Latest Stories By Amy Sherman

Donald Trump has achieved many firsts. The first president to be impeached twice. The first president to inspire a riot at the Capitol seeking to stop the peaceful transfer of power. And on April 4 he added a new one: the first former president to face criminal charges. Trump pleaded not guilty to 34 felony […]

Una mujer que sobrevivió un tiroteo masivo en Highland Park, Illinois, en 2022 hizo unas apasionadas declaraciones a favor de una legislación para la seguridad de las armas ante las cámaras de televisión tras un tiroteo masivo en una escuela de Nashville, Tennessee. Después de que un oficial de policía terminara una sesión informativa sobre […]

Donald Trump is expected to appear in a New York courtroom April 4 to be arraigned after a grand jury indictment in the Stormy Daniels hush money case. Although the criminal prosecution of a former U.S. president is historic, it’s also wrapped up in legalese that can be confusing if you’re not a lawyer — […]

Después del más reciente tiroteo masivo en una escuela en Nashville, Tennessee, se han propagado los debates sobre políticas de control de armas y que tan a menudo suceden estos tiroteos. Las autoridades han dicho que Audrey Hale, de 28 años, fue la persona responsable del tiroteo el 27 de marzo en una escuela primaria […]

A week after claiming his arrest is imminent, former President Donald Trump took the stage at a campaign rally in Waco, Texas, to insult the people investigating him and to claim his innocence. Trump, who is campaigning to retake the presidency, has said he’ll soon be charged in a case over alleged concealment of a $130,000 […]

Facing a potential indictment over hush money payment to Stormy Daniels, part of Donald Trump’s strategy is to portray the prosecutor, Manhattan District attorney Alvin Bragg, as being driven by partisan intent. News reports Bragg’s office could soon charge Trump with falsifying business records related to the $130,000 hush payment to Stormy Daniels. Trump has […]

In the years since news broke of Donald Trump allegedly directing a hush money payment to adult film actress Stormy Daniels, his lawyer went to jail for his role, Trump lost the 2020 election and entered the race for 2024, and a new Manhattan district attorney picked up the Daniels case. Manhattan District Attorney Alvin […]

President Joe Biden proposed a $6.8 trillion budget this week that would impose tax hikes on the wealthy to bolster Medicare’s finances and provide additional money to expand social programs.  All presidents’ budgets are merely suggested starting points for congressional deliberation — especially now, with the opposite party controlling the House. But they offer a general […]

Gov. Ron DeSantis’ State of the State address foreshadowed talking points in a potential 2024 presidential bid by highlighting Florida’s “number one” record on some metrics while vowing that the state will do more in “the battle for freedom.” DeSantis didn’t specifically mention some of the most attention-grabbing recent controversies, such as his battle with […]

Former President Donald Trump vowed to a Republican audience at the Conservative Political Action Conference to “finish what we started.”  “I am your warrior, I am your justice — and for those who have been wronged and betrayed, I am your retribution,” Trump said March 4 at the conference in National Harbor, Maryland. “I will […]

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’ new book is as much a memoir as it is a map of his political ideology. An anecdote about playing Little League baseball is tied to his support of Taiwan. He spends more ink detailing his public battle with Walt Disney World than his wedding at the Magic Kingdom.  DeSantis, regarded […]

At a McDonald’s in East Palestine, Ohio, former President Donald Trump picked up the lunch tab for first responders and dished out his own take on the Biden administration’s response to the train derailment in that community. A reporter at the restaurant asked Trump about U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg’s “criticism of you pulling back […]