Former President Trump made history last year as the first of the nation's chief executives to be indicted for a crime. This week, he will add another chapter — becoming the first former president to stand trial on criminal charges. And later this year, he could top even that if he becomes the first candidate with a criminal record to win the presidency. Here's a look at the unprecedented legal questions Trump's situation presents. Yes. There's nothing in the Constitution or federal law that...
Ten years ago, former Defense Secretary Robert Gates, who served under Barack Obama and George W. Bush, wrote a memoir in which he offered a damning assessment of Joe Biden's foreign policy.
Former President Trump said he would put out a statement on Monday morning on abortion following a Florida court ruling that prompted questions about whether he supports the state's looming ban on the procedure after six weeks of pregnancy. "Republicans, and all others, must follow their hearts and minds, but remember that, like Ronald Reagan
Former President Donald Trump experienced a fresh form of humiliation during the second day of his criminal hush money trial, listening to a cavalcade of negative social media posts about him without reacting, according to new piece from Daily Beast writer David Mack. Mack revels in "the Joy of making Trump listen to mean tweets About himself" in his new op-ed."The vicious, thin-skinned ex-president was forced to endure readings of social media posts by prospective jurors that mercilessly mocked...
Late-night hosts discuss Trump’s upcoming hush-money trial, his stance on an abortion ban and obfuscating language around his ‘mistruths’Late-night hosts talked gag order, hush money and who could possibly make an impartial jury for Donald Trump. Continue reading
Former First Lady Melania Trump is scheduled to make her first campaign appearance following the passing of her mother in January 2024 at a
An Axios report on the Trump team’s intention to use civil-rights laws to target DEI policies discriminating against whites has occasioned sneering and denunciations.
On Tuesday, late-night television host Jimmy Kimmel delivered another monologue making fun of former President Donald Trump. On Wednesday morning, the presumptive Republican presidential nominee fired back on social media — in part by attacking Kimmel for something Kimmel didn’t do. Trump, calling Kimmel “stupid,” blasted the comedian for his general performance as host of the Academy Awards in March and specifically for having read aloud, from the stage, Trump’s mid-show social media post...
A Fox personality’s social media post on Monday is raising eyebrows, as one U.S. Congressman calls it “jury tampering” and a legal expert suggests it could be “conspiring to commit jury tampering.”Clay Travis is an attorney and the founder of the conservative “sports and American culture” website Outkick, which was purchased by the Fox Corporation in 2021.His Fox News bio calls him “the founder of the fastest-growing national multimedia platform,” and, “One of the most electrifying and outspoken...
CNN’s Katelyn Polantz reports on the jury questionnaire in former President Donald Trump’s hush money trial in New York, which reflects the unusual political context of this trial.
When Donald Trump referred to the illegal immigrant accused of killing 22-year-old Laken Riley on the University of Georgia campus as an "animal," the liberal media went aflame with outrage. Thus on MSNBC, Joy Reid condemned Trump's "dehumanizing and degrading" language [see clip at 2:00.] So, surely, no one on MSNBC would ever use the a-for-animal word in describing Donald Trump! Oh, wait. On today's Morning Joe, Mara Gay, an MSNBC analyst and member of the editorial board of the New York...
When Donald Trump referred to the illegal immigrant accused of killing 22-year-old Laken Riley on the University of Georgia campus as an "animal," the liberal media went aflame with outrage. Thus on MSNBC, Joy Reid condemned Trump's "dehumanizing and degrading" language [see clip at 2:00.] So, surely, no one on MSNBC would ever use the a-for-animal word in describing Donald Trump! Oh, wait. On today's Morning Joe, Mara Gay, an MSNBC analyst and member of the editorial board of the New York...