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Crime
Trump Once Again Threatened With Jail Time for Once Again Violating Gag Order
The judge overseeing the hush money trial told him Monday, “going forward, this court will have to consider a jail sanction.”
By Bess Levin
2024 Election
How to Survive the Forever Election
The only way to keep democracy going is to participate in it.
By Molly Jong-Fast
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Paul Manafort’s Life Was in Shambles. Then Donald Trump Came Along
Mired in debt and marital troubles, the lobbyist was still fresh out of rehab when he hitched himself to the former president’s 2016 campaign, as Brody and Luke Mullins write in an excerpt of their new book, The Wolves of K Street. But it wasn’t long before Manafort’s personal baggage earned him the boot.
By Brody Mullins and Luke Mullins
Politics
Hope Hicks Takes the Stand and Walks a Line at Trump’s Hush Money Trial
The ex-president’s former communications director returned to Trumpworld in the witness box on Friday.
By Dan Adler
Inside the Hive
“We Got Locked in the Bathroom” by Secret Service: Notes From the Trump Trial
In the Trump trial circus, is the ex-president the ringmaster or the lion? Olivia Nuzzi, Washington correspondent for New York magazine, and Vanity Fair staff writer Dan Adler discuss the nonspectacle spectacle happening in Lower Manhattan’s criminal court.
By Brian Stelter
Legal Woes
Trump Trial Reveals the Real Fake News
The National Enquirer did all the things Trump has accused the media of doing.
By Molly Jong-Fast
Abortion
Trump Says He Wouldn’t Stop States From Tracking Individual Pregnancies So They Can Prosecute People Caught Getting Abortions
Just a small glimpse at what we can expect from him in a second term.
By Bess Levin
Crime
Will Donald Trump Go to Jail for Violating the Hush Money Trial Gag Order?
The judge overseeing the hush money trial held Trump in contempt on Tuesday and threatened jail as a consequence. Trump has claimed it would be a “great honor” to be imprisoned.
By Bess Levin
2024
Puppy Slayer Kristi Noem Is Probably Not Going to Be Donald Trump’s VP
Her recent animal issues have reportedly not gone over well in Trumpworld.
By Bess Levin
Florida Men
Ron DeSantis Requested a Sit-Down to Kiss Trump’s Ring, Protect His 2028 Ambitions: Report
The pair met in Florida for several hours last weekend.
By Bess Levin
Nerd Prom
Glitzy Parties and Gaza Protests Collide at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner
It was another long, boozy weekend in Washington—though one accompanied by stark reminders of war and the stakes of November’s election. Still, the glasses raised to the fourth estate offer “a rare moment of respite for this industry,” says CBS’s Robert Costa, “because we’re covering a convulsive moment in America.”
By Charlotte Klein
2024
Donald Trump Accepts Bill Barr’s Endorsement by Implying He’s a Tub of Lard
In fairness, Barr probably should have seen this coming.
By Bess Levin
Politics
Trump Trial: David Pecker’s Testimony and the Long Life of a Media Bromance
Taking the stand in Donald Trump’s historic hush money trial, the former National Enquirer publisher described how the supermarket tabloid became a campaign instrument—and rehashed his glory days.
By Dan Adler
Crime
Trump Escapes Arizona Felony Charges (The Same Can’t Be Said for His Pals)
Mark Meadows, Rudy Giuliani, Jenna Ellis, John Eastman, and more have been indicted for allegedly trying to overturn the 2020 election in Arizona. Trump is an unindicted coconspirator.
By Bess Levin
Inside the Hive
“You Can’t Believe This Happened”: A “Surreal” Trial and Tabloid Tales of Donald Trump
Vanity Fair’s Dan Adler paints a vivid picture of his time in the courtroom, while The Hollywood Reporter’s Lachlan Cartwright recounts the atmosphere of fear and anxiety at the National Enquirer under David Pecker.
By Brian Stelter
2024
Trump Boys Eric and Don Jr. Want to Run Second-Term “Loyalty” Vetting for Their Dad: Report
According to Don Jr., he plans to “make sure we stop some of the DC swamp rats and the swamp creatures from getting in there and doing their thing.”
By Bess Levin
Politics
Jack Smith’s One Job Is to Take Donald Trump to Trial Before the Election. (The Supreme Court May Not Let Him.)
The special counsel has told the justices that the former president’s alleged crimes “strike at the heart of our democracy.” So far, the response has been a supreme shrug.
By Cristian Farias
Fighting Words
Mitt Romney: Of Course Trump Had Sex With Stormy Daniels
The senator from Utah isn’t buying Trump’s denials.
By Bess Levin
Crime
“Help the Campaign”: Former National Enquirer Publisher’s Testimony Seems Pretty Bad for Donald Trump
David Pecker told a jury on Tuesday how he did everything he could to help Trump get elected, following a 2015 meeting with the then candidate.
By Bess Levin
Crime
Fox News One Day Away From Likening the Trump Trial to the Crucifixion of Jesus Christ
According to Jesse Watters, Donald Trump is being frozen “to death” and treated like a prisoner at Guantánamo Bay.
By Bess Levin