Politics

(WASHINGTON) — Marian Robinson, former first lady Michelle Obama’s mother, died on Friday at the age of 86, according to the family. Robinson was a fixture in the Obama White House and resided there during his tenure to help watch over the first couple’s daughters, Sasha and Malia. Michelle Obama said in a post on […]

(WASHINGTON) — Former President Donald Trump was found guilty of 34 counts of falsifying business records on Thursday, but that will not stop him from being able to run for election in November — and the case is not over yet. He is scheduled to be sentenced on July 11, just days before the Republican […]

(WASHINGTON) — Twenty-three Ohio Senate Republicans joined Democrats on Friday during a special legislative session to pass a bill that extends the state’s ballot certification deadline so that President Joe Biden would be eligible for November’s general ballot. The bill’s passage comes despite a move by the Democratic National Committee earlier this week that evades […]

(AUSTIN, Texas.) — The Texas Supreme Court issued a decision Friday allowing a lawsuit challenging the state’s multiple abortion bans to continue, but the court refused to block the bans as the legal challenge continues. The lawsuit was filed last year by women who say their lives were put in danger due to the state’s […]

Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — President Joe Biden reacted to Donald Trump’s conviction for the first time on Friday, criticizing those calling the trial “rigged.” “The American principle that no one is above the law was reaffirmed,” Biden said in remarks from the White House. “Donald Trump was given every opportunity to defend himself.” Biden […]

(NEW YORK) — Former President Donald Trump is firing up his fundraising machine after being found guilty on all 34 counts in his hush money trial — attending a campaign fundraiser with top Republican donors an on the Upper East Side Manhattan Thursday night and blasting out fundraising emails to small-dollar donors just minutes after […]

(NEW YORK) — Donald Trump, the second-generation New York business mogul who led one of the most consequential right-wing populist movements and changed the face of presidential politics, was found guilty of 34 felonies in his home city Thursday, becoming the first president in American history to be criminally convicted. It took the jury 10 […]

Former President Donald Trump was found guilty by a Manhattan jury Thursday on all 34 counts in the criminal case related to an alleged hush money payment made to adult film star Stormy Daniels. It took the jury 10 hours to come to their decision. Trump is the first president to be indicted and convicted […]

Former President Donald Trump called the hush money trial “rigged” while speaking outside the courthouse Thursday just moments after learning he was found guilty on 34 counts. “This was a disgrace,” Trump told reporters. “This was a rigged trial by a conflicted judge who was corrupt. It’s a rigged trial, a disgrace.” Referencing his failed […]

After a jury found Donald Trump guilty on all 34 felony counts in his New York criminal trial, Republicans quickly came to their presumptive presidential nominee’s defense. One of the first reactions came from Ohio Rep. Jim Jordan, one of Trump’s staunchest allies in Washington, who called it “a travesty of justice.” “The Manhattan kangaroo […]