Donald Trump

It’s not an accident that a generation of tough guy pols emerged from New York in the 1970s and ’80s, amid the myth of an “ungovernable city” and an epic whitelash. August 12, 2021 I have some idea of what it means to be “New York tough.” When I was…

A supporter of former President Donald Trump has been sentenced to prison for shooting and injuring a black teenage girl during a pro-Trump rally. Michael McKinney, 26, was charged with attempted murder and other crimes in the December 6 incident in which a 15-year-old girl was hit in the leg.…

Photo: JIM WATSON / AFP (Getty Images) Mike Lindell, the CEO of MyPillow, has launched a three-day “cyber symposium” aimed at providing incontrovertible evidence that the 2020 presidential election was stolen from Donald Trump by an evil cabal of hackers and politicos. Among the numerous rightwing figures in media, business,…

Former President Donald Trump's calls to thwart the centerpiece of President Joe Biden's agenda went unheeded by 19 Senate Republicans, who joined all 50 Democratic-voting senators Tuesday to pass a $550 billion infrastructure package. The "yes" votes amounted to one of the more significant rebukes of Trump, who maintains a…

Donald Trump and his allies and followers were involved in a conspiracy against American democracy, the Constitution, the general welfare and the rule of law. Trump may have been president by title, but not in spirit or through his actions. At almost every opportunity he betrayed the presidential oath and worked to undermine…

Rick Bright is seen in his official government handout portrait photo from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services taken in Washington, U.S. in 2017. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services/Handout via REUTERS Aug 9 (Reuters) - The U.S. government has agreed to compensate a scientist who filed…

Roberta Kaplan has resigned as chairwoman of Time’s Up after facing widespread criticism for allegedly advising New York governor Andrew Cuomo’s administration on sexual harassment allegations against him. Kaplan, a prominent lawyer who founded Time’s Up legal defense fund and represents the writer E Jean Carroll in a defamation lawsuit…

The Senate worked into the night Sunday on President Biden’s $1.2 trillion infrastructure bill, heading toward passage early this week in a debate that is pitting the president against former President Donald Trump. In a 68-29 vote, the Senate advanced the 2,702-page bill after weeks of negotiations. The package’s consistent…

Former President Donald Trump still holds sway over the political marketplace and Democrats know that. They’re nervous about it, even paranoid. Mr. Trump’s been out of office for almost seven months — and in no way took the typical route of most former presidents who linger on the sidelines and…

Rep. Conor Lamb entered the Pennsylvania Senate race on Friday, becoming the latest Democrat vying to replace retiring Republican Sen. Pat Toomey. Mr. Lamb, 37, portrayed the race as a fight to save democracy, attacking Republicans on their support for former President Donald Trump and claims about election fraud. “I…