Donald Trump suffered a blow in the Pennsylvania primary on Tuesday, as tens of thousands of Republicans refused to vote for him despite being the presumptive GOP nominee.The former president won the primary race in the key swing state with 83.5 percent of the vote, amounting to more than 786,000 votes.However, Nikki Haley, who ended her campaign for the White House after Super Tuesday in March, still received 16.5 percent of the vote, equating to more than 155,000 ballots.The ContextTrump has...
After two days of jury selection in his first criminal trial, Donald Trump is expressing some confusion about the selection process. He complained Wednesday on Truth Social that he thought that "STRIKES were supposed to be 'unlimited' when we were picking our jury? I was then told we only had 10, not nearly enough when we were purposely given the 2nd Worst Venue in the Country." Putting aside the offbeat capitalization and venue grousing, let’s clear up the rules that anyone sitting in a...
Let's be clear: If Donald Trump is talking about abortion, he's losing. He and his campaign would much rather be playing offense, slamming President Joe Biden on issues like immigration and the economy as the 2024 presidential race heats up. But when he's talking about abortion, Trump is playing defense. So at the outset of the week, Trump tried to put the issue to rest. Here's a very brief recap of how that worked out. Monday: After months of obfuscation, Trump finally stated his position on...
Donald Trump is backing the Republican vying to replace Rep. Dan Newhouse, one of two remaining GOP lawmakers who voted to impeach the ex-president.
Ex-adviser Stephen Miller bizarrely claims his old boss ‘changed American fashion’
For the first time in recent memory, many traditional Democrats are considering leaving the party over weakening Israel support.
Campaign toils to convince Republicans to vote early, crucial to winning the election, while ensuring they don’t annoy TrumpDonald Trump’s attacks on mail-in voting have increasingly caused heartburn for the Trump 2024 campaign as they attempt to undo the self-sabotage by ramping up operations in key battleground states encouraging Republicans to vote early and by mail ahead of the presidential election.The former US president has continued his crusade in recent months: in December he called for...
Alina Habba, lawyer for ex-President Donald Trump, denounced the U.S. justice system, specifically calling out judges presiding over the various cases against her boss."I have never been treated the way I'm treated when I walk into court and I say I represent President Trump," Habba, currently Trump's legal spokesperson for his criminal hush-money trial in New York City, told Newsweek in a phone interview on Tuesday night.Habba earlier on Tuesday during an interview with Newsmax host Carl Higbie...
House Speaker Mike Johnson and former President Donald Trump on Friday projected unity and vowed to push election integrity legislation requiring every voter to prove they are a U.S. citizen.
Former President Donald Trump and House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) are advancing legislation at an upcoming news conference at Mar-a-Lago that would prohibit non-citizens from voting in federal elections — a development trumpeted by former Trump campaign adviser Steve Cortes on X Thursday."It’s sad that we have to propose and fight for legislation to ban illegal aliens from voting," wrote Cortes, who has served as a commentator on right-wing media in the past. "But that’s what happens when...
The defense and prosecution delivered opening statements on Monday morning. They laid out the arguments and strategies they will develop with witnesses. David Pecker, former publisher of National Enquirer, was first to take the stand
The Supreme Court struggled Tuesday with the government’s case against 350 Jan. 6 defendants from the 2021 protest at the Capitol, with justices pondering how a law written in the wake of the Enron document-shredding scandal can be applied to those who brought the 2020 election certification to a halt.