U.s. Falls In World Press Freedom Index

With anti-war protests and riot cops on college campuses, and the Democratic Convention taking place in Chicago, CNN's Michael Smerconish asks, is America headed toward a sequel of 1968? And will it imperil Biden's re-election chances?

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I know you'll find this hard to believe, but Donald Trump isn't really a stable genius. What's that, you say? OK, you didn't say that. I did. Captain Capslock took to Truth Social while on break during the hush money/election interference trial to dramatically feign victimization again. But while throwing his pity party, the twice-impeached, four-times indicted former President, who left office in disgrace, accidentally admitted that the Stormy Daniel's $130,000 payoff would have mattered if it came out before the election. "THIS ISN'T A TRIAL, IT'S A POLITICAL CAMPAIGN, A WITCH HUNT, JUST LIKE THE HIGHLY CONFLICTED AND BIASED JUDGE, JUAN MERCHAN, WANTED IT TO BE, "the former President wrote.

Amid a surge in hostile clashes on college campuses across the country over the war in Gaza, President Biden on Thursday gathered reporters in the cramped Roosevelt Room across the hall from the Oval Office. In televised remarks, he said peaceful protests are an American tradition but “violent protest is not protected.” [time-brightcove not-tgx=”true”] As he walked out, a reporter asked if the protests had forced him to reconsider his policies in the Middle East.

Donald Trump complained about a recording of a phone call between him and Michael Cohen played as evidence during his hush money trial, The Hill reports. Trump said the tape, “while good for my case, was cut off at the end, in the early stages of something very positive that I was in the midst of saying.

“Moscow Marjorie has gone off the deep end — may be the result of a space laser.” — Rep. Mike Lawler (R-NY), on X, slamming Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA).