Ron DeSantis enters race to be next US president, going up against Donald Trump


Ron DeSantis has entered the race to be the next US president, going head to head with Donald Trump. He filed a declaration of candidacy with the US federal electoral commission on Wednesday. The 44-year-old becomes the latest in a crowded Republican contest to decide whether the party will move on from Mr Trump in […]
Donald Trump ‘only likes women he can control’, TV star Ruby Wax says, after former president found liable for sexually abusing writer


Donald Trump “only likes women he can control”, Ruby Wax has told Sky News, adding: “He was the most dangerous man I’ve ever met.” Her comments come after Trump was found liable for sexually abusing the writer E Jean Carroll in the 1990s, as well as for defamation. The civil trial rejected her claim she […]
Donald Trump ‘knows what he did’, lawyer alleges as civil rape trial draws to close


Donald Trump did not show up at a civil rape trial against him because “he knows what he did” to the woman accusing him of allegedly raping her, a jury heard in closing remarks. Lawyers for writer E Jean Carroll, who is suing the former president, said Mr Trump “didn’t even bother to show up […]
‘It’s Marla’: Donald Trump confuses rape accuser with ex-wife, trial told


Donald Trump appeared to mistake writer E Jean Carroll, who has accused him of raping her, for his ex-wife Marla Maples in a deposition played to jurors in a civil rape suit against him. During the October deposition, Mr Trump was shown a black-and-white photo of himself speaking to people at an event. He said: […]
Donald Trump defends golf trip amid rape trial: ‘We’re doing very well in New York’


Former US president Donald Trump has told that he flew to his golf course in Ireland instead of attending his civil rape trial in New York because of a “long-standing agreement” to visit. He spoke briefly after arriving at his golf course outside the town of Doonbeg in Co Clare, on Ireland’s west coast. When […]
Mike Pence ‘gives evidence to grand jury for seven hours’ about Donald Trump and the 2021 US Capitol riots


Former US vice president Mike Pence has appeared before a federal grand jury investigating former president Donald Trump’s role in efforts to overturn the 2020 election, according to reports. Mr Pence was inside the US District Court in Washington for more than seven hours on Thursday, NBC News reported. Security was beefed up at the […]
Donald Trump breaks silence on Instagram to promote his NFTs


Donald Trump has released a second collection of non-fungible tokens (NFTs) as the 2024 presidential race heats up. The surreal pieces of digital art depict the former president as George Washington, a chess piece and a lion wrangler… but not at the same time. A total of 47,000 NFTs were made available and cost $99 […]
YouTube restores Donald Trump’s channel


YouTube said Friday it would restore former President Donald Trump’s channel, more than two years after suspending it following the Jan. 6 attack on the US Capitol. The move follows similar actions by Twitter and Facebook in recent months, though Trump has yet to resume posting on those platforms. “We carefully assess the continued risk […]