Washington Post: “The year of the coronavirus is ending much as the pandemic began, with overwhelmed hospitals and thousands of deaths each day. There is still no national plan for curbing the spread of the disease, just a hodgepodge of conflicting local and state approaches to everything from shutdowns to masking up.”
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Judge Denies Trump’s Request for Mistrial
New York Times: “The judge has declined to declare a mistrial. While he acknowledged that some of the evidence that came in was more than he would have liked —…
Trump Appeared Upset During Stormy Daniels’ Testimony
Maggie Haberman: “Trump has often had his eyes closed during uncomfortable moments of testimony in this trial. So far during this testimony, he is keeping them open.” But then: “As…
Trump’s Prized Wall Street Building Under Duress
Wall Street Journal: “Donald Trump’s prized Manhattan office tower at 40 Wall St. is getting swept up by the worst storm to hit the office market since the global financial…
TikTok Sues to Block U.S. Ban
“TikTok said it filed a federal lawsuit Tuesday challenging the constitutionality of a new law that requires a sale or ban of the popular social-media app, setting up a court…
Stormy Daniels Testifies About Sex with Trump
“Stormy Daniels, whose account of a tryst with Donald Trump after a golf tournament in 2006 led to the first criminal trial of an American president, took the stand Tuesday…
Biden Sees ‘Ferocious Surge of Antisemitism’
President Biden declared on Tuesday that hatred of Jews “continues to lie deep in the hearts of too many people,” saying there has been a “ferocious surge of antisemitism” in…
Trump Tries to Privately Mediate Johnson-Greene Fight
“Donald Trump is going further than just public statements supporting Speaker Mike Johnson — he’s actually trying to mediate between the House GOP leader and Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene,” Politico…
Bernie Moreno Closed Roads to Test Drive $3.4M Car
Ohio U.S. Senate candidate Bernie Moreno (R) used taxpayer dollars to shut down local roads so he could take a joy ride in an Aston Martin car that he purchased…
Inside Bernie Sanders’ Decision to Run Again
“Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) is not ready to step away from the national political stage without a clear successor to his progressive throne,” Axios reports. “Sanders’ decision to run for…
Trump Seeks to Deprive RFK Jr. of Oxygen
Donald Trump “is taking concrete steps to deprive Robert F. Kennedy Jr. of oxygen as they compete for a portion of the same voters,” The Hill reports. “The strong anti-Kennedy…
The Simple Explanation for the Campus Protests
Philip Bump: “Why is the simplest explanation of campus protests so hard to accept? Young people were sympathetic to Palestinians even before the war began. Why is that ignored?” Save…
Ukraine Arrests Two in Zelensky Assassination Plot
“Ukrainian authorities said they foiled a plot to assassinate President Volodymyr Zelensky and other high-ranking officials, making the announcement on the day of Vladimir Putin’s inauguration in Moscow,” Bloomberg reports….
Russia Will Keep U.S. Soldier in Custody for Months
“An American soldier detained in Russia last week will remain in jail until at least July while the authorities investigate theft charges against him, the Russian news media reported on…
Trump to Attend Fundraiser on Day of Son’s Graduation
“Donald Trump is scheduled to give the keynote address at the Minnesota Republican Party’s annual Lincoln Reagan Dinner on May 17, the same day he requested off court to attend…
Stormy Daniels to Testify at Trump Trial
“Testimony in the criminal trial of Donald Trump has pivoted from weeks of salacious stories of sex and scandal to focus on the financial transactions at the center of the…
Trump Deletes Post Complaining About Witness
Donald Trump appears to have deleted a Truth Social post complaining that his legal team didn’t have time to prepare for today’s witness, CNN reports. Save to Favorites
Kristi Noem Still Doing Interviews About Her Book
South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem (R) refused to admit in an interview with NewsNation that her story about meeting North Korean leader Kim Jong Un was not true. However, she…
How Would Americans React to Trump Being Jailed?
Aaron Blake: “Polls have yet to ask how Americans would view Trump’s being jailed for violating the gag order, and much would depend on the specifics.” “But a strong majority…
Trump’s Valet Admitted He Didn’t Return Documents
“Donald Trump’s valet told investigators before the FBI searched Mar-a-Lago in 2022 that he randomly chose boxes of documents to return to the National Archives and Trump himself directed that…
Judge Rips Threat to Prosecute Out-of State Abortions
“A federal judge smacked down a series of threats by Alabama’s Republican attorney general to prosecute groups that help women obtain out-of-state abortions, wading into a debate over access to…