The lawyers tasked with swaying a jury in Donald Trump's favor during the second week of the historic criminal hush money trial in New York City are going down a "hard road." That's according to former federal prosecutor Harry Litman. He believes the defense is hamstrung because the 45th president won't let his reputation be tarnished. Even as sordid details of his conduct are slowly fogging the air in the trial that is expected to last six to eight weeks before a jury deliberates.ALSO...
Plan to break up Noaa claims its research is ‘climate alarmism’ and calls for commercializing forecasts, weakening forecastsClimate experts fear Donald Trump will follow a blueprint created by his allies to gut the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (Noaa), disbanding its work on climate science and tailoring its operations to business interests.Joe Biden’s presidency has increased the profile of the science-based federal agency but its future has been put in doubt if Trump wins a...
Former President Donald Trump could be digging himself a deeper hole by making no effort to appear remorseful about his actions in the Manhattan hush money trial, wrote former impeachment counsel Norm Eisen for The New York Times.Trump is charged with felony business fraud for his alleged concealment of hush payments to adult film star Stormy Daniels, which Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg argues was a scheme to interfere with voters in the 2016 election. Trump denies these allegations,...
While numerous people were charged in the Arizona fake elector effort to keep President Donald Trump in power back in 2020 — the former president, referred to as "Unindicted Co-Conspirator 1," so far gets to skate free. Trump might not be indicted in the case yet, but it is another state indictment. And that means even if the 45th president wins the election come Nov. 5 and is able to serve out another term, he would be unable to pardon his cohorts like attorney and former New York City...
The Scotiabank analysis says if Trump follows through on threats of tariffs on all imported goods, there would be "substantial negative impacts" on the Canadian and U.S. economies.
Policy continuity is crucial if it wants to be the world's fastest growing economy for the next five years, Rob Subbaraman of Nomura said.
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Former President Donald Trump and Florida Governor Ron DeSantis met Sunday. The two men were rivals during the Republican primary. Now, sources say, they are brokering peace before November
Pearl Jam front man Eddie Vedder explained the meaning behind the band's politically-themed song off their album "Dark Matter."The song titled "Wreckage" is purportedly about Donald Trump, Vedder told the Times, calling the former president and candidate "desperate to win" and only looking to avoid imprisonment."There is a guy in the United States who is still saying he didn’t lose an election," he told the British outlet. "And people are reverberating and amplifying that message as if it is...
Biden expressed openness to debate Trump during a wide-ranging interview on Friday with radio host Howard Stern. Trump soon responded via the far-right social network Truth Social
Barr made the comments on Fox News after saying about his voting choices: "I'll jump off that bridge when I get to it."He previously called Trump's election fraud allegations "bull " He called Biden “the greater threat to democracy” By Geoff Earle, deputy US political editor Published: 5:51 p.m. EDT, April 22, 2024 | Updated: 5:55 p.m. EDT, April 22, 2024 Trump's former attorney general, Bill Barr,...
President Joe Biden says he is willing to debate Donald Trump later this fall.