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A Morning Consult survey finds that 54% of voters approved (“strongly” or “somewhat”) of the verdict in Donald Trump’s hushed money criminal case. In addition, 15% of Republican voters, 8%

New York Times: “Whatever rules Americans thought were in place are now being rewritten by Donald Trump, the once and perhaps future president who has already shattered many barriers and

“Supporters of former President Donald Trump, enraged by his conviction on 34 felony counts by a New York jury, flooded pro-Trump websites with calls for riots, revolution and violent retribution,”

“A major study of Donald Trump’s social media posts has revealed the scale of the former US president’s ambitions to target Joe Biden, judges and other perceived political enemies if

“President Biden wakes up every day to a list of concerns he must address as commander in chief. He receives updates from his aides each morning on the war in

“Now that former President Donald Trump is a convicted criminal, the Democratic Party finds itself wrestling with a choice that will help define this year’s presidential race: Should it try

A.O. Scott: “The way to evaluate a political speech — I mean as a literary critic, not as a pundit or a partisan — is to examine how the rhetoric

Wired: “The internet is a cesspool of misinformation, and the biggest blue-chip brands and their ad agencies are the ones funding it — by stuffing money into a Rube Goldberg

Politico: “It’s easily one of the most dazzling feats of jurisprudence the nation has seen — and the sort of accomplishment that could launch him on a political rocket ship

A new Reuters/Ipsos poll finds 10% of Republican registered voters say they are less likely to vote for Donald Trump following his felony conviction for falsifying business records to cover

“I don’t think there’s anything to lose and a lot to gain, because I am convinced there’s a swath of people out there who are going to be very, very

Todd Blanche told the Associated Press there was a chance Donald Trump might be sentenced to jail time. Said Blanche: “On the one hand, it would be extraordinary to send

“I was shocked at how he took the verdict. He just stood there and just kind of took it. And I think had a lot of appropriate solemnness for the

Associated Press: “It’s more than drugs and border crossings. As criminals take control of territory south of the border, the U.S. could lose its top trading partner and potentially strongest

“After a day of holding its fire, the Biden campaign late Friday blasted Donald Trump as a ‘convicted felon’ — an indication the president’s team has decided to seize upon

The latest episode of Trial Balloon is live for members. We began this recording just before Donald Trump was found guilty at his “hush money” criminal trial — and came

“Embracing Donald Trump’s strategy of blaming the U.S. justice system after his historic guilty verdict, Republicans in Congress are fervently enlisting themselves in his campaign of vengeance and political retribution

“As the nation’s electorate processed the felony convictions of Donald J. Trump, the partisan divide in the verdict’s wake did not look so much like opposing sides of a chasm

“The jury that found former president Donald Trump guilty of 34 felony charges delivered not only a historic verdict, but an unusual form of validation for two historically offbeat and

“President Biden’s re-election strategy rests in large part on reminding voters about the darkest days of Donald Trump’s presidency: the Capitol riot, a botched response to Covid-19 and violence driven

New York Times: “Although Mr. Trump proclaimed at a news conference on Friday that he had plenty of ammunition to overturn what he called ‘this scam,’ several legal experts cast

“New York City was once Donald Trump’s playground, the place where he made his name and then plastered it everywhere he could,” the New York Times reports. “Now, the city

Wall Street Journal: “A wave of political violence has become a threat across Mexico ahead of the country’s national elections Sunday. More than 200 government officials, candidates and political party

Marian Robinson, the mother of former first lady Michelle Obama, has died, the family said in a statement Friday. She was 86.

“The 34 felony guilty verdicts returned Thursday against Donald Trump spurred a wave of violent rhetoric aimed at the prosecutors who secured his conviction, the judge who oversaw the case

A YouGov snap poll conducted after Donald Trump’s criminal conviction found 50% agree with the jury verdict, 30% disagree and 19% aren’t sure. Independents are nearly twice as likely to

Time: “It was a strikingly cohesive message from virtually all corners of the conservative firmament, even among those who don’t subscribe to the America First doctrine. This didn’t happen by

Wall Street Journal: “Trump has faced more scandals than any politician in modern U.S. history. He bragged about groping women in a leaked videotape. He was impeached twice. His supporters

Nicholas Grossman: “That’s why his Manhattan conviction is such a big deal. Trump is running for president to put himself above the law, and if he wins, it will cause

“The Kansas Supreme Court has ruled that voting is not a fundamental right protected by the Kansas Constitution,” the Kansas City Star reports. “The decision on voting rights Friday is