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New York Times:
Live Updates: Trump Guilty on All Counts in Hush-Money Case  —  Donald J. Trump, the former president and presumptive 2024 Republican nominee, was convicted on 34 felony counts of falsifying business records in a case stemming from a payment that silenced a porn star.
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Jacob Kaye / Queens Daily Eagle:
Queens man convicted  —  Former Jamaica Estates resident Donald Trump was convicted by a Manhattan jury on Thursday of 34 counts of falsifying business records in an effort to cover up a sex scandal he feared would ruin his chances of winning the 2016 presidential election.
Axios:
America's seething right … - To Democrats, the unanimous conviction by a jury of Trump's peers is a stamp of accountability they've been pursuing for years — the ultimate proof that no one is above the law.  — To Republicans, it's a mockery of the justice system engineered for one purpose …
Lisa Needham / Public Notice:
Sometimes, the system works  —  Trump finally meets a consequence for his criming. … It's almost impossible to overstate how weird it is to write about the former president of the United States being convicted of 34 counts of falsifying business records.
Kaia Hubbard / CBS News:
Is Trump going to prison?  What to know about the possible sentence after his conviction  —  Washington — Former President Donald Trump has now been convicted in the New York “hush money” criminal trial, immediately raising a lot of questions and launching the case into uncharted territory …
Šejla Ahmatović / Politico:
Trump's European allies leap to his defense after guilty verdict  —  Nothing can separate Donald Trump from the love of Viktor Orbán.  —  The Hungarian prime minister backed Trump on Friday morning after the former U.S. president was found guilty on 34 counts in a criminal trial held in New York City.
Discussion: Semafor and IJR
Dan Ladden-Hall / The Daily Beast:
Elon Musk Is Absolutely Raging About the Trump Verdict  —  TOTAL CONVICTION  —  The tech mogul vented that “anyone is at risk” if a former president can be convicted over “such a trivial matter.”  —  Elon Musk criticized the verdict that made Donald Trump the first former American president …
William Kristol / The Bulwark:
‘I Want To See Lists of Which Democrats Are Going to Prison’  —  It's a different world than the one we woke up in yesterday: Donald Trump has been convicted on all charges in his New York hush money/business records trial.  The rest of the cases against him might not be wrapped up before the November election—or ever, if he wins.
Bill Scher / Washington Monthly:
Donald Trump Should Drop Out  —  Convicted felon Donald Trump's first words after the historic jury verdict were predictably defiant: “The real verdict is going to be November 5 by the people.”  —  The Biden-Harris campaign's communication director issued a statement (perhaps written …
Luc Cohen / Reuters:
Trump's appeal of hush money verdict to focus on Stormy Daniels testimony  —  Donald Trump's near-certain appeal of his historic conviction on criminal charges in New York is likely to focus on porn star Stormy Daniels' salacious testimony about her alleged sexual encounter with the former U.S. president …
Bloomberg:
Wall Street Billionaires Are Rushing to Back Trump, Verdict Be Damned  —  A growing number of financial elites are throwing their weight behind Trump, who was found guilty in the first criminal trial of a former US president.  —  Before 12 New Yorkers branded Donald Trump a felon …
Discussion: Business Insider
Stephen Neukam / Axios:
Trump aide declares Larry Hogan's campaign dead
Politico:
Trump tries to spin guilty into gold
Associated Press:
Guilty: Trump becomes first former U.S. president convicted of felony crimes
David Corn / Mother Jones:
Trump Loses a Big Battle in His Lifelong War Against Accountability
Discussion: WFLA-TV and Politico
Erin Doherty / Axios:
TRUMP FOUND GUILTY ON ALL CHARGES
Brooke Singman / Fox News:
Trump guilty on all counts in New York criminal trial
CNN:
Donald Trump found guilty of all 34 charges in hush money trial
Lisa Rathke / ABC News:
Vermont becomes 1st state to enact law requiring oil companies pay for damage from climate change  —  Vermont has become the first state to enact a law requiring fossil fuel companies to pay a share of the damage caused by climate change after the state suffered catastrophic summer flooding and damage from other extreme weather
Discussion: VTDigger
Isaac Schorr / Mediaite:
Karl Rove Warns That a Guilty Verdict Could Cost Trump Wisconsin, Michigan, and Pennsylvania  —  Fox News contributor and veteran political strategist Karl Rove said that a guilty verdict in presumptive Republican nominee Donald Trump's hush money trial could cost him the key swing states of Wisconsin …
Discussion: Breitbart
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Françoise Mouly / New Yorker:
John Cuneo's “A Man of Conviction”  —  The former President is found guilty on all thirty-four counts.  —  It's not the first time that news of a verdict against Donald J. Trump has been eagerly awaited by cartoonists, commentators, and the general public.
Jamie Joseph / Fox News:
California progressive chides fellow Democrats before voting to make child solicitation a felony: 'I'm done'  —  'I'm done with us protecting people who would buy and abuse our children,' said California State Sen. Susan Talamantes Eggman  —  California Democratic state Sen. Susan Talamantes Eggman urged …
Politico:
Biden secretly gave Ukraine permission to strike inside Russia with US weapons  —  It's a major reversal that will help Ukraine to better defend its second-largest city.  —  The Biden administration has quietly given Ukraine permission to strike inside Russia — solely near the area of Kharkiv …
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New York Times:
Under Pressure, Biden Allows Ukraine to Use U.S. Weapons to Strike Inside Russia
 
 
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