During a rally in Wildwood, New Jersey on May 11, former President Donald Trump praised fictional serial-killing cannibal Hannibal Lecter and confused President Jimmy Carter for tennis great Jimmy Connors. All of these moments and more are explored in the podcast “Shrinking Trump,” which is hosted by a doctor duo, psychologists Dr. John Gartner and Dr. Harry Segal, who examine…
Former President Donald Trump will appear in a criminal courtroom Monday morning in a case brought by Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg over whether, in 2016, Trump used campaign funds to try to keep voters from finding out about an alleged affair with an adult film star. The case is by no means a slam-dunk, it’s potentially weaker than some of…
Sara Dorn Forbes Staff President Joe Biden’s reelection campaign targeted billionaires cozying up to former President Donald Trump for their previous suggestions to modify Social Security—a hot-button issue in the 2024 campaign as Trump has made contradicting statements about his plans for entitlement programs. KEY FACTS The Biden campaign in a statement to Forbes said…
The questions that will be asked of the jury in Donald Trump’s upcoming hush money criminal case have been revealed. They range from whether prospective jurors listen to podcasts to their feelings about a former president being criminally tried in state court. Also on Monday, an appeals court dismissed Mr Trump’s most recent effort to…
Trump is required to attend court during his hush-money trial, which is expected to last at least six weeks Former President Donald Trump makes history on Monday, as he becomes the first current or former president in the nation’s history to go on trial. Trump’s hush-money trial, which will get underway in a New York…
Donald Trump’s hush money trial is heading into the final stretch, with prosecutors’ last and star witness back on the stand Monday for more grilling before the former president’s lawyers get their chance to put on a case. The landmark trial will kick back off in Manhattan with more defense cross-examination of former Trump attorney Michael Cohen, whose pivotal…
The automotive industry is experiencing a revolution driven by advancements in technology. From electric vehicles (EVs) to self-driving cars and connected car technology, these innovations are reshaping the way we think about transportation. In this article, we’ll explore the latest developments in these areas and their impact on the future of mobility. Electric Vehicles (EVs)…
Melania and Donald Trump’s marriage has long been thought to be an enigma of sorts in the public eye. While the couple has been together since the late 1990s, many have speculated that their relationship is built less on love and more on convenience. From their large age difference (Melania is more than 20 years…
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,”…
President Joe Biden made a nostalgic return to the house where he grew up in working-class Scranton on Tuesday, kicking off three days of campaigning across Pennsylvania by calling for higher taxes on the rich and casting Donald Trump as an out-of-touch elitist. When the Democratic president wasn’t trying to blunt the populist appeal of his Republican…
Outbursts like Marjorie Taylor Greene’s House committee clash with Democrats Jasmine Crockett and Alexandria Ocasio Cortez tarnish the image of U.S. democracy by making Congress a clown show, top political scientists told Newsweek. Thursday’s confrontation began after Greene hit out at Texas rep. Crockett, commenting: “I think your fake eyelashes are messing up your reading.” New York rep. Ocasio Cortez hit…
Donald Trump is accusing Joe Biden of offering a weak response to antisemitism, wielding the clashes on colleges campuses over the war in Gaza as a campaign issue. But Trump’s attacks ignore his own long history of rhetoric that invokes the language of Nazi Germany and plays on stereotypes of Jews and politics. The latest example came…
Eric Trump was mocked for claiming his father, Donald Trump, is like an energy bunny — despite the ex-president, 77, caught snoozing in court during the first week of hush money trial. “He’s going all over the place. His stamina, Maria, I’ve never see anything like it in my life. I have just never seen it. He will be…
Seven jurors for Donald Trump’s hush-money case were selected quickly Tuesday afternoon after a sluggish start, a pace that could clear the way for trial testimony to begin next week. Three women and four men have been chosen so far for a jury that will be the first ever to decide criminal charges against a…
Retired U.S. Lieutenant General Ben Hodges suggested that Germany may be withholding support for Ukraine amid fears that former President Donald Trump will win reelection. Speaking with Al Jazeera on the sidelines of the Delphi Economic Forum held in Greece earlier this week, Hodges, who served as commanding general of U.S. Army Europe from 2014 to 2018, said that…
The top donors to President Joe Biden‘s 2024 election campaign have been revealed in Federal Election Commission (FEC) documents. Biden, the Democrats‘ presumptive 2024 presidential candidate, is expected to battle it out at the polls with Republican rival and presumptive GOP nominee Donald Trump this November, with both men vying for a second term in the White House. As their election…
In a town typically light on fashion and heavy on partisan friction, what one high-profile figure wore to a swanky White House affair has ignited a ferocious debate seemingly just as polarizing as politics in Washington. Lauren Sánchez, the former TV host-turned-philanthropist and fiancee of Amazon founder and The Washington Post owner Jeff Bezos, turned heads at the…
Jimmy Kimmel slammed Donald Trump on Tuesday for lying about “a crowd that wasn’t there” outside the Manhattan courthouse where his hush money trial is taking place. Mr Trump, 77, is currently on trial in New York accused of 34 felony counts of falsifying business records in an alleged bid to cover up hush money payments to adult film star Stormy Daniels. He allegedly paid Ms Daniels,…
Donald Trump’s own political campaign may have just violated the former president’s gag order in the hush money cover-up case. Trump campaign press secretary Karoline Leavitt appeared on Fox News, where she was asked about the gag order. “I am gagged,” Leavitt said on the conservative news network. Jesse Watters asked Leavitt if she’s “not allowed”…
Ahead of Donald Trump‘s criminal hush money trial on Monday, CNN legal analyst Jeremy Saland said prosecutors would “absolutely” like to see the former president take the stand. Trump is set to become the first former president in United States history to stand trial in a criminal case on Monday. Following an investigation by Manhattan District…