Trump News for Tuesday, April 30, 2024
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Binoculars in hand, reporters go Trump-spotting at New York trial
NBC News
The must-have accessory at Donald Trump’s hush money trial?
Apr 30, 2024, 11:46 PM

Trump trial: Stormy Daniels lawyer testifies on dealings with ‘hostile’ Michael Cohen
Washington Examiner
A lawyer testified in Trump's trial in New York about his experiences negotiating deals in 2016 to silence two women who claimed they had affairs with Trump.
Apr 30, 2024, 11:45 PM

Biden is crying fake news so loudly, you'd think he was . . . Trump
New York Post
President Biden continues to insist that negative press about his failed presidency is fake news and whines about not getting the positive coverage he claims he deserves.
Apr 30, 2024, 11:18 PM
AP Explains: Takeaways from the start of week 2 of testimony in Trump's hush money trial
Yahoo Canada Finance
Prosecutors in Donald Trump's hush money trial are working on filling in the details of how they say the Republican pulled off a scheme to bury damaging stories to protect his 2016 campaign.
Apr 30, 2024, 11:12 PM

'Terrifying but so important': GOP strategist raises alarm over new Trump policy report
Raw Story
Former President Donald Trump's newly revealed policy plans is ringing alarm bells for at least one conservative operative who warned Americans Tuesday they should "be afraid."Republican strategist Sarah Longwell appeared on CNN Tuesday afternoon to discuss Time Magazine's sweeping exposé on Trump c...
Apr 30, 2024, 11:09 PM
Trump Media is up 92% since launching a crusade against short sellers
Yahoo Finance
Trump Media stock has nearly doubled since mid-April, when the company posted a message informing investors how to defend against short sellers.
Apr 30, 2024, 10:41 PM

Donald Trump receives earnout bonus worth $1.8 billion in DJT stock
CBS News
Trump's ownership stake in Trump Media & Technology group now stands at $5.7 billion, buoyed by a rise in the stock's price.
Apr 30, 2024, 10:33 PM

Trump vows to free jailed WSJ reporter Evan Gershkovich if re-elected
New York Post
Former President Donald Trump is confident he can get Russia to release jailed Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich if he’s elected president in November.
Apr 30, 2024, 10:31 PM

A $9,000 fine and warning of jail time: Trump trial key takeaways, day nine
The Guardian
The judge fined ex-president maximum financial penalty for violating gag order and warned of ‘incarceratory punishment’
Apr 30, 2024, 10:22 PM

Trump receives 36 million more shares of Trump Media as bonus
CNBC
The shares were part of a contractual "earnout bonus" that Trump's eponymous media company agreed to shortly before it went public in March.
Apr 30, 2024, 10:14 PM

CPD rebuffs Trump campaign bid for more and earlier debates
New York Post
The Committee for Presidential Debates has refused to acknowledge the Donald Trump campaign's requests for earlier and more frequent 2024 debates, sticking with its original schedule.
Apr 30, 2024, 9:58 PM

Stormy Daniels’ lawyer has the receipts
The Guardian
Trump’s trial got moving again with testimony from the attorney representing Stormy Daniels and Karen McDougal in hush-money negotiations
Apr 30, 2024, 9:56 PM

'Precisely zero evidence': Analyst relentlessly fact-checks Trump's latest courthouse rant
Raw Story
Donald Trump raged Tuesday outside the Manhattan courtroom where he faces a criminal hush money trial and spurred one indignant CNN analyst to blast the former president for what he described as a torrent of false and misleading claims. Daniel Dale told anchor Jake Tapper he has grown tired of addre...
Apr 30, 2024, 9:45 PM

Contempt Fines and Hush-Money Details: 5 Takeaways From Trump’s Trial
The New York Times
Donald J. Trump was fined for contempt and warned of jail time before a lawyer testified about how he struck deals to silence two women who said they had trysts with the former president.
Apr 30, 2024, 9:44 PM
Trump threatened with jail, fined for contempt of court
The Australian Financial Review
The former president was ordered to pay the fine by the end of the week, and he deleted, as ordered, the offending posts from his Truth Social account.
Apr 30, 2024, 9:14 PM

Trump reveals plans to surveil pregnant women and deport millions if re-elected
The Guardian
In sweeping interview with Time, ex-president says he would prosecute Bidens and fire any US attorney who disobeyed him
Apr 30, 2024, 8:58 PM

Trump hush money trial latest: 'Blockbuster story' promised in texts shown in court - as nicknames used to hide identities of Trump and Daniels revealed
Sky News
Donald Trump is back in court for his hush money trial, the first criminal case against a former US president. At the start of the hearing, the judge ruled that Trump was in criminal contempt for violations of a gag order and fined him $9,000.
Apr 30, 2024, 8:34 PM

Trump could drive inflation up with second-term economic agenda, analysts say
CNBC
Donald Trump has blamed President Joe Biden for stubbornly high inflation during Biden's presidency.
Apr 30, 2024, 8:02 PM

Donald Trump Slams Judge Merchan Hours After $9,000 Fine
Newsweek
Merchan on Tuesday held the former president in contempt for violating a gag order.
Apr 30, 2024, 7:45 PM

'Such low energy': Trump relentlessly mocked for once again falling asleep during trial
Raw Story
Former President Donald Trump appeared to once again nod off during witness testimony at his hush money trial Tuesday, as he reportedly did multiple times last week.MSNBC producer Kyle Griffin tweeted that Trump was having trouble staying awake during court proceedings, writing that he "appears to h...
Apr 30, 2024, 7:39 PM

Politicians and dog experts vilify South Dakota governor after she writes about killing her dog
The Globe and Mail
South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem’s recent memoir has some wondering whether she’s still a viable potential running mate for Donald Trump
Apr 30, 2024, 7:33 PM

Jordan demands records on ex-DOJ employee leading Bragg’s prosecution of Trump
Washington Examiner
The House Judiciary Committee asked DOJ for information about its former employee Matthew Colangelo, one of the prosecutors assigned to Trump's hush money case.
Apr 30, 2024, 7:30 PM
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Donald Trump fined $9,000 for contempt of court in ‘hush money’ trial
The Irish Times
Judge says he would consider jailing former US president if he continued to breach gag order
Apr 30, 2024, 7:29 PM

Keith Davidson testifies; Judge Merchan punishes Trump gag order violations
NBC News
The latest news and live updates on Day 9 of the Trump hush money trial as testimony about the former president continues.
Apr 30, 2024, 7:15 PM

Tulsi Gabbard ready to ‘serve my country’ as Trump’s vice president if asked
Washington Examiner
Gabbard is one of many candidates rumored to be on former President Donald Trump's short list for potential vice presidential candidates.
Apr 30, 2024, 7:10 PM