President Trump heads to Capitol for first time since Jan. 6: Live

The jury foreman in Donald Trump's hush money trial ended his verdict notice to the judge, informing the world that a verdict had been reached in the former U.S. president's first criminal case but that he needed 20 minutes to fill out the paperwork, with a cheery and polite “Thank you!”

Eric Garcia and Katie Hawkinson The Independent reports from Capitol Hill:

President Donald Trump met with House Republicans on Thursday, marking his first visit to the House of Representatives since before the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol.

There, Trump is meeting privately with party members just weeks before the Republican National Convention, where he will be nominated as the GOP's presidential candidate, and just months before the 2024 election.

Outside the rally, protesters heckled each other as Republicans filed into the Capitol Hill Club, where Republicans frequently hold rallies. Some protesters called Republicans “sycophants” and carried signs warning them to “don't drink the Kool-Aid.”

Backlash continues following reports that Donald Trump called Milwaukee, the host city of the Republican National Convention, “terrible.”

Milwaukee political columnist Dan Schafer collected three different explanations for the remarks from three Wisconsin Republicans.

Jake Sherman Punchbowl Newswho first reported the former president's comments about the largest city in the state that Republicans believe they need to win in November's election, responded that their explanation proves Trump's statement.

Trump campaign spokesman Steven Chang responded: “No, that's complete bullshit. Mr. Trump never said anything that has been falsely said. He was talking about how bad crime and voter fraud are.”

That seems like it would discredit those who originally claimed he didn't say that…

Former President Donald Trump met with Virginia Governor Glenn Youngkin yesterday at Trump National Golf Club in Washington DC (which is actually in Loudoun County, Virginia).

CBS News' Olivia Rinaldi reports that this isn't a battle for the vice presidential spot, but rather a strategy to win Virginia's election in November, a state that the Trump campaign sees as a key issue in the election, having been dominated by Democrats since 2008.

Among the strange events that occurred at the House Republican Conference this morning…

Kelly Risman The story goes like this:

The Biden campaign slammed Donald Trump's comments about Milwaukee, with Wisconsin Democrat Garren Randolph saying, “If Donald Trump thinks Milwaukee is so bad, he shouldn't come to our city. Milwaukee deserves to be treated better than a convicted criminal, racist and would-be dictator who hates us and our values.”

And another explanation has emerged as to why Trump made the remarks he did.

Others cried out “sycophants” and “don't drink the Kool-Aid.”

Another protester, wearing a bear costume, held up a sign that read, “More Tax Cuts, More Benefits.”

Did he say it or not? What was the context?

He has a history of making similar comments…

A man's attempt to trademark the phrase “TRUMP TOO SMALL” failed when the Supreme Court ruled that a law protecting a person's name from being trademarked without their consent does not violate the First Amendment.

Justice Clarence Thomas wrote in a unanimous decision Thursday that the law limiting trademarking of names reflects a “historic rationale for identifying the source of goods” to ensure “customers know the source of those goods.”

“Political parties have no First Amendment right to piggyback on the goodwill that other groups have built in their name,” Justice Thomas added.

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