Trump later today expected to visit bodega in Hamilton Heights (Harlem) where a clerk in 2022 stabbed a man who attacked him. Alvin Bragg charged clerk with murder but dropped it amid an uproar. Mayor Eric Adams called the clerk, Jose Alba, a “hard-working, honest New Yorker.”

This trial may be uncomfortable for one person in particular, and the former president is well aware of that. New from me on the Melania factor: nytimes.com/2024/04/16/us/…

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Libs of TikTok, DC_Draino, EndWokeness, and a Jan. 6 defendant accused of looting furniture used to assault officers posted about Speaker Johnson's elections bill before any public information was available.

Johnson's team says they briefed conservative…

looks like the glow of that Trump/Johnson press conference was dim and short-lived

Trump at his trial: asleep at points, smirking at others, and frustrated when Justice Merchan didn't immediately agree to let him miss court for his son's graduation nytimes.com/2024/04/15/nyr…

How Trump will be campaigning from the courthouse

cnn.com/2024/04/13/pol…

Donald Trump is set to become the first former U.S. president to face a criminal trial, and he's in a Manhattan courtroom now facing charges he faked records to cover up a sex scandal. Jury selection is set to begin.

Follow live updates from the trial. nyti.ms/43Y7wRG

Donald Trump responds to the news out of Israel with his standard assertion that his victory in 2020 would have prevented the ongoing conflict

hello from Schnecksville, PA

the line outside the Trump rally here was about a mile long. it’s the first he has held in the state this year

comes ahead of Biden also making three stops in the state this week.

After leaving office, Trump, mostly out of sight, did not make defending Jan. 6, 2021 a key focus. Alan Feuer Michael Gold me on his shift from that to describing Jan. 6 rioters as 'hostages' and putting them at the forefront of rally speeches nytimes.com/2024/04/13/us/…

ah yes ….. my cursed nemesis

we meet again

NEW: Biden has nearly erased Trump’s early polling advantage, amid signs that the Democratic base has begun to coalesce despite lingering concerns on economy and age.

Trump: 46% (-2)
Biden: 45% (+2)

My write up of the latest NYT/Siena poll—> nytimes.com/2024/04/13/us/…

Donald Trump, having failed to fend off a criminal trial in Manhattan that begins on Monday, said that he planned to testify in the case stemming from a hush-money payment to a porn star. nyti.ms/3vSAzJH

New story -- Can a Christian Community Close the Beach on Sunday Mornings?

In Ocean Grove, N.J., a conservative religious organization sets the rules. The state has challenged its right to keep sunbathers off the sand.

nytimes.com/2024/04/12/nyr…

Trump may be undermining his legislative agenda, but even so, Republicans generally consider it good and politically helpful to be physically near him.

“This is Trump saying, ‘He is the speaker, I am his friend, we are together.’ That’s a pretty important thing for him. He just…

Over the next few weeks I’m hosting Apple News In Conversation! Please follow along as we bring you stories about money and more.

I’m so proud of our first episode. I sat down with Charlotte Cowles to talk scams, shame and her viral piece for The Cut. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/app…

Trump now dismissing the 15-week federal abortion ban he said last month he'd be open to. In a video on Truth Social, he criticized Lindsey Graham and Marjorie Dannenfelser for pursuing it

Also said you could give Dems 'unlimited abortion' but 'they'd find a reason not to do it'

Even as said that Jews who vote for Democrats “should have their head examined,” he again said that Election Day would also be “Christian Visibility Day.”

Trump has repeatedly framed his campaign as a crusade to defend and restore Christian values.
nytimes.com/2024/04/10/us/…