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U.S. Republicans unveil bill to ban non-citizen voting, which is already illegal
Stephen Miller, who shaped former President Trump's immigration policies, joins Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah, left, Rep. Chip Roy, R-Texas, and Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., as they talk to reporters about requiring American citizenship to vote in national elections, as they introduce the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility Act, at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, May 8, 2024. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
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Trump documents trial start delayed indefinitely, judge orders
(FILES) Former US President and 2024 presidential hopeful Donald Trump arrives for a campaign event in Rome, Georgia, on March 9, 2024. Prosecutors preparing to put Donald Trump on trial in New York for allegedly covering up hush money payments offered a delay of up to 30 days on March 14, 2024 after both sides received a deluge of case documents, court filings showed. (Photo by Elijah Nouvelage / AFP) (Photo by ELIJAH NOUVELAGE/AFP via Getty Images)
analysis
Biden condemns antisemitism as campus protests continue
David Shribman
charting retirement
What are the odds that Biden or Trump will stay healthy to 2028?
In this combination photo, President Joe Biden speaks May 2, 2024, in Wilmington, N.C., left, and Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump speaks at a campaign rally, May 1, 2024, in Waukesha, Wis. Just six months before Election Day, Biden and Trump are locked into the first presidential rematch in 68 years that is at once deeply entrenched and highly in flux as many voters are only just beginning to embrace the reality of the 2024 presidential election. (AP Photo)
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Here is what Stormy Daniels testified happened between her and Donald Trump
Former President Donald Trump with his attorney Susan Necheles attends his trial for allegedly covering up hush money payments linked to extramarital affairs, at Manhattan Criminal Court in New York City, on May 7, 2024. Stormy Daniels, the porn actress at the heart of Trump's hush money trial, was due to testify against the ex-president May 7, US media said, in a blockbuster moment in the courtroom drama rocking the scandal-plagued Republican's attempt to recapture the White House. (Photo by Mary Altaffer / POOL / AFP) (Photo by MARY ALTAFFER/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)
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Stormy Daniels takes witness stand at Donald Trump’s hush money trial
Former US President Donald Trump attends his trial for allegedly covering up hush money payments linked to extramarital affairs, at Manhattan Criminal Court in New York City, on May 7, 2024. Stormy Daniels, the porn actress at the heart of Trump's hush money trial, was due to testify against the ex-president May 7, US media said, in a blockbuster moment in the courtroom drama rocking the scandal-plagued Republican's attempt to recapture the White House. (Photo by Win McNamee / POOL / AFP) (Photo by WIN MCNAMEE/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)
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Trump fined $1,000 for gag order violation in hush money case as judge warns of possible jail time
Former President Donald Trump awaits the start of proceedings in his trial at Manhattan criminal court, Monday, May 6, 2024, in New York. (AP Photo/Julia Nikhinson, Pool)
analysis
The radicals who have controlled the House are about to be cancelled, at least for now
David Shribman
world
Trump says Biden is running a ‘Gestapo’ administration in latest reference to Nazi Germany
Former President Donald Trump speaks to media as he returns to his trial at the Manhattan Criminal Court, Friday, May 3, 2024, in New York. (Curtis Means/Pool Photo via AP)
opinion
The Trump-Biden rematch was a sequel no one asked for, and now no one can look away from it
Elan Mastai
world
SEC charges Trump Media’s newly hired auditing firm with ‘massive fraud’
FILE - The seal of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission is seen at SEC headquarters, June 19, 2015, in Washington. An auditing firm hired by Trump Media and Technology Group just 37 days ago was busted by the Securities and Exchange Commission for “massive fraud” — though not for any work it performed for former President Donald Trump’s media company. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)
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Former aide Hope Hicks testifies Trump told her to deny Stormy Daniels affair
Former US President Donald Trump sits in the courtroom at Manhattan Criminal Court in New York, US, on Friday, May 3, 2024. Former US President Donald Trump faces 34 felony counts of falsifying business records as part of an alleged scheme to silence claims of extramarital sexual encounters during his 2016 presidential campaign. Mark Peterson/Pool via REUTERS
opinion
In America’s existential election, choice itself will be on the ballot
David Moscrop
opinion
It’s Donald Trump vs. the U.S., and it’s far from clear the U.S. will win
Andrew Coyne
analysis
U.S. campus protests are the latest test for universities already facing heightened scrutiny
David Shribman
u.s. politics
Jurors in Trump hush money trial hear recording of pivotal call on plan to buy affair story
NEW YORK, NEW YORK - MAY 2: Former U.S. President Donald Trump and attorney Todd Blanche (C) return after a brief break in his trial for allegedly covering up hush money payments at Manhattan Criminal Court on May 2, 2024 in New York City. Trump was charged with 34 counts of falsifying business records last year, which prosecutors say was an effort to hide a potential sex scandal, both before and after the 2016 presidential election. Trump is the first former U.S. president to face trial on criminal charges. (Photo by Charly Triballeau-Pool/Getty Images)
opinion
Kristi Noem killed her dog - and her chances of being Trump’s VP
Lawrence Martin
international business
Trump awarded 36 million more Trump Media shares worth $1.8-billion after hitting price benchmarks
Former President Donald Trump speaks to reporters as he leaves the courtroom for the day at Manhattan criminal court, in New York, U.S., April 30, 2024. Seth Wenig/Pool via REUTERS
u.s. politics
Trump calls judge ‘crooked’ after facing a warning of jail time if he violates a trial gag order
Former US president Donald Trump walks out to speak to the press during his trial for allegedly covering up hush money payments linked to extramarital affairs, at Manhattan Criminal Court in New York on April 30, 2024. Judge Juan Merchan, presiding over Donald Trump's hush money trial, fined the former president on Tuesday for defying a gag order and warned that further violations could result in jail time. (Photo by JUSTIN LANE / POOL / AFP) (Photo by JUSTIN LANE/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)
world
Politicians and dog experts vilify South Dakota governor after she writes about killing her dog
FILE - South Dakota Republican Gov. Kristi Noem attends an event Jan. 10, 2024, at the state Capitol in Pierre, S.D. The Guardian has obtained a copy of Noem's soon-to-be released book, where she writes about killing an unruly dog, and a smelly goat, too. She writes, according to the Guardian, that the tale was included to show her willingness to do anything "difficult, messy and ugly." (AP Photo/Jack Dura, File)
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Trump does not rule out building detention camps for mass deportations
Former U.S. President Donald Trump speaks to members of the media at New York State Supreme Court in New York, New York, U.S., 30 April 2024. Trump is facing 34 felony counts of falsifying business records related to payments made to adult film star Stormy Daniels during his 2016 presidential campaign. JUSTIN LANE/Pool via REUTERS
u.s. politics
Judge fines Trump $9,000, threatens jail for contempt in hush money trial
Former US President Donald Trump attends his trial for allegedly covering up hush money payments linked to extramarital affairs, at Manhattan Criminal Court in New York City, on April 30, 2024. Trump, 77, is accused of falsifying business records to reimburse his lawyer, Michael Cohen, for a $130,000 hush money payment made to porn star Stormy Daniels just days ahead of the 2016 election against Hillary Clinton. (Photo by Victor J. Blue / POOL / AFP) (Photo by VICTOR J. BLUE/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)
u.s. business
Trump allies reportedly drafting plans to erode Fed’s independence if former president re-elected
FILE PHOTO: An eagle tops the U.S. Federal Reserve building's facade in Washington, July 31, 2013. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst/File Photo
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Rooting for Trump to fail has made these investors millions. Plus, the 2024 dividend ETF Buyers Guide
Former U.S. President Donald Trump sits in the courtroom at Manhattan criminal court in New York, U.S., on Friday, April 26, 2024. Trump faces 34 felony counts of falsifying business records as part of an alleged scheme to silence claims of extramarital sexual encounters during his 2016 presidential campaign. Photographer: Jeenah Moon/Pool via REUTERS
world
Trump’s lawyers try to discredit testimony of prosecution’s lead witness in hush money trial
NEW YORK, NEW YORK - APRIL 26: Former U.S. President Donald Trump (L) appears in court with his attorneys Todd Blanche, and Susan Necheles during his trial for allegedly covering up hush money payments at Manhattan Criminal Court on April 26, 2024 in New York City. Former U.S. President Donald Trump faces 34 felony counts of falsifying business records in the first of his criminal cases to go to trial. (Photo by Curtis Means-Pool/Getty Images)
u.s. politics
U.S. Supreme Court justices in Trump case signal some support for presidential criminal immunity
The U.S. Supreme Court is seen, Thursday, April 25, 2024, in Washington. The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday took up Donald Trump's bid to avoid prosecution over his efforts to overturn his 2020 election loss to Democrat Joe Biden. (AP Photo/Mariam Zuhaib)
analysis
Trump’s New York trial is a political spectacle unseen in America since Watergate
David Shribman
globe investor
How a Canadian pirate-clad pastor helped ignite Trump Media’s market frenzy
Former President Donald Trump sits in Manhattan Criminal Court in New York, Thursday, April 25.
u.s. politics
U.S. Supreme Court justices in Trump case lean toward some level of immunity
WASHINGTON, DC - APRIL 25: Demonstrators participate in a protest outside the U.S. Supreme Court on April 25, 2024 in Washington, DC. The Supreme Court is scheduled to hear oral arguments in the Trump v. United States, a case about presidential immunity from prosecution on obstruction and conspiracy charges. (Photo by Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)
opinion
Can a female VP pick salvage Trump’s chances with American women?
Lawrence Martin
u.s. politics
Former tabloid publisher testifies about scheme to shield his old friend Trump from damaging stories
Former US President Donald Trump attends his trial for allegedly covering up hush money payments linked to extramarital affairs, at Manhattan Criminal Court in New York City on April 25, 2024. Trump is back in court to watch his alleged tabloid co-conspirator, former publisher of the National Enquirer, David Pecker, continue testimony about their bid to kill salacious stories that could have derailed the Republican's 2016 White House campaign. (Photo by Spencer Platt / POOL / AFP) (Photo by SPENCER PLATT/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)
world
Grand jury indicts 18 in Arizona fake elector scheme; Trump is unindicted co-conspirator
FILE - Arizona Rep. Jake Hoffman, R-Queen Creek, is sworn in during the opening of the Legislature at the state Capitol, Jan. 11, 2021, in Phoenix. Hoffman is one of 11 Republicans in Arizona who submitted a document to Congress falsely declaring Donald Trump had beaten Joe Biden in the state during the 2020 presidential election were charged Wednesday, April 24, 2024, with conspiracy, fraud and forgery, marking the fourth state to bring charges against "fake electors." (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin, Pool, File)
world
Biden signs Ukraine aid, TikTok ban bills after months of wrangling with Republicans
President Joe Biden speaks before signing a $95 billion Ukraine aid package that also includes support for Israel, Taiwan, and other allies, in the State Dining Room of the White House, Wednesday, April 24, 2024, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
u.s. politics
Tabloid publisher testifies he agreed to help be ‘eyes and ears’ for Trump by buying up scandalous stories
Former President Donald Trump appears in Manhattan criminal court on Tuesday, April 23, 2024 in New York. (Curtis Means/DailyMail.com via AP, Pool)
u.s. politics
Voter enthusiasm put to the test in battleground state of Pennsylvania
FILE PHOTO: Combination picture showing former U.S. President Donald Trump attending the Trump Organization civil fraud trial, in New York State Supreme Court in the Manhattan borough of New York City, U.S., November 6, 2023 and U.S. President Joe Biden participating in a meeting with Italy's Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, U.S., March 1, 2024. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid and Elizabeth Frantz/File Photo/File Photo
analysis
The fight in the House of Representatives that is spilling into the weekend is about five things
David Shribman