From Trump Tower lobby, a gusher of falsehoods about the trial
Here’s a quick review of statements made Friday by former president Donald Trump at Trump Tower, in order. Some of these claims we have examined before. We’ll keep the focus…
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Who Americans trust for news isn’t always where they get their news
Americans in 2024 again have a source of news that they agree is reliable and to which they turn regardless of party or age: the Weather Channel. After that, though?…
Even as the judicial system finds Trump guilty, his attacks take a toll
For months, top advisers to Donald Trump expected that he would be convicted by a New York jury on all 34 felony counts. So Trump and his team waged an…
Biden team takes aim at Trump after guilty verdict
After weeks of largely ignoring former president Donald Trump’s hush money trial in New York, President Biden’s campaign weighed in Thursday evening after Trump was found guilty on all 34…
A ‘very innocent man’ stares down being convicted and becoming a felon
NEW YORK — Around 4:15 p.m. Thursday, Donald Trump strode into a Manhattan courtroom, looking cheerful with his usual entourage of lawyers and advisers as he took his seat at…
Trump blasts ‘rigged, disgraceful’ trial after jury finds him guilty
Former president Donald Trump on Thursday railed against a “rigged, disgraceful trial” after a jury found him guilty on all 34 counts in his hush money trial in New York.…
Donald Trump found guilty on all counts in New York hush money trial
NEW YORK — A New York jury on Thursday found Donald Trump guilty on 34 counts of falsifying business records to conceal a hush money payment to an adult-film actress,…
The right-wing technocratic dream of stopping nonexistent voter fraud
There is a reason that numbers nerds tend to like elections and sports: Each involves competition that can be tracked in intimate detail through data. There’s a human element, sure,…
Gaza pier suspension another blow to troubled U.S. aid mission
Repeated mishaps with the Pentagon’s Gaza pier have triggered new scrutiny over whether it is safe and sensible to continue using the floating operation to bring humanitarian aid to starving…
Little change in a presidential campaign most Americans don’t want
President Biden has accused Donald Trump of imitating Adolf Hitler, denounced him as a beacon of “hate, anger and revenge” in a prime-time speech watched by one in 10 Americans…