Bitter tensions are escalating between Joe Biden and Donald Trump over the ex-president’s criminal conviction, race and the future of the Supreme Court as they gear up for the most critical presidential debate clash in years. The 2024 campaign trail took a rare pivot from courtrooms at the weekend and toward more conventional battlegrounds: big-money […]
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CNN announces rules for Presidential Debates
CNN announced the rules and additional details for its June 27 presidential debate, setting the stage for the event less than two weeks away. Notable details include the absence of a studio audience, muted microphones except when a candidate is given time to speak, and each candidate’s presence at a uniform podium. No props or […]
Trump to give NY probation hearing interview
Former President Donald Trump is scheduled to be interviewed by New York probation officials Monday, a required step before his July sentencing in his criminal hush money case, according to three people familiar with the plan. Trump will do the interview via a computer video conference from his residence at the Mar-a-Lago club in Palm […]
Calls for mistrial in Trump hush money case
Supporters of former President Donald Trump are calling for a mistrial in his hush money case after the court flagged a social media post alleging that a juror discussed Trump’s verdict outside of the courthouse. In a letter to both parties in the case Friday, New York State Supreme Court Justice Juan Merchan said that […]
DNC attack Trump with “Convicted Felon” label
The Democratic National Committee is sharpening its attacks against former President Donald Trump, preparing for the first time to unveil a new political advertisement which will refer to Trump as a “convicted felon” after a Manhattan jury last week found Trump guilty of 34 counts of falsifying business records in his “hush money” trial. The […]
Dems meant to sink Trump with conviction; they didn’t
Former President Donald Trump’s chances of winning the 2024 election do not appear to have been significantly affected by the guilty verdict in his hush money trial, according to polls. A New York City jury on May 30 found Trump guilty of 34 felony counts of falsifying business records in an attempt to conceal hush […]
After conviction Trump hauls in $50m in 1 day
Eric Trump, adult son of now-convicted former President Trump, highlighted his father’s campaign fundraising numbers in the immediate aftermath of the conviction. “What’s really amazing, go back to 2016 for a second, the largest fundraising haul in history to that point, we did in one day, you know, $16 million,” Trump told Fox News’s Jesse […]
Trump Guilty on all 32 counts; What’s next?
Former President Trump’s guilty verdict in his New York City hush money trial is throwing the presidential election into uncertain territory as Republicans and Democrats grapple with how to move forward in the wake of the historic development. Reactions to the verdict from both sides of the aisle poured in Thursday, with Trump immediately fundraising […]
Trump ‘Hush Money’ jury to begin deliberations
Jurors in Donald Trump’s hush money trial are expected to begin deliberations Wednesday after receiving instructions from the judge on the law and the factors they may consider as they strive to reach a verdict in the first criminal case against a former American president. The deliberations follow a marathon day of closing arguments in […]
Closing arguments begin in NY vs Trump trial
Judge Juan Merchan is expected to bring jurors back into court Tuesday morning to hear closing arguments in New York v. Trump from Manhattan prosecutors and defense attorneys for former President Trump in his unprecedented criminal trial. The jury has been away from the courtroom for a week, after the evidentiary portion of the trial […]
Trump rally in Bronx draws 25,000 supporters
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 […]
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 […]
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