Trump decries 'rigged trial' in post-conviction speech
The former president is to be sentenced shortly before the start of this summer's Republican National Convention, where he will be nominated as his party's candidate for the November election.
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HuffPostCNN Data Reporter 'Speechless' By New Donald Trump-Joe Biden Poll: 'Holy Cow, Folks!'
Harry Enten said it could point to "a historic moment" in American politics.
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Anthony Fauci Memoir Recalls His Last Conversation With Donald Trump: ‘That F**ker Biden’
The then-president also reportedly made a bold prediction that didn't come true.
- Deadline
‘The Daily Show’: Jon Stewart Says Donald Trump Is “Tripping Over His Own D***” Coming After Joe Biden’s Age
Jon Stewart returned to The Daily Show on Monday, offering “a quick state of play” on the 2024 presidential election. As the comedian dived into the “incredibly consequential” political showdown, he called out the hypocrisy of Donald Trump attempting to paint Joe Biden as incompetent over his age. “I guess the election has basically boiled …
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James Carville Surprises Ari Melber With Trump-Biden Debate Prediction
The longtime Democratic strategist said he would take even money on it happening.
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Trump Says He Wants To Help Tipped Workers. As President, He Tried To Stiff Them.
The presumptive GOP nominee is pitching a plan to end taxes on gratuities, but restaurant workers should take a close look at his record.
- The Daily Beast
Kellyanne Conway Massively Inflates Trump’s Church Crowd
It appears crowdflation and alternative facts are once again tools in Trumpworld’s arsenal. Kellyanne Conway tried to draw some distinction between Donald Trump and Joe Biden during an appearance on Maria Bartiromo’s Sunday Morning Futures, noting that Trump was making outreaches to Black voters. “You got Donald Trump in Detroit talking to 8,000 people at a Black church,” she told Bartiromo. Read more at The Daily Beast.Get the Daily Beast's biggest scoops and scandals delivered right to your in
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Biden has finally taken the gloves off with his anti-Trump ‘convicted criminal’ ad
Biden begins a $50 million blitz and is going harder than most expected. Meanwhile, candidates down the ballot are trying to hug both men
- The Hill
Abbott calls out ‘voter fraud’ in Houston judicial race
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) pointed to what he viewed as a prime example of voter fraud Saturday in a Houston-area judicial race after a new election was ordered nearly two years after the fact. A Houston judge found last month that more than 1,400 votes in the 2022 180th District Court race were invalid…
- The Wrap
Jake Tapper Challenges Tom Cotton on His 2020 Claim Trump Would Accept Election Results | Video
Tapper agrees with Cotton saying it was "reasonable" for the former president to challenge the election if he believed there was fraud, but adds, "That's not what happened" The post Jake Tapper Challenges Tom Cotton on His 2020 Claim Trump Would Accept Election Results | Video appeared first on TheWrap.
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Clooney and Roberts help Biden raise $30 million-plus at a star-studded Hollywood gala
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Some of Hollywood's brightest stars headlined a fundraiser for President Joe Biden that took in a record $30 million-plus for a Democratic candidate, according to his campaign, in hopes of energizing would-be supporters for a White House contest they said may rank among the most consequential in U.S. history.
- The Daily Beast
Opinion: CNN Wants to Mute Trump at Its Debate. Good Luck With That
There are a few events in every presidential campaign that matter. The upcoming presidential debate between Joe Biden and Donald Trump—just over a week from now—will likely be one such moment. But who is likely to benefit from the clash?To a certain degree, victory is contingent on the rules of the debate (CNN has announced their rules, which have been agreed on by both campaigns).Based on what I’m seeing, the deck is stacked in Biden’s favor.Read more at The Daily Beast.Get the Daily Beast's bi
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Ex-RNC Chair Michael Steele Calls ‘BS’ On Trump’s ‘Black Friends’ Claim
The former president’s claim gets put to the test on MSNBC.
- The Week
Donald Trump's biggest legal threats
It's not just Jack Smith's indictments — the former president is facing a host of separate challenges from around the country
- CNN
Fact check: Trump revives lie that he was long ago named ‘Man of the Year’ in Michigan
For the third consecutive presidential election, former President Donald Trump is lying that he was named “Man of the Year” in Michigan before he ran for president.
- CNN
The British Army trains in Kenya. Many women say soldiers raped them and abandoned children they fathered
Seventeen-year-old Marian Pannalossy cuts a striking figure wherever she goes in Archer’s Post, a small town 200 miles north of Nairobi. She lives alone and is light-skinned in a place where mixed-race people are a rarity and therefore ostracized.
- Business Insider
The first debate between Biden and Trump won't feature opening statements in what will be a stricter forum compared to 2020
The 2020 debates were characterized by Trump's interruptions of Biden. CNN's new rules will make such outbursts much more difficult.
- Hilton Head Island Packet
Father of former SC Gov. Nikki Haley dies on Father’s Day
In January, Nikki Haley took a day off of the campaign trail to visit her father who was in the hospital.
- Business Insider
Key holdouts at a Ukrainian diplomatic summit are proof that Putin's diplomatic playbook is working
Russia has used oil and diplomacy to undercut Ukraine's support, even among US allies.
- CoinDesk
PoliFi Tokens Down Double Digits on Claims DJT Token Has Trump's Backing
The former president's son Barron is spearheading the project, Pirate Wires reported on X, without naming its sources.
- France 24
Philippine ship, Chinese vessel collide in disputed South China Sea
A Philippine ship and a Chinese vessel collided near the Spratly Islands in the disputed South China Sea on Monday, Beijing's Coast Guard said. Beijing claims almost the entirety of the South China Sea, brushing aside competing claims from several Southeast Asian nations including the Philippines and an international ruling that its stance has no legal basis.China deploys coast guard and other boats to patrol the waters and has turned several reefs into militarised artificial islands. Chinese an