Biden campaign fundraises off of De Niro appearance at Trump trial
President Biden's reelection campaign is doubling down on Robert De Niro's support — a day after the "Killers of the Flower Moon" star made a surprise appearance at former President Trump's hush money...
View ArticleTrump hush money jury asks for Cohen, Pecker transcripts
NEW YORK — The jury in former President Trump’s hush money case returned its first two notes after beginning deliberations hours earlier Wednesday, making four requests to review critical pieces of...
View ArticleBiden opposition leaves House bill hitting ICC in limbo
The White House has complicated Congress’s plans to reprimand the International Criminal Court (ICC) over the Israel-Hamas war, shooting down the nascent sanctions proposal that bipartisan House...
View ArticleSupreme Court unanimously rules for NRA in free speech fight
The Supreme Court unanimously ruled Thursday that the National Rifle Association (NRA) can move forward in its free speech fight against a former New York regulator. Authored by liberal Justice Sonia...
View ArticleRoberts declines meeting with Senate Democrats about Alito controversy
Chief Justice John Roberts on Thursday declined a request to meet with Senate Judiciary Committee Chair Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) and Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.) about their push for Justice Samuel...
View ArticleJury finds Trump guilty on 34 counts; first president convicted of felony:...
Jurors found former President Trump guilty on all 34 counts of falsifying business records, making him the first former president to be convicted of a felony. The jurors reached a verdict in the late...
View ArticleTrump found guilty on all 34 counts in hush money case
NEW YORK — Donald Trump is the first former U.S. president to become a convicted felon after a jury on Thursday found him guilty on all counts of falsifying business records to conceal alleged affairs...
View ArticleSpeaker Johnson predicts Trump victory in appeal of 'absurd' verdict
Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) on Thursday blasted former President Trump’s conviction in his New York hush money case, predicting Trump will successfully appeal the “absurd” verdict. “Today is a...
View ArticleWill Trump go to jail?
Former President Trump’s swift guilty verdict on 34 counts related to concealing hush money payments makes him the first president to be convicted of a felony, but it does not mean he is going to jail...
View ArticleTrump VP contenders rush to his defense after guilty verdict
Lawmakers under consideration to join former President Trump on the Republican ticket in November rushed to his defense after a New York jury found him guilty on 34 felony counts in his hush money...
View ArticleRepublicans slam Trump verdict in New York hush money case
Republican allies of former President Trump expressed outrage after a New York jury found him guilty on all 34 charges in his hush money criminal trial. Thursday marked a first in American history...
View ArticleSenate Republicans pan Trump convictions: ‘Real verdict will be Election Day’
Senate Republicans on Thursday widely panned the guilty verdict against former President Trump for falsifying business records, arguing that it was a “disgrace,” a “sham” and that the true verdict...
View ArticleSharpton invokes Central Park 5 in response to Trump guilty verdict
As a New York jury found former President Trump guilty of 34 felony counts Thursday, the Rev. Al Sharpton said his thoughts were with the Central Park Five. Trump’s trial, which began in April, took...
View ArticleTrump pardon power wouldn’t reach hush money verdict
Former President Trump would regain pardon power if he wins the White House in November, but that would not help him overturn his conviction in New York in his hush money trial. Trump was found guilty...
View ArticleBragg declines to say whether prosecutors will seek jail time for Trump
Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg (D) at a Thursday press conference declined to say whether prosecutors will seek jail time for former President Trump after he was found guilty on 34 counts of...
View ArticleInside the courtroom: Trump becomes first convicted US president
NEW YORK — “We, the jury, have reached a verdict.” After countless motions and seven weeks of trial that saw 22 witnesses take the stand, Trump could no longer outrun his fate. A jury of 12 New...
View ArticleDemocrats say Biden caved on ‘red line’ warning in Rafah
Liberal Democrats are going after President Biden for his approach to Israel’s incursion into Rafah, accusing the president of caving on his “red line” warning to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu not...
View ArticleTrump verdict throws election into uncharted territory
Former President Trump’s guilty verdict in his New York City hush money trial is throwing the presidential election into uncertain territory as Republicans and Democrats grapple with how to move...
View ArticlePossible VP pick says Trump verdict does not 'give me pause'
North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum, a rising GOP star whose name has been floated as a possible running mate for former President Trump, said Trump’s conviction in his New York trial doesn’t give him any...
View ArticleJim Jordan demands Bragg testimony following Trump hush money guilty verdict
House Judiciary Chair Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) said Friday he would demand testimony from Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg (D) and another top prosecutors who worked on former President Trump’s hush...
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