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FILE - Former President Donald Trump speaks during a news conference at Trump Tower, May 31, 2024, in New York. Trump has had plenty to say since his hush money trial conviction last week. What he hasn't done is utter any variation of the words that might benefit him most come sentencing time next month: "I'm sorry. (AP Photo/Julia Nikhinson)

Trump supporters call for violence against jurors after his felony conviction

by Sophie Boudreau

| June 4, 2024

2024 ELECTIONS | NATIONAL NEWS | national politics
Donald Trump’s felony conviction has drawn outrage from Republican leaders and voters, some of whom have even called for violent retribution against the jury and judge involved in the former president’s New York hush money trial. 
FILE - Former President Donald Trump speaks during a news conference at Trump Tower, May 31, 2024, in New York. Trump has had plenty to say since his hush money trial conviction last week. What he hasn't done is utter any variation of the words that might benefit him most come sentencing time next month: "I'm sorry. (AP Photo/Julia Nikhinson)

It sure looks like Trump is paying off witnesses

by Sophie Boudreau

| June 3, 2024

2024 ELECTIONS | NATIONAL NEWS | national politics
Just days after Donald Trump became a convicted felon, new reporting shows that nine Trump witnesses received hefty financial payouts, promotions, and other benefits, some at “delicate” moments during the former president’s court cases.
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‘Save what we fought for’: Veterans denounce Trump as a threat to America

by Michael McElroy

| May 31, 2024

Lead Story | VETERANS
A coalition of veterans groups delivered a letter to the state Republican convention last week calling on them to commit to a peaceful election. The veterans were turned away. During the last years of his service in the Navy, Mike Smith, a fighter pilot, performed funeral rites for the fallen, kneeling before grieving families with […]
Despite intimidation, harassment, and threats from Trump and his allies, a New York jury found Trump guilty of all 34 felony counts of falsifying business records tied to a payment made to adult film star Stormy Daniels to keep her quiet about their alleged affair out of fears that it would hurt his chances of winning the 2016 election.

Jurors find Trump guilty in adult film star hush money trial

by Isabel Soisson

| May 30, 2024

2024 ELECTIONS | Lead Story | NATIONAL NEWS | national politics
Despite intimidation, harassment, and threats from Trump and his allies, a New York jury found Trump guilty of all 34 felony counts of falsifying business records tied to a payment made to adult film star Stormy Daniels to keep her quiet about their alleged affair out of fears that it would hurt his chances of winning the 2016 election.
WASHINGTON, DC - OCTOBER 07: United States Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts (L) and Associate Justice Samuel Alito (R) pose for an official portrait at the East Conference Room of the Supreme Court building on October 7, 2022 in Washington, DC. The Supreme Court has begun a new term after Associate Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson was officially added to the bench in September. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images)

Fears about far-right future of Supreme Court grow amid Alito flag controversy

by Sophie Boudreau

| May 29, 2024

ABORTION | EDUCATION | EXTREMISM | NATIONAL NEWS | national politics | Supreme Court
Advocacy groups and lawmakers worry that unchecked bias and a potential second Trump term could greenlight more Supreme Court decisions aligned with far-right interests.
Former president Donald Trump said he was looking at the possibility of restricting access to birth control, but also alluded to a state-by-state approach to limiting contraception access.

Trump: ‘We’re looking at’ restricting birth control

by Sophie Boudreau

| May 21, 2024

2024 ELECTIONS | ABORTION | NATIONAL NEWS | national politics
Former president Donald Trump said he was looking at the possibility of restricting access to birth control, but also alluded to a state-by-state approach to limiting contraception access.