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Pecker at hush money trial says Trump feared trysts would hurt image, but didn't mention Melania
Donald Trump never mentioned worrying about his wife getting wind of his alleged trysts with porn star Stormy Daniels and Playboy model Karen McDougal — only his future in politics, a Manhattan jury heard Thursday during explosive testimony at the former president’s hush money trial.
During his third day on the witness stand, the former CEO...Read more
Presidents crisscrossing New York create a stark split-screen
President Joe Biden and Donald Trump will be mere miles apart from each other this week in Manhattan, but the backdrops couldn’t be more stark: the presumptive Republican nominee sitting in a dingy courtroom and the current commander-in-chief attending fundraisers with New York City’s elite.
The disparate split-screen highlights the ...Read more
Trump advisers discuss penalties for nations that move away from the dollar
WASHINGTON — Former President Donald Trump’s economic advisers are considering ways to actively stop nations from shifting away from using the dollar — an effort to counter budding moves among key emerging markets to reduce exposure to the U.S. currency, according to people familiar with the matter.
Discussions include penalties for ...Read more
Pecker at hush money trial says Trump feared trysts would hurt image, but didn't mention Melania
NEW YORK — Donald Trump never mentioned worrying about his wife, Melania, getting wind of his alleged trysts with porn star Stormy Daniels and Playboy model Karen McDougal — only his future in politics, a Manhattan jury heard Thursday during explosive testimony at the former president’s hush money trial.
During his third day on the ...Read more
Trump’s immunity arguments at Supreme Court highlight dangers − while prosecutors stress larger danger of removing legal accountability
The U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments on April 25, 2024, in a case that will change the course of American history. That case is Trump v. United States, in which the justices have been asked to decide whether and to what extent former President Donald Trump – or any president – can be criminally prosecuted for actions taken while in...Read more
Biden campaign opens Hillsborough office, says it's serious about Florida
TAMPA, Fla. — President Joe Biden’s reelection campaign gave another indication Thursday that it’s serious about winning Florida.
The campaign announced that it will open a field office in Hillsborough County — its first in the state. The announcement comes on the heels of a presidential visit earlier this week to Tampa, where the ...Read more
Former top aide to LaTurner enters Kansas Republican race to replace old boss in Congress
After Rep. Jake LaTurner said he won’t seek reelection, a former top aide is now running to replace him.
Jeff Kahrs, until recently a senior adviser and district director for LaTurner, announced his campaign for Kansas’ 2nd Congressional District on Thursday, a week after LaTurner stunned Kansas Republicans with his decision, citing a ...Read more
What does Orange County's presidential primary data suggest about Biden and Trump's chances?
LOS ANGELES — More Orange County voters cast ballots for former President Donald Trump in the primary election than for President Joe Biden — but political experts say that doesn’t exactly spell trouble for the incumbent president.
Trump received the most votes in Orange County, 236,456, of the nearly 40 people on the presidential primary...Read more
Casey, McCormick to debate three times in key contest for U.S. Senate
U.S. Sen. Bob Casey of Pennsylvania and his Republican opponent, former hedge fund CEO David McCormick, will debate three times this fall — including once in Pittsburgh — the campaigns announced Thursday.
The other two debates were scheduled for Philadelphia and Harrisburg. Dates were not announced.
Both men won their primaries without ...Read more
Supreme Court's conservatives lean in favor of limited immunity for Trump as an ex-president
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court’s conservative justices said Thursday they agree a former president should be shielded from prosecution for his truly official acts while in office, but not for private schemes that would give him personal gain.
They also suggested the case against former President Donald Trump will have to be sent back to ...Read more
Billie Eilish, Cyndi Lauper, Dave Matthews and hundreds more ask Congress to fix concert ticket pricing
Hundreds of musicians including Billie Eilish, Dave Matthews, Duran Duran, Cyndi Lauper, the Pixies and Blue Oyster Cult petitioned Congress on Thursday to regulate concert ticket pricing.
“We are joining together to say that the current system is broken,” reads a letter signed by nearly 300 performers and sent to lawmakers. “Predatory ...Read more
Supreme Court sounds conflicted over Trump criminal immunity
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court appeared conflicted over how to handle Donald Trump’s claim that his presidency shielded him from federal prosecution during oral arguments Thursday in a case almost certain to shape this year’s presidential campaign.
The justices explored the breadth of the criminal case alleging Trump masterminded an ...Read more
Trump immunity protesters see 'make-or-break moment for our republic'
WASHINGTON — The sidewalk outside the Supreme Court was dotted with more reporters than protesters Thursday morning as oral arguments in the Donald Trump immunity case played out inside.
Dozens of demonstrators banged drums, blared music and at times hurled insults at one another. But it was a relatively subdued gathering as the morning wore ...Read more
Idaho Attorney General Labrador questions doctors' accounts of abortion emergencies
BOISE, Idaho — Idaho Attorney General Raúl Labrador cast doubts on doctors’ claims that they’re transferring an increasing number of patients out of state for care to comply with the state’s strict abortion laws.
The claims were central to a U.S. Supreme Court hearing Wednesday that will determine whether Idaho abortion law conflicts ...Read more
How treatment of miscarriages is upending the abortion debate
For decades, the abortion wars have centered on whether a woman should be able to decide when and if she has a child. But with increasingly strict restrictions on reproductive rights being enacted across the United States, these debates are charting new, unfamiliar territory — medical care for women who have had miscarriages.
Up to one in ...Read more
David Pecker returns to witness stand as Trump's hush money trial resumes
NEW YORK — Former National Enquirer David Pecker returned to the stand Thursday at Donald Trump’s Manhattan Supreme Court hush money trial — where the jurors heard details on a scheme to disguise a $150,000 payment to Playboy model Karen McDougal before the 2016 election to keep quiet about an alleged affair with Trump.
Meanwhile, lawyers...Read more
Supreme Court's conservatives lean in favor of limited immunity for Trump as an ex-president
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court’s conservative justices said Thursday they agree a former president should be shielded from prosecution for his truly official acts while in office, but not for private schemes that would give him personal gain.
They also suggested the case against former President Trump will have to be sent back to the lower...Read more
Arizona's abortion law repeal comes as independents trust Biden more on issue
The ruling from Arizona’s highest court reinstating a near-total ban on abortions has catapulted the issue to the forefront in a 2024 swing state that has absorbed an influx of independent voters.
On Wednesday, after weeks of mounting pressure, the Republican-led state House of Representatives voted to repeal the law. The Senate, which also ...Read more
Vice President Kamala Harris to visit Florida to talk about abortion rights
MIAMI — Vice President Kamala Harris will campaign in Florida on the day the state’s six-week abortion ban is set to take effect.
Harris will travel to Jacksonville on May 1 and will “discuss the harms inflicted by state abortion bans” and will argue that former President Donald Trump is at fault for the abortion restrictions in the ...Read more
David Pecker set to return to witness stand as Trump's hush money trial resumes
NEW YORK — Former National Enquirer David Pecker is slated to return to the stand Thursday at Donald Trump’s Manhattan Supreme Court hush money trial — where the jurors are expected to hunker down for their first full day of testimony.
While lawyers for the former president argue before the U.S. Supreme Court in an attempt to get him out ...Read more
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