• Judge Merchan Threatens Trump With Arrest

    Donald Trump made an appearance in court on Monday for jury selection during his so-called "hush money" trial.

  • Is Melania the Trump campaign’s secret weapon?

    She left the White House with the worst popularity rating for any first lady in history. But she could still be an asset for her husbandShe is a riddle inside an enigma wrapped in Valentino. One of the few things anyone can say with certainty about Melania Trump is that the former first lady has never been keen on politics. And who can blame her? Melania was living a life of untrammelled luxury before her husband decided he wanted to be president. She didn’t have to pretend to care about causes....

  • Protester Threatening to 'Murder' City Council Goes Viral

    A video of a protester threatening members of a California city council with murder has gone viral after it was shared online by conservative social media accounts.The protester, identified by local media as 28-year-old Riddhi Patel, was arrested inside Bakersfield City Council chambers on Wednesday and later charged with felony counts for her threats to the council.Patel, who can be heard in the video mentioning Palestinians, made the threats while she spoke during a portion of the council...

  • Meet the supporters and protesters outside Trump’s criminal trial

    Once again, Donald Trump made history on Monday, becoming the first American president to ever stand on criminal charges. The former president has been charged with 34 counts of falsifying business records in a bid to conceal a hush money payment made to adult film star Stormy Daniels in the lead-up to the 2016 presidential election. The charges on their own are misdemeanours but have been elevated to felonies because Manhattan district attorney Alvin Bragg says they occurred to violate state or...

  • "I Can't Go To My Son's Graduation": NY Judge Threatens Trump With Arrest

    "I Can't Go To My Son's Graduation": NY Judge Threatens Trump With Arrest Update (1750ET): The first day of Donald Trump's 'hush money' trial was fairly uneventful - aside from the judge, a complete dick, barring the former President from attending his son's graduation and threatening arrest if he does. Speaking after a long day of jury selection and ground rules (with more than 50 jurors dismissed), Trump walked out of the courtroom and expressed his obvious displeasure. "As...

  • All NS trains to halt for brief protest after conductor was viciously beaten

    All NS trains will halt for 3 minutes at 10:30 p.m. on Saturday in protest against violence faced by NS conductors, drivers, and other employees. The protest follows a group of young people assaulting a chief conductor and a train driver on a train between Delft and The Hague this past Saturday.

  • Protests, Traffic, Crowds: Court Braces for a Trump Trial Like No Other

    Manhattan’s Criminal Courts Building, at 100 Centre Street, is short on charm: circled in scaffolding, lit like an aging cafeteria and, in recent months, neighbor to a colossal pile of rubble, the remains of the Manhattan Detention Complex, which is being demolished. Yet come Monday, it will be the pulsing center of a swirling mass of security measures, and likely headaches, as the first criminal trial of Donald J. Trump kicks off on its 15th floor. Court and law enforcement personnel have been...

  • Trump jury selection moves ahead as his allies threaten chaos in Congress

    First jurors selected for ex-president’s hush money trial as DC Republicans threaten to kick out Speaker — again

  • Student protesters call for Smith College to cut ties with weapon manufacturers

    A group of Smith College students held a rally on campus Tuesday as part of an ongoing effort requesting that the college cut ties with weapons manufacturers.

  • 'Enigma wrapped in Valentino': columnist shreds idea that Melania is Trump's secret weapon

    A new op-ed asks readers wondering if Melania Trump is a secret campaign weapon to envision the former first lady wrapped in a luxurious bathrobe staring at photo albums as her husband faces criminal accusations that he paid hush money to an adult film star. The Guardian's Arwa Mahdawi Tuesday posed the question of Melania Trump's "secret weapon" status as the former first lady makes a slow return to the spotlight after a notable absence. While Mahdawi argues Melania's walk along the campaign...

  • 'Trump is threatening violence on Americans': Internet pounces on ex-president's new video

    Donald Trump on Saturday shared a video that purports to be about his "virtues," but political onlookers said it is about more than that.Trump posted the video on Saturday. Titled "Trump's virtues," the video opens with Thomas Klingenstein, self identified as a writer, a playwright, and an investor, calling on those who "can't stand" Trump to support the former president nonetheless.Former federal prosecutor Joyce Vance sounded the alarm about the video hours after it was published."This is an...

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    ‘He should be thrown in a cell for that’: Trump’s mob boss tactics threaten Hush Money trial

    Tim O'Brien, Senior Executive Editor at Bloomberg Opinion and NBC News Correspondent Vaughn Hillyard join Nicolle Wallace on Deadline White House with the mob boss tactics of Donald Trump now impacting the jury selection process and throwing into the question whether this trial can be conducted fairly if Trump is not held accountable for violating gag orders.