Donald Trump will make history as the first former president to stand trial on criminal charges when his hush money case opens Monday with jury selection. The case will force the presumptive Republican presidential nominee to juggle campaigning with sitting in a Manhattan courtroom for weeks to defend himself against charges involving a scheme to bury…
Stormy Daniels just got into a heated online exchange with MAGA fans over her hush money scandal involving former president Donald Trump. The fight between Daniels and MAGA supporters stems from a Truth Social post made by Trump about a letter signed by the former adult film entertainer denying ever having an affair with him. Donald Trump…
Speaker of the House Mike Johnson is no recent convert to Donald Trump’s gospel of the Big Lie; after the 2020 election, Johnson led 100 House Republicans in filing an amicus brief supporting an effort to invalidate the results of four swing states President Joe Biden won. So it was little surprise to see him standing next to Trump at Mar-a-Lago…
The primaries season has come to a rapid conclusion. Both Donald Trump and Joe Biden have garnered enough delegates from their respective parties to secure their nomination to run for president. Yet many Americans are unhappy with these choices, particularly those under 30 years of age. However, the system used to determine who will be on the ballot has spoken, no matter how flawed such a system…
There’s rarely a good time for prices to rise a lot. Good luck finding someone who will tell you they enjoy it when their hard-earned dollars can’t stretch as far. But, if you’re President Joe Biden, now is a particularly bad time for inflation to reaccelerate. Just as he was starting to get better marks…
White House advisers are looking to one economic indicator in particular for signs that the economy is heading in the right direction amid persistent inflation, high interest rates and lackluster wage gains. Consumer sentiment — a gauge of how average Americans feel about their financial situation and purchasing power — has climbed more than 30% since late…
Last weekend, Donald Trump issued a new barrage of threats against Americans who decline to vote for him or who otherwise resist the resurgence of the MAGA movement. This came in the form of a new video repeatedly shared on Trump’s personal disinformation platform, Truth Social. Titled “Trump’s Virtues Part II,” it extols the virtues Trump notably…
Sarah Matthews was working in the White House on Jan. 6, 2021 when a mob of former President Donald Trump’s supporters stormed the U.S. Capitol in an attempt to stop the certification of President Joe Biden’s victory. She saw how Trump’s staff tried to get him to condemn the violence for hours without success. “In my eyes,…
Haunted by election spoilers of the past, President Joe Biden’s Democratic allies have mobilized against Robert F. Kennedy Jr., intent on stopping his independent presidential bid from dooming Democrats in November. On the 2024 campaign trail, Biden has ignored Kennedy, the anti-vaccine activist and son of deceased liberal icon Robert F. Kennedy, as he focuses solely on Donald…
The Biden administration announced Friday that it will forgive $7.4 billion in student debt for 277,000 borrowers. The latest round of loan cancellations is a result of the U.S. Department of Education’s recent changes and improved oversight of income-driven repayment plans and the popular Public Service Loan Forgiveness program. “As long as there are people with…
Long-simmering tensions between China and its neighbors took center stage on Thursday as leaders of the U.S., Japan and the Philippines gathered at the White House to push back on Beijing’s stepped-up pressure on Manila in the disputed South China Sea. US President Joe Biden’s administration is expected to announce new joint military efforts and…
Donald Trump won the 2016 election because he was seen as a plucky, unconventional underdog running against not just a face of the establishment, but arguably its most reviled representative. Four years later, as an incumbent, Trump lost – in spite of his mostly impressive record in office. Some might chalk his defeat up to…
In November 2022, President Joe Biden’s eldest granddaughter Naomi Biden married Peter Neal at the White House. “Peter and I are endlessly grateful to my Nana and Pop for the opportunity to celebrate our wedding at the White House,” Naomi tweeted ahead of the wedding. “We can’t wait to make our commitment to one another official and for what…
President Joe Biden voiced his administration’s efforts to tackle the maternal health crisis Black women in America are facing. In recognition of Black Maternal Health Week, April 11 through April 17, U.S. President Joe Biden issued a proclamation during Black Maternal Health Week 2024. The administration continues to address the maternal health crisis plaguing the…
Donald Trump has lashed out at President Joe Biden in a Truth Social video accusing the president of being a “criminal” after he failed to delay an imminent criminal trial in Manhattan. his string of criminal trials. Mr Trump lost three last-ditch bids in three days to delay his New York hush money trial, with jury selection set to…
President Joe Biden has promised Israel “ironclad” US support amid fears that Tehran could launch reprisals for an attack that killed senior Iranians. Mr Biden warned that Iran is threatening to launch a “significant attack” after Israel struck the Iranian consulate in Syria ten days ago. “We’re going to do all we can to protect Israel’s security,”…
Donald Trump on Wednesday lost his 11th bid to delay his New York hush money trial, which now remains on track for jury selection Monday. A Manhattan appellate judge, Associate Justice Ellen Gesmer, did not give a reason for declining Trump’s delay bid, which argued that too many defense issues — including a request that the judge recuse…
President Biden is trying again to cancel student loan debt for up to 25 million borrowers after the Supreme Court killed his first effort to do so last year. The new plan draws on a different legal justification, which Biden officials hope will be better able to survive inevitable court challenges. If the plan holds, the government will write…
The Republican National Committee last week sent out a scripted call to voters’ phones on behalf of new co-chair Lara Trump saying Democrats committed “massive fraud” in the 2020 election. It’s the latest example of how the RNC under the former president’s daughter-in-law is perpetuating lies about the 2020 election, even as prominent Republicans say the party…
President Joe Biden said Wednesday that he is considering a request from Australia to drop the decade-long U.S. push to prosecute Wikileaks founder Julian Assange for publishing a trove of American classified documents. For years, Australia has called on the U.S. to drop its prosecution against Assange, an Australian citizen who has fought U.S. extradition…