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Jasper Goodman / Politico : How Trump is courting crypto traders, as GOP becomes increasingly friendly toward crypto while key Democrats remain at odds and SEC cracks down on the industry   —  It's the first time crypto has become an issue in the general election of a presidential race.

Supporters of Donald Trump came out in droves Saturday to hear the former president speak at a campaign rally in Wildwood, New Jersey, as the GOP front-runner faces ongoing trials in New York, D.C., Georgia, and Florida.  The rally was expected to draw more than 40,000 supporters.  Many who spoke to Fox News said they believe Trump could flip the Garden State in November, when he hopes to take back the White House for a second term.  Rod Delaine, an Amazon factory worker in Staten Island who lives in New Jersey, told Fox News Digital he drove nearly two-and-a-half hours to attend the rally.  A New Jersey schoolteacher who identified herself as Anna, said she was motivated to attend because of the state of the economy.  NY V. TRUMP TRIAL CONTINUES AFTER JUDGE DENIES DEFENSE MOTION FOR MISTRIAL Another supporter, who identified himself as Carlos, said he believed the country needed to go back to the way things were under the former president.  "I th...

Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., was rebuked as an "elite" during a recent Oxford Union debate, where she argued that populism in the United States is a threat to democracy. Pelosi — a self-described "devout" Catholic — said during the April 25 debate that certain Americans, whom she considered to be "poor souls who are looking for some answers," refuse to accept the answers Democrats give them on particular topics due to their beliefs about "guns, gays, [and] God." Challenging Pelosi's position in the debate about populism, Winston Marshall, a musician who was once a part of Mumford and Sons and now hosts the "Marshall Matters" podcast for The Spectator, spoke in opposition to the Oxford Union motion that "This House Believes Populism is a Threat to Democracy."  The Oxford Union at the UK's famed university holds itself as a defender of free speech, and has hosted events with numerous U.S. politician...

Nikkei Asia : Sources: Arm plans to set up an AI chip division, aiming to build a prototype by spring 2025, with mass production expected to start later in the year   —  CEO Son seeks to invest $64bn, including in data centers and robotics  —  TOKYO/LONDON — SoftBank Group subsidiary Arm will foray …

At the close of the 15th day of the trial of N.Y. v. Trump, Judge Juan Merchan directed New York prosecutors to instruct Michael Cohen to stop making comments about the case and former President Trump but did not impose a gag order.  Merchan imposed a gag order on the former president that prevents him from speaking about the witnesses, the jury and any prosecutors other than Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg. Cohen, his ex-lawyer, is expected to take the witness stand Monday.  Cohen has been making TikTok videos disparaging Trump and has been spotted wearing a T-shirt depicting Trump behind bars. Because of the gag order in place, Trump is not allowed to respond publicly, though he has broken that order several times. In court Friday, Trump's lawyers argued Cohen should also be restrained by a gag order.  But Merchan told the prosecutors to tell Cohen to stop making such comments in a warning that "comes from the bench." The state's lawyers said they would...

CNBC : A federal judge dismisses X's lawsuit against Bright Data over data scraping; Meta previously filed a suit against Bright Data and was similarly unsuccessful   —  Tesla CEO Elon Musk  —  A federal judge in California dismissed a lawsuit filed by Elon Musk's X against Israel's Bright Data …

New York Times : Sources: Apple made generative AI a tent-pole project after Craig Federighi and John Giannandrea spent weeks testing ChatGPT and found Siri to be antiquated   —  Apple plans to announce that it will bring generative A.I. to iPhones after the company's most significant reorganization in a decade.