The title page reads, “Mandate for Leadership, the Conservative Promise — Project 2025, Presidential Transition Project.” What follows are 920 pages of sweeping changes for the “next conservative president” to put into effect or, if not sufficiently empowered, to recommend to Congress. From abortion to veterans affairs, the anthology of 30 chapters, each by a … Read more
More than half of former President Donald Trump’s flagship policy proposals are unpopular with voters, according to a recent poll.Abolishing the Department of Education, cutting corporate taxes and giving the president more control over the civil service and independent federal agencies were amongst the least popular elements of Trump’s so-called Agenda 47. Only nine out … Read more
With a battle over congressional Republicans and former U.S. President Donald Trump’s 2017 tax law brewing, a progressive think tank on Monday published an analysis that points to the surge in stock buybacks as proof that federal policymakers should raise the corporate tax rate. When Trump—the presumptive GOP nominee to challenge President Joe Biden in … Read more
Stormy Daniels testified that Donald Trump told her in 2006 that having sex with him was the only way she would get out of the “trailer park.” She later testified against Trump in a criminal case where he was found guilty of covering up a payment to her for her silence about their alleged sexual encounter. Daniels detailed the encounter, stating she did not remember how she got into bed with Trump but did not enjoy the sex. Despite the publicity and benefits she gained from the story, Daniels’ testimony was ultimately seen as tangential to the case.
New York Times newspapers are being printed at the New York Times College Point Printing Plant in Queens, New York City, following the announcement of the verdict on former U.S. President Donald Trump’s criminal trial for falsifying business records to conceal payments to Stormy Daniels in 2016.
Donald Trump, the first former U.S. president convicted of a crime, will remain free while awaiting sentencing for falsifying business records to cover up a hush money payment. The judge must approve the verdict, and sentencing could lead to fines or probation instead of prison time. Trump could appeal the conviction, arguing legal errors and that state law doesn’t apply to federal elections. He could still run for president and be sworn in from jail if he were to unseat Biden.
Jurors in the first-ever criminal trial of a former U.S. president, Donald Trump, could render their verdict in his hush money case as soon as next week.
Fact: Michael Cohen testified that he stole money from Trump’s company as a form of “self-help” during Trump’s hush money trial.
Donald Trump’s lawyer sought to undermine Stormy Daniels’ credibility as a witness in the first criminal trial of a sitting or former U.S. president by showing inconsistencies in her various tellings of a 2006 sexual encounter she had with Trump.
Stormy Daniels will be called as a witness in Donald Trump’s criminal trial on Tuesday. Prosecutors say Trump covered up a 0,000 hush money payment to Daniels. Daniels says she had a sexual encounter with Trump in 2006. Cohen has previously said Trump directed him to make the payment. Trump denies any sexual encounter with Daniels and pleads not guilty to falsifying business records. Prosecutors aim to show Trump was responsible for an illegal cover-up. Trump’s defense team argues that Daniels’ testimony is not relevant to the case. Cohen pleaded guilty to violating federal campaign finance law through the payment to Daniels. Daniels claims she had sex with Trump at a Lake Tahoe hotel. Trump’s legal team says her claim is false. Trump has been fined for violating a gag order restricting him from speaking about witnesses. The trial is seen as an attempt to hinder Trump’s bid for the presidency.