Politics

WASHINGTON - When former president and 2024 candidate Donald Trump claims that the judicial system wants to put him in jail, he's not just protesting the ongoing hush money trial.Trump is also bracing voters for the possibility of a guilty verdict.At political rallies, on social media, and to reporters gathered at the courthouse in New York,…

Stormy Daniels finished hours of combative cross-examination by Donald Trump's lawyer Thursday in the former president's New York hush money trial, while lawyers said former Playboy model Karen McDougal would not testify.Trump attorney Susan Necheles raised minor inconsistencies in how Daniels has told the story of her alleged sexual encounter…

Allan Lichtman, a professor of history at American University in Washington, D.C, has correctly predicted the outcome of nine out of the 10 most recent presidential elections since Ronald Reagan's re-election in 1984.So how does he do it? With a crystal ball? Tarot readings? Ayahuasca retreats in the desert? No, he does it with science.…

As former President Donald Trump sits in court, he will have a friend nearby.That friend? Rick Scott.Scott, Florida’s Republican U.S. senator up for reelection this year, said he plans to attend the trial Thursday in a show of support.“I support Donald Trump. This is just political persecution,” Scott said Thursday on the Fox News program Fox…

Guilty?Americans by nearly 3-1 predict that former President Donald Trump will be convicted on all or some of the felony charges he faces in a New York courtroom, an outcome never before seen in U.S. history.In an exclusive USA TODAY/Suffolk University Poll, 65% expect a guilty verdict on at least some of the 34 charges that Trump tried to…

It couldn't be closer.Six months before Election Day, President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump are tied 37%-37% in an exclusive USA TODAY/Suffolk University Poll as millions of Americans' votes remain up for grabs.While the nation's fierce polarization has set many political preferences in stone, 1 in 4 registered voters (24%) say…

Step into the spotlight and let the curtain rise on today's most electrifying entertainment headlines! Right from Kangana Ranaut spilling the beans on quitting Bollywood after joining politics, fan gifting portrait of Raha to Ranbir Kapoor, to Preity Zinta expressing desire to star in 'Sangharsh' sequel; here's all that made news in the world of…

Locked in a tight race for the presidency, Donald Trump prevails in trust to handle most issues in a new ABC News/Ipsos poll, yet President Joe Biden scores competitively on key personal attributes -- leaving wide open the question of who'll prevail come Election Day, now six months away.Excluding people who say they wouldn't vote, Trump has 46%…

Local election results so far demonstrate Rishi Sunak has “very little to show” for his efforts to recover the Conservative brand following Liz Truss’s premiership, Sir John Curtice said.The election expert told the BBC: “There is nothing in these results to suggest contrary to the opinion polls that the…

Sadiq Khan casts his vote in the London Mayoral electionSign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inboxGet our free View from Westminster emailPrime minister Rishi Sunak has broken his silence on what is set to look like a humiliating defeat for the Conservative Party in this year’s local elections.Mr Sunak…