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    Donald Trump meets New Yorkers before resuming hush money trial

    Donald Trump returned to court for the latest instalment of his New York hush money trial on Thursday, where the jury heard further testimony from a former tabloid mogul who detailed the “catch-and-kill” scheme.

    Former National Enquirer publisher David Pecker testified about his agreement with his “mentor” Mr Trump and former attorney Michael Cohen to “kill” stories about the defendant’s alleged affairs.

    The cross-examination of Mr Pecker by defence lawyer Emil Bove will likely wrap up on Friday.

    Justice Juan Merchan is yet to rule on whether Mr Trump should be held in contempt and fined $10,000 for allegedly violating a trial gag order by posting about witnesses and jurors on Truth Social.

    Elsewhere, in Washington DC, attorneys for the former president delivered oral arguments in front of the Supreme Court in support of his “presidential immunity” defence against prosecution in a landmark hearing and apeared poised to accept at least a portion of the Mr Trump’s argument but could take several weeks to issue a ruling.

    In other legal news, the Republican presidential candidate had his latest efforts to overturn the E Jean Carroll verdict against him dismissed.

    Alex Woodward is providing live updates from the courthouse in Manhattan.

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    Key Takeaways from Trump’s immunity arguments at the Supreme Court

    On the final day of arguments for this term, the nine justices questioned lawyers for Trump and Justice Department special counsel Jack Smith for three hours, toying with whether or not American presidents should be awarded broad, some or no immunity from criminal prosecution.

    Here are Ariana Baio’s takeaways from the hearing.

    Joe Sommerlad26 April 2024 09:45

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    Supreme Court justices appear poised to offer Trump some immunity

    Trump is right that it was a “BIG DAY IN COURT(S)” yesterday, with the Supreme Court hearing oral arguments on his dubious “presidential immunity” defence and his hush money trial picking up in New York.

    In DC, the justices appeared poised to offer Trump and future US presidents some form of protection from criminal prosecution over actions carried out while in the White House while rejecting broad absolute immunity, acknowleding the “huge implications” of their eventual decision.

    Ariana Baio has this report on a monumental day, which could have major repercussions for this year’s presidential race, let alone the future of American democracy.

    Joe Sommerlad26 April 2024 09:15

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    Truth Social: Trump claims hush money trial ‘has completely fallen apart’ and bashes media rivals

    Good morning! Let’s take a look at Trump’s latest social media output, shall we?

    Still absolutely refusing to learn his lesson regarding the gag order in the hush money trial, he has again referred to Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg as “Soros backed” and claimed, preposterously, that the case “has completely fallen apart” and that “Virtually every Legal Scholar and Expert has stated that there is no Crime, there never was.”

    Have they? You’d think we would have heard about that by now.

    Meanwhile, he’s continued to push his lie that the New York City authorities are suppressing (non-existent) mass MAGA protests outside the courthouse and posted further Fox News clips attacking the “sham” trial.

    Elsewhere, he’s back to trashing Morning Joe and The New York Times again like 2017 never ended but is curiously quiet on the subject of the Supreme Court, indicating, perhaps, that he realises just how pivotal the justices’ eventual ruling will be to his fate.

    Joe Sommerlad26 April 2024 08:45

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    Reversing Trump repeal, FCC restores net neutrality

    The FCC on Thursday restored “net neutrality” rules that prevent broadband internet providers such as Comcast and AT&T from favoring some sites and apps over others.

    The move effectively reinstates a net neutrality order the commission first issued in 2015 during the Obama administration; under then-President Donald Trump, the FCC subsequently repealed those rules in 2017.

    Net neutrality is the principle that providers of internet service should treat all traffic equally. The rules, for instance, ban practices that throttle or block certain sites or apps, or that offer higher speeds to customers willing to pay extra.

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    Trump claims campus protests are worse than deadly white supremacist rally in Charlottesville

    Donald Trump has claimed that the antisemitic, white nationalist rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, in 2017 was “peanuts” compared to the current pro-Palestine demonstrations across US college campuses.

    Joe Biden would say, constantly, that he ran because of Charlottesville,” he wrote, referencing the 2020 election.

    “Well, if that’s the case, he’s done a really terrible job because Charlottesville is like a ‘peanut’ compared to the riots and anti-Israel protests that are happening all over our Country, RIGHT NOW.”

    Graig Graziosi has the story:

    Oliver O'Connell26 April 2024 06:15

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    Trump vows to beat Biden in New York

    Donald Trump vowed to beat President Joe Biden in the 2024 election in New York as he made a surprise campaign stop at a construction site in Manhattan early on Thursday morning – on a day when testimony resumes in his hush money trial and the US Supreme Court hears arguments in his “presidential immunity” case.

    “We’re going to make a play for New York,” Mr Trump told reporters at the event.

    Martha McHardy has the story:

    Oliver O'Connell26 April 2024 04:15

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    Trump meets New Yorkers ahead of resumption of hush money trial

    Donald Trump met with New Yorkers on Thursday 25 April, ahead of the resumption of his criminal hush money trial. The former president is accused of falsifying business records documenting a $130,000 payment to porn star Stormy Daniels to keep her quiet about an affair she said she had with Mr Trump in 2006. He has pleaded not guilty to 34 felony counts and denied having an affair with Ms Daniels, whose real name is Stephanie Clifford. The trial is the first of a past or present US president and carries political risks for Mr Trump as he prepares for a November rematch with Joe Biden.

    Oliver O'Connell26 April 2024 03:15

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    The National Enquirer was the go-to American tabloid for many years. Donald Trump helped change that

    Catch and kill. Checkbook journalism. Secret deals. Friends helping friends.

    Even by National Enquirer standards, testimony by its former publisher David Pecker at Donald Trump‘s hush money trial this week has revealed an astonishing level of corruption at America’s best-known tabloid and may one day be seen as the moment it effectively died.

    “It just has zero credibility,” said Lachlan Cartwright, executive editor of the Enquirer from 2014 to 2017. “Whatever sort of credibility it had was totally damaged by what happened in court this week.”

    On Thursday, Pecker was back on the witness stand to tell more about the arrangement he made to boost Trump’s presidential candidacy in 2016, tear down his rivals and silence any revelations that may have damaged him.

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    AP26 April 2024 01:15

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    Watch: Former Trump White House lawyer says ex-president needs to be sharp to speak with press

    Oliver O'Connell26 April 2024 00:15

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    E Jean Carroll defamation: Trump loses latest bid for new trial

    Eric Garcia reports:

    A federal court denied former president Donald Trump’s request to have a new trial related to the charges that he defamed writer E Jean Carroll, who accused him of sexual assault.

    The US District Court for the Southern District of New York handed down the denial on Thursday after Mr Trump had sought a new trial.

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    Oliver O'Connell25 April 2024 23:45

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