A New York appeals court judge rejected former President Trump’s attempt to delay the trial in the hush money payments case on Tuesday. Justice Cynthia Kern issued the ruling, rejecting claims from Trump’s legal team that the trial should be delayed until a full panel of judges could hear arguments relating to a gag order on the former president. “The First Amendment harms arising from this gag order...

A Democrat in the race to represent Maryland in the Senate urged listeners at a recent candidate forum to “forget the border,” calling it a “Republican talking point and a distraction” as he pushed for an increase in the total number of migrants allowed to legally enter the U.S. each year.  The comments from Rep. David Trone, D-Md. – who is running against Prince George’s County Executive Angela...