For the first time in history, a former president and current presidential candidate has been convicted of a felony. But will he still win the election? How very 2024: Donald Trump shatters all precedents, breaks all boundaries for what a president can do or say, and yet here we are …
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After the hush money verdict was announced Thursday, Donald Trump was not the only presidential candidate to criticize the court’s decision — Robert F. Kennedy Jr. took a jab, too. “The Democratic Party’s strategy is to beat President Trump in the courtroom rather than the ballot box,” Kennedy said in …
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Nearly 90 Jewish leaders in Missouri have signed an open letter to Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) urging him to drop his support for Harrison Butker, after the Kansas City Chiefs kicker spread “one of the world’s oldest and most recognizable antisemitic lies” in his controversial commencement speech at Benedictine College. …
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Donald Trump has been cashing in on his new title of convicted felon. Rolling Stone reported earlier this week that the former president’s team expected a guilty verdict in the hush-money trial and were preparing a fundraising blitz as soon as the jury handed down a decision. The blitz came …
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A lot has happened in the nearly eight years since Donald Trump descended the golden escalator at Trump Tower and announced that he was running for president. He won, he lost, he tried to overthrow the government, and on Thursday, he became — for the first time in the history …
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Marian Robinson, the mother of former First Lady Michelle Obama, has died at the age of 86. Robinson’s death was confirmed by the former First Lady on social media Friday. “My mom Marian Robinson was my rock, always there for whatever I needed,” wrote Michelle. “She was the same steady …
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Extremists are reacting to Donald Trump’s guilty verdicts in the New York hush-money trial with calls to violence — both overt and covert. The news that the former president was found guilty on 34 different felony counts did not sit well with Stew Peters, a far-right shock jock who has …
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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 …
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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. …
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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 …
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