NEW YORK (Reuters) -The judge in Donald Trump's trial dismissed dozens of potential New York City jurors on Monday who said they could not fairly decide whether the 2024 Republican presidential candidate illegally covered up a hush money payment to a porn star. On the first day of the historic criminal trial, the first to involve a former U.S. president, Justice Juan Merchan told nearly 100 prospective jurors they must set aside any biases or personal attitudes about the defendant or the case,...
Abortion, like slavery, cannot simply be 'left to the states,' as if it’s an ordinary political issue. The republic itself is at stake.
Former first lady Melania Trump will be speaking about ways to “unite” the country at a fundraising event on behalf of her husband, Donald Trump. Saturday will be Melania Trump’s first fundraiser for her husband’s 2024 presidential campaign, hosted by Log Cabin Republicans, an LGBT group. She defended her reasoning in a statement to Fox News Digital. […]
Donald Trump’s controversial statement on abortion this week made headlines for all sorts of reasons, including the fact that his position frustrated his opponent’s TV ad campaigns. That’s good. But the former president had plenty to say in his short video that deserves unpacking — and that still sets him apart from the most pro-abortion administration in U.S. history. At issue is a 15-week national abortion law, which Republicans such as Senator Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) support. Just last...
Stephen A. Smith criticized the hush money trial against former President Trump in Thursday comments, saying he wants to see him “lose the right way.” As primarily Democratic voter, the sports commentator said he is “utterly disgusted” with Trump’s criminal trial, which kicked off Monday with jury selection. Smith said he sees it as Democrats
Former President Donald Trump‘s New York trial case will keep him in court daily, severely curtailing his ability to appear on the campaign trail. Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg brought 34 felony charges against Trump in 2023 for falsifying business records to cover up a hush money payment scheme to porn actress Stormy Daniels during the […]
Pearl Jam front man Eddie Vedder explained the meaning behind the band's politically-themed song off their album "Dark Matter."The song titled "Wreckage" is purportedly about Donald Trump, Vedder told the Times, calling the former president and candidate "desperate to win" and only looking to avoid imprisonment."There is a guy in the United States who is still saying he didn’t lose an election," he told the British outlet. "And people are reverberating and amplifying that message as if it is...
Former President Trump met Wednesday night with Polish President Andrzej Duda, the latest in a series of conversations the presumptive Republican nominee has held with foreign leaders. Trump hosted Duda at Trump Tower in New York City, where the former president is staying as he attends his criminal trial over an alleged hush money scheme.
There's something in the air in New York, and it's coming from Donald
Evan Corcoran, an attorney for Donald Trump who became a critical witness in the classified documents case against the former president, no longer represents him, CNN has learned. New York Times reporter and CNN analyst Maggie Haberman joins CNN’s Kaitlan Collins to discuss.
Before Donald Trump's hush-money trial in New York got underway, pundits predicted that the proceedings could be a media bonanza for the former president. During this year’s Republican primaries, they noted, Trump’s popularity rose every time he was indicted. But so far, the trial, on charges that Trump covered up illicit payments to an adult filmmaker and actor to influence the 2016 election, hasn’t made him look like much of a hero. He’s appeared to fall asleep in the courtroom more than once....
Former U.K. Prime Minister Liz Truss said she hopes for a second term for Donald Trump. Truss appeared on Fox Business’s Varney and Co. on Friday, where she was asked if she was a “backer of Trump.” She was in office after Trump’s second term and about a year into President Joe Biden’s term. “Yes. […]