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The Hill’s reporters covering former President Trump’s hush money criminal case answered questions about the ongoing trial in New York. Trump is standing trial on 34 counts of falsifying business records connected to hush money deals negotiated during his 2016 presidential campaign. Trump pleaded not guilty and has denied any wrongdoing. Zach Schonfeld and Ella…

Former Secretary of State John Kerry on Wednesday ripped former President Trump over his decision to withdraw the U.S. from the Iran nuclear deal six years ago, saying the move made Americans “less safe.” “When Donald Trump refused the appeals of our closest allies and pulled the United States out of the JCPOA, it created…

The NAACP on Tuesday led a group of civil rights organizations in calling for President Biden to pardon Marilyn Mosby, a former state’s attorney for Baltimore, Md.  Mosby was convicted in February on a federal charge of making a false mortgage application in order to secure a lower interest rate. The conviction followed a November 2023 conviction on…

Former President Trump leads President Biden by 4 points in a Pennsylvania survey of the November election released Tuesday.  The former president received 49 percent of support in the poll compared to Biden’s 45 percent. Trump’s lead grows to double digits when voters older than 50 were surveyed, with him amassing 52 percent while Biden…

Mary Trump commented that Stormy Daniels’s testimony must have been very embarrassing for her uncle, who was angrily speaking to her in the courtroom.

Former President Trump faced a new threat in his New York criminal trial on Monday. Judge Juan Merchan raised the possibility that he could send Trump to jail if he continues to violate a gag order. Merchan warned about that possibility after fining Trump for the 10th time for breaking the order, which prohibits the…

Sen. Mark Kelly (D-Ariz.) criticized Republican Senate candidate Kari Lake for urging her supporters to arm themselves before the election, warning that such language could lead to fatalities. Moderator Kristen Welker asked about Lake’s recent comments during a Sunday interview on NBC News’s “Meet the Press.”

Sen. Tim Scott (R-S.C.) said in a Sunday interview that former President Trump did not raise the possibility of being his running mate at a gathering this past weekend. Scott added, however, that he expects a decision on Trump’s vice-presidential running mate to be made within the next 60 days. “No ma’am,” Scott told NBC News’s Kristen…

Former President Trump and the Republican National Committee (RNC) raised over $76 million last month, according to a campaign official.  Trump’s advisers, Susie Wiles, Chris LaCivita and Tony Fabrizio, shared that the former president’s political operation is projected to have raked in $76.2 million in April, the official confirmed.  The expected haul, first reported by…

The D.C. Court of Appeals has temporarily suspended the law license of former President Trump’s ex-lawyer following a similar order made in late March by a California State Bar Court. Former Trump attorney John Eastman’s license is suspended in D.C. pending a final disposition in the California court proceedings, chief judge of the D.C. Court…