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Trump Makes His Promised Statement on Abortion

He says laws should be left to the states

(Newser) - Donald Trump's promised statement on abortion arrived Monday morning via a video posted to Truth Social . In it, the former president speaks favorably of his role in overturning Roe v. Wade but says abortion laws should be left up to the states as long as exceptions are present for...

Trump Wishes Immigrants From 'Nice' Places Would Come to US

'Like Denmark,' former POTUS says in echo of previous comments

(Newser) - At his wildly successful Saturday night fundraiser, Donald Trump wished aloud that more immigrants would come into the United States ... provided those immigrants are from "nice" countries, that is. Per an attendee who spoke to the New York Times , the former president gave a 45-minute talk at the posh...

Days Before Hush Money Trial, New Demand From Trump

Ex-president's lawyers want Judge Juan Merchan to step away, alleging conflict of interest, bias

(Newser) - Donald Trump is demanding a new judge just days before his hush money criminal trial is set to begin, rehashing long-standing grievances with the current judge in a long-shot, 11th-hour bid to disrupt and delay the case. Trump's lawyers, echoing his recent social media complaints, urged Manhattan Judge Juan...

Trump Shifts From His Party, Increasing Criticism of Israel

GOP candidate avoided answering about whether his support in the war is still solid

(Newser) - After he said in an interview last week that the bombing campaign in Gaza is a "very big mistake," Donald Trump's allies provided assurances that he'd revert to his old Israel-supporting ways if elected president again. But Trump's change did not appear to be a...

Judge Denies Trump Bid to Toss Documents Case

Federal judge Aileen Cannon rejects argument he was within his rights to keep them

(Newser) - A federal judge refused Thursday to throw out the classified documents prosecution against Donald Trump, turning aside defense arguments that a decades-old law permitted the former president to retain the records after he left office, per the AP . Lawyers for Trump, in asking for the case to be tossed out,...

Jack Smith Fires Off Warning to Judge in Trump Docs Case

Special counsel hits at 'fundamentally flawed' jury instructions, threatens oversight

(Newser) - After toying with the idea that the classified documents allegedly taken and concealed by President Trump might've been his personal records, US District Judge Aileen Cannon has received an unusual "direct challenge" from special counsel Jack Smith, the Washington Post reports. Indeed, in Tuesday's filing , Smith makes...

Report: Vet Accused in FBI Attack Has QAnon Links

Ervin Bolling, a Trump supporter, spoke of wanting to join militia, according to nonprofit

(Newser) - The Navy veteran accused of ramming the gate of the FBI field office in Atlanta on Monday is a supporter of former President Trump who promoted conspiracy theories related to QAnon and the 2020 presidential election on social media, according to a report. Ervin Lee Bolling, facing a state charge...

Murdered Woman's Sister Shocked by Trump Remarks

Mavi Garcia says he was 'misinforming' people with claim to have spoken to family

(Newser) - At a campaign event in Grand Rapids, Michigan, on Tuesday, Donald Trump described local woman Ruby Garcia as a "beautiful young woman who was savagely murdered by an illegal alien criminal." He added, "When she walked into a room, she lit up that room and I've...

Judge: Trump Trial Can Start Before Immunity Ruling

Merchan rejects bid to delay hush-money trial

(Newser) - A judge Wednesday rejected Donald Trump's bid to delay his April 15 hush-money criminal trial until the Supreme Court rules on the presidential immunity claims he raised in another of his criminal cases. Manhattan Judge Juan M. Merchan deemed the former president's request untimely, ruling that his lawyers...

Meet the Man Who Financed Trump's $175M Bond

California auto loan billionaire Don Hankey: 'This is what we do'

(Newser) - A Donald financed the $175 million appeals bond to stay the $464 million judgment in former President Trump's New York civil fraud case, but it wasn't Donald Trump. California billionaire Don Hankey of Knight Specialty Insurance, who made a fortune selling high-interest auto loans to people with poor...

Trump Sues Truth Social Co-Founders

Suit claims that former 'Apprentice' contestants 'failed spectacularly at every turn'

(Newser) - Donald Trump wants to cut the two former Apprentice contestants who co-founded Truth Social out of their shares in the company—but it's not as simple as saying, "You're fired." Trump has filed a lawsuit in Florida against Andy Litinsky and Wes Moss, saying they bungled...

Trump: I'll Make Statement on Abortion Next Week

He declined to say Tuesday if he supports Florida's 6-week ban

(Newser) - Donald Trump didn't give a direct answer when asked Tuesday about the six-week abortion ban triggered by a Florida Supreme Court decision Monday, but he promised to make a statement on the issue next week. NBC News reports that there were boos at a rally in Grand Rapids, Michigan...

Republicans Seek to Rename Dulles Airport After Trump

Bill is put forward in the House, but it stands no chance in the Senate

(Newser) - If some House Republicans get their way, people flying into the DC area might soon be landing at Donald J. Trump International Airport. A group of Trump supporters has introduced a bill to rename Washington Dulles International Airport in Virginia in honor of the former president, reports NBC News .
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Who's Worse for Democracy, Biden or Trump? RFK Jr. Picks

Independent POTUS candidate claims Biden is first president to use feds 'to censor political speech'

(Newser) - Robert F. Kennedy Jr. obviously thinks he's a better man for the Oval Office than either of his two main competitors, President Biden and former President Trump, but he made it clear during an appearance this week on CNN that he thinks one of his political foes looms more...

After Attacks on Judge's Daughter, Trump's Gag Order Expanded

Relatives of judge, DA now included

(Newser) - Donald Trump's gag order was expanded Monday night after the former president went after the daughter of the judge in his hush money case. Trump, who has also verbally attacked the judge himself , had previously been barred from talking about witnesses, prosecutors, court staff, and jurors in the case...

Trump Puts Up $175M Bond, Prevents Seizure of Assets

Move comes as he appeals his loss in New York civil fraud trial

(Newser) - Donald Trump posted a $175 million bond on Monday in his New York civil fraud case , halting collection of the more than $454 million he owes and preventing the state from seizing his assets . The bond Trump is posting with the court now is essentially a placeholder, meant to guarantee...

Parties Debate Christianity, Transgender Day to Mark Easter

GOP attacks include blaming rules for decorating eggs on Biden

(Newser) - The Transgender Day of Visibility is held every March 31. This year, Easter Sunday fell on March 31. For top Republicans, taking their cue from Donald Trump's campaign, that's a problem. "It is appalling and insulting that Joe Biden's White House … formally proclaimed Easter Sunday...

Trump Causes a Ruckus With Biden Clip

Video reportedly shot on Long Island featured graphic on back of truck showing a hog-tied Biden

(Newser) - Donald Trump headed to Long Island on Thursday to attend the wake of NYPD officer Jonathan Diller, who was shot Monday in Queens during a traffic stop. But it was a video of a pickup truck that he apparently spotted during his travels and shared online that's earning him...

Biden-Trump Poll 'Way Too Close to Call'

Analyst says national poll shows things are about as close as they can get

(Newser) - A new national poll reveals a presidential race that is "about as close as it can get," a polling analyst says. The Quinnipiac University poll shows President Biden edging Donald Trump 48% to 45% when the poll asked about just those two candidates. However, when the question expanded...

Judge Issues Gag Order in Trump Hush-Money Case
Trump Rails Against Judge
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Mar 27, 2024 1:52 PM CDT

Trump Rails Against Judge in Hush-Money Case

He's banned from making remarks about witnesses, prosecutors, jurors, but not the judge

(Newser) - Donald Trump on Wednesday took a verbal swing at the New York judge who will oversee his hush-money trial and who put him under a gag order the day prior. In a Truth Social post , Trump called the order "illegal, un-American, unConstitutional" and framed Judge Juan Merchan as "...

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