Donald Trump branded President Biden “a very nasty and vicious racist” during a speech on Friday at the Black Conservative Federation’s annual gala in Columbia, South Carolina. In response, the White House referred Newsweek to comments made by Biden-Harris 2024 Black media director Jasmine Harris before Trump’s address, in which he branded the Republican presidential […]
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Judge Engoron bans Trump from NY business
Judge Arthur Engoron banned Donald Trump on Friday from conducting business in New York for three years after he found the former president liable for business fraud. New York Attorney General Letitia James sued Trump, his two adult sons, Donald Jr. and Eric, the Trump Organization and two firm executives, Allen Weisselberg and Jeff McConney, […]
Trump faces 2 critical court cases in 1 day
Two cases that could defy Donald Trump’s capacity to thwart prosecutions and even to overturn eventual convictions against him if he returns to the White House reach critical tests on Thursday with major implications for the 2024 election. In the latest remarkable twist of his multiple legal sagas, Trump is expected to show up in […]
Latino voters could flip this battleground state
Shuffling through jeans on a clothing rack in her small store at a Latino market, Christy Rosales says she hopes Trump returns to office. The 40-year-old native of Colombia complains that sales in her store have improved since COVID, but not to where they were before the pandemic. “You can speak to many of the […]
SCOTUS seems wary of kicking Trump off ballot
The United States Supreme Court on Thursday heard arguments in a landmark case that will decide whether former President Donald Trump is ineleigible to run for a second term in office because of his efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 election, which culminated in the riot at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, […]
Biden Privately Calls Trump A ‘Sick F*ck
President Joe Biden used obscene language to describe former President Donald Trump in private settings despite campaigning on civility, Politico reported on Thursday. At least three people have heard Biden call Trump a “sick f—” in private settings, citing claims that Trump was cheering on the Jan. 6, 2021, riot at the Capitol building, according […]
Willis will not recuse herself from Trump case
Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis will not recuse herself from the investigation into former President Donald Trump‘s efforts to overturn Georgia’s 2020 election despite calls from conservatives to step back from the case over an alleged relationship with one of the special prosecutors. Willis’s decision to stay stems from her concerns that leaving the […]
Trump’s NY business empire could implode today
A New York state judge has the future of Donald Trump’s business empire in his hands. After a contentious 11-week trial, Judge Arthur Engoron is poised to rule how much money Trump and his co-defendants owe for fraud as well as whether the former president can still do business in the state. He has already […]
Trump ordered to pay E. Jean Carroll $83 million
A federal jury ordered former President Trump to pay $83.3 million for defaming E. Jean Carroll when Trump in 2019 denied the longtime advice columnist’s accusation that he sexually assaulted her decades earlier. It marks the second time Carroll has won damages from Trump at trial, with the new total adding to a $5 million […]
Biden trying to get under ‘Loser’ Trump’s skin
Three words from Joe Biden’s somber speech about Donald Trump had one man in the back of Charleston’s Mother Emanuel AME Church the most excited: “He’s a loser.” The man, cracking up, poked the woman next to him with a “Can you believe it?” expression on his face. He made the old grade-school “L” with […]
Trump’s defamation case could bankrupt him
Donald Trump’s defamation case brought by E. Jean Carroll could drive him to bankruptcy, attorneys have sad , particularly when combined with potential damages from his civil fraud trial. A second defamation trial brought against the former president and GOP frontrunner by Carroll started last week. In May 2023, the journalist was awarded $5 million […]
Will Trump’s legal woes keep him out of the WH
Former President Donald Trump is likely far from a full reprieve in his never-ending legal saga, but he could soon see victories in the courtroom, including in his fight to remain on state primary ballots. Trump, who has all but assumed the mantle as the Republican nominee to take on President Joe Biden in the […]