New York Judge Juan Merchan will decide today whether to overturn the president-elect’s conviction in his hush money case due to a U.S. Supreme Court ruling on presidential immunity.

Judge Merchan, who presided over Trump’s historic trial this spring, is now tasked with deciding whether to overturn the jury’s verdict and order a new trial — or even dismiss the charges altogether.

The judge’s ruling could also determine whether the former and now future commander-in-chief will be sentenced on November 26 as planned.

The Republican won back the White House a week ago, but the legal question concerns his status as a former president, not an impending president.

A jury convicted Trump in May of falsifying company records in connection with a $130,000 payment to porn actor Stormy Daniels in October 2016.

The payoff was to buy her silence on claims that she had sex with Trump.

He says this is not the case, denies any wrongdoing and insists the prosecution was a political tactic designed to damage his latest campaign.

Just over a month after the ruling, the Supreme Court ruled that ex-presidents cannot be prosecuted for actions they took while governing the country and that prosecutors cannot cite those actions, even to support a case that is purely focused on personal behavior. .

Trump’s lawyers cited the ruling to argue that the hush money jury was given evidence it should not have, such as Trump’s presidential financial disclosure form and testimony from some White House aides.

Prosecutors disagreed, saying the evidence in question was only “a piece” of their case.

Trump’s criminal conviction was a first for any ex-president.

The 78-year-old faced the possibility of a sentence ranging from a fine or probation to up to four years in prison.

MAGA Republican Kari Lake has lost her race for Arizona Senate to Democrat Ruben Gallego, who will become the Grand Canyon state’s first Latino senator.

Gallego’s victory helps prevent the Republican Party from further expanding its majority in the upper chamber of Congress and continues his party’s successful run in Arizona over the past decade, where voters have repeatedly rejected candidates backed by Donald Trump.

Trump himself defeated Kamala Harris in last week’s presidential race, but thus secured a clean slate in the swing states.

“Gracias, Arizona!” Gallego, 44, wrote on

Gallego is a five-term member of the House of Representatives and a Marine Corps veteran of the Iraq War. He will replace Kyrsten Sinema, whose victory as a Democrat in 2018 created a formula that the party has since successfully repeated.

One last cabinet choice and then we move on.

It is believed that the president-elect will choose ex-New York Congressman Lee Zeldin, a man who “voted against environmental laws 85 percent of the time,” to lead the Environmental Protection Agency.

Another man ready to join Trump in Washington DC is Florida Rep. Mike Waltz, who will step into the shoes previously worn by HR McMaster, John Bolton and Robert O’Brien if he is indeed is selected.

In another key appointment, the president-elect has chosen the Republican lawmaker from Florida, a regular with him in the 2024 campaign, to be the country’s top diplomat, sources said. The New York Times on Monday evening.

The Cuban-American, 53, will become the first Latino to fill the role when Trump takes office in January.

He will face a geopolitical landscape in which multiple U.S. allies are at war abroad, including defending Ukraine against Russia’s invasion and Israel’s conflict with Hamas in Gaza.

He is also expected to deliver on key campaign promises closer to home, such as dramatically reducing illegal immigration at the US-Mexico border.

Rubio was elected to the Senate in 2010 and was reportedly considered by Trump as a 2024 running mate.

He is seen as a hawk against both China and Iran and a staunch supporter of Israel.

There’s more of this Graeme Massie And Jos Marcus.

The president-elect has chosen South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem to lead the Department of Homeland Security in his next administration as his White House team continues to take shape.

Noem is perhaps best known to millions around the world after revealing in her memoir earlier this year that she had shot and killed her disobedient dog Cricket, an anecdote seemingly intended to convey her leadership skills but which instead may have cost the opportunity to run as Trump’s vice presidential nominee, an honor that instead went to Senator J.D. Vance of Ohio.

Here it is James Liddell at his last appointment.

Donald Trump — who baselessly accuses President Joe Biden’s administration of “weaponizing” law enforcement and the courts against him — will take office on January 20, 2025, with an array of executive powers at his fingertips.

He could soon prepare to take revenge on those he believes wronged him.

Senate parliamentarian Elizabeth MacDonough, essentially a Senate referee, is responsible for ensuring that lawmakers follow the rules that determine how legislation moves forward. And it is her role that could prove to be the final obstacle before Trump can enact sweeping immigration reform.

“The fear is that career leadership and career employees everywhere will leave or be displaced.”

The two celebrated Veterans Day on Monday at Arlington National Cemetery, where the two laid a wreath as part of the annual ceremony. Biden then made remarks during the ceremony and barely spoke about the election.

The Arlington event is nonpartisan and the two appeared together, walking in a solemn procession. The vice president appeared stoic without a hint of a smile during the ceremony, while Biden appeared somewhat stiff and coughing. His eyes appeared closed during parts of the event.