How one California beach town became Gavin Newsom’s nemesis

economist.com AN IDYLLIC CITY in swanky Orange County, California, is not where you would expect to encounter a self-professed champion of the proletariat. Huntington Beach was first…

Analysis: What to watch as Supreme Court weighs whether Trump is immune from prosecution

pbs.org The U.S. Supreme Court wraps up arguments for this term with two of the most contentious issues of the year: abortion and former President Donald Trump’s claim of absolute…

Jon Stewart Slams Media’s Trump Trial Coverage for Reporting ‘Mundane Bulls—‘ as ‘Earth-Shattering’ News: ‘What the F

variety.com Jon Stewart used the April 22 episode of “The Daily Show” to eviscerate the media for giving way too much attention to Donald Trump‘s ongoing hush money trial. The host said…

Trump On Trial: If It Is A Program Hit, What Hits Back?

mediapost.com Are you ready for possible wall-to-wall Trump criminal trial coverage -- at least on some networks? It depends. No cameras in the courtroom will make it difficult for…

TikTok digs in to fight US ban with 170 million users at stake

siliconvalley.com Zheping Huang, Sarah Zheng | (TNS) Bloomberg News Four years ago, when the Trump administration threatened to ban TikTok in the U.S., its Chinese parent company ByteDance…

Donald Trump friend questioned at airport: "Never been treated like that"

newsweek.com Donald Trump has told a radio host how one of his friends was given a hard time coming into the United States, contrasting the experience with illegal immigrants who…

Alvin Bragg witness smiles at Donald Trump

newsweek.com Former tabloid executive David Pecker, the first witness to take the stand in former President Donald Trump's criminal case in Manhattan, smiled toward the defense table as…

Hush-money judge repeatedly bench-slaps Donald Trump's lawyer over gag violations: 'You're losing all credibility!'

businessinsider.com Donald Trump appears with his lawyer Todd Blanche by video conferencing before Justice Juan Merchan during a prior hearing ahead of his hush-money trial. REUTERS/Jane…

"F**king Clown Show": Unsealed Court Docs Reveal Biden DOJ Colluded With National Archives To Target Trump, Jack Smith Tried To Conceal

zerohedge.com "F**king Clown Show": Unsealed Court Docs Reveal Biden DOJ Colluded With National Archives To Target Trump, Jack Smith Tried To Conceal Newly unsealed documents in Donald…

Trump's lawyer may be losing his most valuable asset: Credibility in the courtroom

msnbc.com A lawyer’s credibility is all they have with a judge. Donald Trump’s criminal defense lawyer in Manhattan may be losing that valuable currency in the early days of the hush…

Former National Enquirer Publisher David Pecker Tells Jurors Of Scheme To Assist Trump’s Campaign With Positive Stories

deadline.com David Pecker, the former CEO of National Enquirer parent company American Media, told jurors today how the tabloid assisted Donald Trump‘s 2016 presidential campaign with…

National Debt Tracker: American taxpayers (you) are now on the hook for $34,585,528,182,775.46 as of 4/22/24

foxbusiness.com The U.S. national debt is climbing at a rapid pace and has shown no signs of slowing down, despite the growing criticism of massive levels of government spending. The…

Is running a top university America’s hardest job?

economist.com Wanted: presidents for America’s top universities. Applicants must possess an unimpeachable academic record. Marc Tessier-Lavigne resigned as president of Stanford…

Column: FDA shoots itself in the foot by settling a groundless lawsuit over its ivermectin warnings

latimes.com “You are not a horse”: The FDA’s 2021 consumer warning about not treating COVID with ivermectin, best known as a horse dewormer, was the most successful social media post in…

Musk v Zuckerberg: who’s winning?

economist.com The playground rivalry between Mark Zuckerberg and Elon Musk dates back years—and in who-is-cooler-than-whom terms, Mr Musk usually wins easily. As an innovator, Mr…

Joe Biden’s weakness among Latinos threatens his re-election

economist.com In Arizona, a growing Hispanic electorate should help Democrats. Yet Donald Trump is gaining ground

Super Trump and his mighty MAGA machine

economist.com After his Super Tuesday wins, Donald Trump moves swiftly to dominate the national Republican Party

Why Nikki Haley, crushed in her home state, vows to fight on

economist.com WHEN DOES the act of hoping against hope go from admirable to absurd? Not yet apparently for Nikki Haley, the last woman left standing against Donald Trump and his seizure…

Why those who wish to see Trump jailed soon will be disappointed

economist.com The prosecutors trying to convict Donald Trump face a highly unusual deadline. Retaking the presidency would offer Mr Trump his best escape from jeopardy: once back in the…

How might Donald Trump’s trials sway voters?

economist.com Polling suggests that most Republicans think the trials against Donald Trump have been conducted unfairly. Though 62% of Democrats say being a criminal is one of the worst…

The flaws that China’s chief ideologue found in America

economist.com In August 1988 an inquisitive young Chinese political scientist named Wang Huning came to America for a six-month visit. He admired the Gateway Arch in St Louis, Missouri,…

The Supreme Court hints it will keep Donald Trump on the ballot

economist.com WHEN THE SUPREME COURT decided Bush v Gore a generation ago, five justices in effect handed George W. Bush the presidency over Al Gore. The implications of Trump v Anderson,…

State attorneys-general are shaping national policy

economist.com To foreigners looking in, it is unusual enough that America elects most of its top prosecutors. More shocking is the amount of money going into political campaigns. Now the…

This is not a story about Taylor Swift and the Super Bowl

economist.com This is not a column about Taylor Swift. It is possibly something more ridiculous, a column about all the columns about Taylor Swift. And yet attention must be paid, because…

A court rejects Donald Trump’s claim to absolute immunity

economist.com ON THE campaign trail, Donald Trump has been saying he would be a “dictator” on the first day of his second presidency. Mr Trump may be half-joking when he announces this…

What the death of America’s border bill says about toxic congressional politics

economist.com THE LIFE of the Senate’s bill to increase border security in exchange for sending aid to Ukraine was wretched and short. Its three main negotiators released the text on…

Trump’s lead over Biden may be smaller than it looks

economist.com IF AMERICA were to hold its presidential election tomorrow, Donald Trump would be picking out curtains for the Oval Office. The Economist’s polling average puts him up by…

Donald Trump is ordered to pay for his bullying

economist.com If ordered to pay millions of dollars for defaming someone, most people would learn their lesson and zip it. Not so Donald Trump. Last May a jury in Manhattan determined…

Why America’s political parties are so bad at winning elections

economist.com Every four years the American presidential primaries roll around to remind Americans how weak, clumsy and negative their major political parties have become. The news…

First Steven Mnuchin bought into NYCB, now he wants TikTok

economist.com Time served on Wall Street has long smoothed the path to the top job at America’s Treasury. Before he was the first treasury secretary Alexander Hamilton could boast, among…

The world is in the midst of a city-building boom

economist.com Africa’s tallest building is rising under empty skies. Beneath the Iconic Tower in northern Egypt sits a city that officials expect to one day house 6.5m people. For now,…

Stockmarkets are booming. But the good times are unlikely to last

economist.com Everywhere you look, stockmarkets are breaking records. American equities, as measured by the S&P 500 index, hit their first all-time high in more than two years in January,…

Europe faces a painful adjustment to higher defence spending

economist.com With vladimir putin issuing threats and Donald Trump musing about withdrawing support, everyone agrees that Europe needs to spend more on its armed forces. What is less…

Trump wants to whack Chinese firms. How badly could he hurt them?

economist.com A few months before America’s presidential election in 1980, George H.W. Bush paid a visit to Beijing. He got a frosty reception. Days earlier, Bush’s running mate, Ronald…

Bankers have reason to hope Trump triumphs

economist.com Have you noticed that America’s bankers are seething over proposed new capital rules? What gave it away? Perhaps it was the advertisements that warn of dire consequences for…

What Donald Trump can learn from the Big Mac index

economist.com Little is more symbolic of globalisation than a McDonald’s hamburger. The American fast-food chain opened its first Chinese branch in 1990. The outlet was in Shenzhen, a…

Investors may be getting the Federal Reserve wrong, again

economist.com The interest-rate market has a dirty secret, which practitioners call “the hairy chart”. Its main body is the Federal Reserve’s policy rate, plotted as a thick line against…

Kim Kardashian Says “Life Is Good” After Perceived Taylor Swift Diss Track

vanityfair.com Despite acknowledging The Tortured Poets Department, Taylor Swift’s record-breaking double album, during his opening monologue, Jimmy Kimmel refrained from torturing…

Which Donald Trump Asset Seizures Will Tick Him Off The Most: A Bracket

dealbreaker.com The other day, Kathryn Rubino asked, “Will Tish James Hit Trump Where It Really Hurts?” The former president had just admitted that he couldn’t find anyone crazy enough to…

Are Trump’s Legal Fees Tax Deductible?

dealbreaker.com Donald Trump, the likely Republican nominee for president in the upcoming election, is facing a number of civil and criminal lawsuits containing a variety of claims. His…

Drill, Baby, Drill: US Remains Dominant Global Leader In Oil Production Under Biden, Output Still Increasing

dealbreaker.com If there is one thing the Republican Party loves, it is easy-to-remember catchphrases that oversimplify complex national policy goals into something a third-grader might say…

What Is The World Coming To When A Former President Can't Even Blame His Lawyers For Paying Off A Pornstar?

dealbreaker.com Donald Trump had a bad day in court Monday with Justice Juan Merchan laying waste to his defenses in the false business records case. Trump is accused of hiding the hush…

Will Tish James Hit Trump Where It Really Hurts?

dealbreaker.com Now that Donald Trump has admitted he can’t pay the bond in the appeal of the New York civil fraud verdict, the door’s open for New York Attorney General Letitia James to…

Americans prefer Trump's approach to trade to Biden's

today.yougov.com Americans are divided on whether tariffs on foreign goods should be increased or decreased, but there is some consensus on the effects of raising them: that higher tariffs…

Donald Trump Isn't Saying His Lawyers Made Him Do It. He's Just Saying They Were There When He Did The Crimes

dealbreaker.com On Monday, Donald Trump announced his intention to assert an advice-of-counsel defense in the false business records case. Sort of. Forced to disclose whether he intends to…

Endeavor Hires Matt Kaplan as VP of Government Relations (EXCLUSIVE)

variety.com Endeavor has hired Matt Kaplan as vice president of government relations to lead government affairs across Endeavor’s businesses, including WME. In the new role, Kaplan will…

Reporter Fact-Checks Trump’s Claim Cops Are Keeping Out Crowds of MAGA Protestors: ‘There is One Pro-Trump Person Here’

mediaite.com AP Photo/Ted Shaffrey Former President Donald Trump lied about his crowd size (again) on Tuesday. NBC News’ Vaughn Hillyard was in New York City to cover Trump’s hush money…

What's Going On With Trump Media & Technology Stock On Tuesday?

benzinga.com Trump Media & Technology Group Corp. DJT shares are trading lower on Tuesday. The stock has been in free fall for the last month. In an exchange filing last week, the…

WATCH LIVE: Biden delivers remarks on abortion rights during campaign event in Tampa, FL

pbs.org President Joe Biden is wading deeper into the fight over abortion rights that has energized Democrats since the fall of Roe v. Wade, traveling to Florida to assail the…

'What have we done?': Lawrence examines shocking Trump evidence revealed in trial

msnbc.com MSNBC’s Lawrence O’Donnell examines the unlikelihood that Donald Trump testifies in his own criminal trial, especially after prosecutors presented new evidence showing his…

'He wrote all of it down?': Prosecutors claim to have handwritten notes of Trump hush money scheme

msnbc.com In their opening statement, prosecutors in Donald Trump's New York criminal trial describe a document with notes in the margin, handwritten by former Trump Org CFO Allen…

No, Chamberlain Never Morphed Into Churchill, but Mike Johnson Followed Vandenberg's Patriotic Conversion

newsweek.com This weekend's political leadership case study felt like a Frank Capra film script of a chapter from John F. Kennedy's Profiles in Courage, as House Speaker Mike Johnson…

Judge to weigh in on request to hold Trump in contempt for breaking gag order

pbs.org Prosecutors in the historic hush money trial of Donald Trump urged a judge Tuesday to fine him and hold him in contempt over social media posts that they say violated a gag…

Why a stronger dollar is dangerous

economist.com The dollar is looking increasingly formidable. As American growth has stayed strong and investors have scaled back bets that the Federal Reserve will cut interest rates,…

Ex-Trump Attorney Rips His Current Defense Team for Earning ‘Tongue-Lashing’ from Judge Merchan: ‘Bad Moment’

mediaite.com Jim Trusty, who used to represent former President Donald Trump, ripped Trump’s current defense team for earning a “tongue-lashing” from Judge Juan Merchan in court on…

Mary Trump And MSNBC Host Brutally Mock Trump Over Absent Family: ‘Jeffrey Dahmer’s Parents Were There Every Day’

mediaite.com Host of The Mary Trump Show podcast and strident Trump critic Mary Trump and MSNBC host Lawrence O’Donnell brutally mocked ex-President Donald Trump over his family’s…

Donald Trump will get $1.3 billion in Trump Media bonus shares if the stock doesn't crash today

aol.com None Donald Trump is set to receive millions in extra shares if Trump Media trades above $17.50 through Tuesday's session. • None That would see the former president awarded…

Donald Trump's 'biggest fear is coming true': Mary Trump

newsweek.com Donald Trump's biggest fear of "being seen as a loser" is coming true, the former president's estranged niece has claimed. Writing on her Substack blog, Mary Trump, a vocal…

Law Professor Slams Trump Prosecution as ‘Embarrassment’ in Scathing NY Times Op-Ed

mediaite.com Brendan McDermid/Pool Photo via AP Former President Donald Trump has regularly argued that “every legal scholar” disagrees with his prosecution for allegedly falsifying…