MadAboutPolitics.com - Featured News

Featured News

Today's Political News Compilation - Monday, April 15, 2024

  • 25
  • 0
map.png
Below are some of the top political news stories of the day:



1713219405499.png

AP Photo

ap.png
Trump’s historic hush-money trial gets underway; 1st day ends without any jurors being picked

The historic hush-money trial of Donald Trump got underway Monday with the arduous process of selecting a jury to hear the case charging the former president with falsifying business records in order to stifle stories about his sex life.




























[URL...

Latest Posts from our Message Boards

Latest Political News Feed

US Olympic committee strikes sponsorship deal to help athletes get degrees after they retire

  • News source: ABC News: Top Stories
  • Replies: 0
  • Views: 0
American Olympic athletes have a new place to turn to lock down college degrees and other skills for life after sports thanks to a partnership U.S. Olympic leaders unveiled with the Denver-based education company Guild
Continue reading...

Baby hurt in Sydney stabbing out of intensive care

  • News source: BBC News - World
  • Replies: 0
  • Views: 0
The daughter of Ashlee Good, who died protecting her, is one of six people still in hospital.
Continue reading...

Sydney church stabbing was 'terrorist' attack, police say

  • News source: BBC News - World
  • Replies: 0
  • Views: 0
A 16-year-old boy is under arrest after a bishop and several churchgoers were injured on Monday.
Continue reading...

El Niño ends with uncertainty over cooler future

  • News source: BBC News - World
  • Replies: 0
  • Views: 0
The natural event that adds to global warming has ended but scientists are unsure of what comes next.
Continue reading...

Two arrested for firing at Bollywood star's home

  • News source: BBC News - World
  • Replies: 0
  • Views: 0
Police say the men are gang members seeking revenge on Salman Khan for killing two antelopes in 1998.
Continue reading...

A view from inside court for the blockbuster case

  • News source: BBC News - World
  • Replies: 0
  • Views: 0
Monday marked the start of Donald Trump's hush-money trial in New York City. Here's how the day unfolded.
Continue reading...

Confronting pro-Kremlin troll on false claims about Sydney mall attack

  • News source: BBC News - World
  • Replies: 0
  • Views: 0
Simeon Boikov sparked a social media frenzy implicating an innocent 20-year-old in the shopping mall attack.
Continue reading...

Severe weather stretches from Wisconsin to Arkansas, golf-ball-sized hail hits DC

  • News source: ABC News: Top Stories
  • Replies: 0
  • Views: 2
More than 90 severe storms have been reported from South Dakota to Virginia in the last 24 hours.
Continue reading...

House to send Mayorkas impeachment articles to Senate as clash over trial looms

  • News source: Politics - CBSNews.com
  • Replies: 0
  • Views: 2
Washington — House Republicans are set to present the articles of impeachment against Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas to the Senate Tuesday, kicking off a confrontation over an impeachment trial that's been brewing for months.

Months after the lower chamber voted to impeach the Cabinet secretary, House impeachment managers will be walking the articles over to the Senate in a ceremonial process that triggers the start of the Senate's role in the matter.

The upper chamber is compelled by Senate rules to convene as a...
Continue reading...

Trump trial set to continue with second day of jury selection in New York

  • News source: Politics - CBSNews.com
  • Replies: 0
  • Views: 2
Jury selection in former President Donald Trump's historic criminal trial in New York will continue for a second day on Tuesday, when the process of seating potential jurors resumes as the defendant looks on.

The first batch of jurors were sworn in on Monday after pretrial arguments over evidence and rules for the proceedings. Roughly two thirds of the group of 96 New Yorkers were quickly dismissed, with most of them saying they wouldn't be able to be fair and impartial in the trial. Others were excused for various other reasons, including their...
Continue reading...

Bowen: Iran's attack on Israel offers Netanyahu a lifeline

  • News source: BBC News - World
  • Replies: 0
  • Views: 2
Gaza is out of the headlines, but the pressure on Israel's PM has changed rather than disappeared.
Continue reading...

Dozens of jurors ruled out as historic Trump trial begins

  • News source: BBC News - World
  • Replies: 0
  • Views: 2
The selection process continues on Tuesday - with dozens of potential jurors already dismissed on grounds of bias.
Continue reading...

Biden campaign tries to keep Jan. 6 top of mind with voters. Will it work?

  • News source: Politics - CBSNews.com
  • Replies: 0
  • Views: 2
When Vice President Kamala Harris dropped by a campaign office in Madison, Wisconsin, in March, those who attended were handed some poster board and asked to write down why they're supporting President Joe Biden's reelection.

Democratic voter Frank Pohlkamp wrote, "because democracy matters."

"There was quite a bit of planning [from Trump's side] that went into the idea of the transfer of power," Pohlkamp said of the period between the 2020 election and the Jan. 6, 2021, attacks on the U.S. Capitol. "That is concerning to me. The rule of law and...
Continue reading...

Chinese internet amused by building that looks like sanitary pad

  • News source: BBC News - World
  • Replies: 0
  • Views: 3
The blueprint of North Nanjing train station has attracted reaction for all the wrong reasons.
Continue reading...

Border Patrol busts illegal Mexican immigrant child sex offender they say carried guns in schools

  • News source: FOX News
  • Replies: 0
  • Views: 3
Border Patrol agents in California this week busted an illegal immigrant child sex offender in California who officials said had previously carried guns in schools – the latest example of dangerous criminals entering the U.S. illegally.

The unnamed Mexican man’s arrest was announced by El Centro Sector Chief Patrol Agent Gregory Bovino.

Bovino said in a statement that the man was arrested in the U.S. illegally and had a "troubling history."

CBP REPORT REVEALS LOWEST MARCH FOR MIGRANT ENCOUNTERS; TEXAS CRACKDOWN CONTINUES

"He’s a convicted sex...
Continue reading...

Advertisement

General News Feed

Fact Checkers News Feed

Sponsored

Back
Top Bottom