Smiling prosecutors and giddy media got what they wanted this week as former President Donald Trump was convicted on 34 counts in a patently obvious show trial overseen by an overtly conflicted corrupt judge. But as predicted, the verdict is not just lighting a fire but spreading one – not just with the base.Among independents and moderates whose faith in …
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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 »Senate Dems in battleground races careful to weigh in on Trump verdict
Democrats facing the most competitive Senate elections heading into November were among the last to weigh in on the guilty verdict handed to former President Trump on Thursday as they fight off the potential for Republicans to flip their seats. Sens. Jon Tester, D-Mont., Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, Jacky Rosen, D-Nev., Tammy Baldwin, D-Wis., and Bob Casey, D-Penn., didn’t respond to …
Read More »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 »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 »Soros heir urges Democrats to hammer Trump as 'convicted felon at every opportunity'
Progressive megadonor George Soros’s son and heir to his enterprise advised Democrats on Friday to emphasize former President Trump’s status as a “convicted felon,” after he was found guilty by a New York jury on charges filed by a district attorney that the powerful Soros family helped elect. “Democrats should refer to Trump as a convicted felon at every opportunity,” …
Read More »First on Fox: Calls for State Department to abandon 'obsession' with DEI and 'depoliticize,' new report says
The State Department’s practices of diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) hiring has led to potential inefficiencies in hiring and concerns about the quality of employees in the foreign service, according to a report from The Heritage Foundation. “Ideologically driven bureaucrats at the State Department are severely undermining U.S. diplomacy by artificially engineering equal outcomes in hiring and personnel decisions, through …
Read More »Trump turns conviction into cash, with a record fundraising haul following guilty verdicts in trial
Donald Trump is cashing in on 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 counts in his …
Read More »SEAN HANNITY: The Trump verdict is not a cure for Trump Derangement Syndrome
Fox News host Sean Hannity says former President Trump did not get a fair trial in New York on “Hannity.” SEAN HANNITY: Many Americans long-suffering from Trump Derangement Syndrome are downright giddy, but yesterday’s verdict is not a cure for their disease. In fact, the Trump campaign, I will argue tonight, is stronger than ever. ANTI-TRUMP ATTORNEY YELLS AT CNN …
Read More »Marian Robinson, Michelle Obama's mother, dead at 86
Former first lady Michelle Obama’s mother, Marian Robinson, has died, according to a family statement. “There was and will be only one Marian Robinson,” former President Barack Obama wrote in an X post Friday evening. “In our sadness, we are lifted up by the extraordinary gift of her life. And we will spend the rest of ours trying to live …
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