Trump hush money trial transcripts to be made public – The Denver Post

Josephine Stratman | New York Daily News NEW YORK — New York Courts will be posting the transcripts of Donald Trump’s historic hush money trial. Each day’s transcripts will be posted online and publicly available before the end of the following business day, “to ensure broad and continuous public access to this extraordinarily high-profile case,” … Read more

Massachusetts becomes first state to blanket pardon low-level marijuana charges

Massachusetts is now the first state to pardon the crimes of offenders charged with simple pot possession — after President Joe Biden did the same two years ago. Gov. Maura Healey’s first-in-the-nation plan to issue a blanket pardon for simple marijuana possession was met with the unanimous approval of the Governor’s Council on Wednesday, when … Read more

Judge rejects Donald Trump’s request to delay hush-money trial until Supreme Court rules on immunity

By MICHAEL R. SISAK (Associated Press) NEW YORK (AP) — A judge on Wednesday rejected Donald Trump’s bid to delay his April 15 hush money criminal trial until the Supreme Court rules on presidential immunity claims he raised in another of his criminal cases — spurning another of the former president’s ploys to put off the historic … Read more

NY AG Letitia James lays groundwork to seize Trump assets ahead of looming fraud penalty deadline – The Denver Post

Molly Crane-Newman | New York Daily News NEW YORK — New York Attorney General Letitia James has taken another step toward potentially going after Donald Trump’s assets as struggles to find money to cover his $454 million civil fraud penalty. The former president has until Monday to secure the eye-popping sum in a court-controlled account … Read more

Why are so many voters frustrated by the US economy? It’s home prices – The Denver Post

By JOSH BOAK (Associated Press) WASHINGTON (AP) — Lori Shelton can’t fathom ever having the money to buy a home — and that’s a major reason why so many voters feel down on the economy ahead of this year’s presidential election. Shelton, 67, drives an Uber to help pay rent in Aurora, Colorado. An advance … Read more

These Republicans won states that Trump lost in 2020. Their endorsements are lukewarm (or withheld) – The Denver Post

By BILL BARROW (Associated Press) ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp will back his fellow Republicans’ presidential ticket in November. That does not mean he will cheerlead for former President Donald Trump or even endorse him by name. “I’m going to support the nominee,” Kemp told reporters this week after Trump won his state’s … Read more

Watch live: President Biden’s State of the Union speech

Can’t be near a TV Thursday at 9 p.m. ET? Watch President Biden’s State of the Union address live right here: FOLLOW US ON GOOGLE NEWS Read original article here Denial of responsibility! Trusted Bulletin is an automatic aggregator of the all world’s media. In each content, the hyperlink to the primary source is specified. … Read more

What to watch as Biden gives State of the Union speech

By CHRIS MEGERIAN (Associated Press) WASHINGTON (AP) — The State of the Union speech is one of the biggest pieces of political theater every year. It’s rooted in a simple requirement in the U.S. Constitution that directs the president to “give to the Congress Information of the State of the Union, and recommend to their … Read more

Patients see first savings from Biden’s drug price push, as pharma lines up its lawyers – The Denver Post

Arthur Allen | KFF Health News (TNS) Last year alone, David Mitchell paid $16,525 for 12 little bottles of Pomalyst, one of the pricey medications that treat his multiple myeloma, a blood cancer he was diagnosed with in 2010. The drugs have kept his cancer at bay. But their rapidly increasing costs so infuriated Mitchell … Read more

Republican National Committee pulls resolution declaring Trump as the ‘presumptive 2024 nominee’ – The Denver Post

By MEG KINNARD and THOMAS BEAUMONT (Associated Press) COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — The Republican National Committee has pulled a resolution to consider declaring Donald Trump the party’s “presumptive 2024 nominee” before he formally clinches the requisite number of delegates, a person familiar with the decision said Thursday. News of the withdrawal came shortly after Trump posted on … Read more