Trump says confident of TikTok deal before deadline
President Donald Trump said Sunday he was confident of reaching a deal on TikTok ahead of the April 5 deadline for its Chinese owner ByteDance to sell the popular short video app or see it banned in the United States. “We have a lot of potential buyers. There’s tremendous interest in TikTok,” Trump told reporters […]
Trump taps big tech critic Carr to lead US communications agency
US President-elect Donald Trump tapped Republican Brendan Carr, an Elon Musk-backed critic of big tech, to lead the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), calling him a “warrior for Free Speech” in a statement on Sunday. Carr has “fought against the regulatory Lawfare that has stifled Americans’ Freedoms” and will “end the regulatory onslaught that has been […]
Trump continues march towards Republican nomination with victories in Michigan, Missouri and Idaho
Former US president Donald Trump has won the Michigan, Missouri and Idaho caucuses, continuing his march towards the Republican nomination. Mr Trump’s last major rival, former UN ambassador Nikki Haley, is still searching for her first win. In Missouri, Trump voter Tom Mendenall told the crowd: “Every 100 days, we’re spending $1trn, with money going […]
Trump-backing ‘fake electors’ charged over alleged scheme to overturn 2020 US election result
Sixteen Republicans who allegedly signed paperwork to falsely claim Donald Trump had won the 2020 presidential election have been criminally charged. Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel said there was a “coordinated effort to award the state’s electoral votes to the candidate of their choosing”. It is the first time anyone has been charged for trying […]
Trump sues Michael Cohen for $500 million
Former President Donald Trump has sued Michael Cohen for $500 million in damages for his alleged breach of contract as Trump’s former personal attorney. The lawsuit, filed in federal court in Florida on Wednesday, accuses Cohen of spreading false information about Trump and breaching his contractual obligations to the former president in Cohen’s public statements, […]
Trump asks to delay trial for sexual assault after his historic accusation
Lawyers for former President Donald Trump have asked a judge to delay the start of a sexual assault and defamation trial by a month to allow a “cooling off” period following Trump’s landmark indictment of falsifying business records. Joe Tacopina, Trump’s lawyer, asked the judge overseeing the assault and defamation lawsuit filed by former columnist […]
Trump is expected to testify this week in New York
Former President Donald Trump is expected to return to New York City for another legal battle on Thursday, this time over the civil lawsuit filed by New York Attorney General Letitia James, multiple sources told CNN. Trump is scheduled to give another statement in the lawsuit targeting him, his sons and the Trump Organization, alleging […]
Stormy Daniels ordered to pay another $120,000 to Trump’s legal team
5,000 kilometers from his New York legal drama, Donald Trump secured an important victory in another court. The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit sided with the former president in his bid to recover additional legal fees from adult film star Stormy Daniels, who had filed and lost a defamation lawsuit against him. […]
Grand jury indicts Trump in case of alleged hush payments
An investigative jury accused Donald Trump in the case that is being followed in New York for alleged payments in exchange for the silence of adult film actress Stormy Daniels, with whom he would have had an extramarital affair, something he has always denied. This is the first time in US history that a sitting […]
At Waco rally, Trump rails against ‘prosecutorial misconduct’
Former US President Donald Trump baselessly criticized what he called “prosecutor misconduct” at a campaign rally on Saturday night in Texas, denying any wrongdoing amid ongoing investigations. out in New York, Georgia and Washington. During the event, Trump repeatedly referred to the investigations as politically motivated efforts to hinder his 2024 presidential bid but did […]
