Former President Trump has broken political norms by visiting one of the most deep-blue areas in New York City, a town not necessarily known for its kindness to Republicans. Trump rallied a crowd of what his campaign estimated to be 25,000 supporters at Crotona Park in the Bronx on Thursday, far more than the initial […]
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Trump to hold rally in Dem stronghold The Bronx
Former President Donald Trump will campaign in one of the most Democratic counties in the nation Thursday, holding a rally in the South Bronx to woo minority voters days before a Manhattan jury will begin deliberations on whether to convict him of felony charges in his criminal hush money trial. Trump will address supporters in […]
Trump demands Biden drug test before debate
Donald Trump has repeated his demand that Joe Biden take a drug test before the United States presidential candidates debate on live television, saying the president was “high as a kite” when he made a State of the Union speech in March. This week, Mr Biden agreed to debate Mr Trump on June 27 and […]
Cohen stumbles in court during Trump trial
Michael Cohen endured his roughest hours on the witness stand to date on Thursday as former President Trump’s hush money trial reached its 18th day. This week has been dominated by testimony from Cohen, Trump’s erstwhile attorney turned enemy. Thursday saw the most sustained attack on his credibility from the former president’s legal team. The […]
Biden wants to debate Trump twice before Nov.
President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump on Wednesday appeared to agree on a timetable to participate in two debates before the November general election, as the Democrat announced that he will not participate in fall presidential debates sponsored by the nonpartisan commission that has organized them for more than three decades. Biden’s campaign […]
Biden Ad Message: “Trump hates Mothers!”
President Joe Biden’s campaign dropped a brutal Mother’s Day ad on Sunday attacking Donald Trump’s past and proposed policies regarding mothers and women. It’s six months until the presidential election and Biden has ramped up insults about his political rival Trump, who has relentlessly attacked Biden since his 2020 campaign. With Biden as the Democratic […]
Serial Liar Cohen takes the stand in Trump trial
The prosecution’s star witness in Donald Trump’s Manhattan criminal trial also could be its biggest liability. Michael Cohen, Mr Trump’s former personal attorney, is expected to take the stand on Monday to testify against the man he once reverently referred to as “The Boss.” Cohen made the hush money payment at the centre of the […]
Judge scolds trump for swearing at ‘Hush trial’
Former President Donald Trump was scolded by Judge Juan Merchan during his Manhattan hush money trial for audibly swearing while pornographic film actress Stormy Daniels testified about her and Trump’s alleged sexual encounter. In the courtroom on Tuesday, Trump’s attorney Todd Blanche was told by Merchan, during a break in the middle of the day, […]
Stormy Daniels to take the stand in Trump trial
Former President Donald Trump is on trial in New York City, where he is facing felony charges related to a 2016 hush money payment to adult film actress Stormy Daniels. It marks the first time in history that a former U.S. president has been tried on criminal charges. Trump last April pleaded not guilty to […]
Waters; Trump supporters “training in the hills”
Rep. Maxine Waters, D-Calif., warned that right-wing organizations connected to Trump are “training up in the hills somewhere” to attack if Biden wins the election in November. The California Democrat discussed the former president on MSNBC’s “The Sunday Show with Jonathan Capehart” and warned that we “better be careful” about what he could do. She […]
Trump trial judge to consider Jail over gag order
Judge Juan Merchan has found Donald Trump in contempt, again, for violating a gag order, and warned the former president that he will consider jail time for any subsequent infraction. Trump was fined $9,000 last week, $1,000 for each of nine previous violations. Merchan said: “Mr Trump, as you know, the prosecution has filed three […]
Biden’s quest to imprison Trump before election
The first of Donald Trump’s criminal trials kicked off in earnest this week in New York. Manhattan district attorney Alvin Bragg has charged Trump with 34 felony counts, alleging that he falsified records to cover up a ‘hush money’ payment to porn star Stormy Daniels. It’s an unprecedented case. Never before has a former US […]