A New York court will begin selecting jurors Monday to try an ex-president on criminal charges for the first time in U.S. history.
Donald Trump will once again negatively make history. Today (April 15), Trump will be the first former president to stand tiral on criminal charges. The first step in the trial will be jury selection. Trump is required to attend each trial hearing, which, according to NBC News, could last up to eight weeks. Trump has […] The post The People of New York v. Donald Trump: First Criminal Trial of U.S. President Begins first appeared on The Source.
Editor’s Note: A version of this article first appeared in the “Reliable Sources” newsletter. Sign up for the daily digest chronicling the evolving media landscape here. O.J. Simpson gripped the nation’s attention for a final time Thursday. As breaking news banners and push alerts crashed onto screens from coast to coast, stunning millions with news of the former National Football League star’s death, the moment produced one last Simpson-centric collective event for the national consciousness....
Few films have stirred the cultural pot quite like “Civil War.” The April 12 release envisions a near-future America at war with itself. Kirsten Dunst leads an ensemble cast including “Parks and Recreation” standout Nick Offerman as the U.S. president. Much of the film’s story has been kept under wraps. The film’s SXSW Film and TV Festival debut let some light shine on the narrative. Offerman’s president, for example, has fascistic tendencies and is currently serving his third term....
Few films have stirred the cultural pot quite like “Civil War.” The April 12 release envisions a near-future America at war with itself. Kirsten Dunst leads an ensemble cast including “Parks and Recreation” standout Nick Offerman as the U.S. president. Much of the film’s story has been kept under wraps. The film’s SXSW Film and TV Festival debut let some light shine on the narrative. Offerman’s president, for example, has fascistic tendencies and is currently serving his third term....
Donald Trump's "Messiah complex" may have reached its peak last month when the former president announced he was selling $59.99 'God Bless the USA' Bibles.Laura Brodie noted in a TIME Magazine article the MAGA hopeful's recent antics include telling his supporters "that he’s suffering for their sake, sharing a faux courtroom sketch of Christ at his side, and circulating actor Jon Voight’s bizarre claim that he is being 'destroyed as Jesus.'"Boston College history professor Heather Cox...
At the Constitutional Convention in 1787, Pennsylvania delegate James Wilson brought up a seemingly un-American idea. He said the executive branch of America’s government should be headed by a single person: a president. Several constitutional delegates objected. A single leader at the helm? Virginia delegate Edmund Randolph said this was the “fetus of monarchy.” America had just fought a bloody war to free themselves of a king. Why would they want another? Randolph and his allies believed the...
The Former commander-in-chief faces cases in Washington, Florida, New York and Georgia – all while campaigning to become president once again. Josh Marcus explains each one and the lengthy prison sentences that could be attached
Speaker Mike Johnson is making an effort to emphasize close ties to former President Donald Trump as the Louisiana Republican faces the threat of a vote to strip him of the speaker’s gavel. CNN political commentator SE Cupp gives her reaction to Johnson’s planned appearance with Trump at Mar-a-Lago.
NEW YORK (AP) — Former President Donald Trump met Wednesday in New York with Polish President Andrzej Duda, the latest in a series of meetings with foreign leaders as Europe braces for the possibility of a second Trump term. The presumptive Republican nominee hosted Duda at Trump Tower, where the two discussed the war in []
Donald Trump gave another confused speech that bordered on gibberish last night at Mar-a-Lago. This time, he bizarrely spouted nonsense that had something to do with New York Attorney General Letitia James — but he couldn't speak coherently, let alone get her last name right. — Read the rest
President Joe Biden returned to his birthplace of Scranton, Pennsylvania on Tuesday. 'When I look at the economy I don't see it through the eyes of Mar-a-Lago. I see it through the eyes of Scranton,' Biden argued. He ridiculed former President Donald Trump for his financial woes and said Trump's tagline, You're Fired, 'wasn't entertainment it was a nightmare'