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Why Trump's Stormy Daniels defense is flawed

As Donald Trump faces possible indictment over a 2016 payment to Stormy Daniels, Melania Trump could be involved in her husband's case.

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Trump arrest expected Tuesday, former president says on social media

The former president said in a social media post that he will be arrested Tuesday as a New York prosecutor is eyeing charges in a case examining hush money paid to women who alleged sexual encounters with the former president.

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Spa days, hawking NFTs, mystery charity

A new report explains why Melania Trump hasn't been by Donald Trump's side on the campaign trail or in court.

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Should Trump be jailed? 2024 election may decide that

So far this year, the former president's political operation has spent more on legal fees defending him, his staff and his allies than on travel, rallies and other campaign expenses combined, an AP analysis found.

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Trump pleads not guilty to new classified documents charges

The filing marked the second time in 24 hours that the former president entered a not guilty plea, following his arraignment Thursday in the special counsel’s separate investigation into efforts to overturn the 2020 presidential election.

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Prosecutors seek Jan. 2 trial date for Trump documents case

It comes as Trump is also gearing up for a possible fourth indictment, in a case out of Fulton County, Georgia, over alleged efforts by him and his Republican allies to illegally meddle in the 2020 election in that state. The county district attorney, Fani Willis, a Democrat, has signaled that any indictments in the case would likely come this month.

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Peter Navarro's testimony is 'weak sauce'

The absence of testimony from Trump could leave Navarro, who has pleaded not guilty, without direct evidence that he was acting at the direction of the former president when he declined to testify and turn over records to Congress.

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Judge holds Rudy Giuliani liable for defaming election workers

The ruling compounds the legal jeopardy for Giuliani at a time when he and Trump are both among 19 defendants charged this month in a racketeering case related to efforts to overturn the 2020 election in Georgia. It also creates the potential for a massive financial penalty for Giuliani as the case proceeds to a federal trial in Washington to determine damages he may be liable for.

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Trump acknowleged 11K sq ft penthouse, not 30K

As Forbes zeroed in on the apartment size question in 2017, emails show, a company spokesperson told another Trump executive that, per Weisselberg, they weren't to engage on the size issue. A week later, Trump's 2016 financial statement was released, using the incorrect square footage.

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Judge rejects latest try to toss Georgia election charges

Fulton County Superior Court Judge Scott McAfee denied eight motions from co-defendants Kenneth Chesebro and Sidney Powell, pro-Donald Trump lawyers who are the first to go to trial.

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Trump back in court at his NYC civil fraud trial

In a pretrial decision last month, Judge Engoron resolved the case's top claim, ruling that Trump and his company committed years of fraud by exaggerating his asset values and net worth on his financial statements.

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Trump slams Biden, compares himself to Nelson Mandela

Returning to New Hampshire to register for its presidential primary, Trump held a rally where he railed against President Joe Biden's response to the Hamas attack on Israel and vowed to build an Iron Dome-style missile defense shield over the U.S.

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Colorado trial eyes links between Trump, far-right groups

The plaintiffs presented testimony from an extremism expert who maintained that Trump had a clear relationship with far-right extremists and that they interpreted his pleas to protest the certification of President Joe Biden's win as a call to arms.

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Florida judge keeps Trump’s May 2024 documents trial date

Trump's lawyers had argued that they needed more time to review the large trove of evidence with which they'd been presented and also cited scheduling challenges resulting from the other legal cases against Trump, including three additional criminal prosecutions for which he is awaiting trial.

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Accountants 'doubt' that Trump's Truth Social will survive

Digital World’s board believes that if Trump Media is “properly capitalized,” it is “very well positioned to grow a user base at an accelerated base,” the SEC filings say. Citing Trump’s massive social media following, the board argued Trump Media is “positioned to exceed” the blockbuster growth of Facebook when it went from 1 million users to 10 million in three years.

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Cheney book slams GOP as Trump 'enablers and collaborators'

Liz Cheney also accuses Kevin McCarthy of repeatedly lying and choosing the “craven” path of embracing Trump. She recounts the moment she first found out that McCarthy, fearing he had lost his ability to fundraise, secretly went to visit Trump at Mar-a-Lago just three weeks after the Jan. 6 attack.

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Can California keep Trump off the ballot too?

"It's gotten to the point where the Supreme Court of the United States will have to weigh in," Assemblyman Evan Low, a San Jose Democrat, said.

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UK judge dismisses Trump suit over the Steele dossier

A U.S. federal judge in Florida in 2022 dismissed a Trump lawsuit against Steele, 2016 Democratic rival Hillary Clinton and former top FBI officials, rejecting his claims that they helped concoct the Russia investigation that overshadowed much of his administration.

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Republican lawsuits challenge mail ballot deadlines

Donald Trump has falsely claimed that changing vote tallies after Election Day are an indication of widespread fraud. In the wake of his loss, several Republican-controlled states moved to tighten rules around mail voting.

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Manhattan DA asks for gag order in Trump's hush-money case

By Michael R. Sisak | Associated Press NEW YORK — Prosecutors in Donald Trump’s New York hush-money criminal case asked a judge Monday to impose a gag order on the former president ahead of next month’s trial, citing what they called his “long history of making public and inflammatory remarks” about people involved in his […]

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Haley can't win with 40%, but can expose Trump's weaknesses

Nearly 9 in 10 Haley voters in South Carolina said they would not be satisfied with Trump as the Republican Party's presidential nominee, about 7 in 10 say he does not have the mental capability to serve effectively as president, and about 6 in 10 say they would not ultimately vote for him.

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Arizona issues subpoenas as 2020 election probe heats up

The subpoenas suggest the state-level probe is accelerating ahead of the 2024 presidential election, when Trump is expected to once again be on the ballot as the Republican nominee. Sources told CNN that Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes could be nearing a decision on whether to bring criminal charges.

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Trump hints he's open to Medicare, Social Security cuts

The Biden administration has sought to contrast the president’s support of Social Security and Medicare with Republicans’ proposals to address shortfalls in the programs’ finances. In his State of the Union address last week, Joe Biden said he would stop anyone who tries to cut the programs or raise the retirement age.

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Trump allies purging staff amid RNC takeover

More than 60 people were fired in all, including senior staff in the political, data and communications departments inside the committee's Washington headquarters. The cuts also included staff that ran the committee's celebrated community centers, which were focused on building relationships with minority groups in some Democratic-leaning states.

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Trump predicts ‘bloodbath’ if he loses election

By MEG KINNARD and JILL COLVIN (Associated Press) VANDALIA, Ohio (AP) — Former President Donald Trump claimed that he — not President Joe Biden — will protect Social Security and warned of a “bloodbath” if he loses in November as he campaigned for Senate candidate Bernie Moreno in Ohio. Trump, speaking on a wind-whipped airfield […]

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Melania Trump spent 'all hours' in her bathrobe as first lady: author

According to the author of a new book on first ladies, Melania Trump favored plush, terry-cloth robes and rarely visited the East Wing, preferring instead to summon aides to the residence to fill her in on the day’s gossip.

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Election denier Lindell's pillow firm evicted from warehouse

Mike Lindell, who continues to propagate former President Donald Trump's lies that the 2020 election was stolen from him, in part by rigged voting machine systems, still faces defamation lawsuits by two voting machine companies.

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Court rejects Trump's bid to delay hush-money criminal trial

Justice Cynthia Kern's ruling was the second time in as many days that the state's mid-level appeals court refused to postpone the trial, set to begin next week, further narrowing any plausible path to the delay that Trump's legal team has repeatedly sought.

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Recovering from Trump

East Bay Times Letters to the Editor for April 14, 2024

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Stormy Daniels spars with Trump lawyers at hush-money trial

Her testimony has been an extraordinary moment in what could be the only criminal case against the presumptive Republican presidential nominee to go to trial before voters decide in November whether to send him back to the White House.

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Trump accountability

Mercury News Letters to the Editor for June 4, 2024

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Landmark AI bill passes California Assembly

The latetst -- and most surprising -- to come out in support of the bill is billionaire Elon Musk, the Donald Trump-supporting, often regulation-averse Tesla CEO and X owner.

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Melania Trump declares pro-choice views in new memoir: report

'Why should anyone other than the woman herself have the power to determine what she does with her own body?' the former first lady writes, as her husband campaigns for president on an anti-abortion platform.

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Trump-Putin ties back in spotlight after new book

Both Trump campaign and the Kremlin, which U.S. officials have said is working to influence the 2024 election in favor of Trump, denied the reporting.

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Fact-checking Trump's appearance on Joe Rogan's podcast

The interview, released late Friday, came on the same day that the former president, on his social media network, re-posted threats to prosecute lawyers, voters and election officials he deems to have "cheated" in the 2024 election.

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Mystery drones over New Jersey could be 'shot down'

The worry stems partly from the flying objects initially being spotted near the Picatinny Arsenal, a U.S. military research and manufacturing facility, and over President-elect Donald Trump's golf course in Bedminster.

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Judge clears way for Trump's workforce reduction plans

Trump wants to use financial incentives to encourage government employees to quit. According to the White House, tens of thousands of workers have taken the government up on its offer.

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Jeff Bezos, Lauren Sanchez invite famous friends

Others stars who could help Bezos and Sanchez use their wedding as a display of their wealth and cultural clout in Trump's America include Eva Longoria, Katy Perry and Gayle King.

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Letters: Protesters misguided in targeting Tesla

Also: Tenant protections | Senior center | Trump's interest | Healthy aging | Rewriting history. East Bay Times reader letters to the editor for April 8, 2025.

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Markets soar as Trump pauses most global tariffs, escalates trade war with China

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump walked back plans on Wednesday for a global trade war that sparked fears of economic panic and recession, a dramatic reversal after a week of market turmoil that led to a historic surge of relief on Wall Street. But the president further escalated his standoff with China over tariffs, raising duties on America’s third-largest trading partner to 125%. Trump’s ...

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