Category: Politics

  • Trump and his supporters value mug shots as a sign of honor

    Trump and his supporters value mug shots as a sign of honor

    US President Donald Trump took to Instagram to share the mug shot he took after being indicted on four charges. “I’m not surrendering. I don’t want to be in jail. I’m not giving up. I’m not going to surrender to anyone,” Trump wrote in the caption. He added that he was sharing his mug shot…

  • America’s Last Hope Is Trump’s Prosecution

    America’s Last Hope Is Trump’s Prosecution

    US President Donald Trump’s lawyers have asked a US court to move the election interference case from Washington DC to Georgia before the 2020 elections. Trump had asked the court to cut his case from the rest of the defendants because he was uncomfortable with going to court so soon. Trump’s lawyers also asked for…

  • X is the spot for Trump’s social media return

    X is the spot for Trump’s social media return

    US Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump has announced that he will be returning to the microblogging platform Twitter. In a statement, Trump said, “In the past, I resisted the urge to join Twitter…I look forward to continuing with Twitter in my role as US President.” Trump had left Twitter in August 2017 and was later…

  • Where the GOP primary is in place, with Trump at the center

    Where the GOP primary is in place, with Trump at the center

    Former Florida Governor Chris Christie, who is one of the six Republican candidates running for President, said that it’s “important” to say that former US President Donald Trump said, “‘It’s okay to suspend the Constitution’.” However, he added, “If [Trump] was found guilty…he should be removed from office.” The ex-President skipped this week’s debate and…

  • The first GOP primary debate of the election season is just around the corner

    The first GOP primary debate of the election season is just around the corner

    The first Republican primary debate in Wisconsin, the state that’ll host the 2020 US presidential election, is scheduled to take place on Wednesday night. Former US President Donald Trump has announced that he won’t be participating in the debate. Meanwhile, Joe Biden and Ted Cruz have also announced that they won’t participate in the debate.

  • How do I watch the first Republican debate?

    How do I watch the first Republican debate?

    Donald Trump on Tuesday said he will not attend the first Republican presidential primary debate that will take place in Milwaukee on August 23. The former US President said that he will not participate in the event. The debate is organised by Fox News and sanctioned by the Republican National Committee.

  • The New York Times quotes Gov. Sununu as saying ” This Is How to Beat Trump”

    The New York Times quotes Gov. Sununu as saying ” This Is How to Beat Trump”

    US Republican Party chairman Reince Priebus has said that US President Donald Trump shouldn’t be the party’s presidential candidate in the 2020 election. He added that Trump “doesn’t need to explain his weaknesses”. “Candidates with compelling stories…[and] polling have a responsibility to show voters that they’re willing to take on Mr. Trump,” Priebus further said.

  • The woman was charged with threatening the judge

    The woman was charged with threatening the judge

    A US woman has been arrested for allegedly threatening to kill a federal judge who was assigned to preside over President Donald Trump’s election interference trial. The woman had called the judge an “idiot” after she voted against indicting Trump for conspiring to overturn the results of the 2020 election, according to reports. The woman…

  • Kamehameha’s vow to block land grabs as fire- ravaged Maui rebuilds

    Kamehameha’s vow to block land grabs as fire- ravaged Maui rebuilds

    Hawaii’s Governor Josh Green has said that the state should buy land in Lahaina to build workforce housing and a memorial for those who died in the Maui wildfire. “It’s time for us to get this right,” he added. Wildfires have killed 17 people in Hawaii and burned over 1.5 lakh acres of land.

  • Trump lawyers want the federal election subversion trial to be pushed back

    Trump lawyers want the federal election subversion trial to be pushed back

    US President Donald Trump’s lawyers have said the trial in the election-related fraud case should be delayed until nearly a year and a half after the November 2020 election in which Trump is the early favourite for the Republican nomination. Trump’s lawyers said prosecutors have produced 11.5 million pages of information and they have to…

  • She is raising money for her indictment defense fees

    She is raising money for her indictment defense fees

    The FBI is looking for a way to get US President Donald Trump’s legal team out of the dark sector of the GeorgianVoting problem, an official said. There was an attempt to steal election data in Georgia’s Coffee County in which Trump allies obtained access to a voting machine and hired an IT firm to…

  • Here is who they are, charged with a criminal enterprise in Georgia

    Here is who they are, charged with a criminal enterprise in Georgia

    US President Donald Trump was indicted by a federal grand jury in Georgia on charges of fraud, obstruction of justice and lying to the FBI during the 2016 presidential election. Trump’s lawyer Rudy Giuliani said, “We will contest the charges against him.” Trump was also accused of violating the federal voter ID law by trying…

  • The Atlanta district attorney is no stranger to high-stakes cases

    The Atlanta district attorney is no stranger to high-stakes cases

    Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis has said she wants to try all 19 defendants together in the conspiracy case against former US President Donald Trump. She could also try to have the case moved from state to federal court, according to Stephen Gillers, a professor emeritus at the New York University School of Law.

  • The Georgia indictment charged 19 members of a criminal enterprise

    The Georgia indictment charged 19 members of a criminal enterprise

    The trial of US President Donald Trump, his son-in-law Donald Trump Jr, and others on charges of racketeering and tax evasion may be moved to federal court, as per an expert. “It would be better suited to hear their cases in a more conservative area,” the expert said. They could also petition the court to…

  • Alabama is trying to win a case at the Supreme Court

    Alabama is trying to win a case at the Supreme Court

    A three-judge panel has ordered the US’ Alabama state to redraw its congressional voting districts to help black people vote in elections. The panel said that it needs two of the state’s four congressional districts to be majority-black for it to comply with the order. Alabama Governor Kay Ivey said that she had signed the…

  • Biden has a national monument and health tips from Japan

    Biden has a national monument and health tips from Japan

    President Joe Biden has proposed creating the Grand Canyon National Monument in Arizona to protect sacred sites on nearly 2 lakh acres of federal land. The monument will be called ‘Baj Nwaavjo’ or ‘Where Tribes Roam’. The new monument will cover lands on both the Grand Canyon’s north and south rims. Biden added that the…

  • A new national monument is the result of a decade of advocacy by Native nations

    A new national monument is the result of a decade of advocacy by Native nations

    US President Joe Biden will designate a new national monument near the Grand Canyon. The White House has said that the land in the monument has less than 2% of the known uranium reserves in the US and that there’s plenty of uranium elsewhere. The monument will encompass lands on both the canyons’ north and…

  • What to know about prosecutors seeking a protective order

    What to know about prosecutors seeking a protective order

    US President Donald Trump on Sunday said that his defence team would “immediately ask” for recusal of the District of Columbia judge Tanya Chutkan who is presiding over his case. Chutkan, who has been accused of lying during her inquiry into allegations of hush money payments to women, had earlier stated that she’ll recuse herself…

  • Lawyers for the president are asking for an additional month to respond to the DOJ’s protective order

    Lawyers for the president are asking for an additional month to respond to the DOJ’s protective order

    US President Donald Trump’s lawyer said a protective order in Trump’s election case will become a “judge’s protective order”. “This will become the judge’s protective order,” he added. This comes after prosecutors told the judge that a protective order could have a “harmful chilling effect” on witnesses or adversely affect the fair administration of justice…

  • Donald Trump has a way of speaking that is not easy to understand

    Donald Trump has a way of speaking that is not easy to understand

    Ex-US President Donald Trump’s attorneys are reportedly planning to invoke ex-US President Richard Nixon’s “selective prosecution” in his case against Trump for allegedly interfering with the 2020 presidential election. In 1977, Nixon had said that certain actions might be against the law, but that “when the president does it, that means that it is not…

  • Florida voters can decide about abortion access in the future

    Florida voters can decide about abortion access in the future

    Ohio Governor Mike Brown has said that voters should keep the proposed pro-abortion amendment from the state’s Constitution. Issue 1 of the state constitution is meant to determine if reproductive rights should be constitutionally protected in Ohio and it will also make it difficult for future ballot measures to change the state Constitution, Brown added.

  • There are 5 things to know about the latest charges against Donald Trump

    There are 5 things to know about the latest charges against Donald Trump

    Donald Trump has pleaded not guilty to charges he conspired to overturn the 2016 election results in a federal court in Washington, DC.Trump has been charged with 20 counts including obstruction of justice. Earlier, he was charged with 40 counts of conspiracy to obstruct justice for his alleged role in the January 6, 2021 attack…

  • There are five things to know about Donald Trump’s charges

    There are five things to know about Donald Trump’s charges

    US President Donald Trump’s ex-lawyer John Eastman has been identified as a co-conspirator in a criminal case against him. Eastman had said that he was part of a conspiracy led by Trump’s ex-campaign manager Steve Bannon and former White House strategist Rick Gates to influence the US presidential election ahead of the 2020 elections. Eastman…

  • More than three-quarters of Republicans prioritize the economy over climate change

    More than three-quarters of Republicans prioritize the economy over climate change

    Former US President Donald Trump has been charged with crimes related to his attempt to hold on to office after the 2020 election. Trump has been accused of conspiring with Russian intelligence services to interfere in the US presidential election. He’ll appear in a DC courtroom today on charges related to his attempt to hold…

  • The president is accused of trying to overturn the 2020 election

    The president is accused of trying to overturn the 2020 election

    Former US President Donald Trump was indicted by a federal grand jury on Monday on four counts related to efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election, according to court documents. The charges include obstruction of an attempt to obstruct an official proceeding, witness tampering and conspiracy against the rights of citizens.