Jurors in Trump hush money trial hear recording of pivotal call on plan to buy affair story Before the start of testimony, prosecutors requested US$1,000 fines for each of four comments by Trump that they say violated a judge's gag order barring him from attacking witnesses, jurors and ... 05/2/2024 - 5:51 pm | View Link
Trump trial live: Bombshell texts show tabloid editor calling Stormy Daniels story ‘final nail in the coffin’ Mr Trump otherwise spent his weekend lashing out at a number of his enemies on Truth Social, from independent candidate Robert F Kennedy Jr to outgoing Utah senator Mitt Romney, but reserved ... 04/29/2024 - 2:37 am | View Link
Judge orders review of Alameda County death penalty convictions over apparent exclusion of Jewish, Black female jurors A judge has ordered a review of all death penalty cases from Alameda County following the discovery of prosecutors' notes that appear to show the illegal exclusion of Jewish and Black female jurors ... 04/22/2024 - 2:26 pm | View Link
Hush money judge cracks down on media over juror fears of being exposed “So really this is just a matter of common sense, and I ask you to please follow that,” the judge continued. The loss of the jurors marked a temporary setback, but the process recovered hours later ... 04/18/2024 - 5:34 pm | View Link
Two trump jurors dismissed in hush money trial, judge goes after media for reporting details Judge Juan Merchan dismissed two jurors selected for Donald Trump's trial after questions arose about one's impartiality and other's truthfulness. 04/18/2024 - 9:00 am | View Link
After it emerged recently that Gov. Kristi Noem recounts a graphic, disturbing story in her forthcoming book about killing her puppy with a gun, the Republican from South Dakota defended the violence as a “tough decision” she had to make. The dog, she wrote, had attacked some chickens.
“I talk about it because what I’m tired of in this country is politicians who pretend to be something that they’re not,” Noem said on CBS’s Face the Nation today.
That tough talk aside, Noem apparently is not immune to such posing: It has now also emerged that she falsely claimed in her book to have met North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un.
By STEVE PEOPLES and ZEKE MILLER (Associated Press)
WILMINGTON, N. C. (AP) — This North Carolina voter is nervous.
Will Rikard, a 49-year-old father of two, was among several hundred Democrats who stood and cheered for Joe Biden as the first-term president delivered a fiery speech recently about the billions of dollars he has delivered to protect the state’s drinking water.
But afterward, the Wilmington resident acknowledged he is worried about Biden’s political standing in the looming rematch with former Republican President Donald Trump.
“There’s not enough energy,” Rikard said of Biden’s coalition.
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According to a whistleblower, Pentagon personnel were complicit in ensuring that the January 6 protests were out of control. This is court-martial stuff.