Here are some things to know about Trump's social media platform and where it fits into the broader social media landscape.
Here are some things to know about Trump's social media platform and where it fits into the broader social media landscape.
Former President Donald Trump launched his social media platform, Truth Social, in early 2022, after he was banned from major sites such as Facebook and the platform formerly known as Twitter following the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol.
Former Republican National Committee Chair Reince Priebus blamed Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) and other fringe members of the GOP caucus for causing "chaos" for Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA). During a Sunday panel discussion on ABC's This Week program, Priebus reacted to Rep. Mike Gallagher's (R-WI) decision to retire early. "Here's the deal, though, and it's happening all over the country," Priebus said of gerrymandering. "435 House seats, only 20 are in play. I mean, what that...
Vast majority of incidents involve text-based threats or written abuse
Marjorie Taylor Greene caught a fact-check on Friday after she argued that Judge McAfee should be removed from the Donald Trump criminal case in Georgia, in part because he donated to Fani Willis years ago.Reacting to the ruling in which McAfee said Fani Willis could continue prosecuting Trump, Greene claimed that "Judge McAfee worked for Fani Willis and donated to her campaign AND has now ruled that Fani can keep prosecuting Trump but only if she removes her lover Nathan Wade off the...
Now that Donald Trump is officially the presumptive Republican nominee, he’s getting ready for the general election. In just the last couple of weeks, he’s scratched a lot off his to-do list. He installed new leadership, including his daughter-in-law, at the Republican National Committee and negotiated a joint-fundraising agreement with the party. His campaign is in talks with his former campaign manager and pardon recipient Paul Manafort to run the GOP convention. And his lawyers have...
Truth Social owner Trump Media & Technology Group announced Monday its merger with a publicly traded shell company has closed and trading will begin on the stock market on Tuesday. The closing of the merger between Trump Media and Digital World Acquisition Corp. amounts to a multi-billion dollar windfall for former President Donald Trump, who is the chairman and dominant shareholder of the new company. Trading of the new company under the ticker symbol “DJT” on the Nasdaq Stock Market is set to...
Donald Trump, the presumptive Republican presidential nominee, owns stock shares valued at $3 billion or more in the newly merged social media firm.
House Speaker Mike Johnson is at risk of being ousted. Hard-right Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia filed a motion to vacate on Friday during a House vote on a $1.2 trillion package to keep government open. Greene says it's a “warning” to the Louisiana lawmaker. It’s the same political dynamic that removed the last Republican speaker, Kevin McCarthy, months ago. McCarthy's was the first such ouster of a speaker after far-right conservatives revolted over his compromise with Democrats to...
The deal's greenlight arrives at a time the presumptive Republican presidential nominee is facing his most costly
Donald Trump faces a looming $454 million fraud judgment in New York that state Attorney General Letitita James could start collecting on next week.