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Judge Blocks Release of Jack Smith's Trump Report

Aileen Cannon's move is temporary until an appeals court weighs in

(Newser) - A federal judge on Tuesday temporarily blocked the release of special counsel Jack Smith's final report on his investigations into President-elect Trump, reports the AP . Judge Aileen Cannon's move keeps the report under wraps until an appeals court considers a challenge. Trump's legal team is attempting to...

After Trudeau Resigns, Trump Proposes Merger

President-elect is pushing that 51st state idea again

(Newser) - US President-elect Trump was again pushing his idea of Canada becoming a part of the United States following Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announcing his impending resignation Monday. "If Canada merged with the US, there would no Tariffs, taxes would go way down, and they would be TOTALLY SECURE...

A Momentous Jan. 6 Dawns in Washington
A Momentous
Jan. 6 Dawns
in Washington
THE RUNDOWN
Jan 6, 2025 6:43 AM CST

A Momentous Jan. 6 Dawns in Washington

Kamala Harris will certify election of rival Donald Trump at US Capitol on Monday

(Newser) - As Congress prepares to convene during a winter storm on Monday to certify the election of Donald Trump, the AP makes note of one "extraordinary fact": that "the candidate who tried to overturn the previous election won this time and is legitimately returning to power." Four years...

Explosives Found Inside Cybertruck That Detonated at Trump Hotel

Police are probing the incident as possible terrorism

(Newser) - Firework mortars and camp fuel canisters were found stuffed into the back of the Tesla Cybertruck that exploded outside President-elect Donald Trump's Las Vegas hotel early Wednesday, killing a suspect inside the vehicle and sparking an intense investigation into possible terrorism, the AP reports. Las Vegas Metropolitan Police and...

Trump Gives Mike Johnson a 'Complete & Total Endorsement'

President-elect endorses GOP House speaker to continue in his role

(Newser) - Mike Johnson was nominated in November to return as House speaker under the incoming Trump administration, even securing a thumbs-up from the president-elect himself, but whether that endorsement from Trump stuck after the nation teetered perilously close to a government shutdown earlier this month was unclear. The former (and future)...

Appeals Court: Trump Does Owe $5M to E. Jean Carroll

Upholds jury finding that Trump sexually abused, defamed the writer

(Newser) - A federal appeals court on Monday upheld a jury's finding in a civil case that Donald Trump sexually abused a columnist in an upscale department store dressing room in the mid-1990s. The 2nd US Circuit Court of Appeals issued a written opinion upholding the $5 million award that the...

Trump: Bill Gates Asked to Visit Mar-a-Lago

President-elect says so in message that some think was meant to be sent privately to Elon Musk

(Newser) - Amazon founder Jeff Bezos has traveled to Mar-a-Lago in recent weeks to break bread with Donald Trump, as have Meta's Mark Zuckerberg , Apple's Tim Cook, and, of course, X owner and DOGE chief Elon Musk . Now it looks like another tech giant has requested to pay a visit,...

Trump Asks SCOTUS for Delay on TikTok Ban

President-elect wants Supreme Court to postpone barring platform until he gets into office

(Newser) - President-elect Trump asked the Supreme Court on Friday to pause the potential TikTok ban from going into effect until his administration can pursue a "political resolution" to the issue. The request came as TikTok and the Biden administration filed opposing briefs to the court, in which the company argued...

Sean Hannity to Wed a Fellow Fox Host

He proposed to Ainsley Earhardt in church over Christmas

(Newser) - Fox News hosts Sean Hannity and Ainsley Earhardt reportedly got together after bonding over their faith. And then they got engaged in a church. Hannity, 62, popped the question to his reported girlfriend of four years, 48, over Christmas, Fox News reports, citing a statement from the "overjoyed" couple....

Sources: Guatemala Will Work With Trump on Deportation

It will take its own citizens back, as well as those from other countries, sources tell Reuters

(Newser) - As a new Trump administration takes office next month, one Central America is making a proactive move: Sources tell Reuters that Guatemala, in an attempt to get in President-elect Trump's good graces, has said it will accept citizens of other countries who may be booted from the United States...

Obama-Romney Was the End of an Era
Obama-Romney
Was the End of an Era
OPINION
Dec 25, 2024 1:30 PM CST

Obama-Romney Was the End of an Era

Politics hasn't been the same since then, writes Nate Cohn in the New York Times

(Newser) - Barack Obama's victory over Mitt Romney in 2012 seemed at the time to herald a "new era" in American politics, one of Democratic dominance fueled by "young, secular and nonwhite voters," writes Nate Cohn in a New York Times analysis. But the emergence of Donald Trump...

Trump: US Owning Greenland Is an 'Absolute Necessity'

Greenland's PM pushes back: 'We are not for sale and will never be for sale'

(Newser) - President-elect Trump is expressing some interesting territorial wishes ahead of his return to the White House, hinting in recent days that Canada should become the United States' 51st state and floating the idea that the US should retake control of the Panama Canal . Over the weekend, the Trump reupped an...

Callista Gingrich Gets Trump Nod for Ambassadorship

In Trump's first term, she was ambassador to the Vatican; now he wants her as Switzerland's envoy

(Newser) - Some big news for Callista Gingrich over the weekend: She's been selected by Donald Trump to serve as his ambassador to Switzerland, reports the AP . In a Sunday post on Truth Social, the president-elect said he was "pleased" to make this appointment. "Happily married to the Great...

His Family Backs Deportations, and That May Include Him

NYT profiles Jaime Cachua, who came to US from Mexico as a baby

(Newser) - Jaime Cachua came to the US from Mexico as an infant when his mother found work, and as such is here illegally. With President-elect Trump pledging mass deportations, the 33-year-old longtime resident of Rome, Georgia, fears what's to come after Inauguration Day for himself, his wife Jennifer, and their...

Trump Threatens EU With 'Tariffs All the Way'

President-elect says tariffs can be avoided only with 'the large scale purchase of our oil and gas'

(Newser) - President-elect Trump is threatening more tariffs, this time directed at Europe. "I told the European Union that they must make up their tremendous [trade] deficit with the United States by the large scale purchase of our oil and gas. Otherwise, it is TARIFFS all the way," Trump wrote...

Canadians Respond to Trump's 51st State Remark

Former Quebec premier says Canadians should feel 'deeply offended'

(Newser) - President-elect Trump, who mocked Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau as " Governor Trudeau " earlier this month, targeted America's northern neighbor again in a Truth Social post Wednesday. "No one can answer why we subsidize Canada to the tune of over $100,000,000 a year? Makes no...

Elon Musk Floated as Next Speaker of the House
'Unelected Oligarch,'
or the Next House Speaker?
the rundown
Dec 19, 2024 12:16 PM CST

'Unelected Oligarch,' or the Next House Speaker?

Rand Paul flexes his political muscle, earns praise and scorn

(Newser) - Elon Musk had a big hand in Republicans rejecting a spending bill that would've prevented a government shutdown. And Sen. Rand Paul wants the billionaire Trump ally, tapped to head a department of government efficiency in the incoming administration, to play a much bigger role going forward—as House...

Trump Taps Herschel Walker for Ambassador Job

Former football star will be ambassador to the Bahamas, if Senate agrees

(Newser) - Herschel Walker's athletic record qualifies him to serve as US ambassador to the Bahamas, President-elect Trump said late Tuesday in announcing the embattled former football star as his pick for the position. "Herschel has spent decades serving as an ambassador to our nation's youth, our men and...

Eric Adams Is Having a Tumultuous Week
Eric Adams
Is Having
Quite a Week
Dec 17, 2024 12:41 PM CST

Eric Adams Is Having Quite a Week

NYC mayor suffers 2 serious political blows, even as Trump floats the idea of a pardon

(Newser) - As New York City Mayor Eric Adams attempts to survive political scandal , he's been the subject of a series of major headlines:
  • A big hit: On Monday, the city's Campaign Finance Board dealt his reelection hopes a serious political blow by deeming him ineligible to receive more than
...

ABC News Has Some Questions to Answer
Lawyers: ABC Has Some
Questions to Answer
the rundown
Dec 17, 2024 11:56 AM CST

Lawyers: ABC Has Some Questions to Answer

Surprise move has left First Amendment attorneys scratching their heads

(Newser) - ABC News surprised the world of journalism last week by settling a defamation suit brought by Donald Trump and agreeing to pay $15 million. Trump sued after the network's George Stephanopoulos said multiple times on the air that Trump had been found "liable for rape" against E. Jean...

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