• The Question No One Is Asking About Trump's New York Criminal Trial

    Monday was a day of highs and lows for Donald Trump. Things started with a bang after an appellate court

  • New RNC hires are asked if they believe the 2020 election was stolen: Lara Trump and new leadership team's recruitment policy is revealed after Ronna McDaniel's spectacular ouster

    RNC bosses ask potential hires if they think the 2020 election was stolen. 'If you say the election wasn't stolen, do you really think you're going to get hired?' one former RNC employee questioned. Implementation of this litmus test comes after Trump-aligned leadership was installed at the RNC – including daughter-in-law Lara as the new co-chair

  • Council asks public to name new footbridge

    Currently known as Market Gate Bridge, Barnsley Council hopes members of the public will suggest a new name that ‘reflects the rich history of Barnsley’. The bridge links The Glass Works square with the transport interchange and Market Gate car park, and BMBC says there is a small amount of ‘cosmetic’ works to complete. Councillor Robin Franklin, cabinet spokesperson for regeneration and culture, said: “When Network Rail closed the Jumble Lane level crossing for safety reasons, we were given an...

  • 'Homicide: New York' on Netflix: Your Guide to the Killers

    From the Carnegie Deli Murders to the Midtown Slasher.

  • New date set for Robert Telles murder trial

    A judge set a new trial date for the accused murderer Robert Telles Tuesday despite the defendant’s desire to go to trial immediately.

    • NPR

    Trump's New York trial is delayed until mid-April

    The delay in the hush money case would allow the former president's legal team to review new records that could be related to the case.

  • Morning Digest: We've got new data for New York's new House map

    The Morning Digest is compiled by David Nir, Jeff Singer, and Stephen Wolf, with additional contributions from the Daily Kos Elections team. Subscribe to The Downballot, our weekly podcast Embedded Content Leading Off ● New York: With New York's new congressional map now in effect, Daily Kos Elections is rolling out a batch of updates to some of our most frequently used data sets. Up first is our chart of the results of the 2020 presidential election broken down by congressional...

  • Floyd Mitchell Formally Introduced as Oakland's New Police Chief

    Mayor Sheng Thao introduced the city's police chief yesterday after more than a year of no one filling the role permanently.

  • Trump hit with new gag order in hush money trial

    New York Judge Juan M. Merchan placed a limited gag order on former President Donald Trump ahead of a hush money trial, set to start April 15.The order came Tuesday after a request from New York County District Attorney Alvin Bragg.According to The New York Times, the gag order prohibits Trump "from attacking witnesses, prosecutors and jurors."“The uncontested record reflecting the Defendant’s prior extrajudicial statements establishes a sufficient risk to the administration of justice and there...

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    Father asks community to help finding son’s killer

    After the shooting that took the life of his son, the father of Andrew Thomas is looking to his community for help as the shooter still walks free.

  • Trump seethes after New York trial set for April 15

    Former President Trump fumed Monday over his legal troubles after a New York judge scheduled an April 15 start date for his hush money trial despite Trump’s efforts to postpone the case. Trump, spe

    • MSNBC

    Trump's New York hush money trial shouldn't need to be further delayed

    Donald Trump’s first criminal trial was supposed to start this coming Monday in New York state court. Instead, a hearing is scheduled to take place that day that could determine when the hush money trial will actually happen. A filing from Manhattan prosecutors ahead of the hearing gives reason to think that the case should go to trial next month — or not too long after. It was pushed back after the late production of Michael Cohen-related materials from federal prosecutors, who previously...