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Former President Trump blamed the “abortion issue” for Republicans underperforming expectations in the 2022 midterm elections. Trump said in a post on Truth Social on Sunday that many in the GOP handled the issue poorly, especially those who “firmly” insisted on no exceptions to bans on the procedure, including in instances of rape and incest. He…
Former President Trump’s annual New Year’s Eve party at Mar-a-Lago was packed this year, with the guests reportedly including hundreds of the club’s members and Trump political allies. Among the attendees were MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell and the former president’s onetime attorney Rudy Giuliani. Eric Trump and wife Lara were also in attendance, as well…
Rep. Adam Kinzinger (R-Ill.) said he is a “no” on a possible 2024 presidential bid but that “it would be fun” to run against former President Trump because he “just lies.” “No, it’s not my intention, no. But it would be fun to run against him because he stands up and just lies. He tells…
Gov. Asa Hutchinson (R-Ark.) reiterated on Sunday that he preferred a different GOP presidential candidate in 2024 who was not former President Trump, telling ABC’s “This Week” that Jan. 6 should disqualify Trump from holding office again. “I do not believe that Donald Trump should be the next president of the United States,” Hutchinson said.…
Rep. Kevin Brady (R-Texas) said on Sunday that the release of former President Trump’s tax returns during the years he ran and held office set a “dangerous new precedent.” “This is a dangerous new precedent, it overturns 50 years of protections for American taxpayers that began in the Watergate era,” Brady said on “Fox News…
Rep. Adam Kinzinger (R-Ill.) said on Sunday that he blamed House Minority Leader (R-Calif.) for what he called the “crazy elements” in Congress and for the reason former President Trump is “still a factor” in politics. Kinzinger said on CNN’s “State of the Union” that if he had a one-on-one conversation with McCarthy, he would…
The 2024 presidential primaries are still more than a year away, but the race to become the Republican nominee is quickly becoming a volatile affair. So far, only former President Trump has launched a campaign for the nomination, but most Republicans expect that to change soon. Even though he remains the ostensible leader of the GOP, he’s…
President Biden is entering the new year riding high off a better-than-expected midterm election performance for his party that has improved his political standing while damaging his chief GOP rival — former President Trump. Yet Biden also enters the new year with lingering questions over his age and his overall political strength — most notably…
Former White House aide Hope Hicks told a fellow aide in text messages during the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection that “We all look like domestic terrorists now” as Trump supporters stormed the Capitol. Texts released by the House select committee investigating that day show Hicks texting with Julie Radford, former chief of staff to Ivanka…
Former President Trump on Tuesday declined to say whether he will stick by House Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy (Calif.) as his bid to become Speaker appeared to hit a wall. “We’ll see what happens,” Trump told NBC News in a phone conversation when asked if he stands by his endorsement of McCarthy. “I got everybody…
Former Rep. Adam Kinzinger (R-Ill.) slammed Donald Trump Jr. on Monday over his endorsement of a “We the People” Bible, calling on “good” pastors and priests to denounce it. “Oh the irony. The fact that some Christians dont see the problem here is more affirmation that it’s not the GOP that has failed Christians, it’s…
A prominent anti-abortion group pushed back on former President Trump’s comments blaming Republicans and anti-abortion advocates for GOP losses in the November elections, while calling on Trump to put forward an “ambitious consensus pro-life” agenda. Susan B. Anthony Pro-Life America blasted GOP candidates who adopt what it dubbed an “Ostrich Strategy,” saying Trump and other…
The idea that Trump will stop raging at his enemies, real and perceived, is ludicrous. He can’t even take off for Christmas.
Donald Trump Jr., the former president’s eldest son, has signed a multi-year deal to host a podcast with conservative social media website Rumble. “Triggered” will debut later this month, streaming on Rumble and available on Locals, Rumble’s subscription platform, where following each episode, Trump Jr. will take live questions from viewers. Rumble has emerged in…
Conservative writer and author David French is joining The New York Times as a columnist, the newspaper announced on Tuesday. French, who has emerged as a leading critic among conservatives of former President Trump in recent years, helped launch the anti-Trump conservative website “The Dispatch” before spending several years as a writer at The National…
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) said Wednesday that former President Trump deserves credit for keeping the support for Rep. Kevin McCarthy’s (R-Calif.) speakership bid from eroding. McCarthy saw 21 Republicans decline to back his leadership bid through two ballots on Wednesday — a tick up from the 20 detractors who opposed him in the final…
Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-Colo.) on Wednesday said former President Trump should tell Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) that he should withdraw from the Speakership race, hours after the ex-president called on all Republicans to support McCarthy for the top spot in the chamber. Boebert, a staunch supporter of Trump, made the comment while nominating Rep. Byron…
Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) on Wednesday said in a statement to Fox News that former President Trump’s support of Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) for Speaker did not change his decision to back someone other than McCarthy. “Sad!” Gaetz said in a statement to Fox. “This changes neither my view of McCarthy, nor Trump, nor my…
Former President Trump on Wednesday said House lawmakers opposing Rep. Kevin McCarthy’s (R-Calif.) Speakership bid are playing a “dangerous game” and urged Republicans to “get this thing over with” as the Speaker elections run into multiple rounds of voting. “I think it is a dangerous game, and, frankly, if they are not happy with him,…
Four Senate Democrats on Thursday were sharply critical of the Biden administration’s plan to trade off a border crackdown for 30,000 immigration permits. Biden administration officials on Thursday said they would use Title 42 — a Trump-era policy that allows border officials to quickly expel migrants without screening them for asylum — in order to…
Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) voted for former President Trump for Speaker of the House on Thursday, as the chamber held its seventh vote in three days in an attempt to elect a Speaker. Gaetz, who has been a staunch opponent of Rep. Kevin McCarthy’s (R-Calif.) bid for Speaker, broke with his fellow anti-McCarthy members to…
Two advocacy groups are leading a rally in Colorado Friday urging Colorado Secretary of State Jena Griswold to bar former President Trump from the state’s ballots on constitutional grounds. The rally, led by Mi Familia Vota and Free Speech for the People, is part of a broader push to ask secretaries of state nationwide to…
The violent attack on the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, was part of a coordinated effort to overturn the results of a free and fair presidential election, orchestrated by former President Trump and his allies. The brutal assault on our democracy was a wake-up call to the extremism and disinformation those in power weaponized…
The Biden administration’s plan to crack down at the border in exchange for some expanded legal pathways of entry for migrants received a generally tepid response from Hispanic Democrats, though some in the group were incensed that they were sidelined in favor of developing a policy many worry treads too closely to Trump-era immigration efforts. …
A New York state judge on Friday rejected a motion from former President Trump to dismiss a lawsuit filed against him by New York Attorney General Letitia James (D), allowing the case to proceed. New York Supreme Court Justice Arthur Engoron ruled the arguments from Trump’s legal team were frivolous and rejected an argument that…
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) spoke with former President Trump over the phone during a tense moment in the election for Speaker on Friday night. As the contested vote played out, a picture began to circulate showing Greene holding up her cellphone to Rep. Matt Rosendale (R-Mont.), one of the last remaining detractors of Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.). The caller…
Former Sen. Ben Sasse (R-Neb.) formally resigned from the Senate on Sunday, leaving behind a tenure that was frequently characterized by his opposition to former President Trump. On his way out of Washington, Sasse excoriated the politics in the city for performances designed for cameras and a 24-hour news cycle. “When we’re being honest with…
Former Rep. Carlos Curbelo (R-Fla.) said former President Trump is “no longer in control,” after his attempts to influence Republicans in Rep. Kevin McCarthy’s (R-Calif.) battle to become Speaker of the House. “The first time Trump spoke out and kind of pushed these members, people ignored him,” Curbelo said on NBC’s “Meet The Press.” “Some…
Former President Trump is taking a victory lap following Speaker Kevin McCarthy‘s (R-Calif.) win after 15 rounds of voting. “The Fake News Media was, believe it or not, very gracious in their reporting that I greatly helped Kevin McCarthy attain the position of Speaker of the House,” Trump wrote in a post on his Truth Social…
The GOP is preparing to hammer agencies reviewing the conduct of former President Trump with a new select subcommittee poised to focus on the “weaponization” of the federal government. The panel is being drawn up to take aim at ongoing investigations at the Department of Justice and the FBI on Trump, including the taking of…
A New York federal judge on Monday delayed the unsealing of a portion of former President Trump’s deposition from a defamation lawsuit brought by E. Jean Carroll, who accused him of raping her in the mid-1990s. Earlier Monday, U.S. District Judge Lewis Kaplan initially ordered the unsealing of 34 pages from the testimony Trump gave…
Does Biden’s apparent mistake exonerate Trump? The choice is yours.
Former House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) said on Thursday that former President Trump is a “proven loser” after a string of Republican election losses in recent years. “He’s fading fast,” Ryan told CNN’s Jake Tapper on Thursday. “He is a proven loser. He cost us the House in ’18, he cost us the White House…
Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) on Thursday amplified his pledge to keep a pair of high-profile Democrats — Reps. Adam Schiff (Calif.) and Eric Swalwell (Calif.) — from joining the powerful House Intelligence Committee in the new Congress. Both Schiff and Swalwell played an outsized role in the impeachments of former President Trump, becoming toxic figures among…
Former Trump adviser Stephen Bannon on Thursday asked to change his representation in the fraud case over the “We Build the Wall” funding campaign, according to ABC News. Bannon was indicted in September, accused of defrauding donors to “We Build the Wall,” which ultimately brought in more than $15 million. The campaign said it would donate…
If there's one thing Joe Biden and Donald Trump agree on, it’s China.
One potential GOP nominee for the White House in 2024 is Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin, perceived as "the anti-Trump" and a civil, dignified statesman.
Two presidents. Two tranches of classified documents. Two special counsel investigations. But the similarities in the cases between President Biden and President Trump appear to take a sharp divide when it comes to important elements of the law prohibiting the mishandling of state secrets. Biden is under fire following revelations that since November, his staff…
Former Obama senior adviser David Axelrod said the discovery of classified documents in President Biden’s Delaware residence and an old office is a “gift” for former President Trump. “It basically … is a huge gift to Trump,” Axelrod told Reuters in an article published Saturday. Axelrod added that the discovery of classified documents is an “embarrassment”…
Republican lawmakers on Sunday accused authorities of “hypocrisy” when it came to the handling of classified documents by President Biden and former President Trump after leaving office. While some lawmakers acknowledged there was enough blame to go around on both sides of the matter, others who took to the Sunday political show circuit withheld criticism…
Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders (R) during an interview on Sunday did not say whether she has spoken to former President Trump about his 2024 White House campaign or whether she would endorse him. “My focus right now has been on 2022, winning the election in November, preparing through transition and getting ready to take…
Rep. Don Bacon (R-Neb.) on Sunday cast both President Biden and former President Trump as wrong in their handling of classified documents after leaving office following news of the discovery of materials belonging to Biden were made public this week. “I think there’s blame to go around to both sides of this,” Bacon said. “And…
Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-Md.) on Sunday warned against the discovery of two dozen classified documents at President Biden’s Delaware residence becoming “political football” between the parties after an FBI search found hundreds classified documents last year at the Florida home of former President Trump. “We don’t want to turn this into just a political football,” Raskin said on…
Rep. James Comer (R-Ky,) the newly appointed House Oversight and Accountability Committee chairman on Sunday sidestepped multiple questions about why the panel won’t investigate former President Trump over his handling of classified documents, despite plans to probe President Biden for similar offenses. “With respect to investigating President Trump, there have been so many investigations of…
Former President Trump repeatedly insulted and threatened to sue a writer who has accused him of raping her in the 1990s, according to recently unsealed portions of his October deposition. Trump is being sued by E. Jean Carroll, who has accused the former president of raping her in a New York City department store, one…
Republicans see a double standard when it comes to how President Biden’s handling of classified documents is being treated compared to how a similar controversy has played out regarding former President Trump. Months after Democrats panned Trump relentlessly for his handling of classified documents, Republicans are returning serve after what the White House says was…
Republicans will make every effort to create a mirage of false equivalence between Trump’s and Biden’s cases.
Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) on Tuesday called on special counsels at the Department of Justice to treat former President Trump and President Biden equally as they investigate their possession of classified documents at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort and Biden’s Washington office and home in Delaware. McConnell has feuded with Trump over that past…
The White House blasted Republicans on Tuesday, accusing them of hypocrisy with how they’ve handled the separate controversies surrounding classified documents found at President Biden’s garage and office and former President Trump’s Mar-a-Lago residence. In a call with reporters, White House aides accused the GOP of engaging in “political theater” by attacking Biden while giving…
The View’s Joy Behar on Tuesday urged President Biden to admit to hypocrisy over the recent discoveries of classified documents from his time as vice president at a former Washington office and his Wilmington home. Behar specifically pointed to Biden’s response to the classified documents found at former President Trump’s Mar-a-Lago home. In one interview…
Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) will join former President Trump later this month for the launch of his 2024 South Carolina campaign team, the first major event of the calendar year for the former president’s reelection campaign. Trump announced in a release on Tuesday that he will travel to Columbia, S.C., to reveal the leaders of…
Former President Trump is calling for the jailing of the journalists who published a leaked draft opinion showing the Supreme Court was poised to overturn Roe v. Wade. Last spring, Politico reporters Josh Gerstein and Alexander Ward published a blockbuster report on a draft opinion penned by Justice Samuel Alito that would overturn the landmark abortion ruling.…
Former President Trump suffered yet another legal setback on Thursday, when a U.S. district judge ordered him and his lead attorney to pay almost $1 million in costs and fees to numerous defendants, including Hillary Clinton, after a Trump suit the judge found to be without merit. The stark finding appears to have had an instant…
A top staffer to Nikki Haley’s political nonprofit is leaving to join former Vice President Mike Pence’s advocacy group as both former Trump administration officials ready potential 2024 campaigns. Tim Chapman, who has served as executive director of Haley’s Stand for America since 2020, is departing to become a senior adviser to Pence’s group, Advancing…
Former President Trump is the clear favorite to win the 2024 Republican presidential nod, despite Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’s (R) swelling national profile, according to a new Harvard CAPS-Harris Poll survey released exclusively to The Hill. In a hypothetical eight-way primary, 48 percent of Republican voters said they would back Trump for the nod, while…
There is now a distinct possibility we will have two candidates who could be indicted or close to indictment at the time of the election.
Rep. Michael McCaul (R-Texas) said on Sunday that President Biden and former President Trump are “guilty of the same sin” after classified documents were discovered at each of their private residences. “Biden called it ‘totally irresponsible,’ yet he’s guilty of the same sin, if you will, by taking these documents home,” McCaul told Martha Raddatz…
In the space of less than a year, FBI agents have recovered classified documents from the homes of the last two American presidents. As he is now a private citizen, Donald Trump faces real legal danger for evidently violating, at a minimum, the Presidential Records Act after taking dozens of highly classified records with him after…
A group of House Democrats sent a letter on Thursday asking the Government Accountability Office (GAO) to investigate why the IRS failed to “adequately conduct mandatory audits” into former President Trump’s tax returns. Rep. Jimmy Gomez (D-Calif.) and 14 other Democrat representatives from the House Ways and Means committee sent a letter to Gene L.…
Evangelical pastor Franklin Graham, a longtime supporter of former President Trump, says he will not endorse Trump — or any candidate — in the 2024 GOP presidential primary. “I’m going to stay out of it until after the primaries have finished,” Graham told CBS News on Friday at the March for Life rally in Washington, D.C. Graham…
Former President Trump called for school principals to be elected by students’ parents in a new campaign video released on Thursday. “More than anyone else, parents know what their children need,” Trump said. “If any principal is not getting the job done, the parents should be able to vote to fire them and select someone…
Former President Trump congratulated Ronna McDaniel for winning a fourth term as chair of the Republican National Committee (RNC) on Friday. “Congratulations to Ronna McDaniel on her big WIN as RNC CHAIR,” Trump wrote in a post on his Truth Social, before later baselessly alleging Democrats were rigging elections. The former president had not offered a…
DirecTV’s decision this week to drop Newsmax is the latest blow to a handful of conservative media outlets that have sought to carve out a space for themselves in the wake of former president Trump’s election loss in 2020. While the far-right ecosystem has exploded over the decision, with figures including former President Trump accusing…
Former President Trump criticized the Democratic Party’s efforts to change up their primary calendar and boot New Hampshire from its first-in-the-nation primary spot during an appearance in the Granite State on Saturday. “From the very beginning, I’ve strongly defended New Hampshire’s first-in-the-nation primary status,” Trump said at the New Hampshire Republican State Committee’s annual meeting…
Haley hasn't formally announced a run for president in 2024 but has said on Fox News, "I’ve never lost a race. ... I’m not going to lose now.”
Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) on Sunday said some Republicans are “OK with Islamophobia” in response to questions about efforts by Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) to block her from continuing to sit on the House Foreign Affairs Committee. “You remember Donald Trump coming into my state and saying, ‘Muslims, Somali refugees are infiltrating our country.’ You remember [Rep.] Marjorie…
Either Trump knew he lost the election and deceived millions of Americans with a “Big Lie" or he allowed himself to believe he won.
An equal percentage of Americans said they were concerned about classified documents found at the homes of both President Biden and former President Trump. In a new NBC News poll published on Sunday, 67 percent of respondents said they were concerned about classified documents being found at Biden’s Delaware home, with the same percentage saying…
Prospective GOP candidates for president are leaning heavily into education amid concerns over issues like parental rights and the politicization of school curriculums. Underscoring how critical an issue it is for Republicans, former President Trump unveiled his education platform on Thursday, calling for cutting federal funds to any education program that involves “critical race theory,…
New Hampshire Gov. Chris Sununu (R) predicted on Sunday that former President Trump would not win the New Hampshire GOP primary in 2024, dinging the early performances of Trump’s re-election bid and adding that Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) would more likely come out on top. “He could (win), I don’t think he will,” Sununu…
Former President Trump is suing journalist Bob Woodward over interview recordings that Trump alleges he didn’t agree could be included in an audiobook. Trump concedes that he consented to Woodward recording their conversations for the purpose of a book, and gave 19 interviews to the veteran journalist in 2019 and 2020, which Woodward included in…
New York Attorney General Letitia James (D) plans to seek court sanctions against former President Trump in her civil fraud lawsuit, her office told a state judge on Tuesday. James’s office said formal answers to her $250 million lawsuit filed by Trump, his three oldest children and the family’s businesses last week were “deficient in…
GOP leaders are keeping their powder dry when it comes to former President Trump’s 2024 campaign, declining to publicly back him despite his lead in most primary polls. Prominent Republicans in early-voting states like Iowa and South Carolina have held off on endorsing him, as have some longtime allies in Washington, such as Sen. Rick…
Welcome to The Hill’s Campaign Report, tracking the latest news on campaigns and elections. You can expect this newsletter in your inbox Tuesdays and Thursdays. Email us tips and feedback: Max Greenwood, Julia Manchester and Caroline Vakil and Amee LaTour. Someone forward this newsletter to you? Subscribe here. Trump and DeSantis throw jabs at each other…
Nikki Haley – a former two-term South Carolina governor and U.S. ambassador to the United Nations – is anticipated to announce a 2024 White House bid, becoming the second Republican to officially wade into the GOP primary and the first to challenge former President Trump. The official announcement, expected to come on Feb. 15, caps…
A Trump Organization executive is expected to testify before a grand jury in Manhattan that is investigating former President Trump’s role in hush-money payments paid to adult film star Stormy Daniels right before the 2016 election, CNN reported. Jeffrey McConney, the controller of the Trump Organization, is expected to appear before the grand jury as the…
Nikki Haley will soon become the second major candidate, after former President Trump, to enter the race for the Republican Party’s 2024 presidential nomination. Haley, a former U.S. ambassador to the United Nations and former governor of South Carolina, is expected to make her campaign official at a February 15 event in Charleston. Haley is…
Steve Laffey, the former mayor of Cranston, R.I., launched a 2024 presidential bid on Thursday, becoming one of the first Republicans to officially challenge former President Trump for the GOP nomination. “I’m running because our country needs to directly confront its problems,” Laffey said in a video announcement. “My party and the elected leaders of…
Former President Trump on Thursday took swipes at a slew of possible 2024 GOP rivals, calling his former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley “overly ambitious” and accusing Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin of being ungrateful. Trump spoke for a half hour with conservative radio host Hugh Hewitt, addressing some of his potential…
Welcome to The Hill’s Campaign Report, tracking the latest news on campaigns and elections. You can expect this newsletter in your inbox Tuesdays and Thursdays. I’m Amee LaTour, staff writer at The Hill. Someone forward this newsletter to you? Subscribe here. Republican presidential hopefuls wade in Former President Trump’s status as the only prominent official…
Rep. Abigail Spanberger (D-Va.) lamented the handling of classified information by sitting and former elected officials in an interview Thursday, as lawmakers and the Justice Department grapple with how to handle such documents like the ones found at the homes of President Biden, former President Trump, and former Vice President Mike Pence. “As a former…
Former Vice President Pence is traveling to South Carolina on Monday amid increasing speculation that he’s eyeing a 2024 White House bid and following former President Trump’s visit to the state last month. Pence will visit with local law enforcement officials, including Chief Reggie Burgess, while in North Charleston and participate in a law enforcement…
Former President Trump said Thursday that he “totally” disagrees with Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) on the death of Ashli Babbitt, a Jan. 6 rioter who was shot and killed by Capitol Police. After Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene claimed on Tuesday that Babbitt had been murdered during the pro-Trump insurrection, McCarthy broke with the Georgia congresswoman,…
The possibility of a crowded GOP presidential primary in 2024 has grown likelier in recent days following reports that former U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. Nikki Haley is gearing up to officially announce a White House bid later this month. Former President Trump is the only high-profile Republican who has formally announced a presidential campaign,…
Former President Trump and former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie (R) sparred online Sunday after Christie predicted that Trump couldn’t beat President Biden if they run against each other in the 2024 presidential election. Christie, who endorsed Trump in 2016 after dropping his own campaign for the presidency but has since become a vocal Trump…
The powerful political network led by conservative billionaire Charles Koch weighed into the GOP’s 2024 presidential primary on Sunday, saying the party needs to “turn the page on the past,” in an apparent turn against former President Trump. The Koch network said its planning to put its deep-pocketed support behind Republican candidate in the presidential…
Former President Trump and a number of the top defense and intelligence officials from his administration are refuting a claim that Chinese espionage balloons flew over the U.S. multiple times during his tenure. The denials on Sunday puts the former officials at odds with defense officials from the Biden administration, who told reporters the U.S.…
Former Trump economic adviser Gary Cohn said on Sunday that the United States is in “pretty good shape” and he does not expect a recession during the first two quarters of 2023. “I think that people … have been really worried about a recession in the first and second quarter of this year,” Cohn told…
Former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie and New Hampshire Gov. Chris Sununu, two prominent moderate figures in the Republican Party, both predicted on Sunday that former President Trump could not beat President Biden if they were in a rematch for the White House in 2024. Both men are facing skepticism from their own parties, with…
The Manhattan district attorney possessed sufficient evidence to convict former President Trump last year and was wrong to not seek charges, an ex-prosecutor in the case contends in his forthcoming book. Mark Pomerantz argued his team built a “solid case” for securing Trump’s conviction on financial crimes, and he offered a searing criticism of how…
Former Manhattan prosecutor Mark Pomerantz says “many bits and pieces of evidence” could be used to bring criminal charges against former President Trump for his business and tax dealings. The former special assistant district attorney (DA) for New York County said prosecutors could pull together enough evidence to prove that Trump willfully OK’d the manipulation…
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) on Monday called for a probe into why former President Trump was apparently not informed of previous Chinese surveillance balloons that Biden officials are saying crossed over the U.S. at least three times during the previous administration. “If it’s true the Pentagon purposely did NOT tell President Trump of Chinese…
Former Obama Cabinet member Julián Castro said recent polling that shows President Biden lagging behind former President Trump in a potential 2024 rematch should raise some eyebrows in the Democratic Party. An ABC-Washington Post poll this week showed that Trump had a 48 percent to 45 percent advantage over the incumbent president, a gap that…
Michael Cohen, former President Trump’s long-time personal attorney, said he will meet with the Manhattan district attorney’s office on Wednesday as investigators appear to be nearing a decision on whether to seek charges against Trump. Cohen said on his podcast “Political Beatdown” that the meeting with District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s (D) office will mark Cohen’s…
Former President Donald Trump lashed out on Tuesday against the Club for Growth, a leading conservative group, after he was left off the guest list of its annual donor retreat. In a post on his social media site, Truth Social, Trump ripped the group as the “Club For NO Growth,” and recounted how his ties to…
A cooperating co-conspirator is the lynchpin of any prosecution, but in Trump’s case, when we reach the scene of crime, the rat just isn’t there.
Former President Trump will respond to President Biden’s State of the Union address on Tuesday night, according to a person familiar with Trump’s plans, offering a rebuttal that is separate from the official GOP response. Trump, who has already launched his 2024 White House bid, will offer his remarks to Biden as the two men…
Less than 30 million people watched President Biden’s State of the Union speech on Tuesday evening, according to Nielsen Media Research data. The number of total viewers is down significantly from the 38 million who watched Biden’s speech last year and is almost half the 45.6 million who watched former President Trump’s first address in…
Former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley (R) pulled key support from Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) in a hypothetical GOP 2024 presidential primary, putting former President Trump ahead in a three-way race, according to a new poll. The Yahoo News-YouGov poll found that DeSantis leads Trump in a hypothetical head-to-head matchup, 45 percent to 41…
Jason Miller, a longtime advisor to former President Trump, is joining the Trump campaign as he assembles a team for his 2024 White House bid. Miller worked on both Trump’s 2016 and 2020 campaigns. He will provide the campaign with strategic guidance, playing a similar role to that he played in previous election cycles. “It…
Former President Trump touted former Vice President Mike Pence as an “honorable man” on Friday, following reports that Pence had received a subpoena from the Department of Justice’s special counsel investigating Trump on multiple fronts. “Mike Pence is an honorable man,” Trump said in an interview with Fox News Digital on Friday. Trump’s remarks come one day…
Former President Trump criticized singer Rihanna on Thursday ahead of her planned performance at the Super Bowl halftime show on Sunday. “Without her “Stylist” she’d be NOTHING. Bad everything, and NO TALENT!” Trump posted on his Truth Social account. Trump’s post came in response to a post on the social media platform from Rep. Ronny…
Former Trump administration officials have expressed frustration and confusion in recent days over revelations that Chinese surveillance balloons hovered over U.S. airspace during their time in office. As more information has emerged about the extent of China’s use of balloons to surveil the U.S. and other countries — another object was shot down over waters…
Nikki Haley is poised to take a leap into the unknown next week when she becomes the first Republican to challenge former President Trump for the GOP’s 2024 nod. It’s a role that few other Republicans are eager to fill, given Trump’s penchant for trying to humiliate any of his political opponents, real or perceived.…
Senate Republicans are growing increasingly worried that a crowded 2024 presidential field could ease the path for former President Trump to once again clinch the party’s nomination. The field isn’t crowded yet, but former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley’s announcement Tuesday that she will run for the GOP nomination is seen as a harbinger…
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has become an early favorite to secure the Republican Party’s 2024 presidential nomination. But as his name is bandied about as a leading contender, strategists, donors and political observers have thrown out the cautionary tale of another Florida governor who tired to take on former President Trump: Jeb Bush, who despite…
Former Vice President Mike Pence on Wednesday vowed to fight a subpoena to testify before a grand jury investigating former President Trump’s efforts to overturn the 2020 election, saying he was prepared to go to the Supreme Court if necessary. “I’m going fight the Biden DOJ’s subpoena for me to appear before the grand jury…
Former President Trump said he is “glad” that Nikki Haley is jumping into the Republican primary for the White House in 2024, hours after slamming the former South Carolina governor for previously supporting cuts to Medicare and Social Security. “I’m glad she’s running,” Trump said in an interview with Fox News. “I want her to…
Former President Trump on Wednesday celebrated Scottish leader Nicola Sturgeon’s surprise announcement that she’s stepping down after eight years in power, saying “good riddance” as she leaves the first minister post. “Good riddance to failed woke extremist Nicola Sturgeon of Scotland! This crazed leftist symbolizes everything wrong with identity politics,” Trump wrote in a release. …
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) remains the most formidable challenger to former President Trump’s hopes of reclaiming the Republican presidential nomination — but his support may be slipping. A new Harvard CAPS/Harris Poll released Friday exclusively to The Hill shows Trump leading DeSantis 46 percent to 23 percent. That marks a 5-point drop in support…
Former President Trump leads President Biden and Vice President Harris in hypothetical 2024 matchups, according to a new Harvard CAPS/Harris Poll survey released Friday exclusively to The Hill. Forty-six percent of those surveyed said they would vote for Trump over Biden if the 2024 election were held today, compared to 41 percent who said they…
Republicans are warning against counting Nikki Haley out in the 2024 presidential race after a better-than-expected campaign rollout this week that offered an early lens into how she plans to take on former President Donald Trump. In her Wednesday campaign kickoff and a subsequent swing through New Hampshire, Haley made the central theme of her…
Former President Trump plans to visit the town of East Palestine, Ohio, where a train derailment led to the release of toxic chemicals, next week. Trump posted on Truth Social in response to a report that he was planning to make the trip that the residents of East Palestine are “Great people who need help,…
A GOP political operative was sentenced to 18 months in prison on Friday for his involvement in transferring illegal campaign contributions from a Russian national to former President Trump’s 2016 presidential campaign. A Justice Department release states that Jesse Benton planned with another political adviser to send political contributions from the Russian national, who wanted…
Former United Nations Ambassador Nikki Haley this week became the second major Republican candidate for president in 2024, joining former President Trump in a field that is sure to grow. Other potential candidates, including former Vice President Mike Pence and former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, are hinting that they could also declare soon. Enormous…
The Wall Street Journal’s editorial board said on Friday that the special counsel investigating former President Trump’s efforts to overturn the 2020 election should drop the subpoena it issued for former Vice President Mike Pence. Attorney General Merrick Garland appointed Jack Smith as the special counsel to investigate Trump’s role in efforts to overturn the…
Former Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan (R), who is considering a 2024 presidential bid, said on Sunday that he might not run if his candidacy would inadvertently help boost former President Trump’s reelection campaign. “If you thought your candidacy was gonna contribute to inadvertently helping Donald Trump, would that be a reason not to run?” NBC…
Newly announced Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley during an interview on Sunday dodged questions about how she differs from former President Trump, instead saying she is focused on defeating President Biden. “I don’t focus on President Trump,” Haley said on “Fox News Sunday” when asked how she differs from the former president. “It’s amazing that…
It’s hard to bluff when everyone knows you don’t have the cards.
Former President Trump has railed against the New York Post, one of the nation’s top tabloid newspapers, after it published an extensive profile of possible 2024 White House candidate Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) over the weekend. The profile, which carries a headline quoting a top DeSantis talking point — “people don’t want ‘agenda being…
Polls show little support from Republican voters right now for other possible candidates.
Former president Trump ripped into Fox News on Tuesday over its coverage of the political ascendance of Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R). “So interesting to watch FoxNews cover the small and unenthusiastic 139 person crowd in Staten Island for DeSantis, but stay as far away as possible from coverage of the thousands of people, many…
Ivanka Trump and her husband Jared Kushner have both been subpoenaed by the special counsel investigating former President Trump’s involvement in the Jan. 6 insurrection, according to The New York Times, in another sign the investigation is picking up steam. The subpoena of Ivanka Trump, the former president’s first daughter, and Kushner, news of which…
Former President Donald Trump accused the Biden administration on Wednesday of “indifference and betrayal” in its response to a train derailment that spilled toxic chemicals in an Ohio town. Speaking in East Palestine, Ohio, where the disaster occurred, Trump blasted President Biden and the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), saying that the president and his…
Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg on Thursday called on former President Trump to support the Biden administration in reversing Trump-era deregulations in the wake of the derailment of a train carrying hazardous chemicals in Ohio. “One thing he can do is express support for reversing the deregulation that happened on his watch. I heard him say…
Lawyers for former President Trump labeled the Georgia special grand jury probe into the 2020 election “clown-like” after the forewoman of the jury made remarks to multiple media outlets. Defense attorneys for Trump, Drew Findling and Jennifer Little, spoke to The Atlanta Journal-Constitution on Wednesday and indicated they may file court motions in response to…
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) is heaping praise on former President Trump for helping boost his name recognition ahead of his 2018 bid to become governor, lauding the former president for his “star power” in the governor’s upcoming book. “I knew that a Trump endorsement would provide me with the exposure to GOP primary voters…
Sen. J.D. Vance (R-Ohio) said that the residents of East Palestine, Ohio, are feeling “forgotten” in the wake of the train derailment in the town that caused toxic chemicals to spill in the area. The first-term senator visited the area with former President Trump and Rep. Bill Johnson (R-Ohio) on Wednesday. In an interview with…
The Justice Department is seeking answers about a box containing classified materials that was moved to former President Trump’s Mar-a-Lago residence after federal agents searched the property last August, CNN reported on Friday. Trump’s lawyers reportedly found the box of presidential schedules, which contained a handful of classified materials, in December and notified the FBI, according…
The critical flaw with the NPVIC concept — that it would elect the winner of the most votes nationwide even if it’s not a majority of voters — might play to Trump’s advantage.
Former President Trump is doing something shocking — he’s running a campaign that is starting to look quite conventional. This week alone, Trump has issued several policy proposals. He has announced the hiring of seasoned senior staff in the first-caucus state of Iowa. And he has visited East Palestine, Ohio in the wake of the…
Former President Trump and his ex-United Nations Ambassador Nikki Haley are set to give dueling addresses at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) next week, putting a sharp focus on the ongoing tug-of-war within the GOP. It’ll be the first time since Haley launched her presidential bid last week that the two declared major Republican…
Rupert Murdoch, the billionaire conservative media mogul who owns Fox News Channel, acknowledged that top hosts at his network endorsed former President Trump’s false claims of a fraudulent election in 2020, court documents filed on Monday show. Lawyers for Dominion Voting Systems, which is suing Murdoch and Fox Corp. for defamation and seeking $1.6 billion…
At least half a dozen current and prospective Republican presidential hopefuls are set to speak at the Club for Growth’s annual donor retreat this week, a list that includes Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and former United Nations Ambassador Nikki Haley — but not former President Donald Trump. In additional to DeSantis and Haley, the Club…
Former President Trump renewed his attacks on Fox News this week, accusing the network of underplaying a new poll showing him with a double-digit lead on Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis in a potential 2024 Republican presidential primary match-up. Trump, in reference to the Fox News poll published Sunday that showed him leading DeSantis by 15…
Both Trump and DeSantis would need to flame out spectacularly in order for Haley — or any other potential Republican candidate — to become viable.
An indictment might help him with many Republicans.
Former President Trump leads Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) by 15 points among GOP primary voters in a hypothetical 2024 match-up, new polling from Fox News shows. The survey released on Sunday found Trump, who launched his reelection campaign back in November, in the lead among potential Republican primary challengers with 43 percent. DeSantis, who…
A House Democrat is seeking to add criminal provisions to a federal law that bars federal employees from electioneering, naming his amendment after former Trump adviser Kellyanne Conway. Rep. Dan Goldman (D-N.Y.), who played a central role in impeachment of then-President Trump, is seeking to update the Hatch Act through an amendment to a GOP-led…
The top Democrat and Republican on the Senate Intelligence Committee said Tuesday’s briefing on on the classified materials seized at President Biden’s home and office and former President Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate “left much to be desired.” The Gang of Eight, the top four leaders in Congress and the chairmen and vice chairmen of the Senate…
Fox News host Sean Hannity was “privately disgusted” with former President Trump’s actions following his loss in the 2020 election, despite showing steadfast support on air, according to statements made by the network’s owner revealed in a new court filing this week. The revelation came in the latest court filing made by Dominion Voting Systems,…
A Fox News survey showing former President Trump leading Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis by 15 points among Republican presidential primary voters is the latest cause for heartburn among Senate Republicans who don’t think Trump can win a general election match-up against President Biden. Predictions by key Senate Republicans that Trump would fade as the 2024…
Former President Trump is leading Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) in a new Yahoo News-YouGov poll, after trailing the Florida governor in a hypothetical one-on-one matchup for the last three months. In a Republican primary between the two leading GOP figures, 47 percent of Republicans and Republican-leaning Independents said they would back Trump, while 39…
Bill Maher says he’s scared of former President Trump “on a very personal level” and “what he would do” to the comedian if he were to win the 2024 White House race. “I am afraid of Trump on a very personal level because I don’t think he likes me. I understand why,” the HBO “Real…
Attorney General Merrick Garland will testify before the Senate Judiciary Committee Wednesday for the first time in the 118th Congress, as the Justice Department continues its investigations into President Biden, former President Trump and former Vice President Pence. The DOJ is looking into all three men following the discovery of classified documents at their homes…
Presidential hopefuls and Republican firebrands aren’t the only names generating buzz ahead of this week’s Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC). Perhaps just as notable are those who are skipping the event altogether. While GOP presidential candidates former President Trump and former U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. Nikki Haley will be attending the four-day event, others are…
Former President Trump is traveling to the early presidential caucus state of Iowa later this month, a scheduled visit that comes three days after Florida governor and widely presumed 2024 presidential candidate Ron DeSantis (R) also visits the Hawkeye State. Trump’s campaign announced on Thursday that he would be making a speech on his “America…
Steve Bannon, the former White House chief strategist under the Trump administration, tore into Fox News and the Murdoch family on Friday afternoon over the network’s coverage of former President Trump, who is mounting a second bid for the presidency. “Note to Fox News senior management: When Donald J. Trump talks, it’s newsworthy,” Bannon said…
Former President Trump is featured on a new song — but he’s not teaming up with a famed singer or musical group for the tune — he’s collaborating with defendants accused of participating in the deadly Jan. 6, 2021, riot at the Capitol. In “Justice for All,” which was released on multiple streaming services on Friday, Trump…
Newly minted White House hopeful Nikki Haley pitched herself to conservatives outside of Washington, D.C., on Friday, delivering a ramped-up version of her typical stump speech that urged Republicans to back a younger generation of party leaders and played off GOP fears of socialism and so-called wokeness. Speaking to a half-full ballroom at the annual…
Former President Trump on Friday asked for a roughly six-month delay in New York Attorney General Letitia James’s (D) civil fraud suit against him. Trump’s motion, if granted, would likely push his trial back until the heat of the presidential primary season in the early months of 2024. Attorneys for the former president argued that…
Former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, who’s weighing a 2024 presidential run, took a swipe at his former boss on Friday over adding nearly $8 trillion to the national debt. “I stare today at $31 trillion in debt and tell my son, ‘Make sure you work hard, because Social Security may just not be there…
Michael Cohen, former President Trump’s former personal lawyer, believes he will be called to testify to the New York grand jury investigating the former president “very soon.” Cohen told reporters his prediction on the way to meeting with the Manhattan district attorney’s office, which is investigating alleged hush money payments Cohen arranged on behalf of…
Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) gave an enthusiastic endorsement on Friday at the annual Conservatives Political Action Conference (CPAC) to a potential Republican presidential ticket with former President Trump and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R). “I think that a Trump-DeSantis ticket would be terrific,” Gaetz told The Hill in a brief interview. Gaetz told The Hill…
Former President Donald Trump easily won the Conservative Political Action Conference’s (CPAC) closely watched straw poll on Saturday, notching a symbolic win among the Republican grassroots as he seeks to reclaim the White House in 2024. Trump won with 62 percent, while Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R), likely his closest rival, came in at 20…
Nikki Haley will ding former President Trump when she addresses a powerful conservative group Saturday — and she’ll take aim at other 2024 rivals who have yet to enter the race. Haley, who launched her White House campaign in mid-February, will speak to a Club for Growth donor retreat in Palm Beach, Fla. — an…
Former President Trump has made developing nicknames for his GOP rival and potential presidential opponent Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) a priority as his team works on his 2024 campaign, according to a new Bloomberg report. Trump has floated “Ron DisHonest,” “Ron DeEstablishment,” and “Tiny D” as monikers for the Florida governor, but appears to…
Former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie (R) on Sunday appeared to poke fun at the size of the crowd that attended former President Trump’s keynote speech at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) over the weekend, saying that the room was “half-full.” “You saw the scenes at CPAC, that room was half-full,” Christie said on…
Former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie (R) on Sunday said former President Trump isn’t “what he used to be” after the former president touted his 2024 campaign in remarks to the annual Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) the day before. “Look, he is the front-runner. There’s no doubt, he’s essentially an incumbent president running for…
Rep. Mike Turner (R-Ohio), the chair of the House Intelligence Committee, said Sunday that the FBI is “not being forthcoming” about the classified documents found at the homes of President Biden and former President Trump after top lawmakers received a briefing on the matter. “Well, first off, in the things that we do know, one…
Former Gov. Asa Hutchinson (R-Ark.) on Sunday said former President Trump’s 2024 message appeals to an “angry mob” in response to remarks Trump made at the annual Conservative Political Action Conference, in which he pitched himself as fighting a “final battle” for “retribution.” Hutchinson called Trump’s remarks “troubling.” “First of all, if you want to heal…
Former Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson (R) on Sunday once again avoided answering definitively if he’ll run for president in 2024. Hutchinson lauded former Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan, who announced Sunday that he wouldn’t seek a 2024 bid, for promises to fight within the party for alternatives to former President Trump, who kicked off his 2024 campaign…
Former Trump campaign chairman and advisor Paul Manafort has agreed to pay $3.15 million to settle a civil case with the Justice Department over foreign bank accounts he hadn’t disclosed on his tax forms, court records show. The settlement was approved on Feb. 22 in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida,…
Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg on Sunday hit back against critics who argue that he only visited the site of a toxic train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio, because former President Trump had visited days beforehand. “That’s bull–,” Buttigieg said of the accusation in an interview with CNN. “We were already going to go.” The transportation…
Former President Trump on Monday blasted Fox Corp. chairman Rupert Murdoch in an early morning post on his Truth Social account, asking how the conservative media mogul can deny Trump’s continued false claims of election fraud. “How does Rupert Murdoch say there was no election fraud when 2000 Mules shows, on government tape, that there…
Fox News host Tucker Carlson released the first portion of never-before-seen angles of footage from the Jan. 6, 2021 attack on the Capitol by Trump supporters on Monday, describing the scene at one point as “mostly peaceful chaos.” “‘Deadly insurrection.’ Everything about that phrase is a lie,” Carlson said on his widely watched weeknight program.…
Former President Trump easily outpaces Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) in a hypothetical GOP New Hampshire primary matchup, according to a new survey. An Emerson College poll released Tuesday showed Trump leading among a group of possible Republican candidates with a whopping 58 percent of the vote in the early primary state. DeSantis came in…
Many Democrats think that if Trump is the Republican presidential nominee, Biden will have a cakewalk back to the White House for four more years.
Manhattan prosecutors have offered former President Trump the chance to testify before a grand jury, a sign the former president could soon face criminal charges for his alleged role in hush money payments made to an adult film star during his 2016 campaign, according to The New York Times. The move by Manhattan District Attorney…
Former President Trump is engulfed in a number of legal battles, but signs are growing that Manhattan prosecutors’ Stormy Daniels investigation could soon produce criminal charges, which would be a first for a former U.S. president. The New York Times reported on Thursday that the Manhattan district attorney’s office offered Trump a chance to testify next…
Former President Trump is seeing his support drop among Iowa Republicans since last year, according to new polling. A Des Moines Register/Mediacom Iowa Poll released on Friday found 47 percent of Republican respondents in the state said they would definitely vote for Trump as president if he were the 2024 GOP nominee, compared to 69…
Former President Trump says parents should elect principals and the Department of Justice should be involved in school discipline for troublesome students. Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin and South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem have moved to curtail the teaching of critical race theory. Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis drew widespread criticism for what critics call the “Don’t…
President Biden has selected a new design for Air Force One after discarding the one former President Trump chose during his administration. An Air Force release from Friday states that Biden has chosen a design for the “Next Air Force One,” which will be a VC-25B aircraft, that will resemble the design for the current…
Former President Trump is reportedly on the brink of facing charges related to a hush money payment during the 2016 campaign, throwing a wrench into the nascent 2024 GOP presidential primary. Trump has already said in interviews that he plans to continue his campaign for the presidency even if he is indicted, and he was…
Rep. Michael McCaul (R-Texas) on Sunday said former Vice President Mike Pence was right to criticize former President Trump for Trump’s role in the Jan. 6, 2021 insurrection, saying “history will judge everyone” for their decisions on that day. “Vice President Pence exercised moral clarity and judgment that day,” McCaul said in an interview with…
Sen. Kevin Cramer (R-N.D.) said Sunday that the GOP is “in desperate need” of new leadership, an apparent dismissal of former President Trump, who is running for another White House term in 2024. “Donald Trump’s not going to take advice from the party or from me, but I think what will happen is if he’s…
Former Vice President Mike Pence said late Saturday that “history will hold Donald Trump accountable” for the events of Jan. 6, 2021, levying harsh criticism on the former president as Pence mulls a 2024 White House bid. “President Trump was wrong,” Pence said at the annual white-tie Gridiron Dinner attended by politicians and journalists, according…
Former President Trump on Monday claimed former Vice President Mike Pence was responsible for the violence on Jan. 6, 2021, two days after Pence took aim at his old boss for his conduct around the riots at the Capitol that day. Trump, speaking to a group of reporters aboard his personal plane en route to…
Former President Trump is scheduled to speak in Davenport, Iowa, on Monday evening. Trump will deliver an address on education policy, just days after his would-be rival for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, made an inaugural swing through the first-in-the-nation caucus state. Monday’s appearance will mark Trump’s first trip to Iowa…
Michael Cohen, former President Trump’s longtime fixer, arrived at a Manhattan courthouse on Monday ahead of his appearance before a grand jury investigating the former president, according to The Associated Press. Cohen’s appearance marks a critical moment for the grand jury proceedings, with Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s (D) office appearing to near a decision…
Former President Trump criticized Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) for his remarks about U.S. support for Ukraine on Monday, saying that the governor is just following in his footsteps. DeSantis made headlines on Tuesday with his response to a questionnaire sent out by Fox New’s Tucker Carlson. DeSantis said that supporting Ukraine in its year-long…
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) has made a dramatic intervention in the national debate on Ukraine — and the reverberations are big. In response to a questionnaire from Tucker Carlson of Fox News, DeSantis declared that the war between Russia and Ukraine was merely a “territorial dispute” — and one that does not involve America’s…
Former President Trump on Monday opened the door on what might be the nastiest primary fight yet, lashing out at acolyte-turned-rival Ron DeSantis, the governor of Florida who is widely seen as his most powerful rival for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination. Eight years removed from a 2016 GOP primary where he regularly mocked would-be…
Former President Trump said in a recent interview that everyone who sent him letters included in his forthcoming book “kissed my a–.” “I think they’re going to see a very fascinating life,” Trump told Breitbart News of the book. “I knew them all — and every one of them kissed my a–, and now I only have…
Former President Trump leads Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) by 4 percentage points for a hypothetical 2024 GOP presidential nomination among Republicans and Republican-leaning independents in a new poll. The CNN survey found 40 percent of the Republican respondents said they’d most likely support Trump, who launched his campaign for another White House term back…
President Trump has gotten increasingly aggressive in attacking Ron DeSantis (R) as the Florida governor inches toward a presidential campaign, posing potentially the biggest threat to date to Trump’s bid for the GOP’s 2024 nomination. While Trump has lobbed plenty of schoolyard taunts and nicknames toward his onetime ally, the former president in recent days…
Jason Miller, an advisor to former President Trump, called out Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) for his “radio silence” on the New York grand jury investigation into former President Trump for his alleged role in a hush-money scheme. Trump suggested on Saturday he will be arrested on Tuesday as Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg appears to be…
Robert Costello, a onetime legal advisor to former Trump attorney Michael Cohen, will appear on Monday before the New York grand jury investigating former President Trump over his alleged involvement in a hush-money payment. Costello, who recently represented Rudy Giuliani and Steven Bannon during Justice Department investigations and the House Jan. 6 committee hearings, confirmed…
New York Times journalist Maggie Haberman on Sunday said former President Trump is “very anxious” about possibly being indicted as part of a New York probe into an alleged hush-money payment to adult-film star Stormy Daniels. Trump posted on Truth Social Saturday to say he thinks he’ll be arrested on Tuesday as the Manhattan district…
Former President Trump’s longtime personal lawyer Michael Cohen said on Sunday his former client will “absolutely” go through the formalities of being fingerprinted and photographed if he is arrested in connection to the Manhattan district attorney’s investigation into a hush money payment before the 2016 election. “Do I think that Donald will be fingerprinted, swabbed,…
Michael Cohen, ex-personal attorney to Donald Trump, said his testimony was not needed on Monday as a rebuttal witness after the Manhattan grand jury investigating the former president over the hush-money payment to Stormy Daniels heard testimony from a pro-Trump lawyer. “I did not,” Cohen said when asked by MSNBC host Ari Melber whether he…
ORLANDO, Fla. — House Republicans are taking aim at Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg (D) as former President Trump teases his own imminent arrest stemming from Bragg’s investigation into hush-money payments ahead of the 2016 election. Republicans are backing up Trump’s outrage about a “witch hunt” — a familiar talking point since he ascended to…
Senate Democrats on Tuesday expressed alarm at former President Trump’s call for protests in response to a potential indictment this week by the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office. But some also held back as they awaited the possible indictment over a hush money payment made to adult film actress Stormy Daniels to be handed down. Democrats…
Fox News host Tucker Carlson said he is angry that his private text messages about former President Trump to fellow network employees were made public as part of an ongoing defamation lawsuit facing the company. “And I think this is in the text, and those were all grabbed completely illegitimately, in my opinion um in…
House Democrats are racing to the defense of Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg (D) amid his criminal probe of former President Trump, saying the Republicans seeking to halt Bragg’s hush money investigation are encroaching on matters of independent law enforcement and should simply butt out. “Let’s wait to see if there are going to be…
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) said he is “more of an executive guy” in response to a question about whether he would join a ticket as former President Trump’s running mate if Trump wins the 2024 GOP presidential nomination. DeSantis told Newsmax in an interview on Thursday evening that he wanted to be the governor…
{beacon} Evening Report Friday, March 24 © AP Trump sparks pushback with ‘death and destruction’ post Democrats on Friday condemned an online post from former President Trump that warned of “potential death and destruction” if he is indicted. House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) said Trump’s rhetoric is “dangerous, and if he keeps…
An envelope containing a suspicious letter and white powder was sent to Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg (D), whose office is investigating former President Trump, according to law enforcement. A New York Police Department spokesperson said the substance was deemed “non-hazardous” but declined to comment further on the matter. When asked about the item, the…
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) is recalibrating his strategy and messaging amid signs that his presidential ambitions may be faltering before his campaign even gets off the ground. DeSantis began the year with clear momentum in the nascent GOP presidential primary, topping former President Trump in head-to-head polling and drawing unparalleled interest from Republican voters…
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) is leading former President Trump in a hypothetical head-to-head primary race in Iowa and tied in New Hampshire, according to new polls. The polls, which were provided to Axios, found that 45 percent of Iowa respondents said they would vote for DeSantis, while 37 percent said they’d cast their vote…
Donald Trump is slated to sit for an interview with Fox News host Sean Hannity on Monday, a significant development in the increasingly complicated relationship between the former president and the country’s top-watched cable network. Trump has for weeks relentlessly attacked Fox over its coverage of Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, who is widely expected to…
Attorney Joe Tacopina, who represents former President Trump, said on Sunday that Trump’s claim earlier this month that he expected to be arrested last Tuesday was based on “a lot of leaks” from the Manhattan district attorney’s office. Trump called on his supporters to protest while predicting his arrest last week, which did not materialize.…
Former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie (R) said it’s a “bad strategy” for Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) not to engage with former President Trump’s attacks ahead of a possible 2024 GOP presidential primary showdown. Christie said in a radio interview with Fox News’s Brian Kilmeade last week that he “wasn’t surprised” to see DeSantis,…
Former President Trump started off his first official 2024 campaign rally on Saturday in Waco, Texas, with a rendition of “The Star-Spangled Banner” sung by a group of inmates that are incarcerated for their role in the Jan. 6 Capitol riot. The song, called “Justice For All,” features the defendants, who call themselves the “J6…
Former Vice President Mike Pence will visit Iowa on Wednesday amid speculation that he could join former President Trump and former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley in the running for the GOP’s presidential primary in 2024. Pence’s Great America Committee announced Monday that he’ll visit Urbandale, Cedar Rapids and Coralville in a one-day swing that comes…
A super PAC aligned with Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) is adding another former Trump campaign aide to its ranks. Matt Wolking, who served as deputy communications director for Trump’s last presidential bid, announced on Monday that he would join the super PAC Never Back Down as its strategic communications director. Wolking headed up former…
House members spent a Tuesday hearing debating who to blame for school closures amid the COVID-19 pandemic, with Republicans deriding the influence of teacher’s unions and Democrats blasting the Trump administration. During the hearing, titled “The Consequences of School Closures: Intended and Unintended,” members of the Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic agreed that school…
Former President Trump’s legal team has appealed a decision from a judge ordering former chief of staff Mark Meadows and other Trump White House officials to testify in the Justice Department investigation into Jan. 6. The sealed decision from D.C. District Court Judge Beryl Howell rejected Trump’s claims of executive privilege over the officials, a…
{beacon} Evening Report Wednesday, March 29 © AP Trump case before New York grand jury going into April The Manhattan grand jury weighing the hush money case involving former President Trump is not set to consider the case again until the end of April, a source familiar with the matter confirmed to The…
Former President Trump and former Vice President Mike Pence are set to headline the National Rifle Association’s (NRA) annual meeting next month on the heels of the school shooting in Tennessee this week that left three children and three adults dead. Trump and Pence will be joined by a number of other Republicans as speakers…
The field of declared and prospective 2024 Republican presidential candidates on Thursday decried the indictment of former President Donald Trump on criminal charges for his alleged role in organizing hush money payments made to an adult film star during his 2016 campaign. Trump is one of a handful of declared GOP candidates running for the…
Rep. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) called out Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’s (R) “cowardly” response to former President Trump’s indictment last week in New York City. In a tweet after the indictment was announced on Thursday, DeSantis called the charges against Trump “un-American” and said his state would not assist in any extradition request of Trump, who…
Republican presidential candidate and former Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson swiped at former President Trump on Monday for collaborating on and playing at his rallies a song recorded by the “J6 Prison Choir,” a group made up Capitol riot defendants. “Justice for All,” which was released a month ago, features the former president reciting the Pledge…
Former Fox News host and conservative pundit Megyn Kelly said the media is treating Stormy Daniels — the adult film star at the center of former President Trump’s most recent legal woes — “like she’s Joan of Arc.” Kelly, joined by the hosts of the “Ruthless Podcast,” played a clip of Daniels’s recent interview with…
The GOP chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee on Thursday blasted the White House for dismissing the idea that the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan was chaotic and shifting blame on the Trump administration for creating unfavorable conditions for the pullout. Rep. Michael McCaul (R-Texas), whose committee is leading a probe of the Biden administration’s…
The Trump campaign is not hiring Laura Loomer, a far-right activist with a history of making incendiary anti-Muslim comments, an official confirmed to The Hill. The New York Times reported earlier Friday that former President Trump met with Loomer recently and directed advisers to give her a position supporting his candidacy for the White House in 2024.…
Former President Trump is reportedly asking aides to find a role in his campaign for Laura Loomer, a former congressional candidate and far-right activist with a lengthy history of anti-Muslim comments. The New York Times reported that Trump met with Loomer recently and has directed advisers to give her a position supporting his candidacy, potentially with the campaign…
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) said the Texas abortion pill ruling that could restrict access to mifepristone is about a “Republicans’ goal of a nationwide abortion ban.” Schumer told reporters in a press call on Saturday that the decision from U.S. District Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk, a Trump appointee, is “awful, extreme and unprecedented.” He…
Why are many liberals and far-left activists petrified of conservative, confident, intelligent, articulate women?
Wall-to-wall media coverage of Donald Trump’s indictment this week underscores the former president’s hold on the press and the challenges for rivals to break through. Cable networks breathlessly covered the indictment, even when there was little new to report. Local news helicopters followed as Trump left his Florida home for the airport, prompting comparisons to the O.J. Simpson…
Democrats are gearing up to challenge Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-Colo.) again after nearly unseating her in one of the biggest surprises of last year’s midterms. In a sign of her perceived vulnerability, the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC) this week highlighted Boebert’s district as one of 31 targets next year, even after former President Trump…
An attorney for former President Trump sparred with NBC’s Chuck Todd on Sunday over questions surrounding the potential mishandling of classified documents and avoided answering whether Trump was seeking a financial settlement with the National Archives and Records Administration over the matter. On NBC’s “Meet the Press” Sunday, Todd questioned attorney Jim Trusty over Trump’s…
Former Attorney General Bill Barr said Sunday that investigators probing the potential mishandling of classified documents by former President Trump likely have “very good evidence” that Trump attempted to keep authorities from obtaining the materials after he left the White House. The case against Trump, Barr said, comes down to the matter of how long…
Former President Trump’s lawyer suggested on Sunday that his client’s team would be open to moving a trial to a venue outside of Manhattan as Trump has suggested due to the borough being a “stronghold of liberalism.” “The issue with venue is that Manhattan is like 87 percent pro-Joe Biden the last election,” Jim Trusty,…
Half of Americans say that former President Trump should have been charged with a crime after his highly anticipated indictment was unsealed last Tuesday. The new ABC News/Ipsos poll, which was conducted after Trump’s charges were revealed, found that 50 percent of Americans believe that the former president should be charged with a crime, a…
Former President Trump’s attorney on Sunday called the charges facing his client a “rancid ham sandwich.” “We should not have a criminal justice system that starts off with targeting people,” Jim Trusty, Trump’s attorney, said on ABC’s “This Week.” “It is an absurd situation that multiple prosecutors passed by this rancid ham sandwich of an…
The Republican-led House Judiciary Committee is slated to hold a hearing in New York City next week focused on violent crime in the Big Apple, the latest iteration of the House GOP zeroing in on Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg (D) after a grand jury he empaneled indicted former President Trump. The field hearing, titled…
Former President Trump mocked President Biden for telling reporters during a White House Easter event that he still planned to run for reelection, saying he doesn’t see “how it’s possible.” When asked by NBC’s Al Roker whether he planned to participate in Easter events at the White House past 2024, a nod to the president…
Former Trump White House adviser Stephen Miller met with a federal grand jury to testify on conversations he had with the ex-president related to the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection, multiple outlets reported on Tuesday. CNN reported that Miller would likely be questioned about a phone call he had with then-President Trump minutes before the rally…
Former President Trump said the U.S. has “never been so embarrassed” in the wake of a massive military intelligence leak, blasting President Biden and suggesting he was the source of the leak. “The worst leaks of ‘Intelligence’ in U.S. history,” Trump said in a post on his Truth Social platform on Wednesday. “Our Country has…
Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg (D) ramped up his fierce battle with House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) on Tuesday, filing a legal suit against the key Trump ally. Bragg is the most recent nemesis of former President Trump, who was indicted on 34 felony counts of falsifying business records last week in the…
Just over half of Americans in a new poll say they support Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s (D) decision to charge former President Donald Trump with 34 felony counts of falsifying business records. A YouGov/The Economist poll released on Wednesday found 38 percent of U.S. adults said they strongly approve of the decision, and another…
Peter Navarro lost his bid to block an order that requires him to hand over hundreds of emails sent during his tenure as a White House adviser during the Trump administration to the National Archives. A three-judge panel on the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals determined that “there is no public interest in Navarro’s retention…
Former President Trump pledged to be the National Rifle Association’s “loyal friend” at its annual conference on Friday ahead of the 2024 presidential election. Trump said during remarks at the Indianapolis event that he “saved” the Second Amendment to the Constitution while serving as president and will continue to do so for a long time.…
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Former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Friday evening said he was opting out of the 2024 presidential race, putting to rest speculation that he would challenge his ex-boss, former President Trump. “We’re not going to join the race in 2024,” Pompeo told Fox News’ Bret Baier when asked about his decision. “We came to…
Former President Trump maintained a strong lead in a hypothetical Georgia Republican primary over his current and potential challengers, according to a new poll. The poll from the University of Georgia’s School of Public & International Affairs Survey Research Center found Trump has a 20-point lead over his next closest challenger in a group of…
Fox News contributor and former George W. Bush aide Karl Rove went after former President Trump on Saturday, saying that he is “worried” about a potential challenge from Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis in the 2024 GOP primary. Rove commented on a new attack ad from a Trump political action committee that targeted DeSantis, making fun…
Evan Corcoran, a key member of former President Trump’s legal team, has recused himself from the investigation into Trump’s handling of classified documents after he was questioned by a grand jury last month, according to The Washington Post. Trump is under investigation by Special Counsel Jack Smith over allegations that he intentionally mishandled classified documents…
The Trump 2024 campaign took aim Sunday at Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) for his votes on Medicare and Social Security when he was in Congress. “DeSantis is colluding with his globalist handlers to go full Never Trump in order to gaslight the people into thinking that Medicare and Social Security should be ripped away…
Former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie (R) said the various investigations into former President Trump make a hypothetical GOP presidential primary win “uncertain.” “No, I don’t think that the field [is] starting to look like Trump,” Christie said on ABC’s “This Week.” “In fact, you know, when you’re indicted in one place, and you’re facing investigations [in]…
A super PAC backing Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-Fla.) attacked former President Trump in its first TV ad for his aggression toward the governor ahead of what is expected to be a 2024 White House bid by DeSantis. “Donald Trump is being attacked by a Democrat prosecutor in New York,” the narrator in the ad…
Two-thirds of respondents said in a new CBS News/You Gov poll that Congress shouldn’t interfere with recent legal investigations involving former President Trump. The new poll, published Monday, found that 67 percent of respondents said that GOP lawmakers shouldn’t interfere with the investigations involving former President Trump, while 33 percent of respondents said that GOP…
A new battle in the political war over former President Trump’s indictment took place in New York on Monday. House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan (R-Ohio), a key Trump ally, held a field hearing. The hearing’s official title was “Victims of Violent Crime in Manhattan” — and several such victims did testify. But the hearing was…
House Republicans on Monday unveiled a 130-page immigration bill packed with President Trump-era immigration proposals that is poised to set battle lines within the GOP and between the two parties. Among other proposals, the bill includes severe restrictions on asylum-seekers, an issue that’s caused a rift in the party and led to a public feud…
Lawmakers of both parties may have gotten more than they bargained for during a field hearing in New York City on Monday organized in the shadow of former President Trump’s indictment in the city. Ostensibly about high crime rates in New York under the leadership of Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg (D), who is prosecuting…
Former President Trump is urging Rupert Murdoch, the chairman of Fox Corp., to embrace his false allegations of voter fraud if the media mogul is to give testimony during a jury trial in the defamation lawsuit facing Fox News this week. “Fox News is in big trouble if they do not expose the truth on…
Rep. Jerry Nadler (D-N.Y.) accused Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) of “doing the bidding” of former President Trump during the House Judiciary Committee’s hearing on violent crime in Manhattan on Monday. The GOP-led committee announced the field hearing in New York City shortly after a grand jury empaneled by Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg (D) voted…
Rep. Lance Gooden (R-Texas) announced on Tuesday that he is endorsing former President Trump for the GOP nomination for president in 2024 following a meeting with Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R). Gooden said in a statement posted on his Twitter account that he made the decision after “careful consideration” and a “positive meeting” with DeSantis.…
CNN host Jake Tapper laughed while reading Fox News’s statement on the settlement it reached on Tuesday with Dominion Voting Systems over its coverage of former President Trump’s false claims of voter fraud during the 2020 presidential election. “I’m sorry. This is going to be difficult to say with a straight face,” Tapper said during…
Former President Trump’s onetime political strategist Steve Bannon said anyone who trusts Elon Musk is “a fool” after his interview with Fox’s Tucker Carlson. “Anybody [who] watched that interview with Tucker Carlson last night that’s buying this guy’s snake oil — you’re a fool,” Bannon said on his “War Room” podcast. “Let me just be blunt.…
Rep. Laurel Lee (R-Fla.) announced her endorsement of Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) for president on Tuesday, straying from a string of Republican lawmakers that have started to line up behind former President Trump’s 2024 campaign. “Our country is in crisis, and it is time Americans learn what Floridians already know: Ron DeSantis’s conservative principles,…
A federal judge on Wednesday ruled that Mark Pomerantz, who was previously involved in the Manhattan district attorney’s criminal investigation of former President Trump, must face a House Judiciary Committee subpoena. U.S. District Judge Mary Kay Vyskocil’s 25-page order rejects a request from Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg (D) to block House Republicans from questioning…
Political strategist and commentator Van Jones says Ron DeSantis “is not prepared” for his looming GOP White House primary fight against former President Trump, advising the Florida governor, who has not yet declared his candidacy, to go low. A pro-DeSantis group aired its first TV ad earlier this week, bashing Trump for targeting DeSantis on…
Welcome to The Hill’s Health Care newsletter {beacon} Health Care Health Care The Big Story Trump treads into abortion talk, draws anti-abortion ire Former President Trump’s relationship with the anti-abortion wing of the Republican Party appears to be fraying. © AP Susan B. Anthony Pro-Life America (SBA), one of the largest anti-abortion groups, on…
Former President Trump launched a series of new attacks Friday at the state of Florida in a new email campaign taking aim at Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R). “The real DeSantis record is one of misery and despair,” Trump campaign spokesperson Steven Cheung said in a statement. “He has left a wake of destruction all…
Former President Trump has marginally extended his lead over Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R), his presumed chief White House contender, in the 2024 Republican presidential primary, according to a new Harvard CAPS/Harris Poll shared exclusively with The Hill. The poll found that 55 percent of respondents who identified as Republicans said they would back Trump…
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) is suddenly facing a rash of attacks within the nascent GOP presidential field, with former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie (R) seeking to quash his candidacy before it even starts. Christie, who is openly mulling a 2024 bid of his own after ending far back in the pack during the…
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) got a warm reception at the Heritage Foundation’s 50th-anniversary summit just outside Washington, D.C., on Friday, softening a difficult weak that featured a wave of Florida lawmakers endorsing former President Trump for 2024. Facing a friendly conservative audience of around 1,070 that greeted him with a standing ovation, DeSantis, who…
Former President Trump took aim at Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) in an interview by calling him a new nickname similar to the one he gave to North Korean leader Kim Jong Un in 2017. “I should call him Rocket Man, but now he’s Rocket Man that’s crashing,” he said of DeSantis on the “Full…
Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-Colo.) joined a chorus of conservatives criticizing New Mexico prosecutors after they announced Thursday that charges against actor Alec Baldwin would be dropped related to an on-set shooting for the movie “Rust.” “Liberal privilege is real,” Boebert said on Twitter Friday. Baldwin frequently played former President Trump on Saturday Night Live and…
The ever-looming 2024 election and the ongoing legal battle over access to a widely used abortion pill are likely to dominate the Sunday talk show circuit this weekend. As several Republicans inch closer to making decisions on potential presidential bids, the 2024 GOP field is beginning to take shape. While former President Trump remains the…
A new poll found that 70 percent of Americans, including 44 percent of Republicans, do not want former President Trump to make a White House run in 2024. The poll, released Thursday from The Associated Press and the University of Chicago’s research center NORC, also found that 93 percent of Democrats and 63 percent of…
Former President Donald Trump is leaning on a network of personal and political relationships to rack up broad congressional support for his 2024 White House bid and undercut his chief Republican rival, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, before the governor’s campaign formally gets off the ground. The depth and influence of Trump’s retail politicking abilities have…
Most Americans in a new poll don’t want former President Trump to run for the White House in 2024, and a majority doesn’t want President Biden to run for reelection, either, as he prepares for an expected campaign launch that could come as early as this week. A new NBC News poll found that 60…
Fox News has settled a blockbuster case brought by Dominion Voting Systems, but the network’s legal headaches are not over yet. A separate lawsuit from voting systems company Smartmatic similarly accuses Fox of maliciously giving Trump lawyers Sidney Powell and Rudy Giuliani a platform to air false claims about the 2020 presidential election. But unlike Dominion, Smartmatic…
With President Biden officially declaring his candidacy for reelection in 2024, the country could be gearing up for a rematch of the 2020 presidential election. Biden released his long-anticipated announcement in a video early Tuesday morning, criticizing what he has branded as “MAGA Republicans,” including images of the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection and protesters opposing…
Former President Trump maintained his double-digit lead over Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) in a new Fox News poll of current and potential GOP presidential candidates. The poll released Wednesday showed Trump with a clear lead with 53 percent of respondents supporting him, followed by DeSantis with 21 percent. Trump’s 32-point lead from this month…
Former Vice President Mike Pence criticized former President Trump’s stance on Social Security and Medicare, saying it is “identical” to President Biden’s position. Pence told The Dispatch in an interview that Biden’s policy on Social Security and Medicare is “insolvency,” not taking action to address an impending shortfall that is expected for both programs in…
President Biden’s reelection bid on Tuesday set in motion an incoming clash with leading Republican candidates in the 2024 White House race over the war in Ukraine, with the outcome potentially proving decisive for Kyiv. Biden’s vow to stick with Ukraine until the war is won stands in stark contrast to former President Trump’s promise…
Former President Trump swiped at former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie (R) during a speech in New Hampshire on Thursday, saying he’s “got a big mouth — that’s all he’s got.” Trump highlighted his large leads in most hypothetical Republican primary polls, noting that his top current and potential competitors like Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis,…
A woman who served time in prison for her involvement in the Jan. 6 insurrection embraced former President Trump at a campaign rally in New Hampshire on Thursday before later saying that former Vice President Mike Pence and “every single” member of Congress who certified the 2020 election should be executed. After QAnon supporter Micki…
A second firm hired by the Trump campaign to investigate fraud in the 2020 election said all of Trump’s fraud claims were false, the firm’s founder told The Washington Post The Trump campaign hired Simpatico Software Systems and its founder Ken Block to investigate fraud claims all over the country after the 2020 election. “No…
Democrats are rebuilding their strength in the “blue wall” states that former President Trump won in 2016, raising the party’s hopes in a region that will prove critical to races up and down the ballot next year. The party is riding high after key victories in states like Michigan, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin over the past…
Tucker Carlson’s ouster from Fox News is the latest twist in what has become a roller coaster relationship between the network and former President Donald Trump. Signs of tension have been evident for months, with Trump complaining about the coverage Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, a potential 2024 rival, has received on the network. He often…
Former Trump economic adviser Gary Cohn on Sunday said the anticipated sale of First Republic bank will be a “much faster process” than occurred in the case of Silicon Valley Bank. “What will most likely happen is the FDIC will seize control and then simultaneously resell the asset to the successful bidder. I think that…
Former President Trump will participate in a CNN town hall event in New Hampshire next week, the network announced on Monday. Trump, who last fall became the first Republican to officially seek the party’s nomination for president, has not participated in a town hall-style interview in more than two years, last sitting with NBC’s Savannah…
Former President Trump will not testify in his civil trial over writer E. Jean Carroll’s accusations of sexual battery and defamation, according to The Associated Press. Trump’s attorney reportedly made it definitive to U.S. District Judge Lewis Kaplan in the courtroom Tuesday, which came after recent signaling that the former president would not attend. Trump…
A New York judge on Wednesday tossed former President Trump’s lawsuit against The New York Times and several of its reporters over a 2018 article on the former president’s “dubious tax schemes.” Justice Robert Reed dismissed the claims against the Times and its reporters Susanne Craig, David Barstow, and Russ Buettner and ordered Trump to pay all attorneys’…
Sens. Kyrsten Sinema (I-Ariz.) and Thom Tillis (R-N.C.) have introduced a bipartisan bill to extend President Biden’s authority to expel asylum-seeking migrants without holding a hearing, a power that is set to expire May 11, when the COVID-19 public health emergency declaration officially ends. The Biden administration — following in the footsteps of the Trump…
Former President Trump on Thursday was given three days to decide whether to testify in his civil trial over writer E. Jean Carroll’s sexual battery and defamation allegations against him. A new update shows the court granted Trump until 5 p.m. Sunday to file a motion to reopen his case “for the sole purpose of…
The Republican plan to raise the nation’s borrowing authority by cutting federal spending would cap the EPA budget at a level that would devastate the agency’s efforts to rebuild after decades of eroding resources and the attacks of the Trump years. EPA spending in real dollars in 2020 was less than half what it had…
Former Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker (R) urged former President Trump not to “blow off” the Badger State in 2024, as Trump considers skipping one of the first two Republican presidential primary debates. “President Trump should not blow off Wisconsin,” Walker told the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, adding, “Hillary Clinton made that mistake in 2016, and it cost…
At least eight of the 16 fake Georgia electors who planned to declare former President Trump the winner of the state in 2020 despite his loss have received immunity deals in the investigation into efforts to overturn the results of the state’s election. The Washington Post reported on Friday that prosecutors working for Fulton County…
Former President Trump, during his deposition over writer E. Jean Carroll’s lawsuit, defended the comments he made on the infamous “Access Hollywood” tape that emerged ahead of the 2016 presidential election. Video of the deposition was shown to jurors earlier this week in the case stemming from Carroll’s claim that Trump raped her in the…
Former President Donald Trump is publicly and privately suggesting he will skip the first Republican presidential primary debates scheduled for this summer, an idea that is divisive among current and former advisers. Trump has openly mused he should not have to stand on a stage with other candidates he is leading by 20 percentage points…
Former President Trump will not testify at his civil trial centered around a rape allegation by writer E. Jean Carroll after his lawyers did not meet a judge-mandated deadline on Sunday to request that he testify. Trump’s legal team previously insisted he would not testify or show up to the proceedings, even after the former…
Former President Trump weighed in on the Bud Light controversy on Sunday in a Truth Social post he wrote promoting a book that calls to “defund leftist woke companies.” Trump called out Anheuser-Busch – the parent company of Bud Light – in his social media post on Sunday while promoting the “The Great Patriot Protest…
Former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie (R), who is mulling a potential bid for the White House, said on Sunday that GOP contenders will need to “go through” former President Trump if they want to be the Republican nominee in 2024. “There’s one lane. And that one lane, Donald Trump’s at the head of. So,…
In an interview a few days ago, Lieberman expressed ambivalence about Biden, but not about Trump.
Former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie (R) warned on Sunday that a potential rematch between former President Trump and President Biden in 2024 would be “bad for the Republican Party.” “I’m very concerned that what we’re heading towards is a Trump-Biden rematch,” Christie said in an interview with radio talk show host John Catsimatidis on…
Former President Trump met with the prominent anti-abortion group Susan B. Anthony Pro-Life America on Monday after the group criticized Trump for his stance on abortion restrictions. “During the meeting, President Trump reiterated his opposition to the extreme Democratic position of abortion on demand, up until the moment of birth, paid for by taxpayers —…
Senate Republicans aired concerns Tuesday about former President Trump’s viability in a 2024 presidential election after a civil jury found he had sexually abused writer E. Jean Carroll and ordered him to pay her $5 million in damages. Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas) told reporters that he does not believe Trump stands a chance in a November…
Republicans are divided over whether former President Trump’s 2024 reelection chances could be hurt following a verdict reached Tuesday in a case involving writer E. Jean Carroll. A federal jury in Manhattan found Trump liable of sexual abuse and defamation against Carroll, awarding her $5 million in damages. In a lawsuit filed last year, Carroll…
Writer E. Jean Carroll said the verdict that found former President Trump liable for sexually abusing and defaming her is a win for every woman who “suffered because she was not believed.” “I filed this lawsuit against Donald Trump to clear my name and to get my life back. Today, the world finally knows the truth. This…
The jurors who found that former President Trump sexually abused author E. Jean Carroll in the mid-1990s were advised to remain anonymous “for a long time.” CNN reported that U.S. District Judge Lewis Kaplan informed the jurors that they could now identify themselves if they wish after they were dismissed, but advised them not to.…
Former President Donald Trump is participating in a live CNN town hall Wednesday in New Hampshire. The event, moderated by former chief White House correspondent and anchor Kaitlan Collins, is scheduled to start at 8 p.m. Trump is currently the GOP primary frontrunner in the race for the White House in 2024, according to recent…
Former acting Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Chad Wolf argued that President Biden’s border policies are not much different from those of former President Trump, but he claimed they are not being enforced. “A lot of those initiatives are the same as the Trump administration, except they’re not actually enforcing a lot of those…
New Hampshire Gov. Chris Sununu (R) criticized the Republican voters from his home state who appeared at CNN’s town hall with former President Trump for their reaction to his mocking of author E. Jean Carroll. “It was embarrassing,” Sununu told MSNBC’s Jen Psaki in an interview set to air Sunday. “The audience was absolutely filled with…
Former President Trump bashed Gov. Ron DeSantis in a new ad on Friday, claiming the Florida Republican needs a “personality transplant.” “The problem with Rondesanctimonious is that he needs a personality transplant, and those are not yet available. Almost all congressmen and women that served with him and knew him well supported me, some of…
A federal judge in Florida blocked the Biden administration’s plan to release some migrants into the U.S. on “parole,” shortly before Title 42 expired at midnight Thursday. U.S. District Judge T. Kent Wetherell, a nominee of former President Trump, granted Florida’s request for a temporary restraining order on the parole policy, finding that the policy is not…
The Department of Justice (DOJ) said on Thursday that it will ask a federal appeals court to block former President Trump’s deposition in a lawsuit brought by two former FBI employees who claim they were unfairly targeted for their work investigating the former president’s ties to Russia. The government said it plans to seek a…
A federal judge has blocked former President Trump from being questioned under oath as scheduled later this month in lawsuits brought by two former FBI staffers. Former FBI agent Peter Strzok and former FBI attorney Lisa Page filed lawsuits after Strzok was fired and Page resigned from their positions in 2018 following the revelation of…
Former President Donald Trump and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) are heading to Iowa on Saturday for dueling events that underscore the escalating rivalry between the two leading contenders for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination. DeSantis has been slated for weeks to headline Rep. Randy Feenstra’s (R-Iowa) annual Family Picnic in Sioux Center, Iowa, and…
“Christianity Today” Editor-in-Chief Russell Moore on Sunday said many congregations in the U.S. are “either divided or tense” as a result of controversies surrounding former President Trump, who is running again for the White House in 2024. “I mean, one of the most dismaying aspects of the Trump years is the fact that Donald Trump…
Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) is becoming a bigger problem for President Biden and Democrats in the Senate as he faces an uphill reelection battle in West Virginia, a state where former President Trump won one of his biggest victories in 2020. Manchin has criticized Biden and Democrats publicly, opposed various nominees and, this week, said…
State Attorney General Daniel Cameron (R), who’s backed by former President Trump, is projected to win Kentucky’s GOP gubernatorial primary, according to The Associated Press. Cameron’s toughest opponents in the crowded GOP field were former U.N. Ambassador Kelly Craft and Agriculture Commissioner Ryan Quarles. He was widely seen as the front-runner in the race and…
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) is backing former U.N. ambassador Kelly Craft in the Kentucky GOP gubernatorial primary as voters head to the polls on Tuesday to choose the Republican nominee to take on Gov. Andy Beshear (D). The Florida governor’s endorsement sets up a proxy war against former President Trump, who has backed another…
CNN anchor Jake Tapper is earning scorn from the left and praise from the right over his commentary on John Durham, a Trump-era special counsel, and a report reviewing the investigation of the former president’s ties to Russia. “Regardless, the report is here, it has dropped,” Tapper said Monday during his nightly newscast on CNN.…
Famed musical group the Village People has sent former President Trump a cease-and-desist letter over his usage of their hit song “Macho Man.” Karen Willis, the band’s manager and wife of lead singer Victor Willis, sent Trump’s lawyer, Joe Tacopina, the letter on Monday, calling into question a recent performance at his Mar-a-Lago estate in…
Writer E. Jean Carroll’s lawyer says former President Trump’s comments bashing Carroll during his recent CNN town hall are “definitely actionable” after a jury found Trump liable for sexual abuse against her. “So it’s definitely actionable. And here the cruelty will make him less wealthy. He is not going to get away with it another…
CNN’s Kaitlan Collins is moving from the network’s morning show to its 9 p.m. slot, network CEO Chris Licht announced Wednesday, after she hosted a high-profile town hall event with former President Trump earlier this month. “Kaitlan will begin anchoring the 9pm regularly in June. In her new program, officially launching later this summer, Kaitlan…
Former President Trump took a victory lap on Wednesday, taunting Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) after two of the governor’s endorsees lost their races on Tuesday night. Trump endorsed state Attorney General Daniel Cameron (R), who beat out DeSantis-backed candidate former U.N. Ambassador Kelly Craft in the Kentucky GOP gubernatorial primary. Cameron placed first, Agriculture…
Former President Trump on Wednesday took credit for bringing about the end of Roe v. Wade and the restrictive abortion laws that have passed in the year since the Supreme Court struck down the landmark decision. Trump, in a post on Truth Social, said he “was able to kill Roe v. Wade, much to the…
Former President Trump is losing a key member of his legal team on the Mar-a-Lago case, with attorney Timothy Parlatore departing as Special Counsel Jack Smith nears the finish line of his investigation. Parlatore, who has been working the case with three other attorneys, said he spoke with Trump on Tuesday to inform him of…
The winner of a contest that MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell created for people to try to disprove his election fraud claims has asked a federal court to make Lindell pay him the money after the ally of former President Trump has refused. Lindell promised to pay $5 million to anyone who could disprove his data…
Former President Trump leads President Biden by a 7-point margin in a new survey shared Friday with The Hill from Harvard CAPS-Harris Poll. Separately, the poll found Biden and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) deadlocked in a tie when those surveyed were asked who they preferred in a head-to-head matchup. The results coupled together point…
Former President Trump on Friday urged Republican lawmakers to dig in on debt ceiling talks just as negotiations with the White House were paused over disagreements. “Republicans should not make a deal on the debt ceiling unless they get everything they want (Including the ‘kitchen sink’),” Trump wrote on Truth Social. “That’s the way the…
Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis (D) asked judges in the county not to schedule trials and in-person hearings in roughly the first half of August, a signal she may bring charges against former President Trump during that time. Willis also indicated about 70 percent of her staff will work remotely on various days in…
Every four years, Americans think they are voting in a national presidential election. But pragmatically speaking, the vast majority are sideline voters, watching a battleground-state presidential election from the fringes. This opinion is quantified by 2020 campaign data indicating that the Trump/Pence and Biden/Harris tickets spent $883 million of television ads across just six states…
Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-La.) on Sunday said he does not believe former President Trump can win another general election as he campaigns for the GOP nomination in 2024. CNN’s “State of the Union” host Jake Tapper highlighted comments from Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, who is expected to launch his own 2024 bid later this week,…
Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) said on Sunday that special counsel John Durham’s long-awaited report on the FBI investigation into former President Trump’s ties to Russia is “damning.” “The Durham report is damning,” Graham told radio talk show host John Catsimatidis on WABC 770 AM’s “Cats Roundtable.” “It shows the FBI became a political weapon. They…
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) appears, finally, to be ready to enter the presidential race. DeSantis, who has long been seen as the most serious rival to former President Trump for the GOP nomination, has been running a quasi-campaign for months, backed up by a big-spending super PAC. But now multiple media reports suggest the…
Former Trump White House budget chief Mick Mulvaney said Monday that invoking the 14th Amendment to avert a federal default would do more harm than good. In an interview with NewsNation’s “The Hill,” Mulvaney said the likely interest rate spike and legal uncertainty to follow a 14th Amendment maneuver would damage the economy. “It doesn’t…
Republican lawmakers denounced a senior FBI official during a hearing Tuesday after she said she hadn’t read special counsel John Durham’s report on the agency’s investigation into former President Trump’s alleged Russia ties. “I’m honestly speechless at this point in time,” Rep. August Pfluger (R-Texas), chair of the Homeland Security Subcommittee on Counterterrorism, Law Enforcement,…
Results from a new survey indicate American voters are more set on who they don’t support in the 2024 presidential race than who they do support. Monmouth University polling, released Thursday, tested Democratic President Biden against Republicans former President Trump, former Vice President Mike Pence and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis in hypothetical head-to-head match-ups. DeSantis…
Former President Trump says “even” former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D) handled the coronavirus pandemic better than Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R), his latest attack coming the day after DeSantis officially joined the 2024 GOP presidential primary. Trump said in a video from his campaign Thursday that Florida had among the highest number of…
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) said Thursday that if elected president, he will consider pardoning all the Jan. 6 defendants — including former President Trump — on his first day in office. “On day one, I will have folks that will get together and look at all these cases, who people are victims of weaponization…
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) is ramping up his attacks on Donald Trump now that he is officially challenging the former president for the 2024 nomination, accusing him in a new interview of abandoning right-wing principles. “It seems like he’s running to the left, and I have always been somebody that’s just been moored in…
Former President Trump chided Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) for his silence on the impeachment of the state’s embattled Attorney General Ken Paxton. “MISSING IN ACTION!,” Trump wrote Saturday in a Truth Social post. “Where is the Governor of Texas on his Attorney General’s Impeachment?” Abbott has been a prominent GOP figure and a staunch…
The burgeoning 2024 GOP primary field has attracted a number of extremely obscure Republicans looking to take on former President Trump, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) and other well-known candidates, despite low name recognition and a lack of traction in the national polls. While many of the more famous names in the GOP primary field…
As former President Trump’s legal problems mount, he is frequently lashing out at a familiar target: judges. Trump has taken aim at the judge overseeing the civil case involving the writer E. Jean Carroll, deriding him as a “Clinton-appointed judge.” The former president has also claimed the judge handling the hush money case brought against…
The Wall Street Journal’s editorial board, which is rooting for someone other than former President Trump to win the Republican Party’s nomination for president, says Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis — Trump’s strongest rival — should lighten up and show a little humor to win over voters. Recent national polls show Trump with a huge lead…
They certainly don’t think they can defeat former President Trump, who retains a mammoth lead in the polls. But if Trump's legal problems force him out of the race, Republican voters want a Trump-like candidate.
The war in Ukraine is set to become one of the starkest dividing lines in the GOP presidential primary. Republicans who are largely united on a host of other issues — crime, immigration, the economy and the battle against “wokeness” — have deep tensions over a conflict that has now raged for more than 15…
Manhattan prosecutors on Tuesday formally opposed former President Trump’s bid to move his hush money criminal case from state to federal court. Trump’s lawyers earlier this month argued the case cannot be tried in state court because the alleged conduct happened while Trump was serving as president. Such a move would increase the potential jury…
Former President Trump is returning to his calls to remove birthright citizenship, with his 2024 White House campaign announcing Tuesday he would seek to end it via executive order on his first day in office. Trump announced his plan on the 125th anniversary of United States v. Wong Kim Ark, the Supreme Court case that…
A former Trump administration official is leaving her position as a top executive at Goldman Sachs to become a partner at the merchant bank BDT & MSD Partners. A release Tuesday states that Dina Powell McCormick, who served as deputy national security adviser for about a year, has been appointed vice chair and president of…
The Justice Department (DOJ) has an audio recording of former President Trump discussing a classified Pentagon document he took from the White House, CNN reported Wednesday. Trump’s comments about the document, which reportedly details a potential U.S. attack on Iran, come from a July 2021 meeting at the former president’s golf club in Bedminster, N.J.…
Former President Trump is eying a “spectacular” yearlong celebration of the country’s 250th birthday from 2025 into 2026 if he returns to the White House. Trump’s campaign said in a release on Wednesday that Trump plans to convene a White House task force called “Salute to America 250” to coordinate with state and local governments…
Newsmax host Rob Finnerty offered a rare criticism of former President Trump this week after his attacks on his former press secretary, Kayleigh McEnany, who is now a host on Fox News. “I don’t like it, especially with somebody like Kayleigh McEnany, who’s seemingly so loyal to her former boss,” Finnerty said Wednesday on the…
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) countered a jab Tuesday from former President Trump about his COVID-19 response, saying that the former president’s “whole family” moved to Florida under his governorship. “This is new,” DeSantis told NewsNation’s Kellie Meyer at a press conference when asked about Trump’s latest comments. “Six months ago, he would have never…
Former Trump administration White House lawyer Ty Cobb said late Wednesday that an audio recording that reportedly reveals former President Trump discussing a classified document he took from the White House “eviscerates” Trump’s defense in the Justice Department’s (DOJ) classified documents probe. Cobb said in an interview with CNN’s Erin Burnett that the recording undermines…
Former President Trump took a shot at Fox News on Friday, offering another rebuke of the cable news network over its coverage of Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, his top GOP rival. “FOX should embrace MAGA,” Trump wrote in a Truth Social post Friday afternoon, claiming the network was taking a big hit in viewership “because…
Former President Trump is calling for the New York judge overseeing his hush money criminal case to recuse himself, arguing the judge cannot be impartial. Trump’s lawyers noted in a new filing apparent political donations Judge Juan Merchan made to then-presidential candidate Joe Biden and liberal-leaning groups. They also referenced the judge’s participation in a…
Attorneys for former President Trump have not found the classified document that he reportedly discussed taking from the White House, CNN reported on Friday. Two sources told the outlet that the attorneys provided material to the FBI in response to a subpoena in March that was related to the document Trump discussed, but they did…
Former President Trump on Friday argued he should be cleared of wrongdoing for his handling of classified documents after the Justice Department said it would not bring charges against former Vice President Mike Pence on the issue, despite vast differences in their cases. “Just announced that they are not going to bring charges against Mike…
Former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie’s 2024 bid is likely to put his criticism of Donald Trump front and center, offering a test of just how much appetite there is in the GOP for an explicitly anti-Trump candidate. Christie’s expected presidential bid has been greeted with skepticism from Republicans, some of whom suggest his candidacy…
Former President Trump this week tossed a bone to immigration hawks, promising to issue an executive order rescinding birthright citizenship if he returns to the White House. The pledge drew groans from pro-immigration advocates, who quickly pointed out Trump only toyed with trying the move for four years in office, but it heightened fears about…
For any Republican primary candidate not named Donald Trump, getting attention is the name of the game — at least for now. Given former President Trump’s commanding lead in national polls and his propensity to drive news cycles, it’s vital for his challengers to simply keep themselves in the news. Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, widely…
Former George W. Bush aide Karl Rove suggested on Saturday that voters can learn a lot about candidates by “how they trade blows,” as the feud between former President Trump and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis heats up ahead of the 2024 GOP primary. “We learn a lot about the candidates by how we see how they trade…
Mike Pence just cannot let go of his presidential fantasy.
After Trump’s years of vile political attacks, the exchange of civil compliments between President Biden and Speaker McCarthy was a breath of fresh air that evoked an earlier, more civil era.
Former President Trump slammed former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie (R) on Tuesday amid Christie’s New Hampshire town hall, calling his speech “small.” Christie, a Republican, formally launched his White House bid during a town hall in Saint Anselm College on Tuesday, criticizing the former president repeatedly by likening him to the Harry Potter villain…
Former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie (R) announced on Tuesday that he’s running for president, setting up a rematch against former President Trump in 2024. While speaking in the Granite State, Christie took jabs at President Biden and former President Trump. He said that Trump “made us smaller” for pitting groups against each other and…
Former White House chief of staff Mark Meadows has testified before a grand jury in special counsel Jack Smith’s investigation into former President Trump, The New York Times reported on Tuesday. Two people briefed on the matter told the outlet that Meadows, who served during the last year of the Trump administration, had testified, but…
Though it’s reading tea leaves for now, there is some support for the theory that Special Counsel Jack Smith is considering a parallel federal RICO charge.
Former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie (R) filed paperwork Tuesday to run for president as he looks to take on former President Trump for a second time in 2024. Christie is the latest Republican to enter the burgeoning 2024 Republican primary field. Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and Sen. Tim Scott (S.C.) announced bids to knock…
Details of the Justice Department’s months-long investigation into former President Trump’s handling of classified documents went public on Friday after prosecutors successfully sought an indictment. Trump is set to make his first court appearance on Tuesday afternoon in Miami to face 37 federal criminal charges. Here are five takeaways from the federal indictment. DOJ lays…
New Hampshire Gov. Chris Sununu (R) on Sunday said it’s likely “some type of guilty verdict” will come down on former President Trump as he faces a federal indictment for his alleged mishandling of classified documents. “Everyone has to be very straightforward and transparent about it and acknowledge the realities of the severity of these…
Former President Trump claimed without evidence that the Biden administration was bringing a federal indictment against him because President Biden’s poll numbers have been dipping. “They’re using this because they’re losing in the polls. They’re losing very big in the polls,” Trump said Monday in a radio interview in Miami. “We’re beating Biden by 10…
Rep. Clay Higgins (R-La.) has accused the Justice Department of setting a trap to imprison supporters of former President Trump, who has called for protests in response to his latest indictment over allegedly mishandling classified documents. Trump arrived in Florida on Monday, ahead of his arraignment Tuesday in Miami, where thousands of protesters are expected…
E. Jean Carroll can amend her initial defamation lawsuit filed against former President Trump to include additional comments he made about her during a CNN town hall, a judge ruled Tuesday. Carroll was awarded $5 million last month after a Manhattan jury ruled in her favor and found Trump guilty of sexual abuse and defamation.…
Former President Trump entered a not guilty plea in federal court in Miami on Tuesday, as he made his first appearance after being indicted on 37 counts in the federal investigation into classified documents found at his Florida home, Mar-a-Lago. Todd Blanche, one of the president’s attorneys, entered the plea on Trump’s behalf, according to…
Former President Trump maintains a strong lead in the crowded Republican presidential primary after he was indicted on federal charges in a classified documents case, according to a new Harvard CAPS-Harris Poll survey released exclusively to The Hill on Friday. Fifty-nine percent of Republican voters said that if the GOP primary were held today, they…
Former President Trump leads President Biden by six points in a 2024 presidential race hypothetical matchup in a new survey shared Friday with The Hill from Harvard CAPS-Harris Poll. The poll found that 45 percent of respondents said they would vote for Trump if the 2024 election were held today between the former president and…
The Justice Department on Friday filed a motion seeking to block former President Trump from releasing any classified materials that will be shared with his legal team during his prosecution for the mishandling of records at Mar-a-Lago, noting that some are still being used in the course of their investigation. The documents “include information pertaining…
Former President Trump attacked his former chief of staff John Kelly after Kelly said the former president is is “scared s—less” over pending federal changes that he mishandled classified information. “John Kelly pretended to be a ‘tough guy,’ but was actually weak and ineffective, born with a VERY small ‘brain.’ He had a hard time…
CNN anchor Chris Wallace said if former President Trump is convicted on any of the charges against him in federal court stemming from his handling of classified documents, he could die in prison. “Well, look, you’d have to be crazy not to be worried,” Wallace said about how Trump might be feeling. “It’s, almost everyone,…
Attorney Jim Trusty withdrew from representing former President Trump in his defamation suit against CNN, days after Trusty stopped representing Trump in his criminal classified documents case. In court documents filed Friday, Trusty cited “irreconcilable differences” between him and the former president, who is seeking $475 million in punitive damages from the cable network over…
MSNBC pundit Joe Scarborough suggested Friday that former President Trump held on to government secrets after leaving the White House for financial reasons. “If you’re trying to figure out Donald Trump’s motive, whatever it is, we’ve been saying for eight years, it’s all about money,” Scarborough said on “Morning Joe,” before noting he has “absolutely…
Arnold Schwarzenegger isn’t worried about former President Trump getting reelected, saying, “I don’t think it’s going to happen.” “But I mean, that’s just my thinking,” the “Terminator” star and former Republican governor of California said in an interview on CNN’s “Who’s Talking to Chris Wallace?” airing Friday. “I just don’t think that you get reelected…
Michael Cohen, former President Trump’s onetime fixer and a key witness in the Manhattan district attorney’s case against the former president, was denied his latest bid for an early release from probation on Thursday. U.S. District Judge Jesse Furman rejected Cohen’s most recent request to end his probation early, ruling that it would not serve its purpose…
The ever-expanding field for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination and the ongoing fallout from former President Trump’s indictment will likely dominate the Sunday talk show circuit this weekend. Miami Mayor Francis Suarez, who will make an appearance on Fox News Channel’s “Sunday Morning Futures,” formally announced his campaign for president on Thursday, becoming the latest…
A slim majority of Americans surveyed in a poll released Friday would support pardoning former President Trump if he is convicted and sentenced to jail over allegations that he mishandled classified documents. The Harvard CAPS-Harris poll found 53 percent of total respondents — 80 percent of Republicans and 30 percent of Democrats — would support…
An adviser to former President Donald Trump’s 2016 and 2020 election campaigns went after his former boss on Twitter early Saturday, calling out his “vicious” attacks on other former staffers. Steve Cortes asked, “Who would work for Trump???” responding to Trump’s attacks against his former Chief of Staff John Kelly. Trump called Kelly “weak and…
Former Vice President Mike Pence said he does not know why other 2024 Republican presidential candidates “presume” former President Trump will be found guilty of the charges he is facing. Pence said in an interview with Chuck Todd on NBC’s “Meet the Press,” which will air in full on Sunday, that discussing whether to pardon…
Miami Mayor Francis Suarez (R) said Sunday that former President Trump is only ahead in the polls because he dominates the news cycle. “Well, he’s a wide lead because he dominates the conversation,” the mayor told Maria Bartiromo on Fox News’ “Sunday Morning Futures.” “And I think the press — and you know I don’t…
Republicans are doubtful that Miami Mayor Francis Suarez’s (R) entrance into the 2024 primary will have much of an effect as he looks to take on two leading candidates who also hail from his state: former President Trump and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R). Suarez’s announcement earlier this week did not come as a big…
Most of former President Trump’s rivals for the GOP nomination have taken a cautious path in responding to his indictment — but some veterans of his administration have taken a far more assertive stance. Bill Barr, who served as Trump’s attorney general, said that Trump would be “toast” if “even half” of the behavior alleged…
Fox News analyst Brit Hume said Monday that former President Trump’s defense for keeping classified documents was borderline “incoherent.” “His answers on the matter of the law seem to verge on incoherent,” Hume said after a portion of Trump’s interview with Fox anchor Bret Baier aired on the network. “He seemed to be saying the…
Former President Trump and Fox News anchor Bret Baier argued over Trump’s false claims of a rigged election in 2020 during a contentious interview that aired Monday on the network. “First of all, I won in 2020 by a lot,” Trump said when Baier asked him how he plans to appeal to independent voters in…
Former President Donald Trump on Monday defended his retention of classified materials after leaving the White House, telling Fox News he did not have time to go through the boxes filled with the documents. “Why not just hand them over then?” Fox anchor Bret Baier asked in Trump’s first interview since being arraigned last week…
Former President Trump tore into Quinnipiac and Fox News over a poll showing him trailing President Biden in a head-to-head matchup. “The Quinnipiac Poll FoxNews keeps showing on “TRUMP” vs. Biden is not just an old Poll, it is a BAD Poll,” Trump wrote Monday on Truth Social. “It under samples Republicans by 10 points,…
A federal magistrate judge Monday agreed to a motion from the Justice Department to block former President Trump from disclosing information relating to the Mar-a-Lago case, after prosecutors said the investigation remains ongoing. The order sides with the Justice Department in allowing Trump to see evidence collected in the case — including classified documents — but…
Former President Trump says he has not made a final decision as to whether he will participate in the first Republican presidential primary debate later this summer. “I like to debate, I don’t mind it at all, but when you’re 40 points up … why would I let them [his Republican rivals] take shots at…
Former President Donald Trump in a Fox News interview advocated for imposing the death penalty on convicted drug dealers, even as anchor Bret Baier pointed out that the policy would have applied to Alice Johnson, a woman Trump granted clemency to and promoted in a Super Bowl ad for his 2020 campaign. Trump told Baier…
House Intelligence leaders who met with special counsel John Durham said his review of the FBI’s handling of the investigation into the 2016 Trump campaign would serve as a basis for laying down reforms to an agency whose work must withstand scrutiny. Durham uncovered little new information in his report capping his nearly four-year investigation,…
The agreement announced Tuesday that will see Hunter Biden plead guilty to two tax charges has scrambled the picture for the 2024 election — a contest that, right now, looks odds-on to be fought between President Biden and former President Trump. Republicans argue the president’s son got a soft deal. Democrats contend that misdemeanor offenses…
Former President Trump says his family would not join him again in his administration if he returns to the White House, saying going back into politics would be “too painful” for them. “My family’s been through hell. I mean, they have — Eric, my son, who’s a fine boy. You know him very well. ……
House Republicans on Wednesday voted to censure Rep. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.), a rare reprimand of a sitting lawmaker that the GOP conference delivered as a rebuke for his efforts against former President Trump. The vote — 213-209-6 — is the culmination of a week-long push led by Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (R-Fla.), which was stymied last…
Former Rep. Will Hurd (R-Texas) on Thursday became the latest Republican to throw their hat in the ring for the 2024 GOP race for president. Hurd made the announcement during an appearance on “CBS Mornings,” joining what has become a crowded field of GOP candidates including former President Trump and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis. Hurd…
Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) said an effort to impeach President Biden now lacking due process would be “dead on arrival” in the Senate. Graham said during a Friday appearance on “The Hill” on NewsNation that Republicans argued that Democrats did not give former President Trump the right to due process during the impeachment proceedings against…
Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) is throwing his weight behind the conservative effort to expunge the two impeachments of former President Trump, saying Trump’s behavior didn’t rise to a level that merited either punishment, and he would like to eradicate both votes from history. Leaving the Capitol on Friday ahead of a long holiday recess, the…
Former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie (R) was booed on Friday after he criticized former President Donald Trump during a Faith and Freedom Coalition event, saying in response “you can boo all you want.” “Why am I running for president of the United States? I’m running because [Trump’s] let us down. He has let us…
Questions are swirling around whether former President Trump will participate in August’s Republican primary debate. Trump, who is leading the crowded GOP primary pack by a large margin in most polls, has been coy about whether he will be on stage with the other candidates come August. “I like to debate. I probably am here…
Special counsel Jack Smith has requested a delay in the classified and sensitive documents trial of former President Trump from August to December. Smith filed a request Friday to set Dec. 11 as the trial’s start date, about four months later than the initial Aug. 14 date that Judge Aileen Cannon set Tuesday. The filing…
Former President Trump expanded his lead over the GOP presidential field following his federal indictment earlier this month, with over half of Republican primary voters now saying in a survey that the former president would be their first choice for the 2024 nomination. The latest NBC News poll found that 51 percent of GOP primary…
When then-President Trump signed the First Step Act into law in December 2018, he hailed it as “an incredible success for our country.” But in an interview with Fox News this week, Trump struggled to reconcile his support for that criminal justice reform law with his call for the death penalty to be imposed against…
The Florida judge overseeing the Justice Department’s (DOJ) classified documents case against former President Trump rejected the government’s motion to file witnesses under seal on Monday. Judge Aileen Cannon, who was appointed by Trump, rejected a request from special counsel Jack Smith’s office to file a sealed list of 84 potential witnesses provided to Trump’s…
An audio recording of former President Trump discussing a secret government document at his New Jersey club dealt the latest blow to his evolving and growing defenses against charges over his retention of classified information. The recording appeared to undercut a claim Trump made a week earlier, in which he suggested he may not have…
Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) is racing to mend fences with former President Trump after the GOP leader questioned Trump’s strength as a 2024 presidential contender — a comment he quickly walked back amid blowback from Trump world. The Speaker’s cleanup effort — which has so far included a direct call to Trump, a subsequent media…
Former President Trump said he was not holding a classified document he appeared to mention on a 2021 tape of him that is being used as evidence in the federal classified and sensitive documents case against him. Trump told Semafor and ABC News in an interview on Tuesday that he referred to documents during the…
Former President Trump and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) are engaged in an escalating back-and-forth over their respective immigration plans, competing over who presents the more hawkish vision on the border. On Tuesday, DeSantis rolled out his immigration proposal, titled “Mission Stop the Invasion No Excuses,” a clear jab at Trump’s handling of the issue…
Supporters of former President Trump booed and called South Carolina Sen. Lindsey Graham (R) a “traitor” at a rally in the senator’s home state on Saturday. “Thank y’all for coming. Thank you very much,” Graham said in response to a chorus of boos at the rally for the former president in Pickens, S.C. “Just calm…
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’s (R) presidential campaign is facing pushback after his team shared a video attacking former President Trump over his past comments in support of the LGBTQ community. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg (D), the first openly gay man to be confirmed as Cabinet secretary, responded to the video on CNN on Sunday, asking who DeSantis…
President Trump, who has now been indicted over his handling of classified records, said in 2016 that a president under an indictment would cause a constitutional crisis, statements first noted by a CNN KFile review. Trump made the comments about then-presidential candidate Hillary Clinton at a rally in Reno, Nev., on Nov. 5, 2016, KFILE…
Former White House press secretary Stephanie Grisham said Saturday that she saw former President Trump show classified documents to people at his Mar-a-Lago residence in Florida. “I watched him show documents to people at Mar-a-Lago on the dining room patio,” Grisham, who served as Trump’s chief spokesperson from July 2019 to April 2020, said in…
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) took a jab at the Biden administration after officials confirmed Wednesday that cocaine had been found inside the White House. “I’ve long believed, I think a lot of us have believed that the Biden administration’s been blowing it on a lot of fronts. But I guess it’s a little bit…
Former President Trump on Wednesday lashed out at President Biden, his son Hunter Biden, Justice Department special counsel Jack Smith and the media after a suspicious white powder found at the White House over the weekend came back positive for cocaine. “Does anybody really believe that the COCAINE found in the West Wing of the…
An attorney who worked for former President Trump during his challenges to the results of the 2020 presidential election has decided to retire ahead of his potential disbarment over Trump’s attempts to overturn President Biden’s victory. Lin Wood announced his decision in a post on his Telegram account, saying the State Bar of Georgia agreed…
Former President Trump’s campaign and political action committee together hauled in more than $35 million in the second quarter of fundraising, the Trump campaign confirmed to The Hill. The news of Trump’s massive joint fundraising committee’s numbers, which includes figures from both his PAC and campaign, was first reported by Politico, which also noted that…
Oath Keepers founder Stewart Rhodes warned former President Trump that he will be found guilty if he goes to trial in federal court, calling on his own experience facing a jury last year. Rhodes alleged in a jailhouse interview with the Washington Times that the federal government is working to turn Trump’s close allies against…
Former Illinois GOP gubernatorial candidate Darren Bailey is launching a bid to take on Rep. Mike Bost (R-Ill.) for the state’s 12th Congressional District. Bailey was endorsed by former President Trump last year in the GOP gubernatorial primary but later lost to Gov. J.B. Pritzker (D). Bailey officially filed with the Federal Election Commission (FEC)…
Former President Trump said Friday that he would cancel every Biden administration policy that he described as “brutalizing our farmers” within hours of taking office, if he is elected in 2024. “Under Joe Biden, it has been a nonstop war on American agriculture. You know that better than anybody,” Trump said at a campaign rally…
Two civil rights organizations are launching a campaign to pressure state governments to disqualify former President Trump from appearing on ballots in 2024. The groups say secretaries of state are empowered by the 14th Amendment to bar Trump from running for office because of the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol insurrection. Starting Sunday, Mi Familia Vota…
Justice Department special counsel Jack Smith has spent more than $5.4 million in the first five months of his investigation into former President Trump’s handling of classified documents and efforts to overturn the 2020 presidential election, according to a newly released report. About $2.6 million of that total paid for personnel compensation and benefits, and…
Former President Trump argued Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis initially lagged in the 2018 Florida GOP gubernatorial primary because he was a “lousy candidate” during an Iowa event on Friday. “He was so far behind, ’cause, you know why? ‘Cause he was a lousy candidate, and I endorsed him and he became like a rocket ship,…
A preliminary report from the D.C. Bar Association recommends that former Trump attorney Rudy Giuliani be disbarred over his efforts to challenge the 2020 election. The report, released Friday by a committee assembled to review his conduct, determine that Giuliani “seriously undermined the administration of justice” by bringing a suit “seeking to change the result of…
Special counsel Jack Smith is digging into an Oval Office meeting that took place in the waning days of the Trump administration to discuss how the then-president could remain in power, CNN reported Thursday. Multiple sources told the outlet that members of Smith’s team have asked questions to several witnesses in interviews and during sessions…
Democratic strategist David Axelrod said the Green Party bid by academic Cornel West could draw votes away from President Biden, leading to a victory for former President Trump. “In 2016, the Green Party played an outsized role in tipping the election to Donald Trump. Now, with Cornel West as their likely nominee, they could easily…
More than 20 percent of Republicans surveyed said certain criminal charges against former President Trump have made them more likely to support him in the 2024 election, according to a new Ipsos poll released Thursday. About 24 percent of polled Republicans say the charges in the classified documents investigation make them more likely to support…
Former President Trump wanted to wiretap his aides’ phones in order to pursue potential leakers, a former Department of Homeland Security (DHS) aide alleged in an upcoming book, reviewed by NBC. Miles Taylor, a senior aide to former DHS Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen, also claimed that aides had concerns about the way the former president handled…
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’s weaker-than-expected campaign is prompting other Republicans, such as Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin and Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp, to take a new look at running for president, GOP strategists say. These Republicans argue that DeSantis, long seen as the strongest potential challenger in a GOP primary to former President Trump, has failed…
Former President Trump on Monday took a swipe at Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds (R) over her approach to the 2024 GOP presidential primary field amid reported frustrations from his team that Reynolds has been too cozy with Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’s (R) campaign. “I love Iowa, protected & expanded Ethanol, got 28 Billion Dollars from…
The race for the GOP presidential nomination “is going to be totally different” by the fall, former U.N. ambassador Nikki Haley said in an interview published Sunday. Haley, who is well behind in polls to former President Donald Trump, brushed off those numbers in the interview with The New York Times and said she expected…
Trump is just a shadow of what Nixon was as a president and a politician, but the damage he is causing Republicans and conservatives is exponentially greater than anything Nixon ever did.
House Republicans will return to Washington this week amid rising tensions between GOP leaders and hard-line conservatives, a dynamic highlighted by the House Freedom Caucus taking a vote to oust Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.). The apparent purge marks a stunning development for Greene, a conservative icon and close ally of former President Trump who…
GOP presidential candidate Chris Christie said Tuesday that former President Trump goes to bed every night thinking about the threat of going to jail over his 37-count federal indictment in the classified documents case. Christie, the former governor of New Jersey, said based on the indictment, he believes Trump would be convicted and ultimately face…
Fox News host Piers Morgan is urging former President Trump to participate in the first Republican presidential primary debate next month, which is slated to air on the network. “Donald Trump is many things,” Morgan said Tuesday evening during a discussion with former Trump adviser Kellyanne Conway. “But in all the time I’ve known him,…
Biden is on track to fall behind former President Trump’s pace in confirmations by the end of the year.
The Justice Department (DOJ) Thursday strongly opposed a motion from former President Trump’s legal team to indefinitely delay the Mar-a-Lago trial until after the 2024 election. “There is no basis in law or fact for proceeding in such an indeterminate and open-ended fashion, and the defendants provide none,” the Justice Department wrote. Trump’s team offered a…
Former President Trump criticized the Secret Service Thursday for ending its investigation into the cocaine discovered at the White House, suggesting it shows a “two tier level of justice.” “Despite all of the cameras pointing directly at the ‘scene of the crime,’ and the greatest forensics anywhere in the World, they just can’t figure it…
A since-shuttered super PAC that was aligned with former President Donald Trump made a $155,000 payment to former first lady Melania Trump in 2021, according to a new expenditure filing. The filing, which was first reported by The New York Times, showed that Make America Great Again, Again made the payment in December 2021 for…
An Iowa state senator announced Thursday he was backing Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) in the 2024 presidential primary process, flipping his support from Donald Trump after the former president lashed out at Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds (R). “Iowa Republicans must be united if we are going to take our country back and reverse Joe Biden’s failures,” said Jeff Reichman…
Donald Trump just reminded Republican voters — even many who voted for him twice before — why they might want someone else to top the party’s ticket in 2024.
A lawyer for Hunter Biden has sent a cease-and-desist letter to former President Trump’s legal team, saying that Trump’s rhetoric is putting Biden and his family in danger. ABC News reported that Abbe Lowell argued in the letter to Trump’s attorneys on Thursday that Trump’s speech on social media and in other forums could lead…
GOP presidential candidate Chris Christie on Thursday said he “can’t imagine” a presidential pardon for former President Trump if the Republican frontrunner is found guilty in the classified documents case for which he is facing federal charges. “I can’t imagine a circumstance, as we see it right now, let’s say with the documents case, which…
Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) is causing a stir among Democrats as his extended flirtation with a third-party presidential run is set to resurface when he headlines an event for No Labels — despite concerns that a possible run would boost former President Trump. Manchin will headline an event for the middle-of-the-road group — which has been pushing a…
Former President Trump praised the judge overseeing his classified documents case as his legal team seeks a postponement of his trial in Florida. Trump’s motion for a continuance of the trial, filed last Monday, awaits a decision by Judge Aileen Cannon, an appointee of the former president who presided over his initial challenge to the…
Former President Trump is seeking unprecedented delays as he faces prosecution for mishandling classified documents, arguing his status as a candidate and other factors require punting the case indefinitely. The strategy, if successful, would postpone Trump’s trial into a window that could be more favorable for him. If Trump were reelected, his administration’s Justice Department could withdraw…
Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) is keeping his Democratic colleagues guessing about whether he will run for another Senate term or challenge President Biden as a third-party candidate, which Democrats fear would tip the 2024 presidential race to Donald Trump or another Republican and create a tougher road to keeping their Senate majority. He stirred new…
The Georgia Supreme Court Monday declined to take up an effort from former President Donald Trump to quash an investigation into his efforts to overturn the 2020 election results in the state. The unanimous decision from the court’s nine justices was swiftly delivered just days after Trump’s legal team asked the court Friday to block an…
Former Vice President Mike Pence said Tuesday he hoped the Justice Department (DOJ) would not pursue charges against Donald Trump for his conduct around the Jan. 6 riots after the former president said he was notified he’s the target of the agency’s investigation into Trump’s attempts to remain in power after the 2020 election. Pence,…
The specter of January 6, 2021 rose again Tuesday in a series of dramatic developments — even as questions remain about how those events will impact the 2024 presidential race. The biggest news of all was confirmation from former President Trump that he expects to be indicted in the investigation into the Capitol riot, and…
House Republicans will put their claims of unequal justice for Republicans and Democrats at center stage Wednesday, bringing IRS whistleblowers before the public to blast the government’s investigation into Hunter Biden, the son of President Biden. The hearing will serve in part as a way for Republicans to give former President Trump political cover as…
A New Jersey man who had his sentence commuted by former President Trump was charged Wednesday in a “multi-million dollar Ponzi-like fraud scheme.” Eliyahu Weinstein, who was previously convicted of defrauding investors on two separate occasions resulting in combined losses of about $230 million, had his 24-year sentence commuted by Trump on the last day…
GOP presidential candidate Will Hurd argued some GOP voters think former President Trump is “boring” when talking about the same topics on the campaign trail. “Here’s what I’m hearing on the ground today: I’m in New Hampshire, a lot of people are saying that they think Donald Trump is boring, and he’s talking about the…
A number of politicians are stoking speculation that they could make late entries into the 2024 presidential race ahead of what’s shaping up to be a potential rematch between President Biden and former President Trump. Former Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan (R) became the latest figure to raise questions about a White House bid after he released a cryptic…
Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp (R) has been contacted by the federal special counsel investigating former President Trump’s attempts to overturn the 2020 election, Kemp’s office confirmed Friday. Former Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey (R) was also contacted for the investigation, according to CNN reports. Special Counsel Jack Smith is investigating Trump’s efforts to overturn the election…
Former President Trump isn’t just campaigning for the White House. Increasingly, he could be campaigning for his freedom. Trump this week announced he has been informed he is a target in the Justice Department investigation into his efforts to remain in power after losing the 2020 election, a development that could foreshadow additional federal charges…
Former Trump adviser Kellyanne Conway suggested on Monday that the former president may participate in the first Republican presidential primary debate next month but will likely “keep everybody in suspense” in the lead-up. “If I were you, I would keep that center podium warm because maybe he’ll make the announcement the day of,” Conway said…
Republican presidential candidate Chris Christie knocked former President Trump on Wednesday for having former President Clinton and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton at his 2005 wedding to Melania Trump. The former New Jersey governor’s jab came in response to Trump’s suggestion on Tuesday that Christie had tanked 2012 Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney’s chances…
Former President Trump said Wednesday on Truth Social that GOP Sens. John Cornyn (Texas) and Mitt Romney (Utah) will not win their next elections. Cornyn and Romney have criticized Trump and his actions on various issues, including his handling of the COVID-19 pandemic and the recent debt ceiling negotiations. Romney, one of the seven GOP…
It's a narrow path to the nomination, but Tim Scott does have a path — unlike most of the Republican field.
Former President Trump accused his GOP presidential primary opponent Chris Christie of costing 2012 Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney a chance at winning the presidency because of his collaboration with then-President Obama. Trump said in a Truth Social post Tuesday that Christie, who was serving as the governor of New Jersey at the time, was…
Former President Trump says he would put an end to Europe requiring entry fees for U.S. travelers if elected to the White House next year. “Wow! “U.S. CITIZENS WILL HAVE TO PAY FOR A VISA TO TRAVEL TO EUROPE STARTING IN 2024.” he posted on Truth Social. “Think of this. We give them everything, including…
The Justice Department is accusing former President Trump of attempting to delete surveillance footage at his Mar-a-Lago property in a new superseding indictment filed in the classified records case Thursday. The DOJ says Trump acted with a new co-conspirator to try to delete the footage and also charged him with an additional Espionage Act charge. …
Former Acting Attorney General Matt Whitaker criticized special counsel Jack Smith after he laid three additional charges against former President Trump in a superseding indictment this week, calling the move “vindictive and petty.” “I think this last round of charges, to supersede this indictment, was to try to punish Donald Trump,” Whitaker said in a…
Former President Trump on Friday appealed a judge’s ruling that mandated his hush money criminal case be tried in state court in New York. U.S. District Judge Alvin Hellerstein, a President Clinton appointee, ruled last week that the 34-count indictment was not connected to Trump’s role as president, rejecting his request to move the case…
Dozens of former Cabinet officials under former President Trump’s administration declined to publicly support the former president’s third bid for the White House, NBC News reported. NBC News reached out to 44 people who previously served in Trump’s Cabinet during his four years in office to gauge whether they would support the former president during the…
Former Attorney General Bill Barr said that he opposes former President Trump getting the GOP nomination but declined whether to say he would support him in the general election if pitted against President Biden. “I have made clear that I strongly oppose Trump for the nomination and will not endorse Trump,” Barr told NBC News…
Republican candidate Will Hurd said Sunday he expected to get booed at the Iowa Republicans’ Lincoln Dinner on Friday night, when he asserted that former President Trump was only running for the White House again “to stay out of prison.” “One of the things we need in our elected leaders: to tell the truth, even…
GOP presidential candidate Asa Hutchinson said took aim at Republican presidential candidates who have said they would pardon former President Trump if they are elected to the White House. CBS’s Margaret Brennan asked Hutchinson on “Face the Nation” if he believed Trump should be pardoned “for the good of the country,” which is what former…
GOP presidential candidate Nikki Haley sidestepped a question on whether former President Trump should drop out of 2024 presidential race. “While I think he was the right president at the right time, you know, earlier and while I think his policies were good, I don’t think he’s the right president at the right time going…
GOP presidential candidate Nikki Haley took aim at new allegations brought against former President Trump last week, saying that no one should erase anything unless they had “something to hide.” “I mean, none of that sounds good,” Haley told Margaret Brennan on CBS’s “Face the Nation.” “The same way it didn’t sound good when Hillary…
Former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie (R) on Sunday predicted that by the time the GOP primary candidates are standing on the debate stage in late August, former President Trump would be “out on bail in four different jurisdictions.” During an appearance on CNN’s “State of the Union,” Christie, a GOP presidential rival to Trump,…
House Democrat Rep. Dan Goldman (N.Y.) said that the latest charges against former President Trump show a “quintessentially consciousness of guilt.” “Well, it’s very serious, less because of the additional defendant I think, but more because it demonstrates Donald Trump’s knowledge of what his conduct was and how wrong it was, and that he was…
Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis (D) said her team has wrapped up their work on the investigation into former President Trump’s efforts to reverse the 2020 election results in Georgia, and she reaffirmed her commitment to announce charging decisions by Sept. 1. “The work is accomplished,” Willis told local news station 11Alive on Saturday. “We’ve…
Former President Trump is expected to be arraigned for the third time Thursday. Trump faces four charges in Washington pertaining to his efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 election. He denies wrongdoing. But even amid the detail in the 45-page indictment made public on Tuesday, there are a number of questions still unanswered.…
Former Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) on Friday said former President Trump had looked like a “scared puppy” a day earlier as he traveled to Washington, D.C., to appear in court in his arraignment on charges related to the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol and his efforts to remain in power. “I wasn’t in…
Former Attorney General Bill Barr said he is willing to testify against former President Trump at his Jan. 6 trial. Barr, who was appointed by Trump, responded “of course” when asked on CBS’s “Face the Nation” if he would be willing to appear as a witness in Trump’s trial over federal charges related to alleged…
Bernard Kerik, who helped lead a Trump campaign investigation in to false claims of voter fraud, met Monday with prosecutors from special counsel Jack Smith’s office. The meeting comes after Kerik, a former New York City police commissioner, turned over all documents relating to the effort to prosecutors last month. Timothy Parlatore, Kerik’s attorney, said…
U.S. District Judge Tanya Chuktan on Tuesday evening set a 10 a.m. Friday hearing for a proposed protective order by prosecutors in Special Counsel Jack Smith’s case against former President Donald Trump for efforts to overturn the 2020 presidential election. The protective order, if granted, will govern how evidence is handled in the case. While…
Legal experts have cast doubts that former President Trump and his legal team will succeed in attempting to move his case on Jan. 6 charges out of Washington, D.C., especially before jury selection is even conducted. Trump has floated the idea of moving his case to nearby West Virginia in the hopes he might face…
When it comes to criminal cases, many lawyers advise their clients not to speak publicly about their cases. But most clients are not former President Trump. As Trump’s legal problems continue to pile up, the former president has remained outspoken on social media and in public, attacking prosecutors, judges and potential witnesses, all while speaking…
{beacon} Evening Report Thursday, August 10 © AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall Trump’s GOP challengers vie for spotlight at Iowa State Fair The Iowa State Fair kicked off Thursday, the latest opportunity for GOP presidential hopefuls to get out their message and draw attention in a primary field dominated by former President Trump. While Trump…
The Fulton County district attorney investigating former President Trump’s efforts to overturn Georgia’s 2020 election results is warning members of her office about a “derogatory and false” ad being run this week by the Trump campaign. A Trump aide confirmed to The Hill that the campaign is planning to run an ad targeting Fani Willis…
House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) said Thursday that Jared Kushner, former President Trump’s son-in-law and senior adviser while in office, “crossed the line of ethics” by accepting a $2 billion investment from the Saudi government in his private investment firm six months after he left the White House. In an interview on CNN’s…
U.S. District Court Judge Tanya Chutkan at turns sided with the Justice Department and attorneys for former President Trump in a battle over how much he can publicly discuss evidence as he faces trial for seeking to overturn the 2020 election. Chutkan hashed out a deal that gives Trump more latitude to discuss evidence gathered…
Few candidates have been as aggressive in their attacks against former President Trump or shown the ability to get under the former president’s skin quite like Chris Christie. While the former New Jersey governor is occasionally quizzed at town halls and in TV interviews about his policy positions, his frequent and at times personal criticisms…
Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis (D) is expected to begin presenting her case against former President Trump to a grand jury early next week. Two witnesses in the case said on Saturday that they have been asked to appear before the grand jury on Tuesday. Independent journalist George Chidi said in a post on…
Biden’s military aid non-strategy is reflective of an overall strategic vacuum
Former President Trump is increasingly enmeshed in a tangled web of legal troubles, facing state and federal probes across the country. Trump is a party in more than a half-dozen civil lawsuits and faces 78 criminal charges across three cases, ranging from an alleged hush money cover-up to his purported efforts to overturn the 2020…
The high-profile prosecution of former President Trump for his role in seeking to block the transfer of power is eliciting a long-shot campaign to bring cameras into the courtroom. While the case against Trump itself may be unprecedented, it’s running up against a long-standing federal court precedent that bars televising the hearings or recording them…
A dramatic day in Washington on Friday shook up the 2024 presidential race, causing big problems for President Biden and former President Trump. The more shocking development came when Attorney General Merrick Garland announced the appointment of a special counsel to investigate the president’s son, Hunter Biden. The special counsel will be David Weiss, who had already…
Former Democratic National Committee (DNC) chairwoman Donna Brazile said on Sunday that the GOP might not be a “mainstream” party again. Brazile made the remark during an appearance on ABC’s “This Week, when co-anchor Jonathan Karl asked the panel for the program’s “Powerhouse Roundtable” about former President Trump’s impact at the Iowa State Fair this…
DES MOINES — Former President Trump was the clear star of the show at the Iowa State Fair this weekend, despite a growing number of legal problems threatening to bedevil his reelection campaign. Trump visited the annual Iowa event Saturday — the same day that his chief primary rival, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, was also…
Georgia election official Gabriel Sterling on Sunday warned of the possibility that former President Trump’s threatening words could lead to lone acts of violence, ahead of a likely fourth indictment expected. In an interview on ABC’s “This Week,” Sterling said he does not expect to see any large-scale or organized violence, but he expressed his…
Georgia election official Gabriel Sterling said Sunday former President Trump is “making himself a martyr” and a “victim” as he fights against three indictments and a possible fourth expected to come in Georgia. “It’s [the indictments] driving him ahead because he’s becoming, make himself a victim,” Sterling said on ABC’s “This Week” on Sunday. “He’s…
The document presents detailed, credible and compelling evidence about the attempt by President Trump and six co-conspirators to overturn a free and fair election.
Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-Md.) on Sunday compared a “public philosophy” he says was developed by former President Trump’s administration to a model similar to that of Russian President Vladimir Putin. “During the Trump administration, we saw the development of a completely new public philosophy, which is that government is not an instrument of the common,”…
A group of conservative legal experts on Monday filed an amicus brief in support of the Jan. 2 proposed trial date in the federal criminal case against former President Trump over his efforts to remain in power after the 2020 election. The group, which comprises former attorneys and judges who served or were appointed during…
Fani Willis, the district attorney in Fulton County, Ga., asked a judge Wednesday to start the trial of former President Trump on charges alleging he and 18 co-defendants plotted to overturn Georgia’s 2020 election results in March — just more than six months away. But legal experts told The Hill such a timeline is…
Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis (D) is requesting a March 4 start date in the trial of former President Trump and 18 co-defendants over an alleged plot to subvert the state’s 2020 election results and keep Trump in power. Willis also proposed that their arraignments occur during the week of Sept. 5, writing that the…
A prominent newspaper in Fresno, Calif., within House Speaker Kevin McCarthy’s (R-Calif.) own district, is calling on him to “dump Trump.” The Fresno Bee’s editorial board — which has had its share of critiques of McCarthy in the past — urged the California Republican on Wednesday to “disavow” former President Trump in the wake of…
Former President Trump said in an interview aired Thursday that, if reelected to the White House in 2024, he would not reappoint Jerome Powell to lead the Federal Reserve for another term. “I would not reappoint him. I thought he was always late, whether it was good or bad, but he was always late,” Trump…
Editor’s note: This file has been updated to note that Patrick Byrne is the former CEO of Overstock. The Georgia indictment against former President Trump lists 30 unindicted co-conspirators, who are alleged to have aided in various efforts to overturn the 2020 election results. The individuals were not named or charged, but the list appears…
Ahead of next week’s Republican presidential primary debate, former President Trump’s latest indictment in Georgia and his potential absence from the debate stage will likely dominate the Sunday talk show circuit this weekend. Trump and 18 others were indicted by a Georgia grand jury on Monday, following a more than two-year investigation into efforts to overturn the…
The state judge overseeing former President Trump’s Georgia case ruled that cameras will be allowed in the courtroom for the defendants’ arraignments, marking the first time that one of Trump’s criminal proceedings will be televised. Fulton County Superior Court Judge Scott McAfee on Tuesday granted a request from four local television stations to bring in…
Presidential primary debates can make or break a candidate’s run for the White House — either helping to clinch a nomination or stopping a campaign in its tracks. The stakes are high for Wednesday’s first GOP presidential primary debate as candidates vie for a breakout moment in a primary dominated by former President Trump,…
Mark Meadows, the former Trump White House chief of staff, asked a federal judge Tuesday to block his arrest over Georgia election charges as he tries to move his case to federal court. In a court filing Tuesday in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia, Meadows’s lawyers filed an emergency motion…
Former President Trump’s prerecorded sit-down with ex-Fox News host Tucker Carlson was released Wednesday night as the first presidential debate in Milwaukee — which the GOP front-runner opted to skip — was set to begin. The interview also comes on the eve of Trump surrendering himself to authorities in Georgia over the Fulton County 2020 election…
President Biden on Friday chimed in on former President Trump’s mug shot, saying his top political rival is a “handsome guy” after he was booked in Fulton County, Ga. When asked about the mug shot, Biden told reporters, “I did see it on television. Handsome guy.” Trump on Thursday evening surrendered to Georgia authorities after being…
Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy said Sunday that he thinks former Vice President Mike Pence missed a “historic opportunity” when he refused to intervene in the ceremonial counting of electoral votes on Jan. 6, 2021, to secure the 2020 presidential election for former President Trump. Ramaswamy, in an interview on NBC’s “Meet the Press,” was…
Cedric Richmond, the co-chair of the Biden campaign, said Sunday the president’s 2024 run will not focus on the legal problems facing former President Trump or President Biden’s son, Hunter Biden. When asked on ABC’s “This Week” about Trump and Hunter Biden’s ongoing legal problems, Richmond said, “Well, the president has said from the beginning…
Fulton County, Ga., District Attorney Fani Willis (D) on Monday will have her first major courtroom faceoff after indicting former President Trump and 18 others in the Georgia election case. At a Monday morning hearing in Atlanta, prosecutors are set to battle with attorneys for former Trump White House chief of staff Mark Meadows, who…
The judge in former President Trump’s Jan. 6-related federal case landed a bombshell Monday when she set a date for his trial. U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan announced jury selection in the trial would begin March 4 — the day before Super Tuesday, the biggest day on the GOP primary calendar. In making her decision,…
{beacon} Evening Report Monday, August 28 © AP Photo/Charlie Riedel, File Trump’s DC trial to start on eve of Super Tuesday Former President Trump faces a jam-packed first few months of 2024, with trials and primaries at times occurring on back-to-back days. The judge overseeing the federal case into efforts to overturn the…
Former Trump White House official Peter Navarro testified in federal court Monday that former President Trump made it “very clear” executive privilege should be invoked over testimony he was subpoenaed to give the House Jan. 6 committee investigating the Capitol attack last year. Navarro was charged with contempt of Congress after refusing to cooperate with…
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’s (R) presidential campaign Monday railed against former President Trump’s suggestion that DeSantis might drop out of the 2024 presidential election, calling Trump’s claim “fake news.” “This is fake news,” DeSantis’s press secretary Bryan Griffin wrote in a post on X, formerly known as Twitter. “Clearly, Donald Trump and his army of consultants are…
Former President Trump and his campaign Monday lashed out at the federal judge overseeing his trial in Washington, D.C., over his efforts to subvert the 2020 election shortly after she scheduled his trial to begin for March. U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan set Trump’s D.C. trial for March 4 after special counsel Jack Smith’s team…
Former President Trump has said he does not regret skipping the first Republican presidential primary debate, but there are signs he may not be able to dodge the stage indefinitely. Trump has indicated he does not plan to participate in the debates, pointing to his comfortable lead in the polls. Advisers said they would be…
Sidney Powell, a one-time attorney for former President Trump’s 2020 campaign who helped promulgate false claims of election fraud, has pleaded not guilty in the Georgia election interference case. Powell and 18 others — including Trump — are accused of joining a criminal conspiracy to keep the former president in power after he lost the 2020 presidential race…
New Hampshire residents will soon see former President Trump’s mug shot in a new ad from Tell It Like It Is, the super PAC backing Republican presidential candidate Chris Christie. The 30-second ad titled “Winning Again” features a series of clips of Trump, including a photo of his mug shot, which was taken last week…
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) said Tuesday morning that Republicans considering an impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden are taking “orders” from former President Trump. “They have nothing to show for their majority throughout the year,” Jeffries said on CNN. “And so, as a natural consequence of that, they just continue to take orders…
Arizona Secretary of State Adrian Fontes (D) said he does not have the ability to bar former President Donald Trump from running for president in his state Wednesday. There have been calls to bar the former president from being able to run in 2024 related to language in the 14th amendment where it states those…
Former Attorney General Bill Barr pushed back against the claims that former President Trump’s trials will interfere with the 2024 election, calling them “simply wrong.” “The basic principle in the criminal justice system is if a prominent person commits a crime and they’re seeking office, that doesn’t give them immunity,” Barr said on Fox News’s…
In a Thursday court filing, Former President Trump asked the judge presiding over the 2020 election case in Georgia to sever his case from the co-defendants who requested a speedy trial. Trump’s legal team argued in the new filing that they would not have sufficient time to prepare their case for the Oct. 23 trial…
Proud Boy Dominic Pezzola sobbed in a Washington, D.C., courtroom Friday as he asked a federal judge for leniency in his Jan. 6 sentence and vowed to stay out of politics in the future. However, after receiving a 10-year prison sentence, Pezzola reportedly raised his fist and shouted, “Trump won,” as he left the courtroom,…
A truck driver uses a machete to clear I-10 of fallen trees and branches after Hurricane Idalia crossed the state on Aug. 30 near Madison, Fla. The storm made landfall at Keaton Beach, Fla., as Category 3 hurricane.
A firm aiming to merge with the social media platform Truth Social’s parent company faces an important deadline next week to close the deal. Digital World Acquisition Corp. (DWAC) and Trump Media and Technology Group (TMTG), Truth Social’s parent company, announced plans to merge in October 2021. DWAC is a “blank check” company created to…
The release of former President Trump’s mug shot could serve as his sharpest tool yet in beefing up his political brand ahead of his bid to recapture the presidency next year. Trump began fundraising off his mug shot, taken in Georgia in connection with his efforts to overturn the state’s election result, almost as soon…
Rep. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) said Sunday he was surprised Mark Meadows, former President Trump’s White House chief of staff, decided to take the stand in the Georgia 2020 election case, calling his testimony a “Hail Mary to escape a potential conviction.” In an interview on MSNBC’s “Inside with Jen Psaki,” Schiff underscored the tremendous risk…
WASHINGTON (AP) — Jury selection began Tuesday in the case against former Trump White House official Peter Navarro, who was charged with contempt of Congress after he refused to cooperate with a congressional investigation into the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol. Navarro, a former economics professor, served as a White House staffer…
More than 4 in 10 Republican-aligned voters in a new CNN poll expressed serious concern with the recent charges and indictments against former President Trump. The poll published Tuesday found that 44 percent of Republican-aligned voters said they are “seriously concerned” Trump’s criminal charges will impact his ability to be elected in 2024 if chosen as…
New York Attorney General Letitia James (D) in a new filing asked a state judge to sanction former President Trump, his two adult sons and their legal team for $20,000, saying they continue to bring up arguments already rejected in court. James — who is suing the former president, his sons Donald Trump Jr. and…
Welcome to The Hill’s Energy & Environment newsletter {beacon} Energy & Environment Energy & Environment The Big Story Biden administration cancels controversial Alaskan oil leases The Biden administration on Wednesday confirmed it will nix seven Alaskan oil and gas drilling leases issued under the Trump administration and suspended for review shortly after Biden took…
Federal prosecutors and defense attorneys for former Trump economic adviser Peter Navarro rested their case Wednesday in a trial involving charges of contempt of Congress after Navarro refused to cooperate with the House committee investigating the events of Jan. 6. The first count facing Navarro pertains to his failure to turn over documents related to…
Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee (R) on Wednesday said 2024 will be the last election “decided by ballots rather than bullets” if former President Trump doesn’t win that year’s presidential race because of his various legal battles. In the latest episode of his show on TBN, Huckabee argued the legal woes now facing Trump are…
Protesters on Thursday interrupted Peter Navarro, a former Trump economic adviser, as he sought to address the press outside a Washington, D.C., courthouse, where he had just been convicted of contempt of Congress for his failure to cooperate with the House Jan. 6 select committee. “Here we are, with one of the most important constitutional…
Welcome to The Hill’s Defense & NatSec newsletter {beacon} Defense &National Security Defense &National Security The Big Story Peter Navarro convicted of contempt of Congress The former Trump advisor faced two counts of contempt of Congress for refusing to cooperate with a subpoena from the House committee overseeing the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on…
House Judiciary Chairman Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) on Thursday asked special counsel Jack Smith to turn over information relating to attorney Stanley Woodward, who has represented numerous Mar-a-Lago employees in dealings with prosecutors. Woodward is in the midst of a battle with the Justice Department as it seeks a so-called Garcia hearing to review potential conflicts…
Former President Trump is slated to headline the Monumental Leaders rally in South Dakota on Friday evening. The event comes amid speculation that Gov. Kristi Noem will endorse Trump for the 2024 Republican nomination. It also fuels speculation that he could be courting her as his running mate. She has been a vocal ally of the…
Former Sen. Kelly Loeffler (R-Ga.) spoke out on Friday following revelations that a Fulton County, Ga., grand jury recommended charges against her, saying she will “make no apologies” for speaking on behalf of former President Trump. Instead, similarly to Trump, she painted the case as a political attack. “Trying to jail your party’s leading political…
A federal judge has rejected former Trump White House chief of staff Mark Meadows’s attempt to move his charges in the Georgia election interference case to federal court. The ruling was a broad rejection of arguments from Meadows that his case should be heard in federal court because he was acting in his capacity as…
A long-awaited Georgia grand jury report released Friday provides a look at how Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) avoided being charged in Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis’s (D) election interference case against former President Trump and 18 other defendants. The report shows that the jury recommended taking the enormous step of bringing charges against the…
{beacon} Evening Report Friday, September 8 © Getty Trump rips report on Georgia election case THE RARE RELEASE of a special grand jury report has shed light on the people who narrowly avoided charges in the sweeping investigation into efforts to interfere in the 2020 presidential election. The Fulton County, Ga., special…
In the minds of those who hate him, has Trump ever been correct about any policy? Ever?
At a rally in South Dakota Friday, former President Donald Trump said Florida Gov. Ron Desantis had “sided with the communists in China” over U.S. farmers. “He strongly opposed my protection for our farmers,” Trump said of DeSantis. “I protected our farmers, very simply, and by the way those farmers got big checks.” When DeSantis…
Former President Trump warned Blake Masters that he is likely to lose an Arizona Senate primary to Kari Lake in 2024, The New York Times reported Friday. The Times report claims Trump called Masters on Sunday to make the blunt prediction, in what would be a move inconsistent with his 2024 strategy so far of…
Former President Trump isn’t too pleased with a lawsuit filed earlier this week to try and keep him off the ballot in 2024 in Colorado. The lawsuit was filed by Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW) Wednesday. It tries to use the 14th Amendment to say the former president is disqualified for actions…
In an interview on CNN Friday, Fulton County Sheriff Patrick Labat described Donald Trump’s demeanor when surrendering at the Fulton County Jail as unemotional. “He came out, he was very stoic, really in a space that he was able to really lean on what we were doing, what we planned, and so we took his…
The top three Republican presidential candidates will feature in the crowd of the Iowa-Iowa State football game on Saturday afternoon, for what will likely be the largest sports crowd in the state for the prestigious rivalry game. Former President Trump, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and businessman Vivek Ramaswamy have confirmed their attendance, alongside lesser candidates…
Donald Trump’s campaign for a second term alongside his prosecution for seeking to block the transfer of power has raised questions over whether the former president can be barred from the ballot under a 14th Amendment provision targeting those involved in insurrections. A handful of Colorado residents have launched a suit to remove Trump from the ballot…
Former President Trump on Monday formally demanded the recusal of the federal judge overseeing his 2020 election subversion case in Washington, D.C. Trump’s attorneys cited statements U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan made while sentencing two previous Jan. 6 defendants that appeared to reference Trump, arguing the comments create a perception that Chutkan prejudged Trump’s guilt before he…
The Biden campaign on Tuesday accused Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) of acting as a “super-surrogate” for former President Trump’s campaign after the California Republican earlier in the day directed House committees to open a formal impeachment inquiry into President Biden. “As Donald Trump ramped up his demands for a baseless impeachment inquiry, Kevin McCarthy cemented…
Recusal is a move Trump has tried before and lost. It’s one he will lose again.
Much ado about Section 3 of the 14th Amendment to the Constitution these days.
Georgia prosecutors argued Wednesday that Mark Meadows cannot move his criminal charges to federal court because he no longer works at the White House. Meadows, former President Trump’s White House chief of staff, is trying to move his two charges so he can assert immunity. After a federal judge previously rejected his attempt, he is…
Special counsel Jack Smith on Friday asked a judge to limit the extent former President Trump can discuss his looming trial on charges related to his effort to block the transfer of power in the 2020 election, citing a history of targeting those who “present an obstacle” to him. The order asks federal district court…
Former Justice Department official Jeffrey Clark in new court filings sought to justify becoming involved with Georgia’s 2020 presidential election by arguing former President Trump had an “unqualified and illimitable right” to change his job responsibilities. Clark, who is charged in Georgia alongside Trump and 17 others over their efforts to overturn the 2020 election…
Republican presidential candidate Ron DeSantis’s campaign targeted former President Trump for his comments on abortion during a new interview with NBC News. The DeSantis War Room account attacked Trump on X, the platform formerly known as Twitter, for “selling out conservatives” to win praise from “corporate media or the Left.” “Trump says he will compromise…
About a third of U.S. registered voters surveyed said they think President Biden would finish a second term if reelected, compared to a little more than half of voters who think the same for former President Trump, according to a poll. The CBS News/YouGov survey, published Sunday, found 34 percent of registered voters said they believe…
Trump put together a band of brothers resembling a mafia org chart.
Welcome to The Hill’s Health Care newsletter {beacon} Health Care Health Care The Big Story Trump toes the line on abortion The former president is attempting to appeal to both sides on the issue of abortion by bashing his competitors for backing abortion bans while also claiming credit for the post-Roe era. © Greg…
Former President Trump on Tuesday sought to clarify his position on abortion after facing backlash from some conservatives for calling Florida’s ban on the procedure after six weeks of pregnancy a “terrible thing.” “I was able to do something that nobody thought was possible, end Roe v. Wade,” Trump wrote on Truth Social. “For 52…
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) is set to release a tell-all book this fall chronicling her meteoric rise to fame, as one of the nation’s most prominent far-right lawmakers and most loyal supporters of former President Trump in Congress. “I wanted people to hear my side of the story,” Greene told the Washington Examiner in…
United Auto Workers (UAW) president Shawn Fain made it clear he doesn’t approve of former President Trump’s trip next week to Detroit amid the union’s ongoing strike against the Big Three automakers. “Every fiber of our union is being poured into fighting the billionaire class and an economy that enriches people like Donald Trump at…
Using Section Three to keep Trump off the ballot only fuels his claim of a stolen election.
Former President Trump on Wednesday vowed to reimpose and expand a travel ban that targeted several majority-Muslim countries and said he would shift parts of federal law enforcement to focus on immigration if he is elected to a second White House term. Trump, the front-runner for the Republican presidential nomination, appeared in Dubuque, Iowa, for…
Former President Trump knocked conservative pundit Megyn Kelly on Wednesday, calling her “nasty” just days after sitting with her for an extensive interview. “I sat down for an hour, and then I did a Megyn Kelly one,” Trump told a crowd of supporters during a campaign event in Iowa on Wednesday, apparently referring to his…
ATLANTA (AP) — Three of the Georgia Republicans who signed a certificate falsely claiming that then-President Donald Trump won the state in 2020 were not fake electors, their lawyers argued Wednesday, but instead were a “contingent” slate in case the original election results were tossed out by a court. U.S. District Judge Steve Jones heard…
Welcome to The Hill’s Campaign newsletter {beacon} Campaign Report Campaign Report The Big Story Trump’s rivals face critical 2nd debate Donald Trump is snubbing the event yet again, while his challengers gear up for a critical second GOP debate – with almost three months to go until the primaries. © AP Photo/Morry Gash Most…
Former Vice President Mike Pence told Fox News that former President Trump is “backing away” from his commitment after Trump is pushing back on a five-week abortion ban. “I have to tell you that, you know, the president and I have had our differences. Two and a half years ago, we had a clash,” Pence…
Trump and Biden could mutually agree to drop from the race subject to these conditions.
New York Attorney General Letitia James’s (D) office late Wednesday night pushed back on former President Trump’s “brazen and meritless” attempt to delay an upcoming civil trial in which she is suing Trump, his business and two of his adult children for fraud. James warned a delay could cause issues with Trump’s broader court calendar,…
Rudy Giuliani has denied allegations that he groped former Trump White House staffer Cassidy Hutchinson at an event on Jan. 6, 2021, calling her accusation “completely, absolutely false” and “totally absurd.” In her new book, Hutchinson claims Giuliani, the former mayor of New York who served as President Trump’s personal attorney, groped her backstage during…
Former White House communications director Alyssa Farah Griffin said Wednesday that the Trump administration knew Rudy Giuliani was “a liability,” a comment that comes as Giuliani faces new allegations that he groped ex-Trump aide Cassidy Hutchinson. Farah Griffin, who served in the White House in 2020, said on CNN’s “The Lead” that she “absolutely” believes…
Former President Trump on Friday acknowledged the retirement of billionaire Rupert Murdoch, the outgoing head of Fox and News Corp. — and the media tycoon with whom Trump has been feuding for months as he looks to reclaim the White House in 2024. Trump used the news to go after another political foe on the…
Editor’s note: This file has been updated to note that Dennis Kucinich is a former Ohio congressman. A new CNN/University of New Hampshire poll found President Joe Biden leading Donald Trump in a hypothetical general election matchup in the Granite State. The poll found Biden leading Trump by 12 points, with Biden receiving 52 percent…
Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-Calif.) on Sunday criticized Speaker Kevin McCarthy’s (R-Calif.) ability to govern and said that while McCarthy holds the official title, he effectively shares the top job in Congress with former President Trump, Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) and Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.). “Kevin McCarthy is a spectator speaker. He may have the…
Republican presidential candidate and former Rep. Will Hurd (Texas) said Monday that former President Trump is only running for president to avoid being incarcerated. “The problem that I have with Donald Trump is, is Donald Trump’s not running for president to Make America great again. He’s running for president to stay out of prison,” Hurd…
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Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley has surged into second place behind former President Trump in New Hampshire, according to a new poll, moving ahead of Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis in the GOP field. Trump is the clear frontrunner of the Republican race, with 45 percent of likely Republican presidential primary voters, but Haley is now…
Former President Trump defended ally Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) on Monday after Trump’s shoutout to the South Carolina Republican during his rally in the state prompted boos from the crowd. “Another man who’s always there, he’s always – I’ll tell you what, when I need help [from] the left. He’s great. He’s great. And he’s…
Former President Trump is coming under intense criticism for a social media post late Sunday in which he threatened to investigate Comcast, the parent company of NBCUniversal, NBC News and MSNBC, over the outlet’s coverage of him should he be elected president again. “They are almost all dishonest and corrupt, but Comcast, with its one-side and vicious…
The U.S. has turned sharply against free trade over the past two decades, shifting from an era in which members and presidents of both parties generally embraced one free-trade pact after another to one in which the forces of globalization are widely criticized, if not condemned. Former President Trump’s recent campaign pledge to enact a general…
Judge Aileen Cannon agreed Monday to a Justice Department (DOJ) request to hold hearings to examine potential conflicts of interest of two attorneys representing former President Trump’s co-defendants in the Mar-a-Lago case. The move comes after the DOJ warned that the two attorneys are representing other clients who may be called as witnesses against Walt…
Former President Trump on Wednesday evening is set to deliver a speech to autoworkers amid at Drake Enterprises near Detroit, amid a strike by United Autoworkers (UAW). The speech will occur an hour before the second GOP presidential primary debate, with many speculating Trump is intending to use the event to steal attention away from…
Judge Tanya Chutkan denied a motion from former President Trump asking her to recuse herself from overseeing his prosecution on charges related to his efforts to stay in power after losing the 2020 election. While writing that recusal motions served a vital purpose, “justice also demands that judges not recuse without cause,” she wrote, pointing…
Former President Trump won’t try to move his Georgia criminal prosecution to federal court, his lawyer said Thursday. The surprising turn of events comes weeks after Steve Sadow, Trump’s attorney, notified the state judge that Trump may attempt such a move. “President Trump now notifies the Court that he will NOT be seeking to remove…
A co-defendant in the sweeping Georgia election interference case involving former President Trump has become the first to plead guilty in the case. Scott Hall, a bail bond business owner, after reaching a plea agreement with prosecutors pleaded guilty to five misdemeanor counts of conspiracy to commit intentional interference with the performance of election duties before Judge Scott McAfee at…
Former federal judge Michael Luttig ripped The Washington Post’s Monday op-ed against invoking the 14th Amendment to disqualify former President Trump from the 2024 election, calling it “perhaps the most journalistically incompetent and irresponsible” piece he has ever read on the U.S. Constitution. Section 3 of the 14th Amendment, ratified in 1868 in the aftermath of…
Former President Trump on Monday was quick to fundraise off of his fraud trial in New York after proceedings wrapped for the day. Trump’s campaign blasted out a fundraising email with a subject line of “I just left the courthouse” roughly 20 minutes after court was dismissed in Manhattan, where the former president had been…
Former President Trump on Wednesday appealed a court ruling that found he committed fraud and ordered his New York business certificates be stripped. Trump’s trial in the civil case, brought by New York Attorney General Letitia James (D), is ongoing. Just prior to the trial, the judge ruled that James had already proven the core of her…
Former President Trump said that he would step in as Speaker of the House “if necessary” as the GOP scrambles to find a new leader. “I have been asked to speak as a unifier because I have so many friends in Congress,” Trump told Fox News Digital. “If they don’t get the vote, they have asked…
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) compared a theoretical House chamber under former President Trump as its Speaker to a Trump campaign rally, drawing immediate pushback from Democrats who suggested there had already been a Trump rally at the Capitol — on Jan. 6, 2021. “If Trump becomes Speaker of the House, the House chamber will…
A quick recap of the day and what to look forward to tomorrow {beacon} View Online Evening Report © AP Biden, Trump spar over border wall expansion President Biden and former President Trump are clashing over the Biden administration’s announcement that it’s waiving 26 federal laws to allow for border wall construction in…
Former President Trump is considering making a trip to Capitol Hill next week as House Republicans gather to determine who they will back to become the next Speaker following the ouster of Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) from the position. A source confirmed there are discussions about having Trump visit the Capitol next Tuesday, when the…
Former President Trump’s lawyers laid out their hush money case defense strategy in court filings this week, urging a New York judge to dismiss the indictment outright before the case even gets to trial. Trump faces 34 felony counts of falsifying business records over reimbursements he paid to his then-fixer, Michael Cohen, after Cohen made hush…
Fulton County prosecutors are seeking the testimony of Republican National Committee Chairwoman Ronna McDaniel and conspiracy theorist Alex Jones at the upcoming 2020 election interference trial for two of former President Trump’s co-defendants in Georgia, according to newly filed court documents. The documents show prosecutors also are seeking the testimony of Andrew Hitt, the former…
President Biden and former President Trump are in a dead heat among Nevada voters in a hypothetical 2024 match-up, according to a new poll. A CNN poll, conducted by SSRS, found Biden with 46 percent support and Trump with 45 percent support among registered voters in the Silver State. Another 7 percent said they’d vote…
To even tie Trump, the Senate needs to confirm 42 more judges in under three months.
Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis (D) penned another fiery letter to House Judiciary Chairman Jim Jordan (R-Ohio), again rebuffing his request for information about her prosecution of former President Trump and others involved in trying to block President Biden’s electoral victory in Georgia. “A charitable explanation of your correspondence is that you are ignorant…
Jared Kushner, the son-in-law and ex-adviser to former President Trump, said Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y) told his mother’s friends he was going to jail for his involvement in the 2016 election and alleged ties with Russia. “My poor mom, I told her to stop, you know reading whatever, I said, ‘I promise you, we didn’t…
Fulton County prosecutors and attorneys for two defendants in the sweeping Georgia election interference case involving former President Trump on Wednesday sparred over the validity of a racketeering charge that all 19 alleged co-conspirators face. Defense attorneys for Kenneth Chesebro and Sidney Powell — two Trump-aligned lawyers — argued before a Georgia judge Wednesday that…
Former President Trump demanded a “full apology” from Forbes magazine Tuesday after dropping off the list of wealthiest Americans for the second time in three years earlier this month. “I hereby demand a full apology from the failing Forbes Magazine,” Trump wrote in a post on Truth Social, saying the publication had written many false…
Former President Trump risks potential backlash in the Republican presidential primary over his criticism of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the wake of the Hamas terror attacks in Israel. In a speech Wednesday, Trump accused Netanyahu of “letting us down” in 2020 just before the U.S. killed a top Iranian general. Trump also suggested…
Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-Md.) slammed Republicans on Friday for invoking House Majority Leader Steve Scalise’s (R-La.) cancer diagnosis as a reason not to vote for him for Speaker and noted they only raised the concern once Scalise had already clinched the conference’s nomination for the role. “I’m dumbfounded that GOP Members (& Trump!) used Steve…
Nikki Haley is increasingly being viewed as the most viable alternative to former President Trump, as Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) continues to struggle to gain traction in the primary. The former United Nations ambassador received widespread praise for her performances in the GOP primary debates, has bumped up in primary polling and become an…
Former President Trump’s ex-lawyer Michael Cohen will no longer testify next week in the New York civil fraud trial against Trump due to health reasons. Cohen delayed his court appearance, citing a medical issue, sources confirmed to the Daily Beast, who first reported the cancelation. It’s not known how long Trump’s former fixer will be…
Former President Trump’s first few months in federal court as a defendant have shown that he is employing the same strategy he typically brings to his civil cases: seeking delay. Trump made headlines with one motion suggesting his May trial in the Mar-a-Lago documents case should be bumped until mid-November 2024 — after the election. …
A federal judge on Monday largely sided with the Justice Department in restricting former President Trump from attacking witnesses in his election interference case, as well as prosecutors and court staff. While the coming order allows Trump to criticize President Biden, the Justice Department, the judge overseeing the matter and his prosecution in general, the…
Walt Nauta, former President Trump’s co-defendant in the Mar-a-Lago case, will be permitted to keep his attorney despite conflict of interest concerns raised by prosecutors. In a Friday hearing in Florida, Nauta said he understood and accepted the risks with keeping his Trump-paid attorney who previously represented a Mar-a-Lago employee now expected to testify against…
New polling reveals just how vulnerable President Biden is roughly a year out from the 2024 election. Biden has persistently low approval ratings. There are widespread concerns about his age. And, in head-to-head polls against four-times-indicted former President Trump, Biden is in a dead-heat at best. Now, polls in battleground states are flashing warning signs…
Former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) sidestepped a question about endorsing former President Trump Sunday, arguing the “campaign is still going.” Asked by NBC “Meet the Press,” anchor Kristen Welker why he has not yet endorsed Trump, McCarthy said, “The campaign is still going. There’s a very good chance I would endorse President Trump.” Welker…
Former President Trump’s co-defendants in Georgia have begun splintering, with two lawyers key to Trump’s efforts to overturn the election agreeing to cooperate with prosecutors. Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis (D) late this week secured plea deals from Sidney Powell and Kenneth Chesebro, the highest-profile defendants to flip so far in the sprawling racketeering…
Former President Trump spoke to several of the nine candidates for Speaker in recent days ahead of the House GOP’s internal election to nominate a third candidate for the gavel. Trump’s conversations with Speaker candidates included House Majority Whip Tom Emmer (R-Minn.) and Reps. Kevin Hern (R-Okla.), Pete Sessions (R-Texas), Byron Donalds (R-Fla.), and Mike…
Former Trump White House chief of staff Mark Meadows secured an immunity deal with special counsel Jack Smith in order to testify before a grand jury in the election interference case, ABC News reported. Meadows testified before a grand jury empaneled to hear evidence in the case on at least three separate occasions, the outlet reported, doing so after…
Republican presidential candidate Larry Elder is suspending his 2024 campaign for the White House and has endorsed former President Trump for the party nominee. “As I look at the path forward, and after careful consideration and consultation with my campaign team, I have made the difficult decision to suspend my campaign,” Elder said in a…
Former U.S. Attorney General Bill Barr knocked former President Trump’s verbal skills in Friday comments. “His verbal skills are limited,” Barr said at an event at The University of Chicago’s Institute of Politics. When asked if the former President was “losing it” by CBS correspondent Jan Crawford, Barr said Trump is “not very disciplined with…
Former President Trump is expected to testify in his New York civil fraud case beginning Nov. 6, after his three eldest children give their testimony, the New York attorney general’s office said. Trump and his children were already on New York Attorney General Letitia James’s (D) witness list, though a judge decided earlier today that…
Former President Trump gave a stark warning to enemies of the U.S. at the Republican Jewish Coalition Conference Saturday. “If you spill a drop of American blood, we will spill a gallon of yours,” the former president said during remarks. Trump spoke at length about the ongoing Israel-Hamas conflict, which is escalating as Israel expanded…
Former U.S. Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Ben Carson endorsed former President Trump in a speech in Iowa on Sunday. Ahead of Trump’s scheduled address, Carson introduced the leading 2024 GOP presidential candidate as “my friend and your friend, and a friend of America.” “As I stand here today, I want to offer my…
Former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, a 2024 GOP presidential candidate, criticized former President Trump for wanting to split up aid to Israel and Ukraine, saying Trump wants to “coddle” Russian President Vladimir Putin. “This is Donald Trump’s bad worldview,” Christie said in an interview on CNN’s “State of the Union.” “He wants to do…
Republicans are watching eagerly as primary challenges pile up against President Biden, hoping the Democratic infighting and agitation about his candidacy will weaken his stature in November. Earlier in the 2024 cycle, Republicans were preoccupied with their own front-runner’s flaws, frantic that former President Trump as the likely nominee would go into the general election…
Time is running out for Republicans searching for an alternative to former President Trump to coalesce around a single candidate as the Iowa caucuses rapidly approach. The departure of former Vice President Mike Pence was the latest shake-up to the primary and could up the pressure on other low-polling candidates to drop out as well,…
Former Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) is getting a primary challenger in his reelection race for his House seat representing the state’s 20th congressional district. David Giglio, who previously lost a congressional bid for the state’s 13th District, is running as an “America First Republican” who will “fight alongside President Donald Trump in 2024 as he…
If we are to have equal justice in America, we must start with the premise that no one is too big to jail.
Rep. Nancy Mace (R-S.C.) called the possibility of being on former President Trump’s shortlist for running mate “intriguing” during an interview on Monday. During an interview with Charlamagne Tha God on “The Daily Show” on Monday, Mace was asked about her thoughts on the topic. “I think it’s intriguing. It’s interesting,” Mace said, adding “it’s…
Editor’s note: This story has been updated to clarify which information Kash Patel’s testimony about the National Guard contradicted. Former Trump administration aide Kash Patel on Wednesday denied claims that President Trump chose not to call up the National Guard during the Jan. 6, 2021, attack or delayed efforts to approve their deployments in testimony…
Former President Trump on Thursday referred to those jailed over their actions during the Jan. 6, 2021, riot at the Capitol as “hostages” during a rally with supporters in Texas. Trump walked on stage at a Houston rally to Lee Greenwood’s “God Bless the USA” as he typically does. But when it concluded, a song…
Rep. Ken Buck (R-Colo.) took the stand Thursday in a case attempting to disqualify former President Trump from appearing on the 2024 ballot in Colorado, with the GOP congressman appearing as a witness on behalf of Trump campaign attorneys attempting to discredit the House Select Committee that investigated the Jan. 6, 2021, attack. The case…
Mary Trump, the niece of former President Trump, said she thinks Ivanka Trump will throw her father “under the bus” when she testifies in the fraud trial underway in New York. Mary Trump, host of “The Mary Trump Show” podcast and a very outspoken critic of her uncle, previewed the trial with reporter Molly Jong-Fast…
The New York judge overseeing former President Trump’s financial fraud trial on Friday extended a gag order issued in the case to Trump’s attorneys, barring them from making comments about his communications with his staff and saying the comments have spurred threats. Judge Arthur Engoron has already prohibited Trump from making public comments about his…
Rep. Ryan Zinke (R-Mont.) introduced a bill Thursday that could ban Palestinians from entering the U.S. and possibly expel those who are already here. Zinke, who served as secretary of the Interior Department under former President Trump, introduced legislation called the Safeguarding Americans from Extremism Act. The legislation would require the Department of Homeland Security…
Mary Trump, former President Trump’s niece, took a swing at the judge overseeing her uncle’s trial in relation to the handling of classified documents in a video posted Friday. “In Florida, in the trial of the classified documents, the situation is much worse,” Trump said in the video posted to her Substack, “The Good in…
Muslim voters disillusioned with President Biden’s position on Israel are facing the prospect of a difficult choice in 2024. Voters The Hill spoke with said they feel betrayed, angry and disappointed with the way Biden has stood steadfastly with Israel despite its bombardment of Gaza. Yet the Republican candidate facing Biden at this stage seems…
Donald Trump and lawyers from New York Attorney General Letitia James’s (D) office will face off this week when the former president is expected to take the stand in the fraud case jeopardizing his business empire. His testimony marks an unprecedented turn in U.S. history where a former president and current White House candidate must…
The Justice Department Monday criticized former President Trump for “attempts to sanitize his conduct” leading up to the Jan. 6 Capitol riots, urging a judge to reject several motions to dismiss the case and disentangle Trump from the storming of the building. The four filings, together more than 100 pages, respond to a series of…
NEW YORK — The highly anticipated testimony of former President Trump in his New York civil fraud trial Monday heaved chaotically between defending his business practices and decrying those involved in the case as politically motivated “Trump haters.” Months of bubbling tensions between Trump and New York Judge Arthur Engoron reached a boiling point in…
Former President Trump went on offense during a contentious day of testimony in a New York civil fraud trial, lashing out repeatedly at the judge and prosecutors in the case and bolstering his political operation’s claims about the trial. While the former president’s lengthy rants against the prosecutors and judge handling the case may not…
Former President Trump diminished the risks of his attacks on those involved in his federal election interference case, complaining he has been hit with a gag order based on “speculation” about what his followers might do. The comment came in Trump’s first brief as he appeals a gag order issued by Judge Tanya Chutkan that…
A quick recap of the day and what to look forward to tomorrow {beacon} Evening Report © The Hill/Greg Nash Manchin passes on Senate reelection bid Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) said Thursday he won’t run for reelection, ending speculation over what would have been a bruising reelection bid while leaving the door open to…
Former President Trump on Thursday picked up support from two major GOP donors, serving the latest blow to his GOP rivals as they struggle to make a dent in his sizable lead. Robert Bigelow, one of Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’s (R) most prominent donors, said he is switching his support from the Florida governor to…
An attorney for Steve Bannon argued in federal appeals court Thursday that Bannon should not have to serve jail time for contempt of Congress because he was merely following legal advice. The onetime senior aide to former President Trump was convicted of two counts of contempt for defying a subpoena from the House Jan. 6…
President Biden used a major labor agreement between the United Auto Workers (UAW) and the Big Three auto companies to hammer former President Trump on Thursday for his record on jobs and support for union workers. Biden, donning a red UAW shirt, addressed a boisterous crowd of supporters and community officials in Belvidere, Ill., near…
Jill Stein announced a surprise presidential bid Thursday, seeking the Green Party’s 2024 nomination. Stein, a physician who ran against Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump in 2016 as the Green Party’s nominee, previewed her latest run for the White House on social media and unveiled an accompanying website. An official launch is slated for later…
Fewer and fewer people are watching the GOP’s presidential debates, raising sharper questions about their relevance in a cycle where the party’s front-runner, former President Donald Trump, is skipping them. Fewer than 7 million people tuned in for this week’s debate, where Nikki Haley and Ron DeSantis both got solid reviews for their performances. But with a dwindling audience…
Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-Md.) on Sunday compared a hypothetical second Trump White House term to that of President Vladimir Putin’s Russia and other authoritarian leaders in response to Trump’s veiled threats that he would go after his political opponents if reelected. “Well, the role of the government in his view is to advance his political…
Top Trump campaign advisers Monday sought to tamp down a spate of reporting about possible second-term policy and personnel plans that former President Trump would implement if he wins reelection next November. The statement from Susie Wiles and Chris LaCivita appeared to be addressing reports from The New York Times and Washington Post about Trump’s…
Donald Trump Jr. retook the witness stand Monday to paint an idyllic picture of the Trump Organization and its real estate ventures in the Manhattan fraud trial putting the family’s business empire at risk. As the first witness in the defense case, former President Trump’s eldest son offered a glowing evaluation of his father’s real…
2024 GOP presidential candidate Chris Christie criticized fellow Republican candidates Nikki Haley and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis for not more directly taking on former President Trump — who has maintained a sizable lead in the primary for months. “I am the only candidate running against Donald Trump. Nikki Haley and Ron DeSantis seem to be…
Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis (D) is seeking to revoke the bond allowing a defendant in the Georgia racketeering case involving former President Trump to remain free ahead of trial. Willis’s office cited defendant Harison Floyd’s social media posts in a Wednesday court filing, argueing they were in violation of the bond agreement he…
Leaked videos. An apparent confession, later represented as a “typo.” Demands for a protective order. Media reports detailing confidential interviews with four defendants who were divulging their knowledge to state prosecutors in the Georgia racketeering case involving former President Trump set off a bizarre “whodunnit”-style hearing in state court Wednesday afternoon. It culminated with a…
A New York judge has denied former President Trump’s motion for a mistrial in his civil fraud case, rejecting the claim that the judge and his principal law clerk had “tainted” the trial with bias. Judge Arthur Engoron issued a scathing rebuke of Trump’s mistrial motion Friday afternoon, describing it as “utterly without merit.” He…
Former President Trump claimed Saturday that the judge in his New York civil fraud trial is a “complete and total puppet” of New York Attorney General Letitia James. “Judge Arthur Engoron, the most overturned and stayed Judge in the State, and the Racist New York State Attorney General, the most corrupt & incompetent A.G. in…
An attorney for former President Trump celebrated Friday’s ruling that Trump could remain on the primary ballot in Colorado. “We’re pretty satisfied with the outcome,” attorney Scott Gessler, a former Colorado secretary of state, said in an interview with CNN’s Kaitlan Collins. Though, he added that he has not spoken to Trump. His comments came…
The Biden campaign is ramping up its offensive against former President Trump, targeting the front-runner for the 2024 Republican nomination as a rematch between Trump and President Biden appears increasingly likely. The campaign spent this week unloading on Trump, rolling out daily memos that outlined what a second Trump term would mean for abortion rights,…
Retired Army Col. Yevgeny “Eugene” Vindman, the twin brother of anti-Trump whistleblower Alexander Vindman, is running for Congress in Virginia as a Democrat. “I’m called to represent the people of the– Virginia’s seventh congressional district,” Vindman told MSNBC anchor Ali Velshi in an interview Friday. Both Eugene and his brother blew the whistle on the…
Former President Trump and former first lady Melania Trump marked the death of Rosalynn Carter in a statement Sunday highlighting her “legacy of extraordinary accomplishment and national service.” “Melania and I join all Americans in mourning the loss of Rosalynn Carter,” Trump posted on his Truth Social media platform. “She was a devoted First Lady,…
Former President Trump and President Biden appear to be headed toward a rematch, despite polls showing many voters are not satisfied with the current options for president. Experts said this could create a political environment in which more voters decide to sit out next November than in past recent elections. They said turnout could also be uplifted through building intense…
Former President Trump is calling to “revamp” the Republican National Committee (RNC) if the group proceeds with its primary debates, which Trump has repeatedly spurned. “GREAT POLLS JUST RELEASED – BEST EVER! Harvard/Harris TRUMP 67%, DeSanctimonious 9%, Birdbrain 8%, Ramaswamy 5%, Christie – dead in the water, a total loser! TRUMP UP 7% to 10%…
Former President Trump is in “excellent health,” according to a letter from his personal physician published Monday that provided very few specifics about his most recent exam. Trump and some of his aides posted a letter on social media from Bruce Aronwald, a doctor based in Morristown, N.J., who said he has been Trump’s physician…
WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal appeals court appeared inclined Monday to reimpose at least some restrictions on Donald Trump’s speech in his landmark election subversion case. B ut the judges wrestled with how to craft a gag order that doesn’t infringe on the former president’s free speech rights or prevent him from defending himself on…
A Georgia judge declined to revoke the bond of one of former President Trump’s co-defendants in his 2020 election subversion case Tuesday, allowing him to remain free on bond ahead of a future trial. Fulton County Judge Scott McAfee determined Tuesday that the bond agreement for Harrison Floyd, a former leader of Black Voices for…
Rep. Daniel Goldman (D-N.Y.) apologized Monday for his “poor choice of words” when he said former President Trump must be “eliminated” to protect democracy. “Yesterday on TV, I mistakenly used the wrong word to express the importance for America that Donald Trump doesn’t become President again,” Goldman wrote on X, the platform formerly known as…
The Colorado Supreme Court agreed late Tuesday to take up a case weighing whether to bar former President Trump from the 2024 ballot under the 14th Amendment. A lower court last week found that the former president engaged in insurrection by inciting the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot but determined the constitutional prohibition on holding…
Former President Trump wished his supporters a happy Thanksgiving in a Truth Social post early Thursday while slamming New York state’s attorney general, the judge overseeing his civil fraud case, President Biden and the “Radical Left Lunatics.” “Happy Thanksgiving to ALL, including the Racist & Incompetent Attorney General of New York State, Letitia ‘Peekaboo’ James,…
Former President Trump is facing 91 felony counts in four separate criminal cases. He was impeached twice, and left office under ignominious circumstances after his supporters violently stormed the Capitol, egged on by his claims of a stolen election. Many of his former top advisers have turned into ardent critics. And yet, several polls released…
Voting starts in just a few weeks for the GOP’s 2024 presidential primary, and early-state results could significantly shape the crowded field and even solidify the Republican nominee for the White House. Former President Trump remains the front-runner by a significant margin in most polling, while the rest of the party’s presidential hopefuls have been jostling for…
Here are five reasons why Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-N.Y.) could be Trump’s running mate.
Veteran Univision anchor Jorge Ramos ripped his network over an interview with former President Trump this month he dubbed too “friendly.” Ramos wrote in a column that the interview “put in doubt the independence of our news department,” and remarked that journalists have an obligation to ask hard questions to powerful figures when given the…
Former President Trump’s four criminal cases have dominated headlines since April, when he became the first president — current or former — to be indicted. But behind the scenes, a handful of state attorneys general are still investigating whether additional charges over efforts to keep him in power after losing the 2020 election could be…
House Republicans are bringing fresh attention to the Jan. 6, 2021 storming of the U.S. Capitol by a pro-Trump mob in ways that are earning praise from former President Trump and the party base. Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) this month announced he was posting online video clips from around the Capitol complex on Jan. 6,…
A federal judge Monday rejected former President Trump’s efforts to subpoena information related to the Jan. 6, 2021, attack that the former president had accused government officials of failing to preserve, determining the request amounted to a “fishing expedition.” An October filing from Trump repeated a disputed claim that the former House select committee investigating…
Given that the former president is skilled at negative branding, let’s consider what Trump actually says.
Rep. Ryan Zinke (R-Mont.), former Interior Secretary in the Trump administration, announced Tuesday that he would be endorsing the former president. Zinke served in former President Trump’s Cabinet for about two years before announcing his resignation in 2018 amid numerous ethics investigations. He was sworn into Congress last year, and previously was a member of the…
A co-founder of the Students for Trump supporter group was arrested last week on domestic violence charges in North Carolina, according to court documents. Ryan Fournier, who co-founded the organization as a Campbell University student in 2016 and now leads conservative activist group Radical Alert, was charged with assault of a woman and assault with…
Former President Trump often made support for Israel a cornerstone of his foreign policy during his first term in office, but in recent weeks he has offered mixed messages about how he would handle Israel’s battle with Hamas if he were chief executive. Trump initially criticized Israeli leadership over the Hamas terrorist attacks on Oct.…
Ten years ago, Donald Trump spurned an effort by a group of consultants to chart a path to the White House by first getting him elected governor of New York. It shouldn’t be surprising that he continues to fend off challengers from that direction.
At a campaign rally in Cedar Rapids, Iowa on Saturday, former President Trump said the attempts to bar him from the ballot using the 14th Amendment and the media have made him “much more popular” than he was in 2016 or 2020. Trump told a crowd at his Commit to Caucus event that the attempts…
The Republican presidential primary calendar won’t officially kick off until the Jan. 15, 2024, Iowa caucuses, but former President Trump’s dominant position in the polls has already sparked chatter about who could join him on a general election ticket. Trump is leading his primary rivals by an average of 60 percent at the national level…
Former President Trump reiterated his disapproval of the endorsement Iowa Gov. Kim Reynold gave to Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis in the 2024 primary during a campaign stop Saturday in the Hawkeye State. “I mean, that was her choice to do this. But I believe in loyalty,” Trump said to loud cheers in the crowd during…
GOP presidential candidate Ron DeSantis said his health care plan will replace ObamaCare if he is elected to the White House, promising that his full plan will be released in the spring. NBC’s Kristen Welker pressed DeSantis, the Florida governor, to address former President Trump’s vow to repeal and replace ObamaCare — a promise that…
Headlines blaring warnings about how a second Trump presidency could slip toward dictatorship on Monday prompted a stiff pushback from allies of the ex-president, who is topping GOP primary polls just weeks before the Iowa caucuses. The Washington Post, The Atlantic and The New York Times each published stories referencing a “Trump dictatorship” in recent…
Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) responded to former Rep. Liz Cheney’s (R-Wyo.) dire warnings about a potential second term for former President Trump by claiming President Biden’s reelection would be much worse for the country. Cheney warned in an interview with CBS’s John Dickerson that the United States is “sleepwalking into dictatorship” as the possibility of Trump winning…
Former President Trump fiercely denied former Rep. Liz Cheney’s (R-Wyo.) claim that the former president was “depressed and not eating” after the Jan. 6, 2021 attack on the Capitol, saying in a social media post Monday that, in fact, he was angry and “eating too much.” In Cheney’s new book, she recounts a conversation after…
Former President Trump is seeking to appeal a gag order barring him and his counsel from discussing his New York fraud trial judge’s staff to the state’s highest court. A lower appeals court reinstated Manhattan Supreme Court Judge Arthur Engoron’s limited gag order last week. Trump’s counsel argued in their request to eliminate the gag…
Senate Republicans who are concerned about former President Donald Trump’s viability in a general election now see Nikki Haley as the last, best chance of denying Trump the GOP presidential nomination and averting what they see as a potential general election disaster. GOP senators who don’t support Trump acknowledge he could win the presidency,…
Steve Bannon and Kash Patel claimed that former President Trump is “dead serious” about exacting revenge on his political enemies if he wins a second term as president, and they warned members of the media to take the threats seriously, saying Tuesday, “We’re going to come after you.” In an episode of Bannon’s “War Room”…
WESTON, Mass. — President Biden on Tuesday said if former President Trump wasn’t running for another term in 2024, he’s “not sure” if he would have embarked on his own reelection campaign. “If Trump wasn’t running, I’m not sure I’d be running. But we cannot let him win,” Biden said at a campaign reception in…
Pressure is growing on former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie to drop out of the GOP primary in order to clear a path for either Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis or former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley, as Republicans look for a viable alternative to former President Trump. Christie has largely centered his campaign around his criticism of Trump, but that message, coupled with…
Elizabeth Vargas says whether he’s there or not, Wednesday’s GOP presidential debate on NewsNation isn’t going to pretend former President Trump doesn’t exist. “We are not going to ignore the elephant in the room,” the “Elizabeth Vargas Reports” host and co-moderator of the fourth 2024 primary debate told ITK. “One of the debates, they waited…
Contrary to conventional wisdom, the Trump base isn’t monolithic, nor is it impenetrable.
Special Counsel Jack Smith’s team outlined the evidence it has collected against former President Trump on Tuesday, walking through information it says will showcase his motive and knowledge of a plan to block the transfer of power. The breakdown comes in a request to introduce evidence of events both before and after the conspiracy outlined in…
Four Republican presidential candidates will square off Wednesday night in Alabama as they try to cut into former President Trump’s lead in the 2024 GOP primary. In this live post-debate show, The Hill’s Mychael Schnell speaks with Democratic strategist Ameshia Cross and GOP strategist T.W. Arrighi to recap the night’s hottest topics and who they…
The Colorado Supreme Court on Wednesday appeared wary of disqualifying former President Trump from the 2024 ballot under the 14th Amendment, with several justices expressing concerns about their authority to intervene. The lawsuit is one of many filed across the country seeking to prevent Trump’s return to the presidency. The Colorado case is on the…
Four presidential candidates will face off Wednesday in Tuscaloosa, Ala., for the fourth Republican primary debate, hosted by The Hill’s sister news organization NewsNation. Former United Nations Ambassador Nikki Haley and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis are set to clash on stage as they vie for second place behind former President Trump, who is skipping the…
Former President Trump filed a motion seeking to halt activity in his election interference case after filing a notice of appeal Thursday seeking to override a decision from a federal judge who denied his motion to toss the case. The back-to-back motions ask Judge Tanya Chutkan, who is overseeing the Jan. 6 case, to pause…
Former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) said he is endorsing former President Trump for reelection in 2024, weighing in after months of not formally declaring support for a candidate. McCarthy said in an interview with “CBS Sunday Morning” that will air on Sunday that he expects Trump will be the GOP nominee in 2024 and…
The Trump campaign on Friday sought to distance itself from a report that detailed whom the former president might consider for his Cabinet if he wins reelection, which included prominent names like Tucker Carlson, Stephen Miller and Steve Bannon. The lengthy statement, attributed to senior advisers Susie Wiles and Chris LaCivita, came days after Axios reported Trump would look…
Home Depot co-founder and billionaire Ken Langone put his support behind GOP hopeful Nikki Haley on Friday, calling her approach to the 2024 election “smart.” “I think she’s just what we need right now. I think her approach is smart. I think she’s clarified herself on some issues which is very important,” Langone, who is…
While counting the results of Georgia’s 2020 election, Fulton County poll worker Ruby Freeman passed her daughter, another poll worker named Shaye Moss, a ginger mint. But longtime Trump ally Rudy Giuliani claimed a video of that interaction showed evidence of election fraud against former President Trump — proof of the mother-daughter pair passing a…
Shaye Moss said her life was “flipped upside down” when she became an epicenter of baseless accusations of mass election fraud in Georgia, taking the stand Tuesday as a witness in her defamation case against longtime Trump ally Rudy Giuliani. “I’m just this whole new messed up person,” she said. After the 2020 election, Giuliani…
If the law is working, what explains Trump’s hesitancy to embrace it?
Senate Democrats are calling on conservative Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas to recuse himself from ruling on former President Trump’s claim that he is immune from prosecution for alleged crimes he committed while in office. Senate Judiciary Committee Chair Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) and other Democrats on the panel argue that Thomas faces a conflict…
Former Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.) and late-night talk show host Stephen Colbert debated Monday night whether former President Trump was an “aberration” in the Republican Party. While on her book tour promoting her book “Oath and Honor: A Memoir and a Warning,” Cheney and Colbert disagreed about the former president’s role in the GOP and…
One in 5 Black voters say they would vote for “someone else” rather than President Biden or former President Trump in the 2024 presidential election, a new poll finds. The GenForward survey, first reported by Politico and later provided to The Hill, could signal trouble for Biden as he seeks a second term. Black voters…
New Hampshire Gov. Chris Sununu is set to endorse Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley on Tuesday evening at her town hall event in Manchester, according to reports. Sununu’s potential endorsement is key in the early voting state, where Haley and other candidates have six weeks to catch up to former President Trump, who is the…
Former President Trump knocked Republican presidential challenger Nikki Haley on Monday, touting his wide lead in polling just over a month out from the first primary contest. “Where’s the Nikki Surge?” Trump wrote in a post on his platform Truth Social. “I hear about it from the Fake News Media, but don’t see it in…
Special counsel Jack Smith plans to call witnesses who have analyzed data extracted from former President Trump’s cellphone, including one who can weigh in on his Twitter habits and another who has analyzed the movement of the Jan. 6, 2021, crowd following Trump’s speech that day. The Monday filing is the first indication of how…
Soon after he delivered his final floor speech on Thursday, ousted Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) offered critiques on his replacement’s legislative strategy, unloaded on Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.), and said he is open to serving in a second Trump administration. McCarthy is resigning from the House before the end of the year rather than serving…
A jury ordered Rudy Giuliani to pay $148 million to two former Georgia election workers for baselessly claiming they committed fraud in the 2020 presidential election, delivering a staggering legal and financial blow for the former New York City mayor-turned-Trump attorney. During the four-day civil trial, the eight Washington, D.C., residents heard harrowing testimony from the…
Former President Trump is escalating his rhetoric around immigration with less than a month to go before the Iowa caucuses — even as the Biden campaign counterattacks by arguing he is parroting Nazis. Trump in separate events over the weekend claimed migrants were “poisoning the blood of our country” and posed an increased terrorism risk,…
Several House Democrats have signed onto a letter amping up calls for Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas to recuse himself from a case reviewing whether former President Trump is immune from prosecution over charges of trying to overturn the 2020 presidential election results. “[W]e strongly implore you to exercise your discretion and recuse yourself from…
The Colorado Supreme Court delivered a December surprise Tuesday with its ruling barring former President Trump from the GOP primary ballot in the state. The justices, by a 4-3 margin, ruled that Trump had engaged in insurrection in relation to the Capitol riot of Jan. 6, 2021. They further contended that this disqualifies him from…
Former Ohio Gov. John Kasich (R) dug into the Colorado Supreme Court’s disqualification of former President Trump from the state ballot, calling it “pure partisan ridiculous stuff.” “I don’t need to lay out my bona fides as my opposition to Donald Trump. But this is just … pure partisan ridiculous stuff here,” Kasich said in…
Former President Trump’s legal team asked the Supreme Court to hold off on weighing whether he is immune from prosecution after special counsel Jack Smith asked the high court to assess the issue. Trump is appealing the decision of U.S. District Court Judge Tanya Chutkan, who declined his motion to toss his election interference case…
In a matter of weeks, the Supreme Court has taken center stage in former President Trump’s legal battles poised to dominate the 2024 presidential race. The justices were already grappling with two cases implicating Trump’s criminal charges when, on Tuesday, a new headache emerged: whether Trump can be barred from the ballot under the 14th Amendment. …
Special counsel Jack Smith again urged the Supreme Court to weigh former President Trump’s efforts to toss his election interference prosecution as a lower court considers Trump’s argument he is immune from prosecution as a former executive. The swift reply comes after Trump on Wednesday argued acceptance of the case by the high court would…
Gripping testimony from Ruby Freeman and Shaye Moss in their defamation case against Rudy Giuliani led to a staggering $148 million in damages — and potential lessons for Fulton County (Ga.) District Attorney Fani Willis as she prepares to take her complex case to court. Freeman and Moss, who are also set to be star…
Gov. Gavin Newsom (D-Calif.) warned efforts to prevent former President Trump from getting on the ballot in his state could be a “political distraction” Thursday. “There is no doubt that Donald Trump is a threat to our liberties and even to our democracy,” Newsom said Friday in a statement, which was first reported by Politico.…
Republican senators who voted to acquit former President Trump during his second trial after the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol largely say they don’t regret their votes years later, as Trump looks like he’ll be the party’s standard-bearer again in 2024. One Republican senator who frequently criticizes Trump’s conduct but nevertheless voted to acquit…
CNN anchor Jim Acosta raised former President Ford’s pardon of his predecessor, former President Nixon, in questioning former President Trump’s assertion of having total immunity from prosecution for his conduct in office on Sunday. Acosta asked his guest, former White House ethics head Norm Eisen, about the reasoning for a pardon if presidents could not…
President Biden said he “can’t think of one” reason for presidents to receive total immunity from prosecution, as former President Trump pushes for the courts to grant him immunity, Bloomberg reported. Biden reportedly made the comment Saturday in response to a reporter’s question before he left the White House to travel to Camp David, where…
The Colorado Supreme Court's decision to disqualify Donald Trump from the state's primary ballot next year has set off an uproar that the decision is undemocratic
The United States is barreling toward a 2024 rematch between President Biden and former President Trump that few Americans want to see. Biden has for months been hounded by questions about his age and voter concerns about whether he is up for another four years in the White House. The president would be 86 at…
The current crisis at the southern border will likely be the focus of this week’s Sunday news shows. Earlier this week, a migrant caravan of reportedly at least 6,000 people left a city in southern Mexico heading toward the U.S. The Biden administration is trying to raise pressure on the Mexican President, Andrés Manuel López…
Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) on Sunday appeared to backtrack on earlier criticism of former President Trump’s actions on Jan. 6 and suggested instead that his presidential immunity defense was “a legitimate claim” as he moves forward with various court battles. In an interview on CBS News’s “Face the Nation,” Graham was pressed on whether he…
New York Times reporter Maggie Haberman said former President Trump is worried the Supreme Court may rule against him on recent decisions in Colorado and Maine that booted him from the 2024 ballot in those states. Haberman said during an appearance on CNN last week that while Trump largely believes the Supreme Court will rule…
Democrats are sounding off: President Biden is being underestimated. The president’s poor approval numbers, and polling showing him trailing former President Trump, his likely opponent in 2024, have created frustration and anxiety within the party, with some wondering if Biden is heading Democrats into a disastrous election that could cost them the White House and Senate. But a number…
“The View” host Sara Haines said Tuesday that banning former President Trump from states’ 2024 primary ballots gives the appearance of “a rigged election.” Haines argued on Tuesday’s episode of “The View” that the recent decisions in Colorado and Maine to remove the former president from the ballot will only push more people to believe…
Former President Trump’s attorney Alina Habba on Wednesday said the former president is concerned the U.S. Supreme Court justices may “shy away from being pro-Trump,” and rule against him in regard to the recent decisions in Colorado and Maine that kicked him off the states’ 2024 primary ballots. Responding to New York Times reporter Maggie…
Former President Trump on Wednesday asked the Supreme Court to overturn a Colorado court’s landmark ruling disqualifying him from the state’s 2024 Republican primary ballot under the 14th Amendment’s insurrection ban. The appeal likely sets up an extraordinary battle at the nation’s highest court, which has never ruled on Section 3 of the 14th Amendment. That…
Alyssa Farah Griffin, a co-host of ABC’s “The View,” criticized former President Trump for not walking back his 2020 remarks about Ghislaine Maxwell, the former girlfriend and associate of Jeffrey Epstein. “But listen, there’s a lot in the far right who want to wish-cast these liberal elites being part of the Epstein things,” Farah Griffin…
Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-N.Y.) withdrew her support from a former Ohio state lawmaker’s bid for Congress over his reported criticism of former President Trump. “Earlier this week, I informed Craig Riedel (OH-09) that I will be withdrawing my endorsement. I was very disappointed in his inappropriate comments regarding President Trump,” Stefanik wrote Thursday in a…
Republican presidential candidate Chris Christie blasted radio host Hugh Hewitt during a contentious interview Thursday, faulting him for a lack of substantive questions. The contentiousness set in after Hewitt asked the former New Jersey governor, a critic of former President Trump, whom he would vote for in a general election between Trump and President Biden.…
Former Attorney General Bill Barr said state efforts to pull former President Trump from primary ballots for the upcoming election are “counterproductive” and actually strengthening Trump’s chances of victory. “Regardless of what I, you know, think of Trump and the fact that I oppose his renomination, I think he has to be beaten at the…
Former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley went after fellow GOP candidate and former Gov. Chris Christie (R-N.J.) Friday, claiming his campaign could be helping former President Trump get reelected. Christie has struggled to pick up momentum as he focuses campaign efforts in New Hampshire. Multiple GOP operatives, including Haley allies, have called on him to leave…
Special counsel Jack Smith denounced former President Trump’s request for contempt charges against him on Friday, saying the effort is just bringing up “recycled allegations.” Trump’s attorneys filed a contempt claim Thursday due to a dispute over how Judge Tanya Chutkan has paused activity in the case. The legal team claimed that due to a…
Former Democratic National Committee Chair Donna Brazile said Sunday that U.S. Supreme Court justices appointed by former President Trump don’t owe him “one thing” and should not treat him differently when they hear arguments in his appeal of the Colorado Supreme Court decision removing the former president from the state’s primary ballot under the 14th…
Former President Trump said he believed the Civil War could have been avoided through negotiation, though that would’ve changed the legacy of former President Lincoln. Trump, at an Iowa rally Saturday, said he finds the conflict “fascinating” but “so horrible.” He also noted the high death toll. “So many mistakes were made. See, there was…
President Biden on Monday sought to connect the fallout of the Civil War with the aftermath of the 2020 election as he warned truth and basic freedoms were at risk if former President Trump won another term in the White House. Biden drew comparisons between the Civil War, when he said defeated Confederates could not…
A federal judge in Nevada dismissed a ballot eligibility challenge against former President Trump on Tuesday, ruling the challenger does not have proper standing. Federal Judge Gloria Navarro determined that the man who brought the challenge, long-shot GOP presidential candidate John Anthony Castro, didn’t have authentic standing to bring the suit, because he filed to…
Former President Trump’s legal team suggested Tuesday that even a president directing SEAL Team Six to kill a political opponent would be an action barred from prosecution given a former executive’s broad immunity to criminal prosecution. The hypothetical was presented to Trump attorney John Sauer who answered with a “qualified yes” that a former president…
Nikki Haley faces the challenge of surpassing former President Trump in what has become a close contest in New Hampshire even with Chris Christie now out of the race. Christie’s decision to drop out less than a week before the Iowa caucuses is the latest development to boost Haley as she looks to consolidate support after rising…
Michael Cohen brushed off recent attacks from his former boss Friday. “He’s a felon, convicted felon and not a good person,” former President Trump said of Cohen after closing arguments in his civil fraud trial in New York. Cohen asked if there was a “reason” to “respond” to Trump in an interview on CNN. “He…
A New York judge ruled Friday that former President Trump owes The New York Times nearly $400,000 in legal fees over his lawsuit targeting the paper that the same judge tossed last year. New York Supreme Court Justice Robert Reed said in an order released Friday that the former president has to pay the Times…
More Americans say they think former President Trump will beat President Biden if they are their parties’ respective nominees for president, according to a new poll by The Economist/YouGov. Asked in a poll to predict who would win, “regardless of who you prefer,” 44 percent said Trump, 35 percent said Biden and 21 percent said…
Former President Trump will head to Arizona later this month to speak at a state Republican Party event. The Arizona Republican Party on Monday posted on X, formerly Twitter, an invitation that showed Trump as the special speaker for the state party’s Freedom Fest event, scheduled for Jan. 26 in Phoenix. The Freedom Fest event…
Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds (R) said on Monday that she would back former President Trump if he wins the GOP presidential nomination. “I’ve made it clear that I will,” Reynolds, who’s supporting Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, told Fox News’s Neil Cavuto when asked if she shared former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley’s view that she would…
Ron DeSantis on Monday slammed former President Trump for taking Iowa “for granted,” while brushing off Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.)’s endorsement of the former president shortly ahead of the Hawkeye State’s caucuses. DeSantis, in an interview with NewsNation’s “NewsNation Live with Marni Hughes,” contrasted his work on the campaign trail in Iowa with what he…
President Biden on Monday told the Rev. Al Sharpton that former President Trump’s “anti-democratic” statements were a factor in spurring him to run for a second term. “What made you decide to run for reelection?” Rev. Sharpton asked Biden in an interview on Sharpton’s radio show “Keepin’ It Real.” “What was the thing that really…
MSNBC anchor Joe Scarborough warned Tuesday that former President Trump’s win in Iowa could mean “bad news” for his chances in a general election. “The fact that Donald Trump has 50 percent of Republicans not voting for him, and as Steve Kornacki said, one-third hating him in the state of Iowa, in the state of…
Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) is requesting a transcribed interview with a former Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) official for allegedly flagging consumer transactions that had the phrases “TRUMP” or “MAGA” in them. On behalf of the Judiciary Committee’s Select Subcommittee on the Weaponization of the Federal Government, Jordan sent a letter requesting testimony to Noah Bishoff, the…
A Maine judge deferred a decision on whether former President Trump is disqualified from the state’s ballot under the 14th Amendment on Wednesday, allowing the Supreme Court to first weigh in on the extraordinary dispute. Maine Secretary of State Shenna Bellows (D) ruled last month that Trump was disqualified, becoming the second state to do…
Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) is under pressure from conservatives and former President Trump to reject an emerging bipartisan border and Ukraine aid package even as he gets the squeeze from the Senate GOP and White House. Republican senators in support of the deal argue that the leverage of Ukraine aid has given them a unique…
Former President Trump told the Supreme Court on Thursday that the decision kicking him off Colorado’s ballot was based on a “dubious interpretation” of the 14th Amendment, urging the justices to reverse the ruling and terminate the dozens of challenges proceeding across the country. “The Court should put a swift and decisive end to these…
Maine Secretary of State Shenna Bellows saw her office flooded with a “stream of steady, abusive and threatening” messages targeting herself, her staff and her family in the wake of her decision that former President Trump was ineligible to be on her state’s primary ballot. In an interview with The Hill, Bellows talked about how…
Former President Trump has a 16.4-point lead over former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley in New Hampshire, four days before the state’s Republican primary, according to a survey released Friday by Suffolk University. Although Haley has picked up major ground in recent months, the former president has a notable lead ahead of Tuesday’s primary. Just…
Former President Trump on Sunday said that his “DeSanctimonious” moniker for Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is “officially retired” after the governor suspended his 2024 presidential bid earlier in the day. DeSantis announced Sunday that he was dropping out of the GOP presidential primary and endorsing Trump, who frequently clashed on the campaign trail, just days before the…
Supporters of Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis are more likely to support former President Trump as their second-choice candidate in New Hampshire than former United Nations Ambassador Nikki Haley, according to a new poll. The poll from CNN/University of New Hampshire (UNH) was released just hours before DeSantis announced he would be dropping out of the 2024 presidential primary and…
House Freedom Caucus Chair Bob Good (R-Va.) formally endorsed former President Trump’s campaign for president in 2024, just minutes after Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) ended his presidential bid. “It is my privilege to provide my complete and total endorsement for Donald J. Trump as the 47th President of the United States. President Trump was…
NEW YORK — Former President Trump’s defamation trial brought by E. Jean Carroll won’t resume until Wednesday morning, according to a court spokesperson, a timeline that enables Trump to wait until after the New Hampshire primary before deciding whether to testify. Trump had shown up in the courtroom Monday with his lawyer saying he was…
President Biden and his allies are looking to turn the tables on former President Trump by highlighting his mental fitness for office after a high-profile verbal slip-up at a campaign rally. Democrats, including Biden, shared a clip far and wide of Trump over the weekend repeatedly confusing former Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) with Nikki Haley,…
A Fox News panelist said Tuesday that former President Trump responds with “uncontrollable narcissism and rage” when he feels insulted, pointing to the antagonistic election-night speech after winning the New Hampshire GOP primary Tuesday. Jessica Tarlov, a rotating co-host of Fox News’s “The Five” and a Democratic strategist, said during a panel discussion late Tuesday…
Some 6 million people watched coverage of Tuesday night’s New Hampshire primary on linear cable channels, as former President Trump emerged as the winner and solidified his status as the favorite to win the Republican nomination for president this summer. Fox News was the top-watched channel during coverage of the primary Tuesday night, netting 3.2…
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The national director of No Labels doubled down on the idea of running a third-party ticket after the New Hampshire primary, saying the group is now more likely to present a “unity” ticket. He also did not rule out the possibility of Trump’s last remaining Republican rival, Nikki Haley, as one of the group’s candidates. …
Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) on Tuesday sounded the alarm on former President Trump’s attacks on the Affordable Care Act (ACA) as she made the case that the 2024 presidential election ought to be about more than Trump’s criminal indictments. In an interview on MSNBC on Tuesday, Pelosi took aim at Trump’s recent statement that…
A quick recap of the day and what to look forward to tomorrow {beacon} Evening Report © AP Photo/Matt Rourke/Charles Krupa ‘Make America Normal Again’: Haley camp projects optimism amid tough road ahead Former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley is sharpening her attacks on former President Trump in the hours after his victory in New…
Former President Trump said Thursday he did not support a push by allies at the Republican National Committee (RNC) to effectively make him the party’s presumptive nominee, even as former Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley remains in the primary race. “While I greatly appreciate the Republican National Committee (RNC) wanting to make me…
Former President Trump encouraged “all willing States” to deploy National Guard members to Texas amid the feud between Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) and the federal government over the removal of razor wire across the U.S.-Mexico border. “In the face of this National Security, Public Safety, and Public Health Catastrophe, Texas has rightly invoked the…
Fox Business host Larry Kudlow, who served as director of the National Economic Council (NEC) during the Trump administration, said President Biden is justified in touting the economy’s strong numbers, saying, “I would be bragging about it, too.” “I’m an honest broker. He got a good 3.3 percent [gross domestic product] number for the fourth…
Former President Trump’s push to kill the border deal in order to deny President Biden a legislative win is upsetting members on both sides of the aisle as negotiators hope to wrap up work on an agreement within days. Trump had been the sleeping giant in the background of talks, but his wins in Iowa…
A draft resolution before the Republican National Committee (RNC) would, if approved, label former President Trump as the party’s presumptive nominee for 2024. The Dispatch first reported that David Bossie, an RNC committee member from Maryland, submitted a resolution that aims to declare Trump “as our presumptive 2024 nominee for the office of President of…
Former President Trump can delay paying E. Jean Carroll the $83.3 million a jury decided he owes her until after he exhausts all appeal options he has vowed to seek, The New York Times reports. On Friday, a federal jury in New York ordered Trump to pay Carroll for defaming her in 2019 when he…
Former Democratic National Committee Chair Donna Brazile said Sunday she thinks Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) is afraid of embracing a deal on a border security package because Trump might then publicly oppose the legislation. In a panel discussion on ABC News’s “This Week,” Brazile responded to Johnson’s Friday letter to colleagues, which said a border…
An increasing number of Republicans are weighing in when it comes to their party’s 2024 presidential choice with the first caucuses and primaries now underway. At least 124 House Republicans and 30 GOP senators have endorsed former President Trump’s 2024 comeback bid. No other candidate comes anywhere close to having that level of support from…
Rep. Mike Waltz (R-Fla.) sparred with CNN’s Brianna Keilar on Monday, arguing that there was “peace breaking out” in the Middle East under former President Trump. Waltz urged the Biden administration to take stronger action on Iran after three service members were killed in a drone strike in Jordan over the weekend, saying President Biden’s “Middle…
Former President Trump, who has predicted economic doom if he’s not elected back to the White House, said Monday he should get credit for the stock market’s recent record highs, more than three years after he left office. In a post on his Truth Social platform, Trump claimed that polls that show him ahead of…
Just because the Democrats were hypocritical when they impeached Trump on nonconstitutional grounds does not give Republicans the right to do the same
We need to look beyond the usual thinking: that the six conservative justices on the court — three of whom owe their position to Trump — could not possibly countenance affirming the Colorado disqualification case.
A former Trump administration official is in critical condition after being shot in an attempted carjacking in downtown Washington, D.C., earlier this week, a spokesperson for his family confirmed to The Hill. Mike Gill, a married father of three who worked at the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission during former President Trump’s White House tenure,…
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) denounced a House committee’s vote to impeach Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas as a “sham” on Wednesday and said House Republicans are pushing it only to “appease” former President Trump. Schumer condemned the House impeachment proceedings as “absurd,” signaling that Senate Democrats will likely bury articles of impeachment against…
GOP presidential candidate Nikki Haley unveiled a new line of attack on former President Trump and President Biden’s age and mental acuity, calling them “Grumpy Old Men.” Haley’s campaign said in a Wednesday release that the series will feature various aspects of what the country should expect from Trump and Biden if they are the…
A New York judge is expected to issue an “early to mid-February” ruling in the $370 million civil fraud case brought against former President Trump by the New York attorney general’s office, a court spokesperson said Thursday. Judge Arthur Engoron previously said he would aim to issue a decision by the end of January but…
By all accounts the former president is running a much more professional and well-organized campaign this time round. But it all takes money.
More than half of U.S. voters surveyed say if former President Trump were to be convicted of a “serious crime,” that would be a “fair outcome,” according to a poll released Thursday. In the new Yahoo News/YouGov poll, 51 percent of registered voters say a conviction of a “serious crime” would be a “fair outcome…
A defendant in the Georgia election interference case charged alongside former President Trump has doubled down on allegations Fulton County (Ga.) District Attorney Fani Willis (D) and a top prosecutor in the case began a romantic relationship prior to his hiring. Michael Roman, a 2020 Trump campaign operative, in court filings Friday urged the judge to…
Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley’s top competition in Nevada’s state-run primary is a “none of these candidates” ballot option. After tension over the presidential nominating system in the state, Nevada will hold both a primary and Republican Party caucus this week. Former President Trump, the GOP front-runner, is the only big name on Thursday’s caucus ballot, while Haley…
Former President Trump on Monday railed against the bipartisan border agreement and took aim at Sen. James Lankford (R-Okla.), a key negotiator, for his role in brokering the deal. In an interview on “The Dan Bongino Show,” Trump denied endorsing Lankford’s candidacy in 2022 — despite doing so publicly — and did not rule out…
President Biden on Monday told reporters he understands why former President Trump wants a debate between them — because Trump has time on his hands. Trump called for a debate against Biden during a radio interview on “The Dan Bongino Show,” saying, “I’d like to debate him now because we should debate,” NBC reported. Trump added…
Nikki Haley on Monday criticized former President Trump’s praise of Chinese President Xi Jinping, calling it abnormal. “Praising dictators is not normal. Make America normal again,” Haley, Trump’s last remaining rival for the GOP presidential nomination, wrote on X, the platform formerly known as Twitter. Haley was responding to Trump’s comments over the weekend describing…
Former President Trump urged his followers to give Anheuser-Busch a “second chance,” after months of criticism the company has faced in from conservatives. “The Bud Light ad was a mistake of epic proportions,” Trump wrote on his Truth Social website on Tuesday, referencing a brief partnership the company had with transgender influencer Dylan Mulvaney that…
Project Veritas and conservative activist James O’Keefe have settled a lawsuit in Pennsylvania over false claims about voter fraud in the 2020 presidential election that were initially made by a postal worker who backed former President Trump. A lawyer who represented Erie postmaster, Robert Weisenbach, who filed the lawsuit, confirmed to NBC News that it…
Welcome to The Hill’s Campaign newsletter {beacon} View Online Campaign Report Campaign Report The Big Story What to know about the Nevada Republican primary Former President Trump and Nikki Haley will appear in dueling Nevada elections this week. Haley will compete in Tuesday’s primary, which means she won’t face off against Trump in Thursday’s caucus. …
The Fulton County district attorney’s office asked a Georgia judge Wednesday to quash subpoenas of top prosecutors in former President Trump’s 2020 election interference case that would require them to testify at a hearing next week over whether they should be booted from the case. After accusing Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis (D) and special…
The Supreme Court heard oral arguments Thursday about whether former President Trump could be banned from the ballot this year. The case stems from a December ruling by the Colorado Supreme Court, which held that Trump should be struck from the GOP primary ballot in that state on the basis of the 14th Amendment. Section 3 of…
A quick recap of the day and what to look forward to tomorrow {beacon} Evening Report © Greg Nash / The Hill Justices broadly skeptical in Trump ballot case Supreme Court justices across the ideological spectrum appeared skeptical of the 14th Amendment challenge to former President Trump‘s inclusion on the Colorado ballot during Thursday’s…
Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson emerged as an unlikely ally of former President Trump on Thursday when the Supreme Court heard arguments over an effort to block Trump from Colorado’s Republican primary ballot via the 14th Amendment’s Insurrection Clause. Jackson, a liberal justice and the most junior on the high court’s bench, seemed sympathetic to one of the offramps that would keep…
Former President Trump on Thursday deemed it “selective prosecution” after a special counsel report found President Biden “willfully” held onto classified documents but stopped short of any charges. “THIS HAS NOW PROVEN TO BE A TWO-TIERED SYSTEM OF JUSTICE AND UNCONSTITUTIONAL SELECTIVE PROSECUTION!” Trump said in a statement. Special counsel Robert Hur released a 388-page…
Former President Trump on Friday endorsed businessman Tim Sheehy in Montana’s closely watched Senate race, just hours after Montana Republican Rep. Matt Rosendale filed to join the primary. Trump called Sheehy an “American Hero” and noted his support from the GOP Senate campaign arm and its chair, Montana Sen. Steve Daines — but he stopped…
Former White House aide and CNN contributor David Axelrod on Friday criticized President Biden for snapping at a reporter for the network who earlier asked about concerns regarding his memory and age. “Donald Trump is a gaffe-machine himself, but because he is energetic these questions are not as profound for him,” Axelrod said Friday. More…
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Special counsel Jack Smith is asking Judge Aileen Cannon to reconsider a ruling that would allow former President Trump’s legal team to publicly disclose witness identities and their testimony to the court docket. Trump’s lawyers have sought to attach evidence given to them during the discovery process in other court filings set to be publicly…
Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley is taking a swipe at primary rival and former President Trump with a mobile billboard about his age, as he starts campaigning in South Carolina ahead of the upcoming primary. The billboard will pass through the Myrtle Beach area Saturday and will stop outside of Trump’s rally while showing a…
The decision to not recommend charges for President Biden following his mishandling of classified records has Republicans complaining about a double standard given the Espionage Act prosecution faced by former President Trump. But the claims ignore key differences between Biden’s mishandling of records and the conduct that led to Trump being slapped with a 40-count…
President Biden went after former President Trump on Sunday for his comments admitting he once threatened NATO allies he would “encourage” Russian aggression, calling the remarks “appalling and dangerous.” Trump recounted the remarks during a campaign rally Saturday, saying he “would encourage” Russia “to do whatever the hell they want” to countries that are “delinquent”…
An adviser to former President Clinton warned Sunday that President Biden must broaden his appeal to 2024 voters instead of just focusing on attacks against former President Trump if he wants to be reelected. Doug Sosnik, a senior adviser to Clinton, compared the 2024 election to 1980 in a New York Times op-ed, with Biden…
Sen. Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) hit the GOP over the tanked bipartisan Senate border bill on Sunday, claiming House Republicans decided to kill the bill in order to help former President Trump win the 2024 election. The sweeping border security and asylum overhaul bill initially had strong bipartisan support in the Senate last week, but it…
Rep. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) slammed former President Trump over his recent remarks on NATO, saying Russian President Vladimir Putin must be “thrilled” about the comments. “Oh, Putin must be absolutely thrilled. If you look at it from Putin’s perspective, you know, the war isn’t going well in Ukraine for Russia. Russians keep coming back in…
Former President Trump has a large lead over President Biden in a new poll released by the Financial Times that shows him ahead by 11 points on the question of who would best handle the economy, often the key issue in a presidential election. About 42 percent of respondents in the poll released Sunday said…
Former Trump communications director Anthony Scaramucci quipped Tuesday that former President Trump is in a “love affair” with Russian President Vladimir Putin following his recent remarks about how he had encouraged Russian aggression toward “delinquent” NATO members. “He has a love affair with Vladimir Putin, and so I don’t think anybody in the West ……
Former Trump adviser Kellyanne Conway belabored Mazi Pilip’s loss in a New York House special election Tuesday, saying the GOP candidate was made to be “political roadkill” by a poorly-run campaign. Pilip lost the Long Island race to fill former Rep. George Santos’s (R) seat to former Rep. Tom Suozzi (D-N.Y.) by a 7-point margin,…
Tensions exploded Thursday during a frenetic hearing to determine whether Fulton County’s district attorney’s office should be disqualified from continuing its 2020 election interference prosecution of former President Trump and his allies due to a relationship between top prosecutors on the case. Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis (D) suddenly took the witness stand to…
Former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie (R) has not ruled out voting for President Biden while vowing to not back former President Trump as the two head toward a likely rematch in November. Christie was asked in an interview on Crooked Media’s “Pod Save America” podcast on Wednesday whether the choice between Biden and Trump…
NEW YORK — Former President Trump’s lawyers failed Thursday to delay his first criminal trial, spoiling Trump’s goal to delay his various prosecutions until after he has a shot at returning to the White House in November’s election. A New York judge set Trump’s hush money trial to begin with jury selection on March 25…
Former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie (R) is criticizing Sen. Marco Rubio (Fla.) and others in the Republican Party for defending former President Trump’s recent comments about NATO, saying they “all bend the knee” to the former president. Christie, a former Trump supporter who launched a primary bid against him as one of the only…
Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-Calif.) went after former President Trump for his legal woes in an interview on MSNBC Saturday. “I’ll take the individual who’s 81 over the guy who has 91 felony counts,” Swalwell said, making a reference to President Biden’s age in an interview on MSNBC’s “The Katie Phang Show” on Saturday. “It’s not…
The upcoming South Carolina GOP presidential primary will likely be the focus of this week’s Sunday news shows. The South Carolina GOP presidential primary will happen next Saturday, with former President Trump and former Palmetto State governor Nikki Haley facing off in a race on Haley’s home turf. Despite Haley’s home-field advantage in the primary,…
Former Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.), an outspoken critic of former President Trump, warned of the emergence of a “Putin wing” of the Republican party and stressed the importance of preventing its return to the White House. In an interview on CNN’s “State of the Union,” Cheney sharply criticized Trump’s recent comments suggesting he would not…
Lara Trump on Sunday expressed optimism for the prospect of becoming the next co-chair of the Republican National Committee (RNC) and emphasized the importance of November’s election to reverse what she called the nation’s “bad leadership.” Asked on Fox News’s “Sunday Morning Futures” for her expectations when it comes to leadership in the RNC, Lara…
Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley on Sunday would not say directly whether she would support former President Trump if he’s the ultimate party nominee for president. During the first 2024 GOP primary debate, Haley was among the vast majority of candidates who raised their hands to signal they’d support Trump if he became the party…
Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) on Sunday said he is unsure if Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) will run for reelection if former President Trump takes back the White House in November, given the frequent tension between the two men. Pressed by “Sunday Morning Futures” host Maria Bartiromo if he believes McConnell will not run…
Michael Cohen — who long served as former President Trump’s personal lawyer and fixer — warned Sunday of the potential risk of sending Trump back to the White House with mounting legal fees and financial liabilities. “We need to be very careful about him as a potential president because he is for sale,” Cohen, now…
Welcome to The Hill’s Business & Economy newsletter {beacon} Business & Economy Business & Economy The Big Story Will Trump file for bankruptcy? Two lawsuits dealt a staggering blow to former President Trump’s fortune, but it’s unlikely he would personally file for bankruptcy and pause enforcement of the judgements. © The Associated Press The former…
New York Attorney General Letitia James (D) is prepared to seize former President Trump’s assets if he does not pay the nearly $355 million verdict levied against him in a civil business fraud trial last week, she told ABC News on Tuesday. “If he does not have funds to pay off the judgment, then we…
Reverberations are being felt several days after the massive judgment against former President Trump in his New York civil fraud trial. The headline from that decision was an award of almost $355 million against Trump from Judge Arthur Engoron, who found Trump had habitually inflated the value of his properties in order to secure favorable…
Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley fought back tears Tuesday when talking about her husband’s military deployment overseas, during a campaign speech in which she pledged to keep up her battle against former President Trump for the 2024 presidential nomination. Haley urged a crowd in South Carolina, ahead of Saturday’s primary in the state, to share…
“Shark Tank” investor Kevin O’Leary blasted the $355 million New York business fraud judgment against former President Trump on Wednesday, predicting that it will quickly be shot down on appeal. O’Leary said that the judgment came from a “rogue judge” who went far beyond the norms of the law and is putting New York business…
Former Hawaii Rep. Tulsi Gabbard is slated to appear at former President Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort next month. According to an invitation shared exclusively with The Hill, Gabbard is set to be the keynote speaker at the 917 Society’s annual fundraiser on March 7 for a night in Palm Beach “celebrating the Constitution.” The event comes after Trump,…
Welcome to The Hill’s Business & Economy newsletter {beacon} Business & Economy Business & Economy The Big Story Fraud verdict threatens Trump’s real estate empire The far-reaching ruling in former President Trump’s civil fraud case could leave the Trump family’s New York real estate empire without a Trump at the helm for the first time…
In an ABC News exclusive interview, New York Attorney General Letitia James (D) spoke about the recent ruling in which her lawsuit forced former President Trump to pay more than $350 million in penalties. ABC’s Aaron Katersky asked James why, so far in Trump’s legal issues, only women have held him to account. “Why is…
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) went after New York Judge Arthur Engoron on Thursday, demanding he be “disrobed” over his $355 million business fraud verdict against former President Trump last week. Engoron ruled that Trump and his company committed business fraud by manipulating the value of assets, including inflating the value of his Florida home,…
A New York judge said Thursday he would not delay enforcement of the multimillion-dollar judgement in former President Trump’s civil fraud case. Trump’s legal team asked Judge Arthur Engoron to push back enforcement by 30 days in order to “protect” the defendants’ appellate rights and “ensure an orderly post judgment process.” “You have failed to…
Click in for more news from The Hill {beacon} Health Care Health Care The Big Story Biden ties Alabama embryo ruling to Trump The turmoil in Alabama over in vitro fertilization (IVF) and the status of frozen embryos continued Thursday as the Biden administration sought to link the situation to former President Trump’s Supreme…
New Hampshire Gov. Chris Sununu (R) said Thursday he was very optimistic about the future of the Republican Party and the country, saying former President Trump “won’t be here” forever and, at some point, the GOP will no longer be loyal to him. “People confuse the party with Trump,” Sununu said in an interview with…
Welcome to The Hill’s Campaign newsletter {beacon} Campaign Report Campaign Report The Big Story Trump supporters turn out in force at CPAC Former President Trump and his allies are the undisputed stars of the show at the Conservative Political Action Conference in National Harbor, Md. © Greg Nash/The Hill Throngs of conservatives have headed…
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) chided President Biden on Wednesday over reports about his plans for handling asylum claims at the border, characterizing them as “Trump impressions.” “Doing Trump impressions isn’t how we beat Trump,” Ocasio-Cortez wrote Wednesday night on X, formerly known as Twitter, in a reaction to a report by CNN that the president…
ROCK HILL, S.C. — Former President Trump rallied a packed, raucous crowd here on Friday afternoon as he sought to deliver a final blow in the battle for the GOP nomination. Around 6,000 people lined up hours in advance to see Trump in a Winthrop University sports arena on the eve of the South Carolina…
Former President Trump on Friday signaled he would engage in escalatory trade wars with foreign nations if reelected, a tactic he employed during his first term that economists have warned could worsen inflation. Trump, speaking at a rally in South Carolina on the eve of the primary there, told supporters that would enact the “Trump…
South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem (R) and biotech entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy were tied for first place as Republican grassroot activists’ preference for former President Trump’s vice presidential pick. Attendees at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) gave Noem and Ramaswamy 15 percent each when asked whom they believed Trump should pick as his running…
Former President Trump resoundingly won the Conservative Political Action Conference’s (CPAC) straw poll just hours before he’s expected to handily beat rival Nikki Haley in the South Carolina GOP primary. Trump defeated Haley 94 to 5 percent. Though the results of Saturday’s straw poll were largely expected, the results underscore the extent to which the…
Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) lauded his fellow Palmetto State senator, Tim Scott, claiming he would be a great running mate for President Trump in November because ‘there’s some chemistry there.” “There’s some chemistry there. I’ve been around them both,” Graham said Saturday in an interview with Fox News. “He likes him. Tim really is leaning…
Alyssa Farah Griffin, former White House communications director under President Trump, said Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley’s strong showing in South Carolina on Saturday should serve as a “five-alarm fire” to the GOP. On Saturday, Trump won the South Carolina primary by about 20 points, leading Haley 59.8 percent to 39.5 percent, according to The…
Former Republican National Committee Chair Reince Priebus said he was not sure if former President Trump’s recent remarks on Black voters were racist. “I don’t know. Look, I remember, back in 2016 when President Trump went in to say, ‘Hey, what the hell do you have to lose?,’” Priebus said on the panel on ABC’s…
Click in for more news from The Hill {beacon} Health Care Health Care The Big Story Trump eyes anti-abortion agenda for potential second term Anti-abortion groups and former Trump administration officials are drawing up plans for sweeping abortion restrictions if Donald Trump returns to the White House. © Greg Nash, The Hill The former…
A quick recap of the day and what to look forward to tomorrow {beacon} Evening Report © The Hill After South Carolina win, Senate GOP holdouts move toward backing Trump TOP SENATE REPUBLICANS appear to be closing ranks around former President Trump, who has tightened his grip on the party ahead of a…
Former President Trump holds a 6-point lead over President Biden in a hypothetical 2024 match-up, new polling shows, even as the Republican frontrunner faces mounting legal woes. A Harvard CAPS-Harris poll found Trump with 48 percent to Biden’s 42 percent in a head-to-head race, with another 9 percent of registered voters unsure who they would…
A member of the Republican National Committee (RNC) said it would be “totally misleading” for the committee to spend campaign funds on any candidate’s legal fees, including former President Trump. Henry Barbour, an RNC member from Mississippi, floated two draft resolutions over the weekend that would prevent the committee from paying Trump’s legal fees and ensure it…
The Trump campaign on Monday took aim at Manhattan prosecutors for requesting a “restrictive” gag order in the New York criminal case involving alleged hush money payments made ahead of the 2016 election. Former President Trump’s campaign spokesperson, Steven Cheung, called the request “election interference pure and simple” and said such a gag order would…
5,000 people took the time to go to the polls for a relatively meaningless primary, when they didn’t have to, and pull the lever for someone who either wasn’t running anymore, or of whom they had never heard. Who does that?
The former law partner and divorce lawyer of a top prosecutor in former President Trump’s Georgia election interference case has retaken the stand Tuesday after a judge determined he must testify in greater detail about Nathan Wade’s romantic relationship with Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis (D). Terrence Bradley, Wade’s former lawyer, is billed as the defense’s…
Former President Trump said there are “a lot of good choices” to replace Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) as the GOP Senate leader, but he declined to say whom he preferred. “I hear he’s not going to be leader, and he’s taken that step and a lot of people are calling me to politic for that particular…
President Biden visited the border in Brownsville, Texas, Thursday, as part of an effort to go on offense against former President Trump — and to turn a political liability into a line of attack against Republicans. The Biden campaign has signaled Trump’s hand in getting Republicans to kill a bipartisan proposal to bolster resources at…
Former Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.) on Wednesday called on the Supreme Court to “promptly” decide on former President Trump’s criminal immunity claims. Cheney, in a post on X, the social media platform formerly called Twitter, argued voters should be able to hear the evidence in the Department of Justice’s case against Trump concerning his efforts…
Sen. Mike Braun (R-Ind.) said Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) should “bite his tongue” and endorse former President Trump’s reelection bid. “If he does decide to stick through November, I think he needs to come out strongly for Trump, even though he might have to bite his tongue to do that,” Braun said Thursday…
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GOP presidential candidate Nikki Haley took a swing at former President Trump and other male politicians Friday for “demonizing” the issue of abortion, specifically with talks around a potential 15-week ban. “The fellas just don’t know how to talk about this,” Haley told CNN’s Dana Bash in an interview on “Inside Politics.” “They’ve got to humanize…
First lady Jill Biden slammed former President Trump’s treatment of women Friday, as she kicked off Women’s History Month with a campaign event in Georgia. The first lady launched Women for Biden, a campaign effort to mobilize women voters, with remarks in the Atlanta area. While she boasted about President Biden’s accomplishments and efforts to…
Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) announced Friday that she was endorsing former U.N. ambassador Nikki Haley in the GOP presidential primary against former President Trump. “I’m proud to endorse Gov. Nikki Haley,” Murkowski said in a statement. “America needs someone with the right values, vigor, and judgment to serve as our next President—and in this race,…
President Biden leads former President Trump, his likely general election rival, by four points in a Virginia poll that also showcased low favorability ratings for both candidates. The survey conducted by The Institute for Policy and Opinion Research (IPOR) at Roanoke College and released Friday showed Biden would defeat Trump in Virginia 47-43 percent. If…
The battle between former President Trump and former United Nations ambassador Nikki Haley for the GOP presidential nomination on Super Tuesday will likely be the focus of this week’s Sunday shows. A new NewsNation show, “The Hill Sunday,” launches this week, featuring guests including Reps. Jim Himes (D-Conn.) and Ken Buck (R-Colo.). Host Chris Stirewalt…
Former President Trump continued his attacks on the top prosecutors in his Georgia election subversion trial, as the judge prepares to determine if the two will will be disqualified from the case due to their once-romantic relationship. “WHERE DID FANI GET ALL THAT CASH? NO WAY SHE PAID HER LOVE, ‘PROSECUTOR’ NATHAN WADE, BACK,” Trump…
Super Tuesday is right around the corner and there are several House races to keep an eye out for. More than a dozen states are holding presidential nominating contests on Tuesday as well, a critical milestone in the 2024 race, where President Biden and former President Trump look to continue their winning streaks — and…
Former President Trump was projected to win Missouri’s Republican presidential caucus, notching another win to his list of victories so far, according to a projection by Decision Desk HQ. Trump appears to be on a clear path to clinching the GOP nomination later this month as he has swept every primary and caucus in the…
Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-Md.) denounced the Supreme Court’s decision Wednesday to consider former President Trump’s argument that he cannot be prosecuted in relation to his behavior surrounding the Jan. 6 Capitol riots because he was president at the time. “This was an obvious case not to take up, and just let the D.C. Circuit Court…
Sen. Steve Daines (R-Mont.) didn’t waste any time after the Alabama Supreme Court threatened to upend the political cycle by ruling that frozen embryos are people. Reproductive rights issues had given Democrats a big leg up in 2022 while Republicans struggled to communicate cohesively in the wake of the Supreme Court’s Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s…
The Supreme Court in an unusual announcement signaled it will release at least one opinion on Monday morning, a signal the justices could hand down a decision on former President Trump’s 14th Amendment case that kicked him off the Colorado ballot. The high court does not announce in advance which decisions it will release on…
Sen. Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska) appeared to brush off concerns about former President Trump’s mental acuity and, instead, spotlighted President Biden, who has faced mounting scrutiny on his mental fitness and ability to carry out a second term. CBS News’s “Face The Nation” anchor Margaret Brennan brought up Trump’s apparent mix-up over the weekend when he…
More than 20 percent of those planning on voting for former President Trump believe he has committed a serious crime, according to a recent poll. A New York Times/Siena College poll found that 21 percent of those voters planning on backing Trump in November’s election think he has committed a serious federal crime. Sixty-eight percent said he…
Hollywood legend Rita Moreno, who turned 92 in December, sharply criticized the rhetoric comparing former President Trump’s 91 criminal charges to President Biden’s age of 81. In an interview on “The View,” Moreno said the presidential candidates’ apparent political weaknesses are not comparable, but she’s not surprised that many focus on Biden’s age, pointing to…
GOP presidential candidate Nikki Haley said she is “very happy” the Supreme Court restored former President Trump to the ballot in Colorado on Monday, rejecting 14th Amendment challenges to his eligibility for the White House. Haley responded to the Supreme Court’s ruling on CNN’s “The Lead” with Jake Tapper, explaining that voters should be the ones…
Former President Trump’s legal team has asked the New York judge presiding over his hush money case to block a limited gag order proposed by state prosecutors just weeks before the historic trial is set to get underway. Trump attorneys Susan Necheles and Todd Blanche wrote in a new court filing Monday that the former…
Judges are not supposed to rewrite constitutional provisions they find objectionable on policy grounds, and they are not supposed to invent new provisions of law in order to devise policy “solutions” to texts they don’t like.
A federal judge on Thursday rejected former President Trump’s request to delay the $83.3 million judgment in advice columnist E. Jean Carroll’s defamation lawsuit, refusing to give Trump more time to post a bond with the deadline only a few days away. The former president and near-certain GOP nominee has mounted efforts to postpone the…
President Biden is not ruling out debating former President Trump, as the pair prepare for a likely head-to-head match-up in November’s presidential election. “It depends on his behavior,” Biden said when asked Friday whether he’d commit to a debate with the former president. Trump, who skipped every Republican presidential primary debate held this cycle, even…
Rep. Maxwell Frost (D-Fla.) argued that communities of color are “incredibly critical” in helping reelect President Biden in November and said he thinks marginalized communities “won’t survive” another term with former President Trump. Frost joined MSNBC’s Katie Phang, where he discussed the Biden’s recent endorsements. The Latino Victory Fund, AAPI Victory Fund and The Collective…
Former President Trump officially announced he is backing Rep. Nancy Mace (R-S.C.) as she looks to win her reelection race in November. In his post on TruthSocial where he shared the endorsement, Trump called her a “strong, conservative voice” who has worked “hard” to help Trump land his win in the South Carolina GOP primary. …
The Trump campaign released an ad Saturday drawing attention to several times President Biden has stumbled or fallen, harping on his age hours after the incumbent’s campaign unveiled a spot promoting the president’s age as an asset. The Trump ad, titled “Not a Young Guy,” begins with the same opening footage from the Biden campaign…
United Auto Workers (UAW) president Shawn Fain doubled down on his support for President Biden following a shout-out from the president in his State of the Union speech. “Joe Biden has a history of serving people, and standing with working-class people, and Donald Trump has a history of serving himself, and standing for the billionaire…
No Labels convention chair Mike Rawlings said that Democrats will get pummeled by the former President’s “Trump train” when responding to pushback that the group’s jump into the 2024 race would tilt the contest and hand the Oval Office back to the 45th president. “We’re gonna get run over by the Donald Trump Train,” Rawlings…
Former White House press secretary Stephanie Grisham said that President Trump’s recent meeting with Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán shows that he “wants to be a dictator.” “I think you’re looking at a second Donald Trump term… in terms of, he wants to be strong, that he can be tough with his own people, not…
It seems as if the entire point is to try Trump before the election. But now a trial during the election seems increasingly likely.
MSNBC host Nicolle Wallace noted the recent election of former President Trump’s daughter-in-law as Republican National Committee (RNC) co-chair Friday. “Now we’ve got nepo-RNC,” Wallace quipped on “Deadline: White House” Friday. The RNC voted to make Michael Whatley, who has previously been the chair of the North Carolina GOP and Lara Trump, the wife of…
President Biden slammed former President Trump for meeting with Hungarian premier Viktor Orban, highlighting his major campaign platform that he is running to preserve democracy. “You know who he’s meeting with today down at Mar-a-Lago?” Biden said at a campaign event in Pennsylvania. “Orban of Hungary, who stated flatly he doesn’t think democracy works, he’s…
Former Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.) went back and forth with Fox News’s Mark Levin this weekend after he called her “sleazy” amid allegations that she poorly ran the GOP side of the House Jan. 6 committee. An article in The Federalist accused Cheney of suppressing “exonerating evidence” against former President Trump, citing previously unseen committee…
Republican National Committee (RNC) co-chair Lara Trump said the top priority of the party is “protecting the vote” in November’s elections. Fox News host Maria Bartiromo asked Trump, the daughter-in-law of former President Trump, what her top priority is now that she was elected as the RNC co-chair. She pointed to comments made by Attorney…
Rep. Nancy Mace (R-S.C.) on Sunday sparred with ABC’s George Stephanopoulos over her recent endorsement of former President Trump, accusing the anchor of “shaming” her for being a rape victim in his line of questioning. Stephanopoulos played a video clip on “This Week” of Mace delivering testimony about being a victim of rape shortly before…
Republican Mark Robinson is facing growing scrutiny over his history of controversial comments as he looks to flip the North Carolina governor’s mansion. Robinson, an ally of former President Trump who serves as the state’s lieutenant governor, won the GOP nomination this week and is headed for a showdown with Democrat Josh Stein in November.…
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) blamed former President Trump and conservative media host Tucker Carlson for the rise in anti-Ukrainian sentiment in the House, dubbing the pair the leaders of a “pro-Putin faction” of the Republican Party. Ukraine aid has languished in the House for months as Republicans refuse to pass foreign spending without…
The Biden campaign brought in $10 million in donations in the 24 hours after President Biden’s State of the Union address, as Biden continues to build a cash advantage over former President Trump, the likely GOP nominee. The Biden campaign said Sunday that it was the largest 24-hour haul of the campaign so far. This…
Sen. Raphael Warnock (D-Ga.) lauded President Biden on Sunday after the president’s State of the Union speech and hit former President Trump for spending his election campaign concerned about himself and his legal dilemma. “Joe Biden is tried, tested and true. He’s seen this nonsense before,” Warnock said in an NBC “Meet the Press” interview…
Jimmy Kimmel and former President Trump have been engaged in a years-long feud. The late-night host frequently pokes fun at the former president, who targets him on social media. On Sunday night, while hosting the Oscars awards show, Kimmel fired back at Trump, saying that he wanted to share a “review” about his performance with the audience.…
Former President Trump has won the Republican primary in Georgia, according to Decision Desk HQ. Trump wasn’t expected to face any serious competition in the Peach State, which awards 59 delegates on the Republican side, particularly after rival Nikki Haley dropped out of the GOP primary last week. Yet Haley can still receive votes in…
President Biden won the Georgia Democratic primary, according to Decision Desk HQ projections, giving him enough delegates to clinch the Democratic presidential nomination and all but guaranteeing he will face off against former President Trump again in November. DDHQ projected Biden the winner in Georgia at 7 p.m. EDT Tuesday. Biden is expected to notch…
Welcome to The Hill’s Technology newsletter {beacon} Technology Technology The Big Story House GOP ‘hopeful’ bill to force TikTok sale passes House Republicans supporting a bill that could ban TikTok said Tuesday they are hopeful it will pass in a floor vote despite vocal opposition from President Trump. © AP The House is expected to…
No Labels, the centrist group gunning for a third-party presidential bid, announced Thursday the process it plans to use to pick a presidential ticket. The group voted last week to move forward with a “unity ticket,” even as the race solidifies into a general election rematch between former President Trump and President Biden, who have…
The leader of the House GOP campaign arm is urging his colleagues to “embrace” former President Trump, which he contends is a winning strategy across all districts. Rep. Richard Hudson (R-N.C.) is encouraging his conference colleagues to support Trump, the presumptive GOP nominee in 2024, in his push to regain the Oval Office and welcome…
Nathan Wade, who helped lead former President Trump’s criminal prosecution in Georgia, resigned on Friday after a Georgia judge ruled that either he or Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis (D) must step down due to a conflict of interest. Judge Scott McAfee’s decision comes after news broke in January that Willis and Wade engaged in a once-romantic relationship.…
Former President Trump is set to speak in Dayton, Ohio, Saturday, at the Buckeye Values PAC Rally, backing GOP Ohio Senate Candidate Bernie Moreno in his primary race. On Friday, Moreno’s campaign said a former intern admitted to a “prank” after a report found his email account was linked to an adult website profile. Moreno…
Former Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) on Sunday underscored the stakes of the November election after former President Trump warned of a “bloodbath” for the auto industry and the country if he doesn’t win a second term in the White House. At a campaign rally in Ohio on Saturday, Trump called for a 100 percent tariff…
Tech billionaire Elon Musk appeared to come to former President Trump’s defense on Sunday over media coverage of the former president’s “bloodbath” comments, saying people should use X, the platform formerly known as Twitter, to avoid being “misled by the legacy media.” Musk suggested that the “legacy media” outlets were taking Trump’s comments on Saturday…
Sen. JD Vance (R-Ohio) on Sunday ripped into what he described as the “ridiculous attack” on former President Trump, who is facing criticism after he called some undocumented immigrants “not people” and warned of a “bloodbath” for the auto industry and nation if he is not reelected in November. “And now you have this ridiculous…
Former President Trump said Sunday that he will decide “pretty soon” whether to back a national abortion ban. Trump’s comments come after reports surfaced last month that he is considering embracing a 16-week federal abortion ban for his campaign platform. “We’re going to find out,” Trump told Fox News host Howard Kurtz on whether he…
Rep. Mike Turner (R-Ohio) said he disagreed with former President Trump’s characterization of the Jan. 6, 2021, rioters at the Capitol, saying that he believes in the U.S. judicial system. I don’t believe they’re hostages. I believe in our judicial system, and I believe, though, Martha, as you’ve seen because you reported them, some of…
Former Vice President Mike Pence (R) said on Sunday that his decision not to endorse former President Trump’s reelection campaign is as much about Trump’s actions on Jan. 6, 2021, as it is about his “walking away” from conservative principles. “The issue of fealty to the Constitution is not a small matter, but it’s not…
Michael Cohen warned Monday that former President Trump could try to elicit money from foreign nations to pay for his mounting bills after his former boss’s lawyers said it was “impossible” for them to secure the full bond due in his New York fraud case. “As Americans, we should be very concerned where that money…
Former President Trump has won the Ohio Republican presidential primary, according to Decision Desk HQ. Trump, already the presumptive GOP nominee for president, will win all of the state’s 79 delegates available in the winner-take-all primary. He was the only active candidate on the ballot. Trump fell short in the Ohio primary in 2016, losing…
President Biden’s reelection campaign argued Wednesday that the Republican Study Committee’s (RSC) budget proposal was pulled straight from former President Trump’s wish list for another term. The group, which comprises nearly 80 percent of all House Republicans, called for raising the retirement age for those not near retirement “to account for increases in life expectancy” in its…
Trump wound up managing a country with a Republican approach to taxes and a Democratic approach to spending.
A coalition of advocacy, labor and civil rights groups led by Latinas is condemning former President Trump’s escalating rhetoric against immigrants, arguing words like his contribute to the incitement of hate crimes. In a joint statement Wednesday, the Latina leaders sought to shake off the normalization of language that’s become part of the mainstream political…
Most Americans doubt that SCOTUS will be impartial in decisions affecting the 2024 election. By striking down Colorado’s decision to remove Trump from the ballot, the justices validated their fears.
Former White House communications director Anthony Scaramucci joked on Friday that he and other former Trump administration officials are in a “Trump recovery unit.” “[L]et me just talk about my colleagues and friends, ‘cause we’re sort of like in this Trump recovery unit together, which would include [former Defense Secretary Mark Esper], [retired Gen. Mark…
A merger deal involving former President Trump’s Truth Social platform is the latest financial twist in the White House race as he looks to close the fundraising gap with President Biden. Biden’s campaign operation has been significantly outraising Trump’s a couple of months into 2024 even as polls show a close race nationally with Trump leading…
“Shark Tank” host and investor Kevin O’Leary slammed New York Attorney General Letitia James’ (D) attempts to seize assets from former President Trump in relation to his recent civil fraud trial Friday. “Property rights are mentioned 37 times in the Constitution. Due process — very important. Why steal someone’s assets in 27 days? Why not…
President Biden’s reelection campaign has dubbed former President Trump “Broke Don,” taking a strategy out of Trump’s playbook that his political rivals know all too well. Trump has used nicknames — from “Little Marco” to “Crooked Hillary” to “Lyin’ Ted” — to put down a variety of opponents. For much of 2020, Biden’s moniker, courtesy…
The judge overseeing former President Trump’s hush money case will hold a consequential hearing Monday to sort out who is to blame for a curveball that delayed the trial at the last minute. Trump’s trial had been widely expected to begin the same day as the hearing until federal prosecutors this month began turning over…
Ohio Senate candidate Bernie Moreno (R) said in a Sunday interview that he predicts former President Trump will win the majority of Hispanic voters in the general election for president in November. In an interview on Fox News’s “Sunday Morning Futures,” Maria Bartiromo asked Moreno about a recent New York Times/Siena College poll that showed…
Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) suggested she is not ruling out leaving the GOP, pointing to its shift towards former President Trump. “I wish that as Republicans, we had a nominee that I could get behind. I certainly can’t get behind Donald Trump,” she said in an interview that aired Sunday on “Inside Politics Sunday with…
Eric Trump lamented the $454 million imposed on his father, former President Donald Trump, to cover a civil fraud verdict. “No one’s ever seen a bond this size,” he told Fox News host Maria Bartiromo during a Sunday interview. “Every single person, when I came to them saying ‘hey, can I get a half-billion-dollar bond?’…
Former Republican National Committee (RNC) chair Ronna McDaniel said Sunday that she doesn’t support former President Trump’s promise to free people imprisoned for crimes related to the Jan. 6 Capitol riots. Trump has repeatedly promised to pardon who he calls “patriots,” claiming they were jailed for political reasons after a violent mob broke into the…
Fox contributor Marc Thiessen blasted the ongoing prosecution of former President Trump in a civil fraud case in New York, comparing what Trump is facing to that of cult leader Charles Manson. Thiessen said Trump’s team “ought to be relieved” after Monday’s ruling from a five-judge state appeals court panel that paused enforcement of the…
Former President Trump is now one of the wealthiest people in the world after his media company, Truth Social, completed a merger that will see it debut on the stock market. Trump joined Bloomberg’s list of the world’s 500 richest people on Monday after the deal that could net him up to $4 billion was…
Former President Trump’s legal troubles crowded in on him Monday. One court weighed the size of the bond he should have to post in his civil fraud case, while separately, the judge in his New York hush money case considered protests lodged by his legal team. The upshot was a split decision, with the bond…
Rep. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.) on Monday slammed former President Trump for encouraging a primary challenge against a Florida Republican, saying he was employing “ridiculous bullying tactics.” Trump on Sunday took aim at Rep. Laurel Lee (R-Fla.), the only member of the Florida House delegation to endorse Gov. Ron DeSantis over Trump in the GOP presidential…
A California judge on Wednesday recommended disbarring a lawyer at the center of former President Trump’s efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 election. State Bar Judge Yvette Roland found John Eastman culpable on 10 of the 11 counts filed by the California State Bar last year. The state bar sought to strip Eastman’s…
Welcome to The Hill’s Business & Economy newsletter {beacon} Business & Economy Business & Economy The Big Story Trump hush money judge appearing more irritated The New York judge overseeing Donald Trump’s hush money case is increasingly appearing to lose his patience as the former president works to stave off the start of his…
Country musician Lee Greenwood is defending the “God Bless the USA” Bibles he’s selling in partnership with former President Trump, who is set to go on trial next month over hush money payments made to an adult film star. Trump shared a video to his Truth Social platform earlier this week to promote the Bibles…
The Democratic National Committee (DNC) unveiled a new song Friday to counter the single released by Republican National Committee (RNC) co-chair Lara Trump. “Lara Trump’s ‘music career’ is just like a waste of money. But we can appreciate the effort — and wanted to help Lara tell her own story about how she and her…
Manhattan prosecutors and former President Trump are sparring over the scope of the gag order imposed on the former president in his hush money criminal case less than three weeks out from the start of trial. The former president has continued to direct his rage at Judge Juan Merchan’s daughter in social media posts after…
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Congressman Eric Swalwell (D-Calif.) went after former President Trump’s rhetoric, saying he is “glorifying violence” as the California Democrat expressed concerns for the safety of election workers ahead of November. Swalwell, a long-time Trump critic in the House, blasted Trump’s rhetoric on the social media platform Truth Social and his constant attacks aimed towards judges…
Former Trump Defense Secretary Mark Esper on Friday said he is not voting for his old boss but left the door open to voting for President Biden. “I’m not there yet,” Esper said after being asked by comedian Bill Maher on his HBO show, “Real Time with Bill Maher,” if he would vote for the…
Former federal prosecutor Joyce Vance said she thinks a gag order issued in former President Trump’s hush money will likely be expanded, following Trump’s recent attacks on the New York judge and his daughter. “Judges typically don’t protect themselves simply because they don’t need the protection,” Vance, a former U.S. attorney for the Northern District…
Former President Trump went after the flurry of GOP House members leaving their seats this year, throwing the already razor-thin Republican majority up in the air. “Never forget our cowards and weaklings! Such a disgrace,” Trump said in a Truth Social post on Sunday in response to an article about outgoing Rep. Mike Gallagher (R-Wis.).…
President Biden and former President Trump shared starkly different Easter messages Sunday. Biden marked the holy day with a solemn message, while Trump lashed out at political opponents in an all-caps post on Truth Social. Trump went after the prosecutors organizing criminal cases against him, reiterating claims that federal special counsel Jack Smith is “deranged,”…
As an attorney who has practiced civil law for some 40 years, including before the appellate division, it is obvious to me that the appellate court arrived at its result by applying a fair application of the law under unique circumstances.
Sen. Raphael Warnock (D-Ga.) said former President Trump selling branded Bibles is “risky business” given the sins of his life, adding to criticism against the former president over the deal. Warnock, a reverend who gave an Easter sermon at Ebenezer Baptist Church, Martin Luther King Jr.’s church in Atlanta, on Sunday, said selling the Bibles…
NBC’s “Saturday Night Live” kicked off this weekend’s show by mocking former President Trump and his hawking of $60 Bibles during Holy Week. The episode, airing the night before Easter, began with a brief nod to the Biblical story of the resurrection of Jesus before James Austin Johnson, reviving his role as Trump, entered on…
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President Biden and former President Trump are set for a rematch this November after becoming their party’s presumptive nominees, but they’re also facing a relatively notable third-party challenge from Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Kennedy, the nephew of former President Kennedy, has been trying to gather signatures to get on the ballot in as many states…
Former President Trump has secured a $175 million bond in his civil fraud case, keeping at bay the seizure of his most prized properties — for now. The bond — a fragment of the amount Trump and his co-defendants owe after a New York judge found they engaged in deceitful business practices — ensures that…
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The battle between President Biden and former President Trump is ramping up, with the general election campaign for the White House now underway. Biden and Trump both easily became their party’s presumptive nominees last month, but each candidate will face a long and difficult campaign in a rematch of the 2020 contest. In a race…
Welcome to The Hill’s Business & Economy newsletter {beacon} Business & Economy Business & Economy The Big Story Trump wants judge off hush money case Former President Trump is mounting a new push to have Justice Juan Merchan recuse himself from the hush money trial that is set to pick up later this month. …
A State Supreme Court judge blocked former President Trump’s attempt to gain access to NBC’s documentary material related to adult film actress Stormy Daniels. Manhattan Judge Juan M. Merchan said the Trump lawyer’s subpoena was “far too broad” and did not meet the legal standard to compel NBC Universal to turn over documents and other…
Former President Trump and his allies are ramping up fundraising to close a money gap between him and President Biden. Trump, known for his fundraising prowess in previous election cycles, has started off 2024 with a bit of a financially lackluster start. Biden significantly outraised him in the last quarter of 2023, $33 million to…
Former President Trump on Friday demanded his hush money judge recuse himself from the upcoming trial, now less than two weeks away, over his daughter’s firm’s digital marketing work for prominent Democrats. Last summer, Justice Juan Merchan rejected an earlier recusal motion that also cited his daughter’s employment. Trump’s second attempt comes after Merchan limited…
Former Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano said former President Trump saying he is the “law and order” candidate would be like her saying she plays in the NBA. “So, first of all, for former President Trump to run as a so-called law and order candidate, it would be like me saying I play in…
Republican National Committee (RNC) co-Chair Lara Trump argued election integrity is “vital” in this current cycle, vowing to dedicate resources to ensure nothing is left to “chance.” “But when you talk about election integrity, it is vital. It is the No. 1 thing that we are focused on, aside from getting out the vote, which,…
Former President Trump’s legal team on Monday asked the judge in his hush money case to subpoena adult film actress Stormy Daniels’ communications with Michael Cohen, the former president’s ex-fixer, other witnesses and any material related to NBC’s documentary on the actress. In a letter to Justice Juan Merchan, Trump’s attorneys asked the judge to…
Former President Trump on Monday fired back at GOP criticism of his position on abortion, arguing he “won” against the Democrats, whom he claimed were “reeling” after his statement on the subject earlier in the day. “You know the Democrats are ‘reeling’ when they have no response to my recent Statement on Abortion, other than,…
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Matthew Dowd — who served as chief strategist for former President George W. Bush’s 2004 reelection bid, argued former President Trump took the “worst possible political position” in his statement on abortion and should have gone for a 15- or 16-week federal policy on the procedure. “I actually think he’s taken the worst possible political…
Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (Ky.) on Tuesday pushed back against former President Trump’s declaration that Israel is “losing the PR war” and needs to get its military operation “over with” so it can “get back to normalcy.” McConnell told reporters that it’s not appropriate to tell a close ally in the middle of a…
The Iran drone strikes on Israel and former President Trump’s upcoming criminal trial in New York will likely be the focus of this week’s Sunday news shows. Iran has now launched drone strikes towards Israel, according to the Israel Defense Forces, following rising concerns that it would do so in retaliation for a suspected earlier…
Rep. James Clyburn (D-S.C.) slammed Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) and former President Trump’s joint press conference, saying it was full of “outright lies.” Clyburn was asked how he feels Friday’s press conference in Palm Beach, Fla., affects the Congressional Democrats’ ability to continue working with Johnson on Capitol Hill. He said the joint showing at…
Tim Murtaugh, the former 2020 Trump campaign communications director, argued that former President Trump’s ongoing legal battles are political “from beginning to end” and likely stem from him running for president again. “Talking about the trial, or jury selection is about to start on Monday, I mean, I think if you take this and then…
Former Trump White House communications director Anthony Scaramucci said the U.S. must “gird for when” his ex-boss loses in November. “I think the country has to gird for when he loses in November — and he’s gonna lose in November,” Scaramucci told anchor Abby Phillip during a “CNN NewsNight” appearance Friday a clip highlighted by…
The first criminal trial of an American president got underway in downtown Manhattan on Monday. Former President Trump is charged with 34 counts of falsifying business records. The underlying events revolve around a $130,000 payment to adult film actress Stormy Daniels in the last stages of the 2016 presidential election campaign. The payment was made…
NEW YORK — Former President Trump became the first former commander in chief to stand trial on criminal charges Monday, but it got off to a sluggish start with even Trump himself appearing to nod off at times. For hours, the parties battled over a series of pending legal issues, keeping the hundreds of prospective…
Former President Trump on Tuesday visited a bodega in Harlem after getting out of court for the day, highlighting how he’s seeking to balance his time as both a criminal defendant and the presumptive Republican nominee for president. Trump stopped by the bodega, where supporters had gathered and greeted him with chants of “four more…
Alina Habba, an attorney and spokesperson for former President Trump, said in a Tuesday interview that it was “unlikely” that Trump fell asleep in the courtroom during the first two days of jury selection for his hush money case in Manhattan, despite reports indicating otherwise. “If anything, he’s probably brutally bored,” Habba told Fox News’s…
The second day of former President Trump’s criminal trial in New York was more productive than expected, with the jury beginning to take shape. Trump is charged with 34 felony counts of falsifying business records. He is the first former president to be tried in a criminal case. The underlying story of the alleged crimes…
NEW YORK — Seven New Yorkers have so far been picked to serve as jurors on former President Trump’s hush money trial, the first criminal case of any U.S. president in history. The judge, along with prosecutors and Trump’s defense team, whittled down an initial group of 96 potential jurors starting Monday afternoon. They answered…
Former Trump attorney Timothy Parlatore remarked it is “very unusual” to have lawyers serve on a jury, following the selection of two attorneys as jurors for former President Trump’s hush money trial. “It’s very unusual to have that many lawyers on a jury,” Parlatore said during in an interview on CNN’s “The Lead with Jake…
The House’s passing of important foreign aid bills for Ukraine and Israel will likely be the focus of this week’s Sunday news shows. On Saturday, the House passed new aid bills for Ukraine and Israel amid the conflicts both countries are participating in, following a long period of Republican infighting over whether more aid should…
Former Vice President Mike Pence argued that his ex-boss, former President Trump, has betrayed the Republican Party with an aversion to signing a national abortion ban if elected in 2024. Pence said his proudest accomplishment while serving as Trump’s VP was the overturning of Roe v. Wade, adding that it is now “disheartening” for him…
Mary Trump, former President Trump’s niece, joked that she’s concerned narcolepsy runs in the family after rumors of her uncle falling asleep in court this week came to light. The former president seemed to doze off during his first day of the New York hush money criminal trial. The New York Times’ Maggie Haberman reported…
A GOP political operative’s conviction over steering illegal Russian contributions to former President Trump’s 2016 campaign was upheld by a federal appeals court on Friday. The District of Columbia Circuit Court of Appeals rejected the appeal of Jesse Benton, a veteran political operative. Benton was convicted in late 2022. He had been charged with helping…
The Democratic National Committee (DNC) launched billboards in North Carolina Saturday targeting former President Trump on his abortion stance, ahead of Trump’s rally in Wilmington. Sixteen billboards will be displayed in Charlotte and Wilmington, in both English and Spanish, hitting Trump on his perceived support of the Tar Heel State’s 12-week abortion ban, which was…
Former President Trump made a new plea for presidential immunity Saturday in a Truth Social post, ahead of arguments at the Supreme Court next week on his immunity claim in his federal election interference case. “IF IMMUNITY IS NOT GRANTED TO A PRESIDENT, EVERY PRESIDENT THAT LEAVES OFFICE WILL BE IMMEDIATELY INDICTED BY THE OPPOSING…
Magazine publisher David Pecker is slated to be the first witness in former President Trump’s criminal hush money trial, The New York Times reported Sunday, setting the stage as the first criminal trial of a former president gets underway Monday. The case against Trump centers on payments made to adult film star Stormy Daniels, with…
Former President Trump secured 23 more delegates for the GOP convention on Sunday with a victory in the Puerto Rico primary, according to Decision Desk HQ. Running unopposed, Trump — already the party’s presumptive nominee — easily won the primary. He will officially be named the nominee at the party’s convention in Milwaukee in July.…
Former President Trump’s legal travails will take center stage this week during a busy and important week for the presumptive GOP nominee’s court battles. The showcase attracting attention is the New York hush money trial after a jury was selected for the battle last week. But it is just one front for the former president,…
While you still can't watch the trial of former President Donald Trump, you can now read daily transcripts of the historic hush money proceedings, the New York Court System announced Monday.
Former attorney Michael Avenatti ripped into the hush money case against former President Trump, arguing it was politically motivated to prevent the former president from taking back the Oval Office in November. “I certainly see [Trump] as a victim of the system,” he said in a phone interview with Fox News Digital while in prison.…
Former President Trump’s first criminal trial began in earnest Monday, with opening statements from prosecutors and the defense team, as well as the calling of the first witness. Trump is charged with 34 felony counts of falsifying business records. The alleged offenses center on a $130,000 payment made to adult film actress Stormy Daniels in…
South Dakota Gov. d, a potential vice presidential pick for former President Trump, on Sunday said she did not think there should be exceptions in abortion regulation for rape and incest, defending her own state’s law. Noem in an interview with CNN’s Dana Bash said South Dakotans want the law they have, and noted that…
EMILY’s List — which works to elect female candidates who support abortion rights — is targeting 14 “extremist” Republicans rumored to be on the shortlist of potential candidates to serve as former President Trump’s 2024 running mate, according to a press release from the group Tuesday. In the statement, EMILY’s List said it was officially putting…
The power of the dollar over weaker Asian currencies is attracting attention as the prospect of interest rate cuts by the Federal Reserve recedes over the horizon. Former President Trump is the latest voice to weigh in on the economic consequences of the strong dollar, which can slash demand for U.S. exports and make goods…
President Biden on Tuesday condemned a six-week abortion ban in Florida that will take effect in a little over a week, placing the blame squarely on former President Trump. In a brief campaign speech in Tampa, Biden blasted the presumptive GOP nominee for appointing the justices who ultimately overturned Roe v. Wade, ending the constitutional…
President Biden mocked former President Trump on Tuesday for hawking Bibles last month and eviscerated the presumptive GOP nominee over his abortion record. Biden, visiting Trump’s home state of Florida, delivered remarks in which he squarely blamed Trump for the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade and the subsequent state-level abortion restrictions put…
Former Rep. Peter Meijer (R-Mich.) has dropped his bid for Senate, according to a statement posted to the social platform X Friday. “After prayerful consideration, today I withdrew my name from the primary ballot,” Meiijer said in the statement. “Without a strong pathway to victory, continuing this campaign only increases the likelihood of a divisive…
Republican strategist Karl Rove said Friday that a debate between former President Trump and President Biden would be the most significant one in recent decades. “This will be the most important presidential debate, if it happens, since at least the 1980 presidential debate,” Rove said on Fox News to anchor Martha MacCallum. Biden indicated in…
John Dean, former White House counsel for the Nixon administration, said Friday that former President Trump’s offer to testify in his New York hush money trial is just “bravado for his base.” Dean told CNN anchor Boris Sanchez he suspected Trump’s legal team was trying to dissuade the former president from testifying, when Sanchez asked.…
President Biden’s reelection campaign invoked megastar Taylor Swift to knock former President Trump on Friday, saying he had a tortured week. The campaign used lyrics from her new album, “The Tortured Poets Department,” to set a split screen between the president’s and Trump’s week. “Another tortured week for the smallest man who ever lived, Donald…
Former President Trump went after Utah Sen. Mitt Romney (R) and endorsed his possible replacement in a post on Truth Social Saturday. “Trent Staggs is 100% MAGA, and is running to fill The Mitt Romney, a Total Loser, Seat as the next Senator from the Great State of Utah!” Trump said in his Saturday post. …
Biden has grounded effective action in what the science tells us about the climate disasters cascading before our eyes.
Donald Trump has many enemies – or so he says. But it seems that David Pecker, the ex-National Enquirer publisher and lead witness in the Manhattan district attorney’s case against the former president who has an immunity agreement with the very prosecutors targeting Trump, is not among them. “David’s been very nice,” the former president…
Former President Trump and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) held a private meeting in Miami on Sunday to bury the hatchet in their political conflict, The Washington Post reported. The hours-long meeting, brokered by political allies hoping to chill what was once a red-hot rivalry, resulted in DeSantis agreeing to help the former president, the…
President Biden’s reelection campaign faces the difficult task of appealing to moderate Republicans who may feel like they don’t have a place to go this election with former President Trump on the ballot. The president has a prime opportunity to peel off some of those voters, which would boost his reelection chances and expand his…
Rep. Jared Moskowitz (D-Fla.) signaled on Sunday he was open to possibly running for governor in Florida in 2026. “We’ve got to see what the data looks like. We’ve got to see how the election works between Biden and Trump, and we’ve got to see what the data looks like,” Moskowitz said on MSNBC’s “The…
Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) said Sunday that all of the criminal court cases brought against former President Trump are “selective prosecution.” Graham told CNN’s Dana Bash on CNN’s “State of the Union” that the legal battles brought against the former president are “political.” The South Carolina Republican also mentioned the New York hush money trial…
Former White House chief of staff Ron Klain on Sunday dismissed the need for President Biden to have a “big political strategy” against former President Trump, arguing the former president does enough harm to himself. “I don’t think it’s a big political strategy to take down Donald Trump. I think Trump is busy taking himself…
Former President Trump on Monday said he had a “great meeting” over the weekend with Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R), Trump’s former primary rival, whom he has relentlessly disparaged in recent months. “I am very happy to have the full and enthusiastic support of Governor Ron DeSantis of Florida,” Trump wrote on Truth Social. The former president said…
One America News, the conservative network touted by former President Trump, retracted a story this week that falsely alleged an affair between Michael Cohen, Trump’s former attorney, and adult film star Stormy Daniels. The story, which has since been removed from the network’s website, cited a “whistleblower” who alleged Michael Avanetti, Daniels former attorney, had…
Americans are smarter than Democrats give them credit for. Americans understand that politics is why President Trump is on trial.
Excitement over a 2024 rematch between President Biden and former President Trump is slowly increasing as the general election approaches, according to a new poll. In the poll, published Monday by Monmouth University, 39 percent of voters expressed at least some enthusiasm about a Biden-Trump rematch, up 12 percentage points from December. While enthusiasm might…
Former President Trump’s trial in New York entered its 10th day on Thursday, with Keith Davidson on the witness stand. Davidson is a Los Angeles lawyer who represented adult film actress Stormy Daniels and former Playboy model Karen McDougal, both of whom claim they had sexual encounters with Trump roughly a decade before he was…
Former President Trump was projected to win Indiana’s Republican primary, according to Decision Desk HQ. The win could give Trump, already the presumptive GOP nominee, another 58 delegates, according to a tracker from Decision Desk HQ/The Hill, in a state he’s forecast to clinch this fall. Trump was the only active candidate on Indiana’s GOP ballot, but he was still up…
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) accused Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) of being “owned by the Democrats” in a Sunday interview. Asked why she thinks Johnson would not “defund Jack Smith,” referring to the special counsel who brought two indictments against President Trump, Greene said, “Mike Johnson is owned by the Democrats, and that proved to…
A huge spike in crime, including a whopping 29 percent surge in murders, occurred during the pandemic in 2020 while Trump was president.
Former President Trump’s nemesis in his New York trial took the stand Monday. Michael Cohen worked for more than 10 years as Trump’s attorney and fixer. At one time, Cohen famously said he would take a bullet for Trump. Cohen has become a staunch critic of the former president after he himself pleaded guilty to…
NEW YORK — The jury that will decide former President Trump’s fate in his hush money trial finally heard on Monday from Michael Cohen, who provided some of the strongest implications yet of his former client’s role in the scheme at the heart of the case. As he’s done many times before, Cohen recounted his…
Sen. Tim Scott (R-S.C.) is expected to appear at a political event alongside several political mega-donors in June, as speculation swirls over whether he will be tapped as former President Trump’s running mate. Scott is a featured speaker at a Washington, D.C., event on June 19 that will raise money for Great Opportunity Policy Inc.,…
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Sen. JD Vance (R-Ohio) said in a Tuesday interview that he attended the hush money criminal trial against former President Trump on Monday to be a “friendly face in the courtroom” for the presumptive GOP nominee for president. “I mean, look, I was there to support a friend,” Vance, who is seen as a potential…
The battle between President Biden and former President Trump over who will be toughest on China and fight hardest for U.S. manufacturing is escalating as they seek to appeal to American workers in key swing states ahead of November’s election. The Biden administration announced Tuesday that it plans to raise tariffs against China across several…
A quick recap of the day and what to look forward to tomorrow {beacon} Evening Report © Elizabeth Williams via AP Trump trial: Michael Cohen grilled in second day on stand Former President Trump‘s fixer-turned-foe Michael Cohen wrapped up his testimony during Trump’s hush money case Tuesday, detailing what he called a “pressure…
Former Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) said in a Wednesday interview that she “would never recommend” President Biden share the debate stage with former President Trump, shortly after the two agreed to two debates before November’s election. “I myself would never recommend going on stage with Donald Trump,” Pelosi told CNN’s Manu Raju on Wednesday. “But…
Former President Trump’s Boeing 757 clipped a parked plane while taxiing at a Florida airport Sunday morning. Trump landed in Cincinnati on Wednesday, his day off from his hush money trial, for an intimate, high-dollar fundraiser, but he arrived in Ohio without his jet nicknamed “Trump Force One.” According to an accident and incident notice from the…
Sen. Mitt Romney (R-Utah) said he would have pardoned former President Trump if he had been in President Biden’s position when federal indictments were brought against him. In an interview set to air in full Wednesday night on MSNBC’s “The 11th Hour with Stephanie Ruhle,” Romney said Biden would have looked like the “big guy” compared to…
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Rep. Jim McGovern (D-Mass.) sharply criticized Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) on the House floor Wednesday after Johnson made an appearance at former President Trump’s criminal hush money trial in Manhattan. “Look at the cover of today’s New York Times, Mr. Speaker. This is unbelievable. Here’s a picture of the Speaker of this House of Representatives,…
Sen. Mitt Romney is taking a puppet-inspired swipe at President Biden and former President Trump agreeing to a pair of presidential debates, likening the two to a famed, grouchy “Muppets” duo. “It’ll be entertaining, informative,” the Utah Republican said Wednesday of the debates between Biden and Trump, according to multiple reports. “Like the two old guys on…
Former President Trump and President Biden quickly came to terms on two presidential debates during a Wednesday whirlwind. But the campaigns don’t seem to be on the page about the vice presidential contest, or additional debates. In two posts to Truth Social on Friday, Trump said he had agreed to a debate on Fox “on…
Rep. Bob Good (R-Va.) said he and fellow Republicans went to former President Trump’s hush money trial in New York City due to a gag order the former president is under. “And they’ve got this gag order against him,” Good said on Fox Business’s “Varney & Co.” Friday. “That’s why we went up there, so…
Additional classified records were discovered in former President Trump’s Mar-a-Lago bedroom after the FBI search of his Florida estate, court records filed Tuesday reveal. The detail is buried in filings stemming from a separate legal battle as Trump asks a judge to toss his indictment for prosecutorial misconduct, unsealing for the first time many of…
By the end of the two scheduled debates, Trump may be the one who gets fired — because there are a whole bunch of ways he could lose to Biden, and a lot of them would be self-inflicted wounds.
Hours after former President Trump’s defense rested its case-in-chief, the prosecution and defense returned to the courtroom to hash out specifics for moving forward. The proceedings in the Manhattan courtroom began around 9:30 a.m. with the testimony of a witness whose decorum on the stand a day prior led the judge to briefly clear his…
The jury in former President Trump’s New York trial completed its first day of deliberations on Wednesday without reaching a verdict. Several days of indecision will raise questions about a hung jury, and a declaration of a mistrial.
A quick recap of the day and what to look forward to tomorrow {beacon} Evening Report © Getty Images Biden swing state stop seeks to shore up Black support as polls flash warning for Democrats President Biden rallied Black voters in the key swing state of Pennsylvania on Wednesday, as polls show former President…
President Biden on Monday rallied against President Trump after his conviction to donors at a fundraiser, arguing that “something snapped” after he lost the 2020 election.
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is using Donald Trump's guilty verdict in the New York hush-money trial to bolster support among independent voters.
President Biden and his party are trying to use the conviction to rally Democrats and turn voters against Trump. Biden himself tested out calling Trump a convicted felon this week.
Former President Trump’s public decision of a vice presidential pick is getting closer with the GOP convention less than a month away, and three contenders have emerged as front-runners for a job that could instantly create a favorite for the 2028 Republican presidential nomination. Trump allies and sources close to the former president’s orbit said…
Speculation is building about the the Supreme Court delivering a favorable ruling to former President Trump as he claims immunity from prosecution, a scenario that is enough to alarm many liberals.
President Biden said he’s “not going anywhere” and took a swipe at former President Trump during remarks before service members and military families who had gathered at the White House for a Fourth of July barbecue. Biden spoke for about four minutes, then made some unscripted remarks at a barbecue for active-duty military service members and…
WASHINGTON (AP) — Usha Chilukuri Vance, Yale law graduate and trial lawyer, was thrust into the spotlight this week after her husband, JD Vance, was chosen as Donald Trump’s running mate in the 2024 presidential election. Chilukuri Vance, 38, was raised in San Diego, by Indian immigrants. Her mother is a biologist and provost at…
A group of former and current Department of Justice (DOJ) officials endorsed Vice President Harris for president, saying the “stakes could not be higher” and warning of the implications of another former President Trump term.
Vice President Harris is tied with former President Trump in Pennsylvania and Michigan, and down 1 point from him in Wisconsin in a set of new Fox News polls released Friday.
Welcome to The Hill’s Defense & NatSec newsletter {beacon} Defense &National Security Defense &National Security The Big Story FBI director stirs skepticism over Trump’s bullet claims FBI Director Christopher Wray kicked a hornet’s nest when he cast doubt on former President Trump’s claims that he was hit by a bullet in his July 13…
Arizona Sen. Mark Kelly is purportedly near the top of the shortlist for Kamala Harris's running mate, as some Democrats argue he would be the best choice to help take on Donald Trump and JD Vance.
The second man injured during the attempted assassination against former President Trump has been discharged from a hospital in Pittsburgh, a spokesperson for the hospital group confirmed to The Hill.
Kamala Harris faces a new political reality in her bid to defeat Donald Trump, as gender politics have radically transformed since Hillary Clinton's loss in 2016.
Rep. Cory Mills (R-Fla.) on Monday pledged to fund a "parallel independent investigation" into the attempted assassination of former President Trump, expressing disappointment at not being selected to sit on the task force to investigate the rally shooting.
Former President Trump will make a campaign stop in Atlanta Saturday evening, where the GOP nominee for the White House has vowed to "unleash hell" on Vice President Harris as the two prepare for the November election.
Olivia Troye, an ex-national security adviser to former Vice President Mike Pence, called Sunday on her former boss to endorse Vice President Harris’s presidential run, calling it the “right thing” to do. Troye, who emerged as a vocal Republican critic of the Trump administration since leaving the White House in 2020, told MSNBC anchor Alex…
The head of the United Auto Workers (UAW) tore into former President Trump and rallied support for Vice President Harris in Detroit on Wednesday in front of a crowd of thousands. Shawn Fain, who has sparred with Trump for months, blasted the former president as a “scab” who “doesn’t know s‑‑‑ about the auto industry.”…
Special counsel Jack Smith asked for additional time to settle how to proceed with former President Trump’s Jan. 6 prosecution, asking to bump back a swift set of deadlines ignited when the case returned to a lower court.
Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) sidestepped a question Sunday about whether former President Trump should attend a Jan. 6 award gala that will be hosted at his golf club in New Jersey next month.
Republican National Committee (RNC) co-chair Lara Trump said she thought Democrats focused too much on bashing former President Trump during last week’s convention.
Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) said the Secret Service and the FBI are “basically dragging their feet” on the Senate bipartisan investigation into the attempted assassination of former President Trump.
Welcome to The Hill’s Business & Economy newsletter {beacon} Business & Economy Business & Economy The Big Story Trump plan has $4 trillion price tag: analysis Former President Trump’s spending and tax proposals could add more than $4 trillion to the nation’s deficits over a decade, according to an analysis released Monday. © AP…
Former President Trump suggested he could support a Florida ballot measure that would legalize recreational marijuana.
Vice President Harris did not see a significant boost in support following the Democratic National Convention, maintaining a slight lead over former President Trump in a new national poll.
Rep. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) criticized former President Trump for “flip-flopping” on the issue of abortion after Trump similarly attacked Vice President Harris for changing her position on fracking.
Click in for more news from The Hill {beacon} Health Care Health Care The Big Story Health experts sound alarm over RFK Jr. influence Robert F. Kennedy’s endorsement and appointment to Donald Trump’s transition team have health experts worried. © AP Kennedy, who last month suspended his Independent presidential bid, has been appointed an…
Former President Trump is holding a very narrow lead over Vice President Harris in Michigan, a new local poll found.
CNN host Sara Sidner sparred with Rep. Mike Lawler (R-N.Y.) over former President Trump’s plan to increase tariffs and Vice President Harris’s plan to raise the corporate tax rate in an interview on Thursday.
Welcome to The Hill’s Defense & NatSec newsletter {beacon} Defense &National Security Defense &National Security The Big Story US indicts Trump 2016 campaign adviser in Russian crackdown The Department of Justice (DOJ) announced indictments against a former Trump campaign adviser and his wife along with several Russian hackers as the U.S. targets Moscow. ©…
Republican strategist Karl Rove indicated Friday that allowing sentencing to proceed in former President Trump’s New York hush money case could have given Trump a boost in the polls. “I also agree with the notion that was offered up by several other of … your analysts. And that is, that if he had gone forward…
Sen. John Fetterman (D-Pa.) said Monday he’s “not convinced” that Tuesday’s presidential debate would shake up the dynamics of the Trump-Harris race, in an interview on MSNBC’s “Katy Tur Reports.” “I do believe that Harris is going to win [the debate], and Trump is going to have a strong performance too, but I do not think…
A federal grand jury on Tuesday indicted the man accused of showing up at one of former President Trump’s golf courses with a rifle on charges of attempting to assassinate him.
Former Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan, the Republican candidate for Senate, said former President Trump’s comments attacking Vice President Harris as mentally disabled are “outrageous and unacceptable."
Sen. Katie Britt (R-Ala.) said in a Sunday interview that she thinks Russian President Vladimir Putin “respects” former President Trump.
Retired Gen. Stanley McChrystal said on Sunday he is voting for Vice President Harris because of her “character,” sidestepping questions about former President Trump’s fitness for the highest office.
Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani’s (R) daughter said she’s backing Vice President Harris in a Monday article for Vanity Fair and “grieving the loss" of her dad to former President Trump.
Former President Trump sparked a new furor with comments over the weekend in which he disparaged Vice President Harris as “mentally impaired” and “mentally disabled.”
Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp (R) expressed his appreciation for the role the federal government has played in responding to Hurricane Helene, contradicting comments from former President Trump.
Former President Trump is seeking to put Vice President Harris on the back foot as both candidates respond to the devastation unleashed by Hurricane Helene.
Click for the latest from The Hill {beacon} Energy & Environment Energy & Environment The Big Story Hurricane Helene spotlights Trump, Vance climate skepticism Hurricane Helene’s devastation is shining a spotlight on former President Trump and his running mate Sen. JD Vance‘s (R-Ohio) skepticism of well-established climate science. © Stephen Maturen, Getty Images Trump this week…
Former President Trump’s campaign finance team collected $160 million in donations for the month of September.
Melania Trump is reportedly set to voice strong support for reproductive rights, writing in her new memoir that a “woman’s fundamental right of individual liberty” grants her “the authority to terminate her pregnancy if she wishes.” In a copy of “Melania” obtained by The Guardian’s Martin Pengelly ahead of its release next Tuesday, the former first lady…
Former President Trump on Saturday night will hold a rally in Butler, Pa., his first appearance in the town since a bullet grazed his ear at an event there nearly three months ago. Trump’s allies are framing the new rally as a sign of triumph for the former president one month out from Election Day.…
With Election Day just shy of two weeks away, comedian and TV personality Bill Maher urged Democrats on Friday to stop waiting for an “October surprise.” “Democrats need to stop thinking an October surprise is going to save us from a second Trump term,” he said Friday on “Real Time with Bill Maher,” referencing an…
Welcome to The Hill’s Defense & NatSec newsletter {beacon} Defense &National Security Defense &National Security The Big Story Austin makes political message in unannounced trip to Ukraine Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin on Monday appeared to take a swipe at former President Trump, criticizing “some who say that both sides are to blame” in the war that began…
Welcome to The Hill’s Business & Economy newsletter {beacon} Business & Economy Business & Economy The Big Story Walz dings Trump for ‘cosplaying’ at McDonald’s Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, the Democratic vice presidential nominee, on Monday accused former President Trump of disrespecting McDonald’s workers when he traded in his suit for an apron this…
{beacon} Evening Report © AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin/Evan Vucci Millions vote early as polls drift toward Trump More than 14 million Americans have already cast their ballots with two weeks to go before Election Day, according to NBC’s early voting tracker. The 2024 race for the White House remains a toss-up, but there’s been…
Former President Trump expressed tentative support for former independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s plan to remove fluoride from water.
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said on Sunday former President Trump assured him that he would get a role in the White House if the GOP ticket wins on Tuesday.
The second Trump administration is beginning to populate, with the president-elect appointing a border czar, nominating an ambassador to the United Nations and choosing a leader of the Environmental Protection Agency. But the most important appointment President-elect Trump has made so far is his first — Susie Wiles as his White House chief of staff.…
President-elect Trump’s nomination of Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-N.Y.) as U.S. ambassador to the United Nations sets the stage for one of the organization’s most vocal and combative critics to have a powerful seat at its table. Stefanik, 40, the fourth-ranking House Republican and a devoted Trump loyalist, has little foreign policy experience. But she has…
President-elect Trump said Tuesday that he picked real estate executive Steven Witkoff to be special envoy to the Middle East in his next administration. “Steve is a Highly Respected Leader in Business and Philanthropy, who has made every project and community he has been involved with stronger and more prosperous,” he said of the Witkoff Group…
Radio host Charlamagne tha God criticized President Biden for welcoming President-elect Trump to the White House for a transition meeting Wednesday. “I just don’t understand the White House visit. Now granted, you know, I’m glad it’s a peaceful transition of power, but what happened to the ‘threat of democracy’ talk? What happened to the ‘fascist’…
Click in for more news from The Hill {beacon} Health Care Health Care The Big Story Trump taps RFK Jr to lead Health and Human Services President-elect Trump has picked environmental lawyer and vaccine-skeptic Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to head the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). © Morry Gash, Associated Press…
President-elect Trump is quickly testing the will of Senate Republicans, asking them to back controversial picks to his Cabinet such as Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and former Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.), while at the same time demanding they give him more power by easing recess appointments. His dual calls essentially demand loyalty from GOP senators to…
Aaron Dimmock, who unsuccessfully challenged former Rep. Matt Gaetz in this year’s Republican primary for Florida’s 1st Congressional District, is considering a run for the seat again now that President-elect Trump’s shock pick for attorney general has resigned. “I am taking a serious look at it and have already received numerous calls from constituents imploring…
Joe Walsh, a former Republican congressman, criticized former Rep. Tulsi Gabbard (Hawaii) as a “cheerleader” of Russian President Vladimir Putin after she was tapped as President-elect Trump’s director of national intelligence.
Click for the latest from The Hill {beacon} Energy & Environment Energy & Environment The Big Story FEMA chief testifies over agency skipping Trump homes The head of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) faced intense questioning from Republicans over a since-fired employee’s directive that staff avoid houses with Trump campaign signage after Hurricane…
Rep. Jake Auchincloss (D-Mass.) urged the Senate to reject Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as the Secretary of Health and Human Services in a Friday op-ed for the Boston Globe. “Now Donald Trump is setting Kennedy up to “go wild” as secretary of health and human services. Kennedy is not just unqualified, he is dangerous —…
Sen. James Lankford (R-Okla.) said Sunday that the Senate Intelligence Committee will ask President-elect Trump’s pick for director of national intelligence, former Democratic Rep. Tulsi Gabbard (Hawaii), “lots of questions.”
President-elect Trump said Monday that he will impose new tariffs on goods from Canada, Mexico and China through an executive order on the first day of his new term next year. In a series of posts on Truth Social, the president-elect said he would enact tariffs of 25 percent on all Canadian and Mexican goods,…
Welcome to The Hill’s Defense & NatSec newsletter {beacon} Defense &National Security Defense &National Security The Big Story Hegseth doubles down amid growing scrutiny Pete Hegseth, President-elect Trump’s embattled pick for Defense secretary, spent Wednesday racing to keep his nomination moving forward amid growing scrutiny on Capitol Hill. © AP He reiterated Wednesday afternoon that he…
Sen. Thom Tillis (R-N.C.) announced his support of President-elect Trump’s nominees for attorney general and FBI director in a Friday post on social platform X. “My position on supporting Trump nominees is quite clear. And I’m looking forward to leading the charge to get Pam Bondi and Kash Patel confirmed,” Tillis wrote Friday. “While Breitbart…
A man who ran for the congressional seat previously held by former Rep. George Santos (R-N.Y.) taunted a federal judge’s decision to immediately send him to prison for his role in the Jan. 6 Capitol attack. Philip Sean Grillo, who was sentenced Friday to 12 months in prison, let it be known in court that…
Stephen Miller, who was chosen by President-elect Trump to be his deputy chief of staff for policy, said mass deportations will be Trump’s first priority.
President-elect Trump named Kimberly Guilfoyle the ambassador to Greece in his upcoming administration.
Three Democratic senators unveiled a constitutional amendment to abolish the Electoral College system Monday, just more than a month after President-elect Trump stunned the Democrats by sweeping all seven battleground states, knocking off three Senate Democratic incumbents in the process. Sens. Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii,) Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) and Peter Welch (D-Vt.), three leading progressive Senate…
TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew met with President-elect Trump in Florida on Monday, becoming the latest tech leader to hold talks with the incoming president ahead of Inauguration Day. Trump and Chew met on Monday at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort in Palm Beach, Fla., a source familiar with the matter confirmed to The Hill. The meeting…
President-elect Trump’s attorney unsuccessfully asked a federal judge to move forward with his lawsuit against journalist Bob Woodward over published audio tapes of interviews the famed Watergate reporter conducted with Trump for a 2020 book. U.S. District Judge Paul Gardephe, an appointee of former President George W. Bush who is overseeing the case, denied the…
President-elect Trump on Sunday harshly criticized the House GOP, and former Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.), for voting to raise the debt ceiling in 2023 through Jan. 1, 2025. Trump in a post on Truth Social called McCarthy “a good man and a friend of mine,” but said it would go down as “one of the…
President-elect Trump is ramping up speculation about his endgame with Greenland as he doubles down on calls to acquire the Danish territory, putting observers and allies alike on edge. Trump on Tuesday reiterated his desire to purchase the island during a press conference at Mar-a-Lago, the same day his son, Donald Trump Jr., made a…
President-elect Trump’s former adviser Steve Bannon has vowed to “take down” tech billionaire Elon Musk, calling him “truly evil.”
Florida Republican state legislature leaders pushed back on Gov. Ron DeSantis’ (R) call for a special session to implement President-elect Trump’s immigration agenda, calling the move “premature.”
Click in for more news from The Hill {beacon} Health Care Health Care The Big Story Trump to decide fate of free preventative care under ACA The Trump administration will have to decide whether to defend a key part of the Affordable Care Act, after the Supreme Court agreed to hear a case challenging…
Senate Democratic Whip Dick Durbin (Ill.) on Monday announced that he will vote for Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) to become the next secretary of State, a sign that Rubio is on a path to be confirmed on President-elect Trump’s first day of office with overwhelming support. “I believe Senator Rubio has a thorough understanding of…
President-elect Trump’s inaugural parade is set to feature a garbage truck from an earlier stunt in Green Bay, Wis., a spokesperson with the president-elect’s inaugural committee confirmed to The Hill on Monday. While in Wisconsin in late October, the president-elect entered a garbage truck themed to his campaign, trying to draw attention to comments from…
President Trump's second week back in office kicks off with military-focused executive orders and a visit to the House GOP Florida retreat while Senate confirmations progress. Follow for live updates.
President Trump on Monday fired all three Democrats on the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board (PCLOB), bringing much of its work to a standstill. The move guts a board designed to ensure the government’s work to fight terrorism is balanced with protections for civil liberties. The White House informed the three Democrats on the…
A federal judge granted an injunction blocking the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) from accessing databases at the Office of Personnel Management ...
The Department of Homeland Security sent termination notices to Cubans, Haitians, Venezuelans and Nicaraguans after the Supreme Court allowed the Trump...
Across the nation today, thousands of protests are being organized by left-wing groups, unions, and other organizations, with chants of “No Kings, No Kings, ...
Rep. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.), one of the most vocal Republicans pushing against American intervention in Iran, posted on X that President Trump’s bombing of Iranian nuclear sites is unconstitutional. Trump announced that American forces have struck three Irania…
With its decision in Trump v. Casa, the court has become an accomplice in President Trump’s ongoing assault on our constitutional republic.
Republican Sens. Susan Collins (Maine) and Lisa Murkowski (Alaska) on Monday sided with Democrats who were trying to strike a provision from the GOP’s...
Stephen A. Smith warned Democrats on Monday not to back candidates whose politics resemble those of New York City mayoral primary winner Zohran Mamdani. “Let...
A handful of hard-line House conservatives are threatening to tank a Wednesday procedural vote for the party’s reconciliation bill, a revolt that would bring...
President Trump’s approval ratings remain underwater as he gets mixed reviews on his immigration crackdown, economic handling and foreign policy five months ...
Having the Air Force fly a B-2 bomber overhead during a signing ceremony for a budget bill would have in a different time seemed like overkill. But in our...
Former national security adviser John Bolton said Monday that President Trump could soon retreat from efforts to resolve Russia’s war with Ukraine. The Trump...
There were a couple of ways to think about the Trump administration’s about-face on releasing the files on America’s most notorious sex criminal, Jeffrey...
President Trump’s disapproval rating is at its highest level since the start of his second term, according to the latest Economist/YouGov poll. The survey...
Never has the Democrats’ attachment to socialism been more pronounced.
A wiser, stronger strategy would be to reserve a presidential visit to China for when Beijing demonstrates genuine reform.
New York Democrats cool to their party’s Big Apple mayoral nominee Zohran Mamdani are weighing their options as the 33-year-old progressive makes his own...
FBI Deputy Director Dan Bongino vowed on Saturday to uncover the “truth” in a cryptic post on the social platform X, proclaiming that “we cannot run a...
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) blasted the trade deal negotiated between the United States and the European Union over the weekend, calling it...
Our NewsNation coverage from Ukraine will continue through next week.
Have congressional Republicans forgotten the political pain they suffered when President George W. Bush tried to privatize Social Security in 2005?
Texas state Rep. Brian Harrison (R) claimed Monday the Republican Party will “never have the White House again” if Democrats overtake the majority in the...
Secretary of State Marco Rubio suggested Wednesday that Russia and Ukraine are not ready for a meeting with President Trump as the war between the two...
Rep. Ralph Norman (R-S.C.) acknowledged that the public is seeing higher prices as a result of tariffs imposed by President Trump, but argued the trade...
The White House responded to an NPR report revealing that U.S. government papers about the President Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin summit in...
Tariffs: A grocery shopper's guide... (Second column, 2nd story, link) Related stories:Marjorie Taylor Greene Shares Video of Woman in Tears Over Financial Stress: 'UNACCEPTABLE'... Job market gloom not this bad since Great Recession...…
The Russian president and his thugs may well have created an implacable foe in the White House who cannot be displaced.
Fox Business’s Larry Kudlow expressed concern on Friday over the Trump administration’s move to take a 10 percent stake in mega chipmaker Intel. “I am very, ...
Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker (D) accused President Trump of “abusing his power” in the wake of a reported plan to send National Guard troops to Chicago, a move that would follow similar action in Los Angeles and Washington, D.C. “The State of Illinois at this ti…
President Trump is facing outcry from some of his supporters after saying he plans to allow 600,000 students from China into the U.S. “It’s a very important ...
Democrats on the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee are launching a probe into Michael Boulos, the son-in-law of President Trump, following...
As Democratic governors have become vocal critics of President Trump, one governor’s response has been more muted. Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, who is frequently...
President Trump is dominating the political stage for now. But attention will shift soon enough toward the 2028 race. Trump has at times entertained the idea of seeking a third term — a notion encouraged by some of the most combative voices in MAGA World such…
Parents are losing trust in artificial intelligence (AI) in schools even as more districts look to adopt the technology. A recent PDK poll found parents are not comfortable with AI software getting personal information about their children such as grades, a…
As September begins, Republicans remain on the defensive, and this time they won’t be able to call a time-out.
Former Biden administration aide Meghan Hays on Monday argued the Trump administration is not being “transparent” about President Trump’s absence from public...
FBI agents raided former national security adviser John Bolton's home and seized multiple computers, phones, and documents related to his handling of...
Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-Ala.) on Wednesday blocked a measure seeking to prevent Jan. 6 rioter Ashli Babbitt from receiving military funeral honors. The...
An infectious disease — one that rejects scientific expertise, metastasizes conspiracy theories and contaminates programs that track and treat illnesses...
Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro (D) late Sunday criticized President Trump’s use of the word “scum” in his latest remarks criticizing left-wing groups and...
FBI Director Kash Patel launched into a heated takedown of Sen. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) at a Tuesday hearing, lobbing multiple insults at a lawmaker who is...
News broke recently that the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation would sever ties with the shadowy consulting firm Arabella Advisors and its “nonprofit network...
A group of Republican lieutenant governors drafted a letter to Senate leadership on Tuesday calling on Democrats in the Upper Chamber to pass a continuing...
Xi Jinping is using his influence to align the world's most powerful dictators against America, while the US is weakening its institutions and alienating its...
A top Air Force commander, Gen. Thomas Bussiere, announced his retirement Tuesday for “personal and family reasons.” “After much reflection and with a full...
President Trump on Sunday told Navy sailors not to “worry about” their paychecks that are being held back by the current government shutdown. “As your...
Cheryl Hines says she finds Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s falling out with his relatives “disappointing,” speaking out against ...
Comedian Jon Stewart ripped Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) on Monday over a flat joke. Stewart played a clip of Schumer’s remarks during “The ...
Democratic Sen. Ruben Gallego (Ariz.) said Thursday that Rep. Mike Johnson (R-La.) was likely to lose a chance at another term as House Speaker over his...
In December 2004, Jordan’s King Abdullah first warned the world of the emergence of a Sh’ia crescent that could destabilize the region’s Sunni states...
Note to far-left socialist-leaning mayors, politicians and activists: If you drive out billionaires and job creators, then your “free is for me” policy...
Rep. Suzan DelBene (D-Wash.) said on Sunday that “everything is on” Republicans as the government shutdown drags on. “On the one hand, Democrats want credit ...
The Democratic Party is losing men due to its lack of authenticity, as its attempts to woo them with branding and beer ads have failed to resonate with them,...
There are many reasons — cost, efficient use of personnel and resources, a hallowed democratic tradition of keeping the military out of domestic politics...
Enough of playing Charlie Brown and the football with Putin.
Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) objected to a request by Sen. Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) on Thursday for the Senate to immediately consider and pass a bill to pay...
House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) signaled on Monday that GOP leadership will huddle to hammer out a plan on the expiring Affordable Care Act (ACA) subsides...
The power to impose tariffs falls within the federal government’s authority in the Constitution, not the states.
Johnson has a vested interest in keeping the government closed and the House in recess.
Russian President Vladimir Putin has vowed to bring back the Russian empire; indeed, he has staked his political fortunes on achieving that goal...
Republican Rep. Jeff Van Drew (N.J.) said his party will “get killed” in the 2026 midterms if it does not address rising health care costs. “We need to deal ...
Senate Republican and Democratic leaders say they need to resolve an objection from Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) about a provision in the government funding deal...
The House returns Wednesday to vote on a spending package to end the longest government shutdown in U.S. history — an outcome widely viewed as a Republican...
A U.S. attorney who the Trump administration helped keep in office will defend the Department of Justice (DOJ) in a lawsuit filed by the daughter of former...
Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) said Thursday he will sue the Department of Justice (DOJ) for $500,000 over investigators obtaining his phone records during...
The Supreme Court should admit its error and restore the principle that no one, not even the president of the United States, is exempt from the rule of law.
It is certainly still too soon to say what the effects of a spasm of mid-decade gerrymandering will be on the results of the 2026 midterms, but one thing we ...
Sen. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) said Sunday the price of this year’s Thanksgiving turkey is set to rise a “whopping 40 percent.” “So, we’re coming up on...
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) said Monday that House Republicans have been sidelined by Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.), accusing the Republican leader of...
President Trump said Thursday he will halt immigration from “all Third World Countries” after two National Guard members were shot in Washington, D.C...
President Trump’s approval rating reached its lowest point 10 months into his second term and the lowest since he left office in 2021, according to a new...
President Trump is facing increasing resistance from Republicans in Congress to certain proposals and parts of his agenda as he nears the end of his first...
Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) is staring down a potential political firestorm in the coming weeks as a few Republican dissenters aim to use a rare procedural ...
Former Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said Monday he doesn’t “think there’s any question” a reported second U.S. strike on an alleged Caribbean drug boat was...
Former Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall on Monday rejected Navy Adm. Frank Bradley’s reasoning for launching a second strike on a vessel in the Caribbean as...
Did Loomer just help pick next leader of NASA? (First column, 13th story, link)
Sen. Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), a leading gun reform advocate, on Sunday accused President Trump of engaging in a campaign to increase violence in the country...
House Democrats say they’re lining up to support a bipartisan extension of enhanced ObamaCare subsidies — if they get a green light from party leaders...
The return of President Trump has reduced and reversed its powerful influence in the region.
President Trump has denied disaster aid to the state of Colorado in the wake of wildfires and flooding. The office of Colorado Gov. Jared Polis (D) announced...
Jeff Landry, President Trump’s newly appointed special envoy to Greenland, says his goal is to make the autonomous Danish territory “part of the U.S.” Landry...
It’s easy to understand why Trump focused so heavily on trying to convince Americans that the economy was going great. Polls show that most Americans now...
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Tuesday presented a new 20-point peace plan that offers concessions to Russia in an effort to end the conflict in...
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said in an interview with state-run media that Europe has been the main obstacle for peace amid its war in Ukraine...
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) in a newly published interview argues Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) is “100 percent” following orders from President Trump...
Russia on Tuesday said it will take a tougher position in talks on ending its nearly four-year war in Ukraine after it claimed Kyiv attacked a Russian...
Russia is offering stark criticism of the U.S. military attack on Venezuela, which resulted in the capture of President Nicolas Maduro. In response, Russia...
President Trump on Thursday said his counterpart, Chinese President Xi Jinping, would have to determine himself if he will use military force against Taiwan....
By now, everyone has had an opportunity to review the footage of the shooting death of Renee Good, who was killed by an ICE officer while in her car in...
Attorney General Pam Bondi on Saturday outlined terms to “restore the rule of law” in Minnesota, just hours after a second person was fatally shot by federal...
More than 10 years after its delivery, warnings from Donald Trump’s June 2015 presidential candidacy announcement continue to resonate. He decried the high...
President Trump said Tuesday he raised tariffs on Switzerland after a phone call with the country’s former president, saying he did not approve of “the way...
Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch is having an ‘I told you so’ moment when it comes to President Trump’s tariffs. At November’s blockbuster arguments...
Conservative commentator Bill O’Reilly said Monday that it was becoming increasingly clear that the Trump administration will not be able to change the...
The small band of House Republicans who backed the effort to subpoena former Attorney General Pam Bondi have brushed off a plan from Democrats to hold her in...
Rep. Rich McCormick (R-Ga.) defended FBI Director Kash Patel on Monday following a report in The Atlantic alleging Patel has engaged in excessive alcohol use...
Republicans in the upper chamber are ramping up the pressure on Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) to swiftly approve a Senate-passed bill to fund most of the...
The man accused of spraying Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) with apple cider vinegar during a January town hall in her Minnesota district has reached a plea...
Lawyer and activist Kerry Kennedy, the sister of Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. praised Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-Md.) late Saturday...
Sen. Rick Scott (R-Fla.) is pushing back on a proposal to spend as much as $400 million in taxpayer money to build a 90,000-square-foot ballroom at the White...
There is much to dislike about the attempted mass murder at this year’s annual White House Correspondents’ Association (WHCA) dinner. Aside from the whole...
Sen. John Fetterman (D-Pa.) let loose a hearty chuckle and admitted that he’s not that “popular” in the Senate Democratic caucus, even though he flipped the ...
The emotional response to Artemis II is to want to increase all NASA funding, not to slash it.
President Trump’s disapproval rating has reached a new high according to recent poll results. A ABC News/Washington Post/Ipsos poll released Friday found...
Jeanine Pirro, the U.S. attorney for the District of Columbia, affirmed Sunday that the bullet that hit a Secret Service agent at last weekend’s White House ...
A federal judge declined to immediately block the Trump administration from closing East Potomac Golf Links, saying recent reports about renovation plans...
Senate Republicans say the dysfunction in the House is becoming a liability for the broader GOP brand ahead of this year’s midterm elections, warning that if...
A federal judge in North Carolina conditionally agreed to cancel former FBI Director James Comey’s upcoming court appearance on charges of threatening...
Virginia state Senate leader L. Louise Lucas (D) struck an unyielding tone on Wednesday after federal authorities searched her office and a nearby cannabis...
Former CNN correspondent Mike Boettcher reflected on the life and legacy of Ted Turner after he died Wednesday at the age of 87. Boettcher appeared on...
The Pentagon revealed the location of a U.S. Navy nuclear-armed submarine in a rare move a day after President Trump rejected the latest peace proposal from ...
President Trump has declared the war with Iran won, but the reality is that the conflict is far from over and the Republicans will have a hard time...
The Roberts Court has become a partisan and ideological tool of the right-wing legal and political movement.
Reports that President Trump is considering a deal that would allow China to invest $1 trillion in the U.S. are setting off alarm bells among conservative...
President Trump on Tuesday defended the size and cost of the White House ballroom, then insulted the reporter who asked him about the project’s scope. “We...
President Trump said Thursday that Chinese President Xi Jinping committed to withholding military equipment from Iran during the bilateral meeting between...
President Trump late Thursday invoked his predecessor in attempting to explain comments by Chinese President Xi Jinping as the two leaders meet during a high...
Trump has disrupted Beijing’s strategy.
Rubio has been an active participant in Trump’s relentless campaign to prevent the U.S. from being the country he described.
Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) on Sunday defended President Trump’s controversial affordability remarks, describing his stance on the Iran war as his...
Last Month's Los Angeles arsonry offers clearest expression of America’s class resentment since Luigi Mangione.
Republican senators on Tuesday tabled an amendment introduced by Sen. Ruben Gallego (D-Ariz.) that would bar the Trump administration from creating its...
Rep. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.) did not withhold his anger toward President Trump after his primary loss late Tuesday. “I got to watch Fox [News] for the first...
President Trump’s decision Tuesday to snub Sen. John Cornyn and endorse state Attorney General Ken Paxton in the Texas Senate Republican primary was met with...
A group of nine Democrats urged President Trump to commute the sentences of people serving time for nonviolent marijuana offenses, following his decision to ...
A group of former federal judges on Wednesday asked a federal court to reopen President Trump’s lawsuit against the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), arguing...
In Florida's upcoming Senate race, Democrat Alexander Vindman is challenging Trump-loyal incumbent Ashley Moody, with recent polls showing a competitive race...
All eyes are on an emerging deal between the U.S. and Iran that would extend the current ceasefire and reopen the Strait of Hormuz, but it remains unclear...
New York Giants quarterback Jaxson Dart on Friday defended a recent appearance at a New York rally where he introduced President Trump, saying he acted out...
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Saturday pushed back against a statement from a U.S. military official that the Iran war has delayed a $14 billion arms...
The Republican Party, led by President Trump, has embraced white Christian nationalists and is working to reduce the number of Black House members through...