Plenty of circumstantial evidence at Donald Trump’s trial

economist.com Donald Trump’s criminal trial, soon to enter its fifth week, has felt like drawn-out foreplay. There have been moments of frisson. But as with any such encounter that…

US cancels export licenses of suppliers to China’s Huawei

aljazeera.com The United States has revoked some licenses that allow companies to ship goods, such as chips, to sanctioned Chinese telecommunications equipment maker Huawei Technologies.…

Stormy Daniels testimony "humiliating" for Donald Trump: Mary Trump

newsweek.com Donald Trump's estranged niece has branded Stormy Daniels' testimony in his ongoing criminal trial "incredibly humiliating" for the former president. On Tuesday, adult film…

John Fetterman attacks Joe Biden on Fox News

newsweek.com Pennsylvania Senator John Fetterman criticized President Joe Biden for pausing a shipment of arms to Israel. The Biden administration halted a shipment of thousands of bombs…

Donald Trump to spend day off from trial with NFT buyers: report

theblock.co Donald Trump is scheduled to meet his supporters that bought thousands worth of his NFTs for dinner on Wednesday, Axios reported.

What we know about the ‘outside agitators’ being blamed for campus protests

poynter.org New York City Mayor Eric Adams, several college and university administrators across the country, and some law enforcement members have blamed “outside agitators” for the…

Trump is selling sneakers, bibles, and other odd products while he campaigns. Here's a look at all the items he is hawking

businessinsider.com Former President Donald Trump holds a pair of his Trump-branded shoes. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images Donald Trump has stamped his name on a variety of products since leaving…

Marjorie Taylor Greene’s threats against Mike Johnson scream desperation

msnbc.com Marjorie Taylor Greene went to Washington this week with only one thing on her mind: how to save face. After being told by former President Donald Trump to “stand down” on…

Stormy Daniels passing out during sex is "gift" to Donald Trump defense

newsweek.com Stormy Daniels' admission that she passed out during sex with Donald Trump is a "gift" for his legal team, a legal expert has told Newsweek. Stephen Gillers, a law professor…

How Anti-Israel are college students? What poll shows

newsweek.com Eighty percent of college students in the U.S. don't approve of Israel's handling of the war against Hamas in Gaza, according to an exclusive Newsweek/College Pulse survey.…

and troll Trump

apnews.com President Joe Biden is racing into yet another battleground state Wednesday, continuing to push a contrast with Donald Trump on economic policy as his own reelection…

Russia ready to launch offensive on NATO country, Poland warns

newsweek.com The head of Polish military counterintelligence has warned that Russian President Vladimir Putin is already prepared for a small operation against NATO frontier states in…

The Illusion Of Revolution

zerohedge.com The Illusion Of Revolution Submitted by QTR's Fringe Finance One of the topics I discussed with Matt Taibbi during my interview with him this weekend was the palpable loss…

Chuck Todd: The missing ingredient to win the 2024 election

nbcnews.com For as long as I’ve covered politics, the “hold your nose and vote” trope has been a staple in the zeitgeist. Sometimes it’s the “lesser of two evils” or the “least of the…

Morning news brief

npr.org Audio will be available later today. Humanitarian groups warn of a potential catastrophe in Rafah. Stormy Daniels begins testifying in Donald Trump's N.Y. criminal trial.…

Aileen Cannon trashed by lawyers: "Out of her league"

newsweek.com Florida Judge Aileen Cannon has come under fire from a number of legal experts after delaying the start of Donald Trump's classified documents trial, with one lawyer…

Majority of Americans See Financial System as ‘Outdated,’ But Remain Skeptical of Crypto as Solution

cryptonews.com A recent survey conducted by the Digital Currency Group and The Harris Group has revealed that a majority of Americans in swing states view the financial system as…

Stormy Daniels Takes the Stand: Five Explosive Moments

wsj.com The porn star’s testimony prompted concerns from the judge, objections from the defense and anger from Donald Trump.

The Great Ukraine Robbery Is Not Over Yet: Ron Paul

zerohedge.com The Great Ukraine Robbery Is Not Over Yet: Ron Paul Authored by Ron Paul via the Ron Paul Institute, The ink was barely dry on President Biden’s signature transferring…

Alina Habba might have broken Donald Trump's gag order

newsweek.com Alina Habba may have broken the gag order in former President Donald Trump's hush-money criminal trial by disparaging adult film star Stormy Daniels on air. The trial…

What porn actor Stormy Daniels testified in Trump trial over hush money paid to keep her silent

fortune.com With Donald Trump sitting just feet away, Stormy Daniels testified Tuesday at the former president’s hush money trial about a sexual encounter the porn actor says they had…

Michigan Republican unseated after losing to Democrat by 20 points

newsweek.com A Republican county commissioner has been unseated in Michigan after losing to her Democratic challenger by 20 points. Chris Kleinjans won an Ottawa County election with 60…

Biden presses cash, staffing advantage against Trump

axios.com President Biden's team is continuing its surge in swing-state staffing and ads this month, with dozens of new hires and an eight-figure ad buy, the campaign announced…

TikTok, Bytedance File Legal Challenge Against Divestment Law

asiafinancial.com TikTok and its parent firm ByteDance filed a lawsuit in a US federal court on Tuesday to try to block a law that would force the group to sell its short-video app. The…

Beer giant AB InBev beats profit estimates, with Bud Light boycott set to ease one year on

cnbc.com AB InBev Budweiser and Bud Light brand beer cans at a store in the Queens borough of New York on Feb. 28, 2024. Shares of Belgium's AB InBev rose 5% Wednesday morning after…

China's Xi In Serbia Says 'Never Forget' This Unprecedented US Atrocity

zerohedge.com China's Xi In Serbia Says 'Never Forget' This Unprecedented US Atrocity Chinese leader Xi Jinping has been in France since Sunday where he met with French President Emmanuel…

Trump wants to levy his new tariff regime 'quickly.' Here's how long it might take

aol.com Donald Trump has made new tariffs into a centerpiece of his potential second term economic agenda and he could try to force them into existence much more rapidly than many…

Trump isn’t helping himself by slamming a 3.9% unemployment rate

msnbc.com Throughout President Joe Biden’s term, there’s been a familiar pattern. On the first Friday of the month, the Bureau of Labor Statistics has released encouraging news about…

Joseph Stiglitz and the Meaning of Freedom

newyorker.com In the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic, when there was no vaccine in sight and more than a thousand people who had contracted the virus were dying each day in the United…

Is the economy as bad as Americans think?

newsweek.com A majority of Americans think that the U.S. economy is heading in the wrong direction, according to an exclusive poll for Newsweek, with many blaming Joe Biden's economic…

Stormy Daniels' credibility becomes a linchpin in the prosecution's hush money case

nbcnews.com At this point, Stormy Daniels has told her story about Donald Trump in a lot of places — “60 Minutes,” the pages of In Touch magazine, her own book. But on Tuesday she told…

Donald Trump suffers huge vote against him in Indiana primary

newsweek.com There were further warning signs for Donald Trump in the Indiana GOP Primary as Nikki Haley received more than 20 percent of the vote despite dropping out of the two months…

Lawrence O’Donnell Says Judge Sent ‘a Signal’ That Trump’s Lawyers ‘Did Not Do a Good Job’ With Stormy Daniels Testimony

thewrap.com Lawrence O’Donnell opened Tuesday’s episode of “The Last Word” with a detailed look at Stormy Daniels’ testimony in Donald Trump’s New York criminal trial earlier in the…

The secretive practice of 'catch-and-kill' tabloid journalism

theweek.com The New York criminal trial of former President Donald Trump is well underway, and recent testimony has shined a spotlight on an often-maligned practice of journalism:…

Could you get by on a measly $43,000 a month? It seems Rudy Giuliani can’t

theguardian.com ‘Bankruptcy” is a surprisingly amorphous term. For poor people, it means not having any money. For corporations and the super-wealthy it means a nifty legal strategy that…

Trump Promised To 'Drain the Swamp.' He Did the Opposite

reason.com Presidential candidate Donald Trump promised to "drain the swamp!" The "swamp" is the permanent Washington bureaucracy working to perpetuate itself. In 2020, then-President…

Abortion-pill foes get a chilly reception at the Supreme Court

economist.com ANTI-ABORTION ACTIVISTS were thrilled when Donald Trump won the presidency in 2016. Mr Trump had promised to appoint justices who would “automatically” overturn Roe v Wade,…

The overlooked threats to the global financial system

financialpost.com Since the great financial crisis of 2007-08, regulators have engaged in the biggest push since the 1930s to de-risk the global financial system. Yet instability and flawed…

What you missed on Day 13 of Trump’s hush money trial: Stormy Daniels takes the stand

nbcnews.com Stormy Daniels, the adult film star who says she had an affair with Donald Trump, took the witness stand in the former president’s criminal trial Tuesday, providing…

BYD reiterates that it has no plans to sell in the ‘very protective’ U.S

aol.com BYD, the Chinese EV giant backed by Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway, has global ambitions—expanding its presence in countries like Japan, Thailand, and Mexico to sell…

‘He Looks Like Sh*t, a Real Loser!’: Trump Rips MSNBC’s Lawrence O’Donnell After Spotting Him in Courthouse

mediaite.com AP Photo/Mary Altaffer, Pool Former President Donald Trump tore into MSNBC host Lawrence O’Donnell on Tuesday after spotting him in the courthouse during his New York Stormy…

Jimmy Kimmel Jokes Trump ‘Tried to Fast Forward to the Sex Scenes’ During Stormy Daniels Testimony

thewrap.com Jimmy Kimmel continues to be delighted that “Jimmy Kimmel Live” keeps being mentioned during testimony in the ongoing Donald Trump criminal trial, joking that the real title…

Yes, The Constitution Does Matter... A Lot

zerohedge.com Yes, The Constitution Does Matter... A Lot Authored by Rob Natelson via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), Most of my columns for this newspaper relate to the Constitution. A…

‘Is Anybody Paying Attention?!’ Chip Roy Says He’s Concerned ‘Sharia Law’ Will Be ‘Forced Upon the American People’

mediaite.com Rep. Chip Roy (R-TX) expressed concern on the House floor on Tuesday that Islamic “Sharia law” will soon be “forced upon the American people.” During a bizarre rant, Roy…

‘THERE IS NO SMOCKING GUN’: Trump Tries to Quote Legal Analyst

mediaite.com Former President Donald Trump tried quoting NBC’s Senior Legal Correspondent Laura Jarrett on social media Tuesday night, but slightly missed. Jarrett appeared on Tuesday’s…

CNN’s Elie Honig Aghast at ‘Disastrous’ Testimony from Stormy Daniels During Cross-Examination: ‘That’s a Big Damn Deal!’

mediaite.com CNN Senior Legal Analyst Elie Honig said the cross-examination of Stormy Daniels went poorly for the prosecution in Donald Trump’s New York criminal trial. The former…

The judge in Trump's classified documents case just gave him exactly what he wanted

businessinsider.com US District Judge Aileen Cannon delayed former President Donald Trump's classified document case brought by special counsel Jack Smith indefinitely, in a huge win for Trump.…

Lindsey Graham Says There Are Only Two Kinds of Gaza Protesters: ‘Dumbasses’ and ‘Terrorist Sympathizers’

mediaite.com Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) claimed on Tuesday that pro-Palestine protesters could be sorted into just “two classes”: “dumbasses” and “terrorist sympathizers.” Reacting to…

Hillary Clinton Says 1-in-3 American Women Live In A State Where Abortion Is Restricted

benzinga.com Former Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton, has voiced concerns over the potential nationwide restriction of abortion rights if Donald Trump returns to office. What…

Trump Reportedly Intervened In Feud Between Marjorie Taylor Greene And Mike Johnson: 'He Told Her Not To Do It'

benzinga.com Former President Donald Trump is reportedly stepping in to resolve a conflict within the House GOP. Trump has advised Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) to retract her…

Journalist sounds alarm on dangers of propaganda, calling it ‘one of the worst crises for American democracy this century’

aol.com Editor’s Note: A version of this article first appeared in the “Reliable Sources” newsletter. Sign up for the daily digest chronicling the evolving media landscape here. The…

Kristi Noem On Whether Shooting Her Dog Could Jeopardize Her Chances Of Becoming Trump VP

benzinga.com In a recent interview, South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem defended her decision to shoot her dog, a move that has sparked widespread criticism. What Happened: The interview,…

Judge threatens Trump with contempt for 'cursing audibly' during Stormy Daniels testimony, new trial transcript shows

aol.com None In a private sidebar conversation, Donald Trump's hush-money judge said he acted out while Stormy Daniels testified. • None Trump was "cursing audibly" and "uttered a…

BRUTAL: Newsmax Host Tells Trump VP Contender Kristi Noem, ‘I Don’t Think You’re Even on the List’ Anymore

mediaite.com Newsmax host Rob Finnerty told South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem he no longer believes she will be former President Donald Trump’s 2024 running mate in a brutal interview on…

Trump trial in 60 seconds

msnbc.com WATCH: MSNBC Legal Contributor Katie Phang breaks down what happened during Day 13 of former President Donald Trump's hush money trial.

Inside OpenAI’s new plan for fighting deepfakes

platformer.news On Tuesday, OpenAI joined the steering committee of a little-known but increasingly powerful standards body known as the Coalition for Content Provenance and Authenticity,…

Billionaire Stan Druckenmiller says he'd give Bidenomics an ‘F’ because inflation almost came down before the Fed 'fumbled on the five-yard line’

fortune.com Bidenomics has another critic. Stanley Druckenmiller, the famed billionaire investor who made his money working alongside George Soros, has been extremely disgruntled with…

Meet Stormy Daniels, the porn star Michael Cohen says Trump told him to pay $130,000 to cover up an alleged sexual affair

aol.com None Porn star Stormy Daniels said she had an affair with Donald Trump in 2006, which Trump has denied. • None She's at the center of Donald Trump's trial in New York…

TikTok takes off the gloves with a lawsuit over potential ban in U.S

msnbc.com Hello and happy Tuesday! Here’s your Tuesday Tech Drop, the past week’s top stories at the intersection of politics and technology. TikTok has filed a lawsuit seeking to…