Politics

Republican lawmakers were apoplectic about the Trump verdict Thursday, with many joining the MAGA chorus in declaring it a political, sham trial, in an effort to delegitimize the jury’s decision. Some reactions were brief: Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) tweeted an image of an upside-down American flag, a symbol associated …

For a brief moment, Donald Trump allowed himself a glimmer of hope. For much of the past year, lawyers to Trump had counseled their client that it was basically a foregone conclusion that the jury in his Manhattan trial would convict the former president, as they did early Thursday evening. …

President Joe Biden’s campaign reacted to Donald Trump’s criminal conviction shortly after the former president was found guilty on 34 counts of falsifying business records related to his 2016 hush-money payment to porn star Stormy Daniels. Through a statement issued on social media, the campaign wrote that “In New York …

President Joe Biden pummeled Donald Trump’s long history of racism during a campaign rally on Wednesday in an effort to drum up support from Black voters. Biden spoke alongside Vice President Kamala Harris and several other Black elected officials during the afternoon event at Girard College, a majority-minority boarding school …

For months, Palestinian civilians were told to evacuate their homes and head to Rafah, a tiny Southern city designated a “safe zone” by Israel, while Israel conducted an aggressive military campaign throughout the rest of Gaza. Israel’s effort to root out members of Hamas in the wake of its Oct. …

Twelve jurors in New York are preparing to hand down one of the most-anticipated criminal trial verdicts in American history. The decision will be historic, but will it be consequential? According to an NPR/PBS NewsHour/Marist poll released Thursday, more than two-thirds of registered voters say the jury finding Donald Trump …

Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts has refused to meet with lawmakers regarding their concerns over Justice Samuel Alito’s ability to impartially judge Jan. 6 cases. In a short letter responding to Sens. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.), majority whip and chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee, and Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.), chair …

Donald Trump is once again being accused of using the N-word on the set of The Apprentice, as a producer on the reality show has resurfaced the allegation following the expiration of their nondisclosure agreement. Producer Bill Pruitt wrote about his experience working on The Apprentice in a new op-ed …

A jury in New York City found Donald Trump guilty on 34 felony counts of falsifying business records stemming from a payment to keep adult film actress Stormy Daniels quiet about an alleged affair out of fear that it would hurt his chances of winning the 2016 election. The jury …

After reports that an upside-down American flag had flown outside the Virginia residence of Supreme Court JusticeSamuel Alito during the period surrounding Jan. 6, 2021, the conservative justice blamed the flag’s placement on his wife, Martha-Ann — claiming her actions were a result of a clash over a neighbor’s anti-Trump …