Marjorie Taylor Greene isn't so powerful after all

businessinsider.com Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene at the Capitol on Tuesday. AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite MTG's backing off of her threat to force a vote on ousting Speaker Mike Johnson — for…

Wall Street is focused on the national debt. Presidential candidates less so

aol.com Wall Street is often concerned about the US national debt, which is set to surpass $35 trillion in the coming months and could represent 166% of GDP by 2054. But weeks can…

Game over for Jack Smith?

newsweek.com Prosecutor Jack Smith cannot stop Judge Aileen Cannon from suspending Donald Trump's classified documents case, a legal expert has told Newsweek. New York University legal…

RFK Jr.'s bizarre brain worm admission sparks concerns

newsweek.com Presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s bizarre admission of a brain worm that he had over ten years ago has sparked concern over his cognitive abilities, which his…

Omarosa Tells Acosta About Monthly ‘Hush’ Payments Offer to Keep Quiet About Trump White House While Reacting to Stormy Testimony

mediaite.com Former Donald Trump ally Omarosa Manigault Newman claimed the former president “wants to be locked up” during his hush money trial payment, and she detailed her own alleged…

See Judge Merchan’s Blistering Full Confrontation With Trump as He Threatened to Throw Him in Jail for Contempt

mediaite.com AP Photo/Seth Wenig; AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura Recently published transcripts show Judge Juan Merchan going to great lengths in warning former President Donald Trump to abide by…

Trump holds tryouts for vice presidential candidates, with many contenders vying for position

pbs.org As former President Donald Trump remains stuck in the courtroom listening to salacious details of an extramarital sexual encounter he denies, another spectacle is playing…

Aileen Cannon's recusal from Donald Trump's trial could look like this

newsweek.com On Tuesday, Judge Cannon indefinitely postponed former President Donald Trump's classified documents trial in Florida, furthering calls from critics for her to recuse…

Opening Bell: 4.24.24

dealbreaker.com ‘Thunder Run’: Behind Lawmakers’ Secretive Push to Pass the TikTok Bill [NYT]For nearly a year, lawmakers and some of their aides worked to write a version of the bill,…

WATCH LIVE: House committee holds hearing on media bias after allegations by former NPR editor

pbs.org The House Energy Committee will hold a hearing Wednesday on liberal media bias at NPR after a former editor published allegations against the public broadcaster. Watch the…

Trump's delay-delay-delay strategy is paying off

businessinsider.com Former President Donald Trump in the Manhattan courthouse for his hush-money trial. Win McNamee/Pool via REUTERS A Georgia appeals court has given Donald Trump a legal win…

Donald Trump has a GOP base problem

newsweek.com Donald Trump's dominance in the 2024 Republican primaries is still being hampered by Nikki Haley's ongoing and potentially significant support. On Tuesday, the presumptive…

Donald Trump loses battleground state poll for first time in six months

newsweek.com Donald Trump is polling behind Joe Biden in Arizona for the first time in six months. According to a poll by Data Orbital on Tuesday, Biden would garner 38.8 percent of the…

Why Trump's campaign is tapping Democrats charged with corruption for help

msnbc.com Democrats with criminal pasts (and one who was recently indicted) have begun to feature prominently in Donald Trump’s campaign for president. And I can think of several…

WATCH LIVE: Biden announces new Microsoft facility at campaign event in Wisconsin

pbs.org 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…

Stephen Colbert Gives Trump and Stormy Daniels Their Celeb Couple Name: ‘Stumpy’

thewrap.com It was only a matter of time before Donald Trump and Stormy Daniels were given their own celebrity couple nickname, and Stephen Colbert has a good one. “What we did get…

Actually, Donald Trump Is a Little Like Al Capone

newsweek.com Former President Donald Trump came closer to the truth than he realized when he compared his legal dilemma to Al Capone's—just not in the way he intended. Trump inaccurately…

Disney, Uber, Starbucks, And McDonald's Send A Powerful Signal To Investors But Momo Crowd Oblivious

benzinga.com To gain an edge, this is what you need to know today. Please click here for an enlarged chart of Walt Disney Co DIS. • This article is about the big picture, not an…

Money Shouldn't Be a Barrier to Citizenship in the United States

newsweek.com Historically, naturalization has been a rare point of bipartisan agreement in the usually red-hot debates about immigration. After all, to become a U.S. citizen, an…

4 ways Judge Merchan could punish Donald Trump for gag order violation

newsweek.com On Monday, Judge Juan Merchan, who is presiding over the former president's Stormy Daniels hush money trial in Manhattan, ordered him to pay an additional $1,000 fine after…

RFK Jr. said in 2012 that he thought a worm ate part of his brain: 'I have cognitive problems, clearly'

businessinsider.com Independent candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said in a 2012 deposition that he believed he had a worm in his brain. Eva Marie Uzcategui/Getty Images Presidential candidate…

Druckenmiller Dropped The Biggest 'F' Bomb

zerohedge.com Druckenmiller Dropped The Biggest 'F' Bomb By Michael Every of Rabobank F is for Fed; Biden; Trump; and the 1980s In a sea of lurid, stupid headlines today, it was…

Why Trump’s rhetoric about his gag order is difficult to believe

msnbc.com It was last week when Donald Trump became the first former American president to be held in criminal contempt. Judge Juan Merchan found that the Republican had violated a…

Ga. appeals court grants Trump's request to consider Fani Willis' disqualification from his criminal case

nbcnews.com Georgia's state Court of Appeals said Wednesday that it will consider an appeal from former President Donald Trump challenging the decision not to disqualify Fani Willis as…

Trump's partly stormy day in court

theweek.com Stormy Daniels, the porn actress at the heart of former President Donald Trump's ongoing hush-money trial, took the stand Tuesday, testifying in sometimes graphic detail…

Aileen Cannon suspending Trump case leaves legal experts "disgusted"

newsweek.com Legal analysts are accusing Judge Aileen Cannon of pro-Donald Trump bias after indefinitely suspending his classified documents case. Cannon, a Trump appointee, indefinitely…

Georgia appeals court to review ruling allowing Fulton County DA Fani Willis to stay on Trump election case

pbs.org A Georgia appeals court on Wednesday agreed to review a lower court ruling allowing Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis to continue to prosecute the election…

US economy at risk of becoming 'banana republic' if Trump goes to jail: Ex-White House economist

foxbusiness.com As America’s macroeconomic story has slowed quite considerably over the past year, one former White House adviser warned about "the big risk" to financial stability. "I…

Another Trump Trial Derailed: Fani-Donating Judge's Decision To Keep Her On RICO Trial Under Scrutiny By Appeals Court

zerohedge.com Another Trump Trial Derailed: Fani-Donating Judge's Decision To Keep Her On RICO Trial Under Scrutiny By Appeals Court One day after former President Donald Trump's…

Ivanka Trump posts cryptic poem amid father's legal turmoil

newsweek.com Ivanka Trump has posted a cryptic poem to her Instagram story amid her father's ongoing criminal trial. On Tuesday, adult film star Stormy Daniels took the stand at New York…

Donald Trump scores another major legal victory

newsweek.com Former President Donald Trump scored two back-to-back legal victories this week, effectively delaying two of the four criminal cases against him. An appeals court in Georgia…

Georgia appeals court will review decision that kept Fani Willis on Trump case

axios.com A Georgia appeals court agreed Wednesday to review a lower court ruling in former President Trump's 2020 state-level election case allowing Fulton County District Attorney…

Putin's NATO message is landing with Americans

newsweek.com As far back as 2012, Russian President Vladimir Putin said that global trends were "weakening the dominant role of the so-called historical West." Long brewing, Moscow's war…

6 States

reason.com Your vote probably doesn't matter: "The titanic Biden-Trump election likely will be decided by roughly 6% of voters in just six states," reports Axios. The truly contested…

‘Did You Touch His Skin?’ Here’s Stormy Daniels Testimony on ‘Brief’ Sex With Trump

mediaite.com Some outlets have shied away from details of Stormy Daniels’s testimony about her encounter with then-businessman Donald Trump — but the full transcript lays it all out,…

Sean Hannity Blasts Trump Prosecutors: Only Called Stormy Daniels to ‘Humiliate and Embarrass’ Trump

mediaite.com Sean Hannity accused prosecutors in Donald Trump’s hush money trial of only calling adult film actress Stormy Daniels as a witness to “humiliate and embarrass” the former…

How Kamala Harris' approval ratings stand six months before election

newsweek.com Vice President Kamala Harris' approval ratings have slightly risen in recent months as she has hit the campaign trail, polling shows. Harris has a disapproval rating of 51.3…

Trump Trial: Stormy Spills, Donald Scowls and Everyone Wants to Watch

thewrap.com NEW YORK — As a reminder, the criminal case involving former president Donald Trump isn’t about sex. But when former porn star Stormy Daniels showed up in the courtroom on…

Rikers will 'be ready' if Trump's thrown in jail by criminal trial judge, NYC mayor says

msnbc.com After Trump's criminal trial judge warned gag order violations could lead to jail time, New York City's mayor was asked if authorities are ready for such a thing. MSNBC's…

Tech war: Huawei’s growing laptop business in China under threat after US revokes Intel, Qualcomm chip export licences

scmp.com The US commerce department confirmed that some export licences related to Huawei had been withdrawn, the report said. The US government has revoked special licences that let…

Russian Airstrikes Inflict Major Damage On Ukrainian Energy Facilities

benzinga.com Russian missiles and drones have targeted nearly a dozen Ukrainian energy facilities, causing substantial damage, according to Kyiv officials. The assault, which took place…

Trump's hush money trial progresses as three others hang in limbo

axios.com Table: Axios Visuals Former President Trump's New York hush money trial is in its fourth week, and prosecutors have indicated they are more than halfway through their…

Trump And The Fed Could Be About To Trigger A $4 Trillion Bitcoin Price Boom

forbes.com Bitcoin has stalled after a roaring back last week (though some traders are betting on an "absolutely enormous" China earthquake). Subscribe now to Forbes' CryptoAsset &…

Donald Trump's defense missed opportunity for mistrial

newsweek.com Donald Trump's legal team missed the opportunity to claim a mistrial during the former president's hush money trial, a former federal prosecutor has said. Neama Rahmani was…

Donald Trump rages at Judge Merchan's prison threat

newsweek.com Donald Trump has raged against the judge in his hush-money criminal trial after being warned that future gag order violations could send him to jail. "It is a really bad…

Wish you hadn't heard that Stormy Daniels testimony? Trump's prosecutors can't relate

msnbc.com There’s something very striking about Stormy Daniels’ testimony in the Donald Trump hush money trial. Usually, character evidence is not admissible to prove a criminal…

Stormy Daniels vs. Donald Trump: 5 things we didn't expect

newsweek.com As day 13 of Donald Trump's $130,000 hush-money trial got underway in New York, Stormy Daniels was called to the stand to give evidence regarding her past relationship to…

Trump’s Stunning Come-On To Stormy Daniels To Coax Her Into Bed Triggered His Lawyers Hard

mediaite.com According to Stormy Daniels’s testimony, then-businessman Donald Trump made a stunning statement to coax her into bed that has not been reported widely — and which triggered…

In docs case, controversial judge gives Trump the delays he needs

msnbc.com As Donald Trump confronts dozens of felony counts across multiple jurisdictions, the classified-documents case stands out for a reason: It’s the toughest to defend. Last…

Joe Biden Set To Unveil Microsoft's $3B AI Data Center Plan On Same Wisconsin Land Where Trump Tried To Execute His Mega Foxconn Fantasy

benzinga.com President Joe Biden and Microsoft Corp. MSFT President Brad Smith are set to announce a significant $3.3 billion investment in Wisconsin, a move that contrasts with former…

MSNBC Legal Expert Argues for Trump Defense: Stormy Daniels Testimony Turned Trial Into a ‘Quasi-Sexual Assault Case’

mediaite.com MSNBC Legal Expert Danny Cevallos was not impressed with the apparent oversharing details that emerged from Stormy Daniels’s testimony in the hush money trial of former…

TV Networks: Pump Up The 'Hush' Trump Promo Volume

mediapost.com Are TV networks hyping up onscreen and offscreen marketing efforts around the New York City trial of former President Donald Trump while focusing less on the serious matter…

Donald Trump Jr. says Jack Smith "tampered with evidence"

newsweek.com Donald Trump Jr., the eldest son of the former president, has accused Special Counsel Jack Smith of having "tampered" with evidence in the classified documents case. In a…

Biden never forgot ‘Build Back Better.’ Top aide says he has ‘unfinished business’ to crack the childcare crisis and help the sandwich generation

fortune.com As President Joe Biden runs for reelection, he’s resurrecting proposals to reshape American life from the cradle to the grave by lowering the cost of child care, expanding…

‘It’s CRAZY!’ Joe Scarborough Goes OFF on Judge Aileen Cannon’s ‘Bizarre’ Delay in Trump Classified Docs Trial

mediaite.com MSNBC’s Morning Joe appeared disappointed but resigned over federal Judge Aileen Cannon’s decision on Tuesday to indefinitely delay former President Donald Trump’s…

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

aol.com None Donald Trump has stamped his name on a variety of products since leaving office. • None The former president has continued to hawk items while also balancing his 2024…

Biden highlights $3.3 billion Microsoft plant in same Wisconsin city where Trump’s $10 billion iPhone plant never materialized

fortune.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…

RFK Jr.'s new hire who downplayed Jan. 6 appears to have been at the Capitol during the attack

nbcnews.com WASHINGTON — A right-wing social media influencer hired by Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s presidential campaign who previously said Jan. 6 was “Democrat misdirection” appears to…

‘There Was A Lot There!’ CNN’s Daniel Dale Goes After Trump’s Post-Stormy Daniels Courthouse Rant

mediaite.com CNN fact-checker Daniel Dale made quick work of ex-President Donald Trump’s courthouse rant following Trump’s first in-person encounter with Stormy Daniels in many years.…

DJT Stock Is Rising. What's Lifting Trump Media

barrons.com Testimony on Tuesday kept Trump's New York criminal trial in the news.