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Narrative of Trump snoozing in court takes hold much to his annoyance

Its unclear if Trump has actually been sleeping and he vehemently denies it. But Democrats and late-night hosts have seized on the reports anyway.

11 May 2024 3:30 pm
The TV moments Trump lawyers used to question Stormy Danielss credibility

Comparing Stormy Danielss own words vs. how former president Donald Trumps lawyers portrayed them in court.

11 May 2024 3:30 pm
Biden commencement address at Morehouse sparks debate over identity

Some students say Martin Luther King Jr., the schools most famous alumnus, would be protesting the presidents speech instead of welcoming him

11 May 2024 3:30 pm
Ex-aides dispute Rep. Nancy Maces claims that staff sabotaged her

Mace told DailyMail.com that previous employees in her office hacked her phone and spied on her kids, escalating already high tensions with former staff. Her ex-aides pushed back in interviews with The Post.

11 May 2024 5:45 am
Bidens isolation grows as Gaza report both criticizes and clears Israel

Like much of Bidens, at times, halting approach toward the war, the report released to Congress on Friday drew criticism from across the political spectrum.

11 May 2024 5:03 am
Giuliani fired from top NYC radio station over 2020 election falsehoods

Rudy Giuliani, a top Trump ally, was fired Friday by a talk-radio station owned by a Trump supporter.

11 May 2024 4:25 am
U.S. says Israel may have violated humanitarian law using American weapons

The evaluation was a response to pressure from President Bidens allies in Congress who sought to force a discussion about Israels use of U.S. weapons in Gaza.

11 May 2024 4:17 am
GOP escalates fight with Secret Service over convention protesters

Senior GOP representatives have been arguing for weeks with Secret Service officials, but the agency has not budged.

11 May 2024 3:58 am
Barron Trump wont serve as RNC delegate, due to prior commitments

The 18-year-old son of former president Donald Trump had been set to make his political debut at the Republican National Convention this summer.

11 May 2024 3:29 am
The data that explains Bidens new Israel red line

Given the Democratic bases drift away from Israel, you begin to see how even a pro-Israel Democrat like Biden might come around to a more forceful posture.

11 May 2024 1:12 am
Johnson says he does not see national abortion ban next year, even under Trump

House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) told Politico there was a long way to go to build the political consensus toward a possible national abortion ban.

11 May 2024 12:45 am
Republicans have a new new theory of why Biden should be impeached

Republicans have introduced more than a dozen articles of impeachment against President Biden over the years. This time, its because of Israel.

11 May 2024 12:15 am
Steve Bannons bid to undo Jan. 6 contempt conviction fails

Appeals court rules that the former Trump adviser was rightfully convicted of contempt of Congress for refusing to testify in front of the committee that investigated the Jan. 6 Capitol attack.

11 May 2024 12:03 am
Of course Trump intertwined the Trump Organization into his presidency

If reelected, theres no reason to think that hed do anything different.

10 May 2024 10:14 pm
Trump thinks his anti-green culture war is worth a $1 billion donation

The presumptive Republican nominees pitch to Big Oil was only superficially about business.

10 May 2024 8:56 pm
What Trump said in his 10 gag order violations

Hush money prosecutors say Trumps statements on witnesses and jurors violate New York Supreme Court Justice Juan Merchans gag order. How Merchan ruled.

10 May 2024 8:50 pm
2024 election latest news: Biden raising money in San Francisco, Seattle areas

Live updates from the 2024 campaign trail with the latest news on presidential candidates, polls, primaries and more.

10 May 2024 6:13 pm
Live updates: Witness testimony to continue in Trumps hush money trial

The prosecution is expected to call more witnesses to testify in Donald Trumps trial on allegations of business fraud related to hush money payments.

10 May 2024 6:13 pm
Paul Manafort, poised to rejoin Trump world, aided Chinese media deal

The former Trump campaign chairman, whos likely to help manage this summers GOP convention, resumed consulting work after being pardoned in 2020.

10 May 2024 5:50 pm
Hoping tensions ease, House Republicans still brace for more drama

While the immediate threat to oust Johnson is over, many House Republicans dont believe Marjorie Taylor Greene and other agitators are ready to cooperate.

10 May 2024 3:30 pm
Trump team throws out GOP plan and builds a leaner 2024 operation

The new plan calls for fewer offices, less staff and a focus on new partnerships with outside groups raising concerns among some Republicans.

10 May 2024 2:30 pm
How sketch artists at Trumps hush money trial capture what cameras cant

In an image-saturated world, Trumps New York trial is a rare event one where photography is prohibited and artists define how the world views the proceedings.

10 May 2024 1:31 pm
Stormy Danielss stormiest cross-examination moments, from the trial transcript

Daniels faced hours of aggressive questioning from Trumps attorney, Susan Necheles.

10 May 2024 12:22 pm
New York Supreme Court Justice Juan Merchan scolds Trump attorney

In the lead-up to his ruling against a mistrial, the judge observed that there were many times when Ms. Necheles could have objected but didnt.

10 May 2024 5:31 am
Stormy and the bookkeepers

On this week's episode, the crew discusses adult film actress Stormy Daniels' testimony about her sexual encounter with the former president, and whether the prosecution went too far in asking for specific details. And senior video journalist Jorge Ribas joins the show from outside the Manhattan courthouse where the trial is taking place, to reveal what it's like covering the trial and what reporters can actually see. Plus, video journalist Blair Guild breaks down former Trump lawyer Michael Coh

10 May 2024 4:12 am
Two political operatives struck plea deals in Henry Cuellar bribe case

Newly unsealed documents show that Cuellars former campaign manager and a San Antonio businessman made plea agreements in March.

10 May 2024 4:03 am
No, Democrats didnt vote to give noncitizens a voice in Congress

The government already asks a citizenship question. In the Trump era, though, people are less interested in answering it.

10 May 2024 2:17 am
Bidens threat to halt U.S. weapons to Israel draws immediate GOP blowback

The presidents newly drawn red line angers Republicans including Donald Trump and draws mixed responses from Democrats, who have been divided on how the U.S. should respond to Israels war.

10 May 2024 2:08 am
Stormy Danielss testimony got heated. Here were the most intense exchanges.

Stormy Daniels and Trump lawyer Susan Necheles engaged in a heated back-and-forth for more than two hours Thursday during the hush money trial in New York.

9 May 2024 11:57 pm
For Marjorie Taylor Greene, getting booed by the House is no disincentive

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greenes desired outcomes arent the same as a traditional politicians.

9 May 2024 11:26 pm
VA improperly approved nearly $11 million in bonuses for execs, watchdog finds

Some executives have yet to repay the bonuses, which exceeded $100,000 in some cases, despite an order from the VA secretary.

9 May 2024 11:13 pm
Mike Johnsons telling comment on GOPs (lack of) voter-fraud evidence

Republicans have increasingly acknowledged that their claims are all about the vibes.

9 May 2024 10:21 pm
What extremism looks like to Sean Hannity and his party

The Fox News host offered a litany of extremist transgressions from Robert F. Kennedy Jr. such as having supported affirmative action.

9 May 2024 8:51 pm
FreedomWorks, an organization that mobilized tea party conservatives, dissolves

The group that helped turn the tea party into a political force within the GOP is shuttering. Its president blames the partys ideological realignment toward Trump.

9 May 2024 7:22 pm
Noncitizen voting is rare. Republicans are focusing on it anyway.

GOP leaders at the state and federal level are pushing measures to ban noncitizen voting even though it is already illegal in nearly all cases.

9 May 2024 6:30 pm
Live updates: Stormy Daniels to continue testimony in Trumps hush money trial

Stormy Daniels is expected to return to the stand to continue her testimony in Donald Trumps trial on allegations of business fraud related to hush money payments.

9 May 2024 6:07 pm
Election 2024 latest news: Biden heading west on fundraising swing; Trump back in court

Live updates from the 2024 campaign trail with the latest news on presidential candidates, polls, primaries and more.

9 May 2024 5:52 pm
As co-rulers of the House, the Democratic majority-in-waiting may have already arrived

In a House with a single-vote GOP majority, many argue that Democrats are no longer just the majority-in-waiting but that they have already arrived. Lawmakers of both parties, including Republicans with a distinct bitterness, say that Democratic leader Hakeem Jeffries doesnt just sit atop his party but also the entire House.

9 May 2024 4:46 pm
Barron Trump makes political debut as Florida delegate for GOP convention

Donald Trumps son Barron, 18 and about to graduate high school, was named as a delegate at large for the GOP national convention in Milwaukee.

9 May 2024 3:55 pm
Green Party alleges its the target of mischief in Arizona Senate race

Democrats and Republicans appear to be meddling in Arizonas third-party primary in order to boost their candidates chances in a hotly contested Senate race this November.

9 May 2024 3:30 pm
What Trump promised oil CEOs as he asked them to steer $1 billion to his campaign

Donald Trump has pledged to scrap President Bidens policies on electric vehicles and wind energy, and other initiatives opposed by the fossil fuel industry.

9 May 2024 3:30 pm
Biden says he will cut off offensive weapons if Israel invades Rafah

Its the first time Biden has threatened to withhold U.S. military aid and the most direct warning he has issued to Israel in the Gaza war

9 May 2024 6:49 am
Greene booed as Republicans turn on her over bid to oust Speaker Johnson

The Georgia lawmakers bid to remove the speaker angers GOP colleagues who have expressed a growing distaste for her antics during her three years in Congress.

9 May 2024 6:11 am
Judge keeps tying Trump to possible intimidation

Juan Merchan has cited at least three instances of Trumps potentially intimidating a witness or jurors. But experts say its hard to police.

9 May 2024 5:47 am
House Speaker Mike Johnson survives vote to oust him from leadership

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) officially filed her motion Monday to oust Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) as leader of the House, starting a two-day clock for lawmakers to decide his fate.

9 May 2024 5:20 am
9 May 2024 4:40 am
Pete McCloskey, GOP congressman who called for Nixons resignation, dies at 96

A decorated Marine, he led dissent against the Vietnam War and called for President Richard M. Nixons impeachment over his conduct of the war.

9 May 2024 2:44 am
Stormy Daniels takes the stand (and Trump curses)

This week in the first criminal trial of a former U.S. president, Stormy Daniels gave explicit and disturbing testimony and sparked an angry reaction from Donald Trump.

9 May 2024 1:56 am
The 2020-was-stolen crew is here to stoke fears of noncitizen voters

House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) led a news conference featuring key Trump allies in which he tried to amplify baseless warnings about non-citizen voters.

9 May 2024 1:49 am
Biden touts Microsoft AI center on site of Trumps failed Foxconn deal

The multibillion-dollar investment is expected to create 2,000 permanent jobs and 2,300 temporary union construction jobs.

9 May 2024 12:41 am