Donald Trump is “dozing on and off” during his criminal trial today, the New York Times reports.


Donald Trump is “dozing on and off” during his criminal trial today, the New York Times reports.
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A new CNN poll finds Americans oppose President Trump’s signature legislation by a whopping 61% to 39% margin. Save to Favorites
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“We need to learn from the blacks. The way they were able to remove the power from the n-word word by using it. So from now on it’s: What up,…
A new Quinnipiac poll finds that 17% of voters say they approve of the way the Trump Administration is handling the Jeffrey Epstein files, while 63% of voters disapprove, and 20%…
The Prospect: “Hospitals are closing or actively considering doing so, cutting programs, and laying off staff. Planned Parenthood is warning patients it can no longer accept Medicaid insurance and in…
A new Virginia Commonwealth University poll finds Abigail Spanberger (D) leading Winsome Earle-Sears (R) in the race for Virginia governor among registered voters, 49% to 37%. When asked which issue…
Peter Wehner: “We are witnessing one of the more shocking political events of recent times: Donald Trump’s MAGA base, over which he has had a decade-long cultlike hold, is in…
New York Times: “‘Evil’ is a word getting a lot of airtime in the second Trump term. It is not enough anymore to dislike a journalistic inquiry or disagree with…
“Maros Sefcovic, one of the European Union’s top trade negotiators, is headed to Washington on Wednesday to talk to Trump administration officials in a bid to stop painful 30 percent…
Columbia University could settle with the Trump administration as soon as next week, paying hundred of millions of dollars in fines and implement various “reforms” to re-start cut off federal…
Former President Barack Obama and former first lady Michelle Obama are laughing off the divorce rumors that have plagued them for much of the past year, Good Morning America reports….
“President Trump denied that he was planning to attempt to fire Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell after polling Republican lawmakers during a closed-door meeting about whether he should oust him,”…
“He’s dead for a long time. He was never a big factor in terms of life. I don’t understand what the interest or the fascination is… I don’t understand why…
“President Donald Trump told a room full of Republican lawmakers that he will fire Federal Reseve Chairman Jerome Powell, after receiving approval from them to make the move,” CNBC reports….
“A top Biden White House aide invoked his 5th Amendment right against self-incrimination Wednesday morning in declining to cooperate with Republican-led efforts to investigate the former president’s mental acuity and…
“Zohran Mamdani, the polarizing Democratic nominee for New York City mayor, huddled privately Wednesday with Democratic lawmakers at a Washington restaurant. The conversation, attendees said, focused on campaign strategy and…
“The Trump administration has asked Israel to halt its strikes on Syrian government targets and to open direct talks with Damascus,” Axios reports. “U.S. officials are highly concerned that the…
President Donald Trump is accusing some of his onetime supporters of being “weaklings” who are falling prey to Democratic “bullshit” about the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein — concluding that…
Internal Democratic polling shows that seven-in-10 voters — and six-in-10 Trump voters — believe “law enforcement is withholding information about powerful people connected to” Jeffrey Epstein, Politico reports. For members:…
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