Month: May 2023

Donald Trump, who served as the 45th president of the United States from 2017 to 2021, epitomizes the politics of our time, when larger-than-life, loud, fear-mongering political figures tailor-made for television and social networks gain public office. This is an age when TV news is more like reality TV and political constituencies display fierce tribalism. After serving a single term as president and losing re-election to the now 80-year-old Joe Biden, Trump is back in the news. At 76, Trump is once again challenging Biden for the presidency, as the favorite for the Republican ticket. However, this is not the…

Prosecutors in the Manhattan criminal case against former President Donald Trump have turned over to their lawyers a recording of Trump and a witness, whose identity was not released, according to a document the office released Friday. The document, called an automatic discovery form, outlines the nature of the charges against a defendant and a broad overview of the evidence prosecutors will present at Trump’s preliminary hearing or trial. Trump’s lawyers and media organizations, including CBS News, had repeatedly requested that form be made public in the weeks following Trump’s April 4 arrest. Trump is the first former president in…

Tuscaloosa Fire Rescue is on the scene of a fire in Cottondale. Battalion Chief Jeff Roberts told WVUA 23’s Mary Barron that the fire started inside two mobile homes around 7:30 Friday evening. Photos show both mobile homes gutted inside from the heat of the flames. The mobile homes are located at the corner of Clements Road and Eastview Drive. The battalion chief said the two houses are a total loss. Fortunately, no one was home when the fire started. The cause of the fire is under investigation. Stay with WVUA 23 News. Mary Barron will have much more on…

DEKALB COUNTY, Ga. – A DeKalb County woman fears for her safety after she says a man posing as a maintenance worker broke into her home while she slept just feet away. Nina Alford told Channel 2’s Veronica Griffin that she and her 13-year-old son were asleep in their home at the Avana City North Apartments early Thursday morning. She says her son woke up to find a man looking around the apartment. “When he woke up, he said the boy saw him sitting up. That’s when he walked by his room and said, ‘Hey, I’m done,’” Alford said. [DOWNLOAD:…

According to ESPN, the WNBA’s opening four games drew 199% more viewers than the 2022 opening weekend. These numbers echo a surge in interest in women’s sports at all levels. Samba TV reports that the audience for the 2022 WNBA Finals grew by 171% compared to the previous year, while the audience for the NBA Finals grew by 25%. The National Women’s Soccer League had 435% more viewers tune in for its 2022 championship compared to 2021. #WNBA Tip-Off Weekend delivered significant audience growth across ESPN platforms Saturday’s #ALLINLV vs #Protect yourself the game is @WNBAmost watched opening weekend game…

Subscribe to The Brief, The Texas Tribune’s daily newsletter that keeps readers up to date on the most essential Texas news. For nearly a decade, Texas Republicans have largely looked the other way as Attorney General Ken Paxton’s legal troubles pile up. That changed abruptly this week. By revealing it had been secretly investigating Paxton since March, then recommending his impeachment Thursday, a Republican-led state House committee sought to hold Paxton accountable in a way the GOP has never has come to do It was a political earthquake, and while it remains to be seen whether Paxton’s ouster will be…

COLUMBUS, Ohio – Ohio Secretary of State Frank LaRose sent out a fundraising request disguised as an important letter, confusing and upsetting voters. Normally, Bill Joiner just drops political mail, but this one looked official. Obtained by News 5, the return address on the letter reads “Secretary of State Frank LaRose.” Below “DO NOT DISCARD OR DESTROY”, it also includes “ATTACHED RECORDED DOCUMENT”. “I thought it might have something to do with the legitimacy of my registration to vote,” Joiner said. Current Ohio law allows the Secretary of State to remove the registration of inactive voters. One way to tell…

(Bloomberg) — Chile’s government plans to meet political party leaders soon to reach an agreement on a new tax reform bill, Finance Minister Mario Marcel said Friday. Read more from Bloomberg “We have already completed a consultation process, a first round of meetings, and the next step is to convene the political parties to have a deep discussion and reach agreements,” said Marcel. The government’s first reform bill, which sought to raise revenue to about 3.6 percent of GDP by closing loopholes and creating a wealth tax, was rejected in Congress in March. After this defeat, the administration of President…