Jimmy Williams The Supreme Court ruled Monday that Donald Trump has partial immunity from criminal prosecution for certain actions he took as president while attempting to overturn the 2020 election results. This 6-3 decision, divided along ideological lines, complicates efforts to bring Trump to trial in Washington on charges of …
Read More »Biden and Trump Trade Insults, Accusations Of Lying In Acrimonious Presidential Debate
Jennifer Shutt and Jacob Fischler President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump pitched to undecided voters Thursday night during the first debate of the presidential campaign — trading insults over their policy differences, immigration and who represents a threat to democracy. During the debate from CNN’s headquarters in Atlanta, …
Read More »Undecided Voters Are The Prize For Both Biden And Trump In Thursday Presidential Debate
Jacob Fischler, Georgia Recorder President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump will get a crucial opportunity to reach undecided voters and set the terms for the 2024 presidential campaign at Thursday night’s debate in Atlanta. Partisans on either side have already made up their minds about which candidate they’ll …
Read More »Trump Reveals His VP Pick Will Join Him at Upcoming Debate
Jimmy Williams Former President Donald Trump has revealed that he has chosen his vice presidential pick for the upcoming election and hinted that the person will be at the debate against President Joe Biden. Trump shared this news during a campaign stop in Philadelphia, telling NBC News, “In my mind, …
Read More »Trump in Philadelphia: The Former President Repeats False Claims of 2020 Voter Fraud
John Cole, Pennsylvania Capital-Star Former President Donald Trump made his way to the city of Brotherly Love on Saturday for a rally, his first in the city of 2024. It also marked the first time Trump has advised voters in Pennsylvania to use mail-in ballots, something he has regularly spoken …
Read More »New York High Court Rejects Trump’s Appeal on Gag Order in Criminal Case
Jimmy Williams New York’s highest court ruled Tuesday that it will not consider former President Donald Trump’s challenge to a gag order issued in the criminal case in which he was recently convicted of 34 felony counts. The Court of Appeals dismissed the appeal in a brief one-sentence decision, stating …
Read More »LGBTQ Advocates Fear A Second Trump Term Would Double Down On Restrictions
Orion Rummler, The 19th, Louisiana Illuminator LGBTQ+ advocates are gearing up for a possible second Trump administration by planning future litigation, deepening relationships in Congress and mobilizing voters. If former president Donald Trump is re-elected, advocacy groups expect him to enact anti-LGBTQ+ policies that are more far-reaching and extreme than …
Read More »Trump Claims ‘great unity’ After Talks With Congressional GOP
Ariana Figueroa, Nebraska Examiner In his first visit to Capitol Hill since leaving office in January 2021, former President Donald J. Trump, the presumptive Republican presidential nominee, mapped campaign strategy with GOP lawmakers and projected party unity ahead of the November elections. Trump said the meetings brought “great unity.” Surrounded by Republican …
Read More »Federal Judge Denies Motion to Dismiss Trump’s Classified Documents Case, Strikes Paragraph from Indictment
Jimmy Williams On Monday, a federal judge rejected former President Donald Trump’s attempt to dismiss his classified documents case. However, the judge agreed to remove a paragraph from the federal superseding indictment. U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon denied efforts by Trump and his co-defendants, Walt Nauta and Carlos DeOliveira, to …
Read More »Trump Says He’ll Work ‘side by side’ With Group That Wants Abortion ‘eradicated’
Jennifer Shutt, South Dakota Searchlight Former President Donald Trump said Monday that if reelected he plans to work “side by side” with a newly formed religious organization that says abortion is the “greatest atrocity facing” the United States and should be “eradicated entirely.” During two-minute recorded remarks played at The …
Read More »Biden’s France Visit Highlights Commitment to Alliances, Implicitly Criticizes Trump’s Isolationism
Jimmy Williams Not once during his five-day trip to France did President Joe Biden mention Donald Trump by name. However, standing among the graves of American soldiers killed in two world wars, Biden’s remarks implicitly criticized Trump’s quasi-isolationist foreign policy. Biden emphasized the necessity of strong alliances to fend off …
Read More »Appeals Court Halts Georgia Election Interference Case Against Trump and Others
Jimmy Williams The Georgia Court of Appeals has temporarily halted the election interference case against former President Donald Trump and several others. This pause allows the court to review a lower court judge’s decision to keep Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis on the case. On Wednesday, the appeals court …
Read More »Trump’s Lawyers Request Lifting of Gag Order After Hush Money Trial
Jimmy Williams Donald Trump’s lawyers asked a New York judge on Monday to lift a gag order placed on him during his hush money trial. They believe the reasons for the order no longer apply now that the trial is over. Attorney Todd Blanche stated, “Now that the trial is …
Read More »Despite Felony Conviction, Trump Likely Retains Voting Rights in Florida
Jimmy Williams Former President Donald Trump, now a convicted felon and the presumptive GOP nominee for the presidency, appears likely to retain his voting rights in Florida this fall. Trump, who shifted his primary residence from New York to Florida in 2019, faces a legal landscape that could still allow …
Read More »Trump Warns of Public “Breaking Point” Over Potential Sentence in Hush Money Case
Jimmy Williams Former President Donald Trump, found guilty on all counts in his hush money trial last week, has suggested that a sentence of house arrest or imprisonment could trigger a public outcry. Speaking in a 90-minute interview with “Fox & Friends Weekend,” Trump addressed the possibility of being sentenced …
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