Universities and colleges are in turmoil but, with semesters drawing to a close and commencements underway, students—and the “outside agitators” orchestrating them—will soon be headed home, campuses emptied, and other urgencies will fill TV screens, fixating the nation’s attention on that until the next “crisis” comes along, repeat-and-rinse. That appears to be President Joe Biden’s […]
Republican candidate for a North Carolina congressional seat, Kelly Daughtry, ended her campaign on May 2 after it emerged former president Donald Trump had endorsed her rival, Brad Knott. Ms. Daughtry, a Johnston County attorney, finished first among 14 candidates in the March 5 Republican primary for the central North Carolina 13th Congressional District, however, […]
The most powerful voices in Republican politics are seeking to prevent Nevada from accepting mail-in ballots received up to four business days after Election Day. On May 3, the Republican National Committee, Donald J. Trump For President 2024 Inc., and Donald Szymanski filed a three-count complaint in the U.S. District Court for the District of […]
Former President Donald Trump has been tied up in court in his so-called hush money trial for the past three weeks, and will be for weeks to come. Political reporter for The Epoch Times Lawrence Wilson breaks down President Trump’s creative campaign strategy, which he says is built around the former president’s court responsibilities.
Hope Hicks, a one-time Trump administration official, told a Manhattan court on Friday that former President Donald Trump’s ex-attorney Michael Cohen attempted to “insert himself” into the campaign and confirmed a defense lawyer’s comment that he “went rogue” at certain moments. Under cross-examination, Ms. Hicks testified that Mr. Cohen, a central figure in the case, […]
After Friday’s proceedings at his so-called hush money trial ended, former President Donald Trump took aim at the Department of Justice, the New York Attorney General’s office, and other members of the government he says are persecuting him. President Trump criticized the Biden administration with respect to the April jobs report, crime in cities, and […]
Former President Donald Trump issued a warning about the direction of the U.S. economy after Friday’s job creation numbers came in far below expectations and as more Americans were bumped onto unemployment rolls. The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) reported on May 3 that the U.S. economy added 175,000 new jobs last month. That’s down […]
President Joe Biden appeared in Wilmington, North Carolina, on May 2 to announce an additional $3 billion for his administration’s ambitious plan to replace all of the nation’s lead pipes in the name of providing clean drinking water to everybody in the state and beyond. “There’s no–no—safe level of lead exposure. None,” he said. “The […]
Part of the testimony this week at former President Donald Trump’s business records trial in New York came from a lawyer for adult film actress Stormy Daniels. However, according to Will Scharf, a former federal prosecutor and an attorney for President Trump, the testimony has failed to provide direct evidence showing that he falsified business […]
Former President Donald Trump accused New York Justice Juan Merchan of unprecedented “abuse” while criticizing a gag order the court imposed on him. President Trump spoke to reporters after proceedings in his so-called hush money trial ended on Thursday.
Former President Donald Trump’s criminal trial on payments from a non-disclosure deal with an adult performer in New York continues on May 3. President Trump is charged with falsifying business records to allegedly conceal the payments. He has denied the allegations. SCHEDULE 8:30 a.m. ET: Trump Tower Exterior 9:30 a.m. ET: Start of court proceedings
Trump Criticizes Bragg After Leaving Courtroom President Trump left the courtroom and when asked about Ms. Hicks’s testimony told reporters he was not allowed to comment under the gag order. He criticized the prosecutors instead, including Mr. Bragg, for not prosecuting violent crime. “What they’ve done to people in my company—they’ve been after us for […]
Former President Donald Trump gave a substantially different answer when asked on May 2 whether he would testify in his own defense at trial. “Well I’m not allowed to testify, I’m under a gag order,” he told reporters before leaving court on Thursday afternoon. On several previous occasions, President Trump’s response was an emphatic “yes” […]
Judge Juan Merchan, overseeing the “hush-money” trial of former President Donald Trump on May 2, said he would not sanction the former president for his comment last week during a visit to a Manhattan construction site. Prosecutors had sought to penalize President Trump when he responded to a question about trial witness David Pecker’s testimony, […]
Former President Donald Trump, at his stop in Waukesha, Wisconsin, said it “was a beautiful thing to watch” when the NYPD stormed the barricaded building at Columbia University and rounded up protesters, whom President Trump called “raging lunatics and Hamas sympathizers.” An analysis piece in The Washington Post outlined how President Joe Biden has mostly […]
A lawyer who was involved in the negotiations for agreements between former President Donald Trump and two women pushed back on prosecutors’ claims that it was a “hush-money” payment during a court appearance on Thursday. Keith Davidson, who negotiated agreements related to adult performer Stephanie Clifford, also known as Stormy Daniels, and model Karen McDougal, […]
Former President Donald Trump said Thursday that he is “not surprised” about what he termed the “bleak” state of the U.S. economy a day after the Federal Reserve decided to hold interest rates, citing concerns over inflation. President Trump compared his economic policies to those of President Joe Biden, telling reporters in front of a […]
Trump Claims Gag Order Prevents Him From Testifying In a departure from previous answers, President Trump signaled he may not testify at trial after all. “Well I’m not allowed to testify, I’m under a gag order,” he said, before turning to his attorney. “I guess.” Mr. Blanche smiled and gave a non-committal shake of his […]
FREELAND, Mich.—President Donald Trump rallied some 3,500 supporters in this working-class community, vowing to reignite the auto industry in the state that has lost thousands of jobs to Mexico and lives under the threat of further erosion of this key industry to competition from China. Under clear blue skies with two dozen American flags standing […]
