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The New York Times reports: The judge overseeing Donald J. Trump’s criminal case in Manhattan rejected his last-ditch bid to delay a trial beyond April 15, removing one of the final obstacles to the first prosecution of a former American president. Mr. Trump had asked the judge to delay the trial until after the Supreme Court rules on whether he …

The Daily Beast reports: When billionaire financier Don Hankey underwrote Donald Trump’s $175 million bond this week, it wasn’t the first time that Trump had taken money out of his pocket—nine months into Trump’s first term in office, his Justice Department sued Hankey’s financial company for unlawful lending practices. The subject of that suit, however, also revealed a historical commonality …

The Guardian reports: Donald Trump’s social media company Trump Media managed to go public last week only after it had been kept afloat in 2022 by emergency loans provided in part by a Russian-American businessman under scrutiny in a federal insider-trading and money-laundering investigation. Through leaked documents, the Guardian has learned that ES Family Trust operated like a shell company …

Axios reports: Former President Trump at a Tuesday night rally in Wisconsin said he wants Election Day this year to be called “Christian visibility day.” It comes as Republicans criticize the Biden White House for recognizing Transgender Day of Visibility — which happened to fall on Easter Sunday this year. “Such total disrespect to Christians, and Nov. 5 is going …

The New York Times reports: Mr. Trump held at least 75 percent of the vote in every state as of 11 p.m. But Nikki Haley, who dropped out of the race early last month, still took at least 10 percent of the vote in all four states, a sign of lingering discontent in the Republican Party with Mr. Trump’s candidacy. …

Grand Rapids’ NBC affiliate reports: The sister of murder victim Ruby Garcia said she and her family were home watching live, in disbelief, as former President Donald Trump told an audience in Grand Rapids that he had spoken with “some of her family.” “He did not speak with any of us, so it was kind of shocking seeing that he …

Bloomberg News reports: Donald Trump has sued two co-founders of his newly public Trump Media & Technology Group Corp., claiming they set the company up improperly and shouldn’t get any stock in it. In the latest legal skirmish over who gets how much of the hot but flailing meme stock, Trump alleges that Andy Litinsky and Wes Moss violated an …

Law & Crime reports: Donald Trump is trying to resurrect a lawsuit against CNN on appeal following his defeat in a lower court when he tried and failed to claim that the network defamed him when it used the “Hitlerian” term the “Big Lie” in reference to his pervasive and debunked claims of voter fraud in the 2020 election. The …

“I just was informed that another corrupt New York Judge, Juan Merchan, GAGGED me so that I can not talk about the corruption and conflicts taking place in his courtroom with respect to a case that everyone, including the D.A., felt should never have been brought. “They can talk about me, but I can’t talk about them??? That sounds fair, …

CNN reports: The Manhattan district attorney’s office on Monday asked the judge overseeing Donald Trump’s criminal trial related to hush money payments to expand the gag order to stop the former president from attacking family members of people involved in the case. Trump’s lawyers oppose any expansion of the gag order that they say already goes too far and indicated …

The Daily Beast reports: U.S. authorities have targeted an apartment in a Donald Trump-branded luxury Manhattan tower, where they are looking to seize a $7 million unit prosecutors say was illicitly obtained by one of Congolese President Denis Sassou-Nguesso’s children. A forfeiture complaint filed Friday in Manhattan federal court and obtained by The Daily Beast says the action “concerns the …

“Do you believe in miracles? Remember those words by sports broadcaster Al Michaels when the underdog US Hockey team won the Olympic Gold in the 1980 Winter Olympics? History has branded that game ‘The Miracle on Ice.’ I believe a miracle, sent directly by God, is happening right in front of us, right now. You just have to open your …

Axios reports: Former President Trump’s social media company lost over $58 million on just $4.1 million in revenue during 2023, according to new SEC filings. There is a massive disconnect between the financial fundamentals and stock performance of Trump Media & Technology Group, which is valued at more than $7 billion after going public last week. Most of its expenses …

Rolling Stone reports: Donald Trump launched yet another attack against the daughter of New York Supreme Court Justice Juan Merchan, who is overseeing the trial regarding the former president’s alleged hush money payments to adult film actress Stormy Daniels. In a Truth Social post on Saturday, Trump shared a link to a New York Post article about the judge’s daughter, …

The Hollywood Reporter reports: In Saturday’s cold open, Trump (played by James Austin Johnson) noted that it’s Easter — “the time of year when I compare myself to Jesus Christ. That’s just the thing I do now and people seem to be OK with it. I’m gonna keep doing it. And if you think that this is a bad look, …

The Daily Beast reports: Donald Trump’s former Secretary of Defense revealed on Friday that he will not be voting for his former boss who announced he had fired him in a tweet. On Friday’s episode of Real Time with Bill Maher, the host asked Mark Esper whether he would be voting for Joe Biden in the 2024 election. “There’s no …

“It is appalling and insulting that Joe Biden’s White House prohibited children from submitting religious egg designs for their Easter Art Event, and formally proclaimed Easter Sunday as ‘Trans Day of Visibility.’ Sadly, these are just two more examples of the Biden Administration’s years-long assault on the Christian faith. We call on Joe Biden’s failing campaign and White House to …

The Daily Beast reports: Retired American generals vehemently say that no, Donald Trump cannot deploy SEAL Team 6 to kill a political rival. Gun groups howl that the United States is turning into Communist China. And a convicted Jan. 6 rioter warns that President Joe Biden could someday get sued over the death of a jogger in Georgia. These are …

Raw Story reports: Donald Trump’s legal team Friday unveiled a letter to the judge in the ex-president’s hush money case, seeking to fight expansion of the established gag order — and “taking a swipe” at the jurist’s daughter once again. Trump, who recently caused a stir when he lashed out at the judge’s daughter on social media and included her …

“You and I both know, Judge Jeanine, that we have only one RICO situation. And that’s what’s happening with the Merrick Garland-Biden administration. Let’s be honest about it. We’ve seen the White House logs. We’ve seen the proof. The only RICO is the coordination against Donald Trump. “What they argued today was very simple. A president has a right to …