Too busy for hush money? Trump debuts longshot 'multi-tasking' defense during testimony by longtime assistant Rhona Graff
aol.com None Longtime personal assistant Rhona Graff took the stand Friday in Trump's NY hush-money trial. • None On cross, a defense lawyer asked multiple questions about Trump…
Regulators close Philadelphia-based Republic First Bank, first US bank failure this year
aol.com Regulators have closed Republic First Bank, a regional lender operating in Pennsylvania, New Jersey and New York. The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. said Friday it had…
Morehouse under pressure to scrap Biden address over Israel war
newsweek.com President Joe Biden's support for Israel has resulted in calls to scrap the president's planned commencement speech at Morehouse College. Morehouse, a historically Black…
College campus protests and the value of a degree
marketplace.org Protests over Israel’s war in Gaza have erupted at universities across the United States. We’ll discuss what the sweeping protests and other high-profile political battles…
Trump's allies are quietly drafting proposals that would attempt to erode the Federal Reserve's independence if the former president wins a second term, in…
wsj.com Trump’s allies are quietly drafting proposals that would attempt to erode the Federal Reserve’s independence if the former president wins a second term, in the midst of a…
Immunity For Me But Not For Thee
zerohedge.com Immunity For Me But Not For Thee Authored by William Woodruff via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), Whether Presidential Immunity is a Good Thing or a Bad Thing Shouldn’t…
Philadelphia-based Republic Bank implodes in first failure of the year
fortune.com Regulators have closed Republic First Bank, a regional lender operating in Pennsylvania, New Jersey and New York. The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. said Friday it had…
Day 8 of Trump's hush money trial in 60 seconds
msnbc.com MSNBC Legal Contributor Katie Phang breaks down what happened during day eight of former President Donald Trump's hush money trial.
Jim Acosta Rips Trump Attack CNN 'Fake News' In Pecker Era
mediaite.com CNN anchor Jim Acosta called out former President Donald Trump for attacking CNN as “fake news” since just after the 2016 campaign, as testimony now reveals he was having…
Biden Says He'll Debate Trump. When?
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'Gold mine of information': Trump's former assistant Rhona Graff called to stand
msnbc.com Former President Trump's former assistant Rhona Graff was called to the witness stand today in his hush money trial. Former Assistant Attorney General for New York Tristan…
Trump lawyer indicted for elector fraud after admitting it on live TV
msnbc.com Former Trump aide Boris Epshteyn has been indicted in Arizona for a coup plan he admitted on The Beat. MSNBC’s Ari Melber delivers a special report. (Bookmark The Beat’s…
Pecker Pay Offs, Oh,My!
mediapost.com One week into Trump’s “hush money” trial, who could have predicted that retail giant WalMart played such an important part in the former President’s reported payoff to porn…
Court Reinstates New York Law Requiring $15 Broadband
mediapost.com Siding against the broadband industry, a federal appellate court on Friday reinstated a New York law requiring carriers to offer service for no more than $15 a month to some…
Republic First Bank Officially Collapses, Seized By Regulators
watcher.guru Republic First Bank has officially collapsed and has been seized by regulators. The FDIC announced Friday that the Bank was closed by Pennsylvania state regulators. The…
Brooks and Capehart on Supreme Court arguments over immunity for Trump
pbs.org New York Times columnist David Brooks and Washington Post associate editor Jonathan Capehart join Amna Nawaz to discuss the week in politics, including legal cases involving…
Why Trump Is Getting Easier Treatment Than Some Criminal Defendants
youtube.com The opening week of Donald Trump’s historic hush money trial offered plenty of insights into how his 2016 presidential campaign teamed up with a tabloid publisher to silence…
Watch: Trump Challenges Biden To Debate 'Tonight At The Courthouse' In NY
zerohedge.com Watch: Trump Challenges Biden To Debate 'Tonight At The Courthouse' In NY In a Friday interview with Howard Stern, President Joe Biden said he'd be "happy to debate" Donald…
Utah man who filmed Ashli Babbitt's shooting sentenced over Jan. 6 riot
axios.com A Utah man who claimed he was acting as a citizen journalist when he joined Jan. 6 rioters and filmed scenes inside the U.S. Capitol, including the fatal shooting of Air…
‘Morning Joe’: Jon Meacham Says Trump Voters Like His Legal Battles Because They’re ‘Entertaining’
thewrap.com “Morning Joe” guest commentator Jon Meacham suggested that Trump voters enjoy the thought of him in the Oval Office again because they are entertained by his controversial…
The Supreme Court immunity hearing boosted Trump's legal strategy
msnbc.com Welcome back, Deadline: Legal Newsletter readers. In a split screen for the ages, the Supreme Court heard Donald Trump’s bid for immunity in one of his criminal cases while…
As rumors swirl about her successor, UK ambassador plans to stay as long as she can
politico.com Karen Pierce, Britain’s ambassador to the United States, told a Washington gathering Thursday night that she would “have to be dragged out of here by my fingernails.” That…
Trump camp plans sit-down with outside groups after FEC relaxes coordination rules
politico.com Former President Donald Trump’s campaign is inviting prominent outside groups to a private meeting next week in Palm Beach, Florida, to talk about working together and…
Trump’s potential plan for Fed raises alarms
thehill.com Former President Trump's potential plan to exert more influence over the Federal Reserve is alarming experts and investors. The Wall Street Journal reported Thursday that a…
5 takeaways from Week 1 testimony in the criminal trial People v. Trump
msnbc.com After jury selection last week, the historic trial in People v. Donald Trump got underway this week. Here are five top takeaways from the first-ever criminal trial against a…
Donald Trump's birthday message for Melania backfires
newsweek.com Former President Donald Trump is facing brutal backlash after complaining that his criminal trial is keeping him away from former first lady Melania Trump on her birthday.…
Trump’s Mugshot NFT Buyers Granted Unique Bitcoin Ordinals
coingape.com The purchasers of the “Mugshot Edition” NFTs, from the collection that uses former President Donald Trump’s image, were provided with a bonus of an extra product. NFT INT…
Biden officials indefinitely postpone ban on menthol cigarettes amid election-year pushback
abcnews.go.com WASHINGTON -- President Joe Biden’s administration is indefinitely delaying a long-awaited menthol cigarette ban, a decision that infuriated anti-smoking advocates but could…
Emergency-O-Rama..
zerohedge.com Emergency-O-Rama... Authored by James Howard Kunstler via Kunstler.com, “We’ll certainly never forget the dark days of June 6... January 6th, excuse me.” - President “Joe…
Donald Trump Accepts Bill Barr’s Endorsement by Implying He’s a Tub of Lard
vanityfair.com Former attorney general Bill Barr has spent the past three years telling anyone who will listen that Donald Trump is an egomaniac and a brazen criminal who is responsible…
Biden’s Howard Stern Interview Is Exactly What the Campaign Should Have Been Doing All Along
mediaite.com AP Photo/Alex Brandon President Joe Biden was interviewed by Howard Stern Friday, a live chat that wasn’t particularly groundbreaking other than a declaration that he’s…
Too Much Trump
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Currency: Trump Unveils Plans To Boost The US Dollar
watcher.guru Former US President Donald Trump is back with his eccentric comments and opinions on the current economic stance of the US. Trump, who will be contesting Biden in the…
Trump Responds After Biden Tells Howard Stern He'll Debate Him
youtube.com President Joe Biden said he intends to debate Donald Trump ahead of their November general-election rematch, a break with previous comments expressing reluctance about…
‘Zero Evidence’: CNN Immediately Fact Checks Trump’s Latest Rant Citing Fox News Legal Analysts
mediaite.com CNN reporter Daniel Dale immediately fact-checked former President Donald Trump’s claim Friday that his hush money criminal charges were brought forward because of President…
Trump ‘Hush-Money’ Trial: Key Takeaways From Week One
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Tesla, Google, Oracle top week, along with Biden tax hikes and campus protests
foxbusiness.com Anti-Israel protests escalate across campuses nationwide; Patriots owner Robert Kraft pulls donations to one -1Q GDP hits the skids as inflation ticks higher, creating a new…
Weekend Update DC: How To Watch The White House Correspondents’ Dinner With POTUS & Colin Jost
deadline.com President Joe Biden wasn’t tossing out too many laugh lines Friday during his live appearance on Howard Stern’s SiriusXM show, but maybe he was saving them for his…
All the data so far is showing inflation isn't going away, and is making things tough on the Fed
nbcnews.com The last batch of inflation news that Federal Reserve officials will see before their policy meeting next week is in, and none of it is very good. In the aggregate, Commerce…
Axios Publishes Brutal Report Suggesting Biden Trying to Hide ‘Halting and Stiff Gait’
mediaite.com AP Photo/Alex Brandon President Joe Biden has reportedly taken action to try to obstruct his “halting and stiff gait,” according to a new report from Axios. On Friday, Hans…
Stock market today: Indexes jump to close best week since November as investors cheer tech earnings
aol.com None US stocks closed the week with their strongest gain since November on Friday. • None Alphabet and Microsoft led a rally after earnings. Alphabet announced its…
Biden and Trump Electoral Vulnerabilities Are Showing
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All the Disinformation That's Fit to Print
wsj.com Will heavy-handed U.S. intelligence spooks re-elect Trump? Will the New York Times help?
Hertz Faces Tough Road Ahead: High Fleet Costs, Liquidity Concerns Trigger Downgrades
benzinga.com Hertz Global Holdings, Inc HRZ reported first-quarter FY24 sales growth of 1.6% year-on-year to $2.08 billion. Adjusted EPS of $(1.28) missed the analyst consensus estimate…
Trump minimizes the violence at deadly neo-Nazi rally to bash Biden over campus protests
msnbc.com As pro-Palestinian student protests spread across college campuses, Donald Trump said that the deadly 2017 “Unite the Right” white nationalist rally in Charlottesville,…
A Media Moment: News Organizations Challenged To Win Public Trust In An Assault Of Mixed Messages
deadline.com Editors note: This is one of those moments when the flow of news seems like an assault on the senses. The Donald trump trial, the student protests, Gaza, the election…
Trump to set interest rates himself under secret presidential plan
finance.yahoo.com Donald Trump’s aides have drawn up secret plans to oust the chairman of the Federal Reserve and allow the president to set interest rates, according to reports. Allies are…
RFK Jr. Claims He Can Win The Election With Only a Third Of The Vote: ‘I’m Close To That In a Bunch of States’
mediaite.com Independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. claimed in a recent interview that he can win the 2024 presidential election with only 33% of the vote, adding he’s…
Rooting for Trump to fail has made his stock shorters millions
pbs.org Rooting for Donald Trump to fail has rarely been this profitable. Just ask a hardy band of mostly amateur Wall Street investors who have collectively made tens of millions…
Biden administration indefinitely delays potential ban on menthol cigarettes
pbs.org For the second time in recent months, President Joe Biden’s administration has delayed a plan to ban menthol cigarettes, a decision that is certain to infuriate anti-smoking…
Chicago 2024 Sees Steven Spielberg On Board With Joe Biden For DNC & Reelection Campaign
deadline.com Steven Spielberg has made no secret of his support for Joe Biden’s reelection, and now the Oscar winner is rolling up his shirt sleeves for the team. Spielberg is involved…
Micro Trumps Macro As Stocks Shrug Off Week Of Higher Inflation, Higher Rates, & Lower Growth
zerohedge.com Micro Trumps Macro As Stocks Shrug Off Week Of Higher Inflation, Higher Rates, & Lower Growth It was an ugly macro week... Source: Bloomberg ...and worse still, 'growth'…
Trump Bitcoin Ordinals inscribed for buyers of the ‘Mugshot Edition’ NFTs
theblock.co Trump Bitcoin Ordinals have been inscribed according to the company behind the former president's multiple digital trading card collections.
Republicans slam Kristi Noem for killing a puppy
newsweek.com Republicans slammed South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem on social media on Friday after she reportedly wrote in her new book, which is set to be published next month, that she…
Fani Willis hit with new legal problem
newsweek.com Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis and other local officials are named in a lawsuit filed by Georgia Representative Mesha Mainor. The lawsuit alleges that Willis,…
Trump Responds To Main 'Hush Money' Trial Witness's Claims
zerohedge.com Trump Responds To Main 'Hush Money' Trial Witness's Claims Authored by Jack Phillips via The Epoch Times, Former President Donald Trump praised the first witness in his New…
Trump Second-Term Plan Includes Federal Reserve Coup
nymag.com The most potent source of support for Donald Trump’s campaign, by far, is nostalgia for his first term. Trump may have relentlessly rattled the cage of democratic norms, but…