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Trump takes stage to 'thunderous boos' at Libertarian convention event

There were some cheers, but louder boos, as Donald Trump stepped on stage at the Libertarian National Convention on Saturday.

Even before Trump arrived at the political convention in Washington, D.C., there were numerous Libertarian delegates booing when his name was even mentioned. One crowd member even yelled out that the former president "should have taken a bullet."

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Chaos at Trump event as crowd member yells that ex-president 'should have taken a bullet'

Donald Trump is in hostile territory on Saturday, as someone in the crowd yelled that the former president "should have taken a bullet" before the speech even began.

Trump is soon scheduled to come on stage at the Libertarian National Convention in Washington, D.C. Raw Story reported that Libertarian delegates have been booing Trump when his name was mentioned, and that there is a pending "emergency" meeting to potentially cancel the event.

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Judge Cannon put on notice that her 'disqualification cup runneth over' in Trump case

Judge Aileen Cannon's "disqualification cup runneth over" in Donald Trump's criminal document-handling and Espionage Act case, a former federal prosecutor said.

Ex-prosecutor Glenn Kirschner went on MSNBC on Saturday, where he was asked if Cannon is "the reason that Trump may not face trial before" the election.

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Latest 'bad financial news for Trump' could cause ex-president 'tremendous damage'

If Donald Trump ends up on the losing end of a recently reported tax scandal, the former president could be on the hook for $100 million, which would reportedly be financially devastating for the Republican presidential candidate.

Trump biographer David Cay Johnston, who has covered Trump's taxes and financial matters for years, appeared on MSNBC on Saturday, where he was asked about recent news involving the former president's social media company that went public. Afterward, Johnston was also asked about a recent report that Trump was under audit after suspicions he defrauded the IRS of more than $100 million in a double-dipping scheme.

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Trump's biographer says Truth Social investors will be 'wiped out' if they don't sell

Investors in Truth Social, if they don't sell now, will eventually be "wiped out," according to Donald Trump's own biographer.

Trump biographer David Cay Johnston, who has covered Trump's taxes and financial matters for years, appeared on MSNBC on Saturday, where he was asked about recent news involving the former president's social media company that went public. Specifically, the host asked about reports that Trump Media reported a net loss of nearly $330 million for the first three months of 2024, at a time when the stock was still rising.

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'A whopper even by Trumpian standards': Legal expert stunned by new Trump-created chaos

A claim by Donald Trump that FBI agents were authorized by the Department of Justice to shoot him when they appeared at Mar-a-Lago to retrieve stolen government documents left a former DOJ official stunned at the extent the former president will go to incite his followers.

During an appearance on MSNBC with host Alex Witt, former Deputy Assistant Attorney General Harry Litman called Trump's claim a "whopper" that deserved normally placid Attorney General Merrick Garland's harsh criticism in a press conference this past week.

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Trump prosecutors handed 'advantage' by NY court system before jury starts deliberations

A quirk in the state of New York criminal justice system will hand Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg's office the upper hand in Donald Trump's hush money trial playing out in Judge Juan Merchan's courtroom.

This coming week, after a Memorial Day weekend hiatus, the trial of the former president for manipulating Trump Organization business records to hide a substantial hush money payment to adult film star Stormy Daniels before the 2016 election will feature closing arguments and then the jury will be sent off to consider the 34-felony count indictment.

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Trump brutally demolished for latest 'BS answer' demonstrating his ignorance

Donald Trump's latest dodge when pressed upon his policies if he wins re-election was skewered by MSNBC's Michael Steele on Saturday morning, with the former Republican National Committee chairman performing a mocking impression of the former president blathering to fill time.

At issue was the former president being asked about his feelings and plans with regard to contraception policies.

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More House Democrats say 'no' to Netanyahu speech to Congress

A growing number of U.S. congressional Democrats pushed back Friday against pressure to endorse House Speaker Mike Johnson's invitation for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to address a joint session of Congress—even as his government stands accused of genocide in a World Court case and he faces the prospect of an International Criminal Court arrest warrant for alleged crimes against humanity in Gaza.

Opposition to Johnson's (R-La.) invitation—which the speaker formally announced Thursday—has been mounting following news that ICC Prosecutor Karim Khan applied for warrants to arrest Netanyahu and Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant and three Hamas leaders for alleged crimes committed on and after October 7 and Friday's International Court of Justice order for Israel to immediately halt its assault on Rafah.

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Jack Smith put Cannon 'on the spot' for potential removal: conservative George Conway

The Donald Trump-appointed judge's seat is sizzling.

U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon, who has been accused of bias and incompetence for failing to get to trial after lengthy delays in the former president's criminal classified documents Espionage Act case, must act to protect law enforcement involved in the high-profile case.

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Libertarian speaker jabs Trump in profanity-filled speech ahead of ex-president's visit

When Donald Trump delivers his speech at the Libertarian National Convention on Saturday — he may be met with rancor.

That's because on Friday, chaos consumed the event on its second of four days. The theme is "Become Ungovernable".

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There is one word prosecutors should be worried about in Trump criminal case: legal expert

The Manhattan criminal hush money trial is wrapping up, and many legal experts think the prosecution is on solid footing — but there's one single word in the law that they potentially have to worry about, former prosecutor Charles Coleman told MSNBC's Alex Wagner.

Trump is charged with felony falsification of business records, upgraded from a misdemeanor, for his alleged hush payments to adult film star Stormy Daniels. Prosecutors argue this was effectively interference with the 2016 election, by using illegal means to keep this information hidden from voters.

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Watch: Veterans booted from North Carolina GOP event after asking them to respect election

Several veterans and military families appear to have been kicked out of the North Carolina Republican Party convention in Greensboro after trying to get attendees to commit to a pledge that would condemn violence incited by former President Donald Trump and respect the peaceful transfer of power, according to footage released on social media.

The video, posted by the liberal-leaning news outlet Cardinal & Pine, showed members of the groups Veterans for Responsible Leadership and Common Defense being ejected. "Time to go. If you're not a delegate, time to walk out. There's the door," said an official at the event.

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