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Trump Says He's Willing to Go to Jail

'I'll give that sacrifice any day,' he says after hush-money trial ends for the day

(Newser) - After his trial finished for the day on Monday, Donald Trump said he was willing to go to jail over gag order violations. Earlier Monday, Judge Juan Merchan fined Trump $1,000 for another violation of the gag order and warned that while jail time is a "last resort,...

A Small Fraction of Voters to Decide the 2024 Winner

In one view, '6% of voters in just 6 states'

(Newser) - The election is six months away, and a new national poll has some unsurprising news: President Biden and former President Trump are deadlocked at 37% each, reports USA Today . Its poll with Suffolk University also found that 8% back Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and another 5% back a third-party candidate...

Greene&#39;s Anti-Johnson Crusade Reveals a Lesson for MAGA
Greene's Losing Crusade
Holds a Lesson for MAGA
OPINION
May 6, 2024 10:50 AM CDT

Greene's Losing Crusade Holds a Lesson for MAGA

Columnist David French questions whether movement can survive in post-Trump world

(Newser) - Marjorie Taylor Greene vows to force a vote to oust House Speaker Mike Johnson, even though it seems doomed to failure . To columnist David French in the New York Times , the unfolding narrative speaks volumes about the future of the MAGA movement. The crucial factor here is that Donald Trump...

Judge Again Holds Trump in Contempt

Juan Merchan issues a $1K fine, warns the former president about jail

(Newser) - The judge presiding over Donald Trump's hush-money trial has fined him $1,000 for violating his gag order and warned the former president that an additional violation could result in jail time, per the AP . The fine marks the second sanction for Trump for inflammatory comments about witnesses since...

Trump Unloads on Enemies in Speech at Donor Retreat

Former president likens the Biden administration to the 'Gestapo'

(Newser) - Donald Trump spoke to supporters at a donor retreat at Mar-a-Lago on Saturday after another long week in court, and he used the opportunity to unload on his political enemies. Multiple outlets obtained audio of the speech, including the New York Times , NBC News , and the Washington Post . Some examples:...

Hope Hicks Takes the Stand: 'I'm Really Nervous'

Former aide, called to testify in hush-money case, breaks into tears at one point

(Newser) - One of the bigger names on the witness list in Donald Trump's hush-money trial took the stand on Friday—former White House communications director and press secretary Hope Hicks.
  • "I'm really nervous," Hicks said as her testimony began, per CNN . It lasted nearly three hours.
  • Hicks
...

After Court, Trump Brought Pizza to Firefighters

'It's always special when a president shows up at your place of work'

(Newser) - After his day in court Thursday, Donald Trump delivered a couple of pizzas to a midtown Manhattan firehouse. The former president posed for photos with firefighters and signed the firehouse's journal during the 10-minute visit, Politico reports. The New York Post reports that Trump was met with cheers at...

Trump Won't Commit to Accept Results in Wisconsin

Former president says he will do so, but only if 'everything's honest' in his view

(Newser) - Donald Trump spoke to the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel on his swing through crucial Wisconsin this week, and he declined to commit to accept the swing state's election results. "If everything's honest, I'd gladly accept the results," Trump told the newspaper. "If it's not,...

Trump Just Got $1.8B in Trump Media Stock

Though it's worth a bit less than that as of this writing

(Newser) - As of Tuesday, former President Trump owns 64.9% of Trump Media & Technology Group, parent company to Truth Social. That's thanks to the 36 million "earnout" shares he received per a Tuesday filing, bringing his total to 114.75 million shares. As CNN explains, Trump was to...

Trump Spills Plans for Migrants, Abortion If He Gets to WH

Ex-president lays out for 'Time' what his next administration would do if he's elected again

(Newser) - Donald Trump has been spending his days of late mired in court proceedings , but he took some time out last month in Palm Beach, Florida, to chat with Eric Cortellessa for a new profile entitled "If He Wins" in Time . The former president, who wants to be the next...

Lawyer: In Daniels Deal, Trump Was Called 'David Dennison'

He testifies Trump was 'particular married man' referred to in McDougal hush-money deal

(Newser) - More witnesses took the stand in Donald Trump's New York trial on Tuesday, including Keith Davidson, former lawyer for Stormy Daniels and Karen McDougal. He negotiated hush-money deals with former Trump lawyer Michael Cohen and the National Enquirer after both women claimed to have had affairs with Trump, the...

Trump Will Be Allowed to Attend Barron's Graduation

New York judge excused the former president for the May 17 ceremony in Florida

(Newser) - Donald Trump may have been held in contempt of court on Tuesday , but the judge gave him a break on a different matter: The former president will be allowed to attend son Barron's high school graduation in Florida on May 17, reports Newsweek . Trump had previously complained he would...

Judge Holds Trump in Contempt, Fines Him $9K

Merchan says former president could face jail next time

(Newser) - Donald Trump was held in contempt of court Tuesday and fined $9,000 for repeatedly violating a gag order that barred him from making public statements about witnesses, jurors, and some others connected to his New York hush money case. If he does it again, the judge warned, he could...

Turns Out a Puppy Killer Isn&#39;t a Great Sell for VP
Did Noem's Dog Story
Sink Her Shot at VP?
the rundown
Apr 30, 2024 7:24 AM CDT

Did Noem's Dog Story Sink Her Shot at VP?

South Dakota governor continues to take flak over how she killed an inept hunting dog

(Newser) - South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem may have ruined her chances of becoming Donald Trump's running mate with her confession about shooting an "untrainable" 14-month-old dog who attacked a neighbor's chickens, onlookers say. Did she break the law? Did she think Trump would be impressed? Here's what...

Trump Wants DeSantis to Help Close Fundraising Gap: Sources

And the sources say DeSantis agreed to help

(Newser) - Donald Trump and Ron DeSantis met in Miami on Sunday, marking the first time the two former rivals for the GOP presidential nomination have spoken since DeSantis ended his campaign in January. The meeting, first reported by the Washington Post , was confirmed by several sources who spoke anonymously to the...

Trump Has 6-Point Lead in National Poll

Though in three key states, he and Biden are about even

(Newser) - A new national poll by CNN has Donald Trump six points ahead of President Biden when the two are placed in a hypothetical head-to-head contest, with the support of 49% of registered voters compared to Biden's 43%. Those numbers have held basically steady since CNN's last national poll...

Trump Lawyers Try to Undermine David Pecker

'I've been truthful,' former tabloid publisher responds

(Newser) - Donald Trump's lawyers sought to undermine the credibility of former National Enquirer publisher David Pecker in court on Friday, but he pushed back "defiantly," according to the New York Times . "I've been truthful to the best of my recollection," he said after a suggestion...

Pecker Airs 'Catch and Kill' Stories About Other Celebrities

Meanwhile, prosecutors accuse Trump of more violations of gag order

(Newser) - A lot of celebrity dirt was aired during day seven of Donald Trump's hush-money trial, only some of that being Trump's own. Former National Enquirer publisher David Pecker testified Thursday that Trump was nervous about the publication holding boxes of materials related to "catch and kill" stories...

Ronan Farrow: What Weinstein's Appeal Could Mean for Trump

Admission of evidence unrelated to the charges also factors into Trump's hush-money case

(Newser) - As shocking as the overturning of Harvey Weinstein's sex crimes conviction appears to the public, legal experts are not surprised, journalist Ronan Farrow writes at the New Yorker , noting the appeal rested on an issue that could open up a path of appeal for former President Trump should he...

Trump: Charlottesville Rally a 'Peanut' Next to These

Former president says pro-Palestinian protests are worse

(Newser) - The 2017 "Unite the Right" rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, ended with a woman dead after one of the attendees drove into a group of counter-protesters. But in Donald Trump's opinion, it was nothing compared to the pro-Palestinian protests currently sweeping US college campuses . In a Truth Social post...

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