A defense lawyer for Donald Trump on Friday continued his attempt to chip away at the idea that his client led an illegal conspiracy to influence the 2016 presidential election with help from National Enquirer publisher David Pecker. Pecker, on the witness stand again today, bought and buried two scandalous stories about then-candidate Trump, but refused to … Read more
Joe Biden visited Howard Stern‘s SiriusXM show today, the latest interview that the president has given to a non-traditional media outlet. Biden sat down with Stern at his midtown Manhattan studio for a live interview. Stern started the interview by talking with Biden about his upbringing, as well as his time as a public defender, … Read more
Over three days of testimony this week, Donald Trump’s hush money trial in Manhattan has spawned subplots inside and outside the courtroom. With a decision on one contempt motion pending, Judge Juan Merchan has scheduled a hearing on Thursday for prosecutors to argue that Trump has committed more violations of the judge’s gag order against disparaging … Read more
As this year’s president of the White House Correspondents’ Association, NBC News senior White House Kelly O’Donnell will preside over one of the biggest evenings in D.C. — a mix of politicos, media types and celebrities airing live across C-SPAN and other networks. But the issues that a WHCA president routinely deals with range from … Read more
A sweeping new Federal Trade Commission rule will prohibit companies nation from including non-compete agreements in contracts with employees. The new rule also will make existing non-compete clauses unenforceable for all but senior executives, and companies also would be prohibiting from entering into new clauses even with those at the upper end of the workforce. … Read more
David Pecker, the former CEO of National Enquirer parent company American Media, told jurors today how the tabloid assisted Donald Trump‘s 2016 presidential campaign with positive stories on the candidate and negative, sensationalized articles on his rivals. At an August 2015 meeting at Trump Tower, Pecker pledged the resources of his tabloid publishing empire to … Read more
Before Donald Trump‘s hush money trial continues this morning, the judge in the case will consider whether the former president has violated a partial gag order. Judge Juan Merchan’s restrictions prohibit Trump from commenting on expected witnesses, courtroom staff, the jury, members of the prosecution team and the judge’s family. He is holding a hearing … Read more
This year’s White House Correspondents’ Association Dinner likely will see an uptick in the celebrity quotient. The star power could come as a function of the 2024 election year and a dinner lineup in which Saturday Night Live “Weekend Update” co-anchor Colin Jost will be the featured entertainer following President Joe Biden‘s own stand-up act. … Read more
Donald Trump arrived at a Manhattan courthouse this morning, where he will sit and watch as prosecutors and defense attorneys deliver opening statements to a jury in an unprecedented scene. This is the first criminal trial of a former president, readily apparent with the metal barricades and patrol by dozens of uniformed officers around the … Read more
The fate of TikTok in the United States is even more uncertain as the House today voted on a package that requires that parent ByteDance divest its popular social media platform or face a ban on app stores. Lawmakers passed the bill 360-58, part of a series of votes to break a six-month standoff over … Read more
