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Donald Trump’s lead lawyer says the former president’s seven-week criminal trial in New York took a physical toll—but he still managed to lose weight by skipping Trump’s notoriously unhealthy meals.Todd Blanche appeared on a podcast, For The Defense, hosted by the attorney David Oscar Markus.“Was it McDonald’s for lunch every single day, or did you get something else?” Markus asked.“Oh, no-no-no,” Blanche said. “Well, first of all, I didn’t have lunch one day. I ate in the morning and at night.”“Look, President Trump’s team takes care of everybody. Like, everybody gets food. You know, there’s a lot of food. It’s…
Republican Sen. Mike Lee of Utah responded to Donald Trump’s felony conviction with a predictable tantrum, circulating a conspiratorial letter blaming the White House for a case it had nothing to do with, and vowing to punish the Senate with procedural roadblocks. Lee then looked for GOP senators who’d stand with him.It didn’t take long for some of the institution’s most far-right members to attach their names to the Utahan’s letter, even as Senate Republican leaders kept their distance. It was exactly the sort of radical gambit that serious senators roll their eyes at.Which made it all the more notable…
Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, led a press conference on the Biden administration’s upcoming executive order. Pictured: Cruz speaks at a business hearing on May 11, 2023. (Photo: Drew Angerer/Getty Images) President Joe Biden’s upcoming executive order on the border is a political ploy to get more votes in the 2024 presidential election, Republican senators said at a press conference Tuesday morning. Biden is expected to announce executive actions on Tuesday to address the southern border crisis, though his previous orders have promoted open borders and allowed more than 8 million illegal migrants to enter the country. Biden had his entire presidency…
The Decision Desk HQ Forecast Model illustrates possibilities, not certainties. It serves as a tool to understand the range of potential electoral outcomes. With less than six months until Nov. 5, this explainer kicks off a series that will provide qualitative context to our quantitative projections. Our latest update finds that if the election were held today, Donald Trump would have a 56 percent chance of defeating Joe Biden. (Note: This does not yet reflect a substantive sample of polling after Trump’s conviction in Manhattan.) In 100 hypothetical elections, Trump would win 56 times. Republicans are also favored to flip…
Image source, Getty ImagesImage caption, The Trump campaign says it raised $53m within a day of his New York verdictArticle informationAuthor, Bernd Debusmann JrRole, BBC News, Washington 3 June 2024Ultra-wealthy Republican donors are rallying behind former US President Donald Trump following his historic trial and criminal conviction. Trump, the Republican candidate for this November’s White House election, was found guilty of falsifying business records to conceal hush money paid to former adult-film star Stormy Daniels. While he has lagged behind Joe Biden and the Democrats’ fundraising efforts, the conviction injected new life into his electoral bid – with his campaign…
This is an opinion columnAfter Donald Trump’s conviction in New York, Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT) is throwing down the gauntlet in the United States Senate. “Strongly worded statements are not enough,” Lee posted on X. “Those who turned our judicial system into a political cudgel must be held accountable.” As frustrated as Republicans are at Trump’s conviction, we shouldn’t fall for partisan performance art from our own politicians.“We are no longer cooperating with any Democrat legislative priorities or nominations,” Lee and Senate colleagues boldly declared, “and we invite all concerned Senators to join our stand.”So Lee and company were previously…
The kickoff of jury selection in Hunter Biden’s federal gun trial might be hurtful and embarrassing for Joe Biden’s family, but it is also a timely refutation of Donald Trump’s central campaign premise: the notion that Biden has weaponized the justice system.In the wake of Trump’s criminal conviction in the New York hush money case last week, Trump declared that, “This was done by the Biden administration in order to wound or hurt an opponent, a political opponent.”Never mind that Biden doesn’t have any jurisdiction over the Manhattan District Attorney’s office—and never mind that 12 jurors unanimously voted to convict…
Former President Donald Trump’s campaign and the Republican National Committee announced Monday that the two entities together raised $141 million in May. The massive haul would represent a major shift in fortune for Triump. The announcement came a few days after Trump was convicted of 34 criminal counts by a New York jury. Former President Donald Trump’s campaign and the Republican National Committee announced Monday that the two entities together raised $141 million in May. The massive haul would represent a major shift in fortune for Trump after his campaign has struggled to keep up with President Joe Biden’s fundraising…
WASHINGTON — Senate Democrats are making a renewed push to show their support for ensuring nationwide access to in vitro fertilization, releasing legislation Monday that is part of an election-year effort to spotlight Republican resistance to protecting reproductive care.Sen. Tammy Duckworth, an Illinois Democrat who has used fertility treatment to have her two children, introduced a bill called the Right to IVF ACT, which would also make it more accessible through insurance as well as for military members and veterans. Although a pair of Senate Republicans have advanced their own proposal that would discourage states from banning IVF treatment, neither…
NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump’s name will appear on the ballot Tuesday for the first time since his historic conviction on felony crimes as a handful of states hold the last Republican presidential primary contests of 2024.The former president will be on the ballot in Republican contests in Montana, New Jersey and New Mexico. President Joe Biden, the presumptive Democratic nominee, will compete in primaries in the same states, plus the primary in Washington, D.C., and one in South Dakota.Republicans in D.C. held a party-run primary in March. South Dakota canceled its GOP presidential primary because Trump was uncontested.…