Speaking before entering the courtroom in Manhattan Trump blamed Joe Biden for his being on trial.
The alleged incident had spawned a new nickname for the 77-year-old former president online: ‘Sleepy Don’
Donald Trump’s campaign has furiously denied that the former president fell asleep during the first day of his historic criminal trial in New York, blasting the claims as “100% fake news”.
Immigration was a major theme in the former president’s speech, which included accusations that Biden was behind the "communist show trials" in which he has been indicted.
Judge Juan Merchan made a last-minute ruling Friday that denied Donald Trump's attempt to stop his New York hush money trial, claiming pretrial publicity made it impossible for him to get a fair trial.The first of the former president's criminal cases to go before a jury is now almost certain to start Monday.In just four pages, Merchan shot down the argument that the publicity meant it would be impossible to find impartial jurors in Manhattan.Experts have pointed out that Trump himself has spent...
WASHINGTON (AP) — The scenes of Donald Trump being warmly greeted on Wednesday by a Black audience at a Chick-fil-A restaurant in Atlanta electrified conservative political media at a moment when Republicans hope to make inroads with Democrats’ most committed voting bloc. Those widely shared moments were days in the making, an alliance between the […]
"I'm out," said Donald Trump's former campaign staffer on Wednesday.Lizzie Marbach, a former director of communications at Ohio Right to Life who also worked for the Ohio GOP and Trump's 2020 campaign, said the former president recently took things a step too far and failed to earn her vote.Marbach specifically pointed to a CSPAN video showing Trump suggesting Arizona went "too far" in enacting a law that essentially outlaws abortion.ALSO READ: A criminologist explains why keeping Trump from the...
The former president was in court as jury selection got underway for his trial on 34 felony counts over payments to former porn star Stormy Daniels. The Biden campaign leapt on claims by the New York Times that he fell asleep in court: 'It doesn't speak to him as an engaged, energetic candidate'. But Trump's campaign team dismissed the claim as '100% Fake News coming from 'journalists' who weren't even in the court room'
A man who was prosecuted for what he says were crimes he committed on behalf of Donald Trump has a serious warning for the former president.Trump on Saturday attacked a key witness in his felony criminal trial slated for Monday, prompting some to ask if there will be "consequences" for the apparent violation of a gag order in the hush money case. Trump's gag order was recently strengthened after Trump repeatedly attacked the judge's daughter for her company's ties to top Democrats.Trump's...
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.
On Thursday, the Senate invoked cloture, allowing debate to begin on the bill, but delay tactics from hardline conservatives prevented quick passage. Former national security officials warned in a letter to the Senate that 'even slight delays in surveillance and analysis could have grave consequences
The Senate voted Thursday to advance development of a controversial spying tool, clearing it for final passage ahead of Friday's deadline. In a 67-32 vote, the Senate invoked cloture, allowing debate on the bill to begin. Senate leaders and intelligence officials have stressed the need to reauthorize Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Authority (FISA) or else “America will go blind.” “With less than a week until FISA authorities expire, time is a luxury the Senate does not...