U.S. Rep. Byron Donalds, R-Fla, is one of many Trump-aligned lawmakers who traveled to the Manhattan courthouse to support the former president and express disgust about the criminal case against him. “I am not under a gag order, so I am going to tell the truth,” Donalds, who is reportedly a vice presidential contender, told […]
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President Joe Biden’s decision this month to pause a shipment of heavy weaponry to Israel amid that country’s war against Hamas in Gaza was widely seen as an effort to discourage a full-scale attack on Rafah that could kill large numbers of civilians. Critics, however, characterized the pause as an unprecedented departure from the United States’ […]
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Former President Donald Trump has repeatedly attacked Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg, saying Bragg brought forward the case against him after other investigative bodies passed. In remarks to reporters after court May 6, Trump also singled out the actions of the Federal Election Commission and the U.S. attorney’s office in New York’s southern district. “The FEC […]
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Former President Donald Trump frequently says that the 2024 election needs to be “too big to rig” — a kind of get-out-the-vote message that builds on his past falsehoods about 2020 election rigging. The Republican National Committee says it will deliver on Trump’s goal by recruiting people to both work at the polls and literally […]
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El expresidente Donald Trump dijo que la orden de silencio en su juicio de Nueva York lo priva de testificar. “Bueno, no me permiten testificar, supongo que estoy bajo una orden de silencio, ¿verdad?”, dijo Trump el 2 de mayo al final del día en la corte de Manhattan. Trump añadió, “No me permiten hablar” […]
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Former President Donald Trump at May 1 rallies in Wisconsin and Michigan — battleground states with high numbers of manufacturing jobs — highlighted his vision for the economy. Trump made misleading statements about tax cuts and jobs filled by immigrants in the U.S. illegally, but spoke more accurately on the rising costs of food, including chicken. […]
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Eight days before a six-week abortion ban takes effect in Florida, President Joe Biden spoke in Tampa to lay blame for restrictive measures nationwide on one person: former President Donald Trump. In a 12-minute address April 23 at Hillsborough Community College, Biden warned of “extreme” laws that restrict abortion access, and he blamed Trump, his […]
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El fiscal del distrito de Manhattan, Alvin Bragg, presentó cargos contra el expresidente Donald Trump por falsificar registros comerciales para pagar a la actriz porno Stormy Daniels. Pero Trump dice que el presidente Joe Biden es realmente la persona detrás del caso. Trump ha hecho la afirmación muchas veces en muchos lugares. “Este juicio que […]
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Former President Donald Trump spread false and misleading statements about his Manhattan criminal trial as lawyers haggled over choosing jurors and the judge faced a new request to skip a day on Trump’s behalf. Trump is charged with 34 counts of falsifying business records in an alleged scheme to cover up a hush money payment […]
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En medio de una campaña electoral ferozmente competitiva en 2024 contra el presidente Joe Biden, el expresidente Donald Trump se convertirá en el primer expresidente sometido a un juicio penal. Trump se enfrenta a cargos por delitos graves en cuatro casos. Pero el primero en ir a juicio, y quizás el único que probablemente finalice […]
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Former President Donald Trump and House Speaker Mike Johnson will host an event at Mar-a-Lago on April 12 in an appearance that is expected to underscore something that PolitiFact has fact-checked repeatedly as false: allegations of rampant election fraud — most recently claims of noncitizen voting. Their joint appearance comes as Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, […]
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Amid a fiercely competitive 2024 election rematch against incumbent President Joe Biden, former President Donald Trump will become the first former president put on criminal trial. Trump faces felony charges in four cases, but the first one to go to trial — and perhaps the only one likely to be completed before Nov. 5, Election […]
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