President Biden took heat on Friday for his strange response to a question about his political rival’s historic criminal conviction following remarks from the White House, flashing what some called an “evil” grin. Biden said Friday after former President Donald Trump was found guilty in his New York criminal trial that “he’ll be given the opportunity, as he should, to …
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West Virginia Sen. Joe Manchin leaves Democratic Party, registers as independent
West Virginia Sen. Joe Manchin, a longtime political moderate, on Friday announced he is leaving the Democratic Party and has registered as an independent. Manchin, who is not running for re-election, will continue to caucus with Senate Democrats until the end of his term, his office confirmed to Fox News Digital, meaning the balance of power in the upper chamber …
Read More »Nikki Haley silent on Trump's NYC conviction as other prominent Republicans spring to his defense
Former U.N. Ambassador and GOP presidential candidate Nikki Haley has remained silent on the criminal conviction of former President Donald Trump as prominent Republicans and former Trump rivals continue to sound off. Haley’s social media accounts have made no mention of the conviction as of early Friday afternoon and neither she, nor her representatives, responded to Fox News Digital’s repeated …
Read More »Biden camp blasts 'unhinged' Trump response to verdict, accuses him of 'sowing chaos'
The Biden-Harris 2024 campaign on Friday responded to former President Donald Trump’s “unhinged” speech from Trump Tower, accusing him of being “confused” and “desperate” while “sowing chaos.” “America just witnessed a confused, desperate, and defeated Donald Trump ramble about his own personal grievances and lie about the American justice system, leaving anyone watching with one obvious conclusion: This man cannot …
Read More »RFK Jr unleashes on Biden, Dems after accusing them of 'weaponizing' courts against Trump
Independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. had some harsh words for President Biden and the Democratic Party following former President Trump being found guilty in his New York City criminal trial on Thursday. Kennedy, a thorn in the side of Democrats who are worried he might derail Biden’s chances at winning re-election, wrote in a post on X that …
Read More »Winners and losers emerge after guilty verdict in NY v. Trump
A handful of winners and losers have emerged following the unprecedented trial of former President Trump that found him guilty on all counts. Trump was found guilty on all counts Thursday after the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office charged him with 34 counts of falsifying business records in the first degree. Trump pleaded not guilty and has maintained his innocence. Here …
Read More »Biden says Trump 'should' have opportunity to appeal conviction, grins and ignores questions
President Biden said Friday after former President Donald Trump was found guilty in his New York criminal trial “he’ll be given the opportunity, as he should, to appeal that decision, just like everyone else has that opportunity.” Biden added that it was “reckless, it’s dangerous, it’s irresponsible for anyone to say this was rigged just because they don’t like the …
Read More »Trump found guilty but, facing Biden, could still win back the White House
When a Manhattan jury convicted Donald Trump of all 34 felony counts yesterday in the hush money case, it was of course a history-making moment involving a former President of the United States. And yet he also may be the next President of the United States. There is nothing to stop Trump from running–and winning–even if he’s in jail. MANHATTAN …
Read More »Trump turns conviction into cash, spotlights record fundraising in wake of guilty verdict
Donald Trump is touting “record shattering” fundraising fueled by his convictions in the first trial of a former or current president in the nation’s history. The former president’s campaign announced on Friday morning that it had hauled in $34.8 million in fundraising from 6 p.m. ET to midnight on Thursday, immediately after Trump was found guilty of all 34 felony …
Read More »Campaigning from prison? It's been done. Meet 20th century socialist firebrand Eugene Debs
Following his unprecedented felony conviction, former president and presumptive Republican nominee Donald Trump has to wait to find out what his sentence will be. But even if it involves time behind bars, that doesn’t mean his campaign to return to the White House comes to an end. He wouldn’t even be the first candidate to run for that office while …
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