Maine Democrats cheer Donald Trump’s conviction at state convention Republicans in Maine and nationwide, meanwhile, have decried the entire process as politically motivated while Trump has called it rigged as he sows doubts about the integrity of the judicial system. 06/1/2024 - 1:00 pm | View Link
At state convention, Maine Democrats cheer Trump conviction The first night of the Maine Democratic State Convention was briefly disrupted by a small group of protesters calling for a ceasefire in Gaza. 06/1/2024 - 8:55 am | View Link
Trump greeted with choruses of boos at Libertarian Party convention It was a rare moment of Trump — accustomed to staging rallies in front of adoring crowds — coming face-to-face with open detractors. 05/28/2024 - 1:43 am | View Link
Trump booed and heckled by raucous crowd at Libertarian convention WASHINGTON, May 25 (Reuters) - Presidential candidate Donald Trump was booed and heckled by many in a raucous audience at the Libertarian National Convention on Saturday night, a marked change from ... 05/26/2024 - 3:34 pm | View Link
Trump repeatedly booed during Libertarian convention speech Donald Trump was booed repeatedly while addressing the Libertarian Party National Convention in Washington, with many in the crowd shouting insults during his speech and decrying him for running up ... 05/25/2024 - 4:18 pm | View Link
Hunter Biden's trial on gun charges is underway in Delaware. The president's son faces three charges in the case brought by the special counsel. Follow here for the latest live news updates.
Gov. Jared Polis signed a bill into law this week requiring Colorado middle and high schools to provide free period products in girls’ bathrooms by 2028.
The legislation, HB24-1164, phases in the mandate with 25% of applicable bathrooms needing to comply by June 2025, then increasing the total by another 25% each year until full compliance is met in 2028.
“Periods don’t wait — and this important law ensures that Colorado students can access the menstrual products they need, when they need them,” Rep.
(WASHINGTON) — Steve Bannon, a longtime ally of former President Donald Trump, must report to prison by July 1 to serve his four-month sentence for defying a subpoena from the House committee that investigated the attack on the U. S. Capitol, a federal judge ruled Thursday.
U. S. District Judge Carl Nichols in Washington granted prosecutors’ request to make Bannon begin serving his prison term after a three-judge panel of a federal appeals court last month upheld his contempt of Congress conviction.
(WILMINGTON, Del.) — The widow of Hunter Biden’s brother, Beau, testified Thursday in his federal gun trial that she found his crack at her Wilmington, Delaware, house, saw him use the illicit drug and eventually starting abusing it herself.
“Where did he get the drugs from?” prosecutor Leo Wise asked.
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“Various dealers,” replied Hallie Biden, who had a brief romantic relationship with Hunter following her husband’s death.
driftglass: On the transgression of the unwritten law.
Just An Earth-Bound Misfit, I: Trump is lying about the Mar-a-Lago search.
Strangely Blogged: All the bad guys.
Rewire: Eight Supreme Court cases to watch.
Finally, for the 80th anniversary of D-Day, here's audio of some of Studs Terkel's interviews for his World War II book, The Good War.
This installment by Batocchio.
In the aftermath of his conviction Thursday on 34 felony counts in the state of New York related to hush-money payments ahead of the 2016 election, former president Donald Trump predictably denounced the trial as a "rigged" process and a "sham" as he declared that ultimately the "real verdict is going to be November 5 by the people" on this year's election day.
But is the disgraced politician—the first of any sitting or former president to be convicted of a felony by his peers in U.