E. BromwichStormy Daniels was on the witness stand, Donald Trump was at the defense table and I could feel a queasy energy flow through the Manhattan courtroom. Daniels, an adult film star, told jurors about having sex with Trump in…
Read more
Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes (D) confirmed via social media that former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani had been served in the state’s 2020 election case against him. “The final defendant was served moments ago. @RudyGiuliani nobody is above the law,” Mayes posted on social media platform X Mayes was responding to post from…
Read more
Donald Trump Gives Update on Potential Vice President Newsweeksource
Trump appears to acknowledge for the first time he has an NDA with Stormy Daniels MSNBCsource
Former President Donald Trump dances during his speech June 17, 2022 at the Faith and Freedom “Road to Majority” conference at Nashville’s Gaylord Opryland Convention Center. (Photo: John Partipilo)EDITOR’S NOTE: This article has been updated to reflect claims by Gov. Bill Lee’s office that he never supported Ron DeSantis in the Republican primary for the…
Read more
Trump Lawyer Tries to Trip Up Michael Cohen but Ends Up Owning Himself Yahoo! Voicessource
Subscribe to Here’s the Deal, our politics newsletter for analysis you won’t find anywhere else.Thank you. Please check your inbox to confirm. Jacques Billeaud, Associated Press Jacques Billeaud, Associated Press Leave your feedbackPHOENIX (AP) — Attorney John Eastman pleaded not guilty on Friday to conspiracy, fraud and forgery charges for his role in the effort to overturn…
Read more
Sign up for Semafor Media: Media’s essential read. Read it now.Donald Trump agreed on Friday to a third presidential debate hosted by NBC News as the network continued to scramble to secure a televised debate slot.This week, the Biden and Trump campaigns announced that they were circumventing the longtime organizer of presidential debate contests, the…
Read more
Donald Trump‘s criminal hush money trial is off today at Trump’s request so he can attend his son Barron Trump‘s high school graduation.Thursday’s proceedings closed week five of the historic trial, with Trump’s former personal attorney Michael Cohen − the case’s key witness − being cross-examined by Trump’s defense lawyers.The former president is on trial…
Read more
Many of the 17 other Trump allies who are accused of trying to overturn the state’s election results are expected to be arraigned next week. PHOENIX — John Eastman, an alleged architect of an attempt to deliver Arizona’s 11 presidential electoral votes to Donald Trump after his 2020 loss, pleaded not guilty Friday to conspiracy,…
Read more
Biden vs Trump: What to expect from presidential debates Reuterssource