From Sada Baby to Queen Latifah: Rappers and what they mean to Trump and Biden

Former President Obama picked Kendrick Lamar over Drake when asked in 2016 who would win in a rap battle. Since his presidency, rappers have had an elevated, if informal, platform in politics, making their own preferences for president known too.  And in 2024, while notable rap artists lean towards President Biden, former President Donald Trump

Nevada judge dismisses “fake electors” charges against 6 Republicans

A Nevada state court judge dismissed a criminal indictment Friday against six Republicans accused of submitting certificates to Congress falsely declaring Donald Trump the winner of the state’s 2020 presidential election, potentially killing the case with her ruling that state prosecutors chose the wrong venue to file the case. Nevada Attorney General Aaron Ford stood

New York prosecutors ask judge to keep Trump gag order in place

Major elements of a gag order preventing Donald Trump from commenting publicly about certain people involved with his New York criminal trial, including jurors, should remain in place, prosecutors said, perhaps even after Trump is sentenced on July 11. Prosecutors for Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg told Justice Juan Merchan in a filing released Friday

Judge to hear arguments over Jack Smith special counsel appointment

Washington — Special counsel Jack Smith and attorneys for former President Donald Trump will be back in a Florida federal courtroom Friday to kick off three days of hearings to grapple with, among other issues, whether Smith should even be allowed to prosecute Trump.  U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon, Southern District of Florida U.S. District