Month: October 2023

Jump to Former President Donald Trump said he has a “much better body” than President Joe Biden and claimed he could take him in a fight.“He’s got a consultant somewhere — this is the worst consultant in politics — that thinks he looks good in a bathing suit, right? He spends so much time at…
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The former president claimed, without evidence, that the Biden administration had “allowed tens of thousands of probable terrorists into this country.”

A man in the US has been charged with leaking the tax returns of a "high-ranking government official" who is understood to be Donald Trump.Prosecutors said Charles Littlejohn, a contractor for the IRS – the US-wide tax body – stole the information and passed it on to a news organisation.He is also accused of stealing…
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BEDFORD, N.H. — Diane Weir isn’t an obvious vote for Nikki Haley. Unlike the former U.N. ambassador, she’s opposed to more U.S. spending on the war in Ukraine. Yet she was impressed by seeing Haley in person and hearing her pitch to seek common ground on abortion.“She didn’t seem canned,” said the 53-year-old Republican, who…
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ProfileSectionstvFeaturedMore From NBCFollow NBC NewsA man arrested in the killing of a Baltimore tech entrepreneur was suspected of raping a woman days before and was already under surveillance, police saySeptember 28, 2023, 12:24 PMMichael Gambon, the actor best known for playing Dumbledore in the 'Harry Potter' films, dies at 82September 28, 2023, 8:02 AMMorning Rundown:…
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Authoritarianism Expert Says Nikki Haley’s Trump Comment Means 1 Chilling Thing  Yahoo Newssource

Republicans are piling on Joe Biden about a prisoner swap with Iran and the release of $6 billion of Iran’s money, but they won’t talk about Trump’s 2017 Oval Office leak.

Republican presidential candidate Will Hurd announced Monday that he was dropping out of the 2024 GOP primary and endorsing former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley instead. “Unfortunately, it has become clear to me and my team that the time has come to suspend our campaign. While I appreciate all the time and energy our supporters have…
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Boston 25 Now Trump Mar-a-Lago FILE – Former President Donald Trump speaks during a commit to caucus rally, Saturday, Oct. 7, 2023, in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall, File) (Charlie Neibergall/AP)WOLFEBORO, N.H. — Former President Donald Trump, who is seeking a second bid for the White House, made a campaign stop in Wolfeboro on…
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Former President Trump tore into Forbes magazine after it again dropped him from its annual list of the wealthiest Americans.Trump ripped the magazine in a Truth Social post on Monday, calling it “very badly failing” and asserting it “lost most of its relevance long ago.”Trump bemoaned that Forbes “took me off their Fake Forbes 400…
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Once again, Donald Trump won a primary debate by skipping it. Where is Mr Trump taking the Republican party next?Your browser does not support the <audio> element.John Prideaux hosts with Charlotte Howard and James Bennet. They’re joined by historian Rick Perlstein, The Economist’s Andrew Miller and The Economist’s Adam O’Neal.Runtime: 48 minListen on: Apple Podcasts…
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The GOP presidential candidate says she’s raised $11 million in the third quarter — less than DeSantis overall — but has more money on hand than him to spend in the primary.

Of all the things he could rant about, the ex-president chose this?

Video: Conway reacts to Trump’s controversial anti-immigrant comments  CNNsource

It’s often asked in my circles: Why isn’t Joe Biden getting more credit for his accomplishments? As with anything, there’s no single reason. Inflation is a factor. His age is as well. Ditto the fact that people aren’t quite yet seeing the infrastructure improvements or the lower prescription drug costs.There is no one reason. But…
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Louis XIV (perhaps apocryphally) said, “l’état, c’est moi” — “I am the state.” The declaration was echoed by Richard Nixon in 1977 when asked by David Frost why had authorized burglaries, wiretapping and other illegal actions against anti-war protesters. He responded: “Well, when the president does it, that means that it is not illegal.” Nixon…
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Welcome back to The Trump Trials, our weekly effort to keep readers up to date on the many criminal — and civil — cases the 45th president is fighting in federal and state courts.Let’s get started:Federal prosecutors and Donald Trump’s attorneys were supposed to have until Monday to finish filing pretrial motions in the D.C.…
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Today in Philadelphia, the home of American independence, I announced myself as an independent candidate for president. My candidacy is not only about being independent from the two political parties. My goal is to make the federal government independent too — independent of the corporate and financial interests that have a merciless grip on our…
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Last week marked the 44th Ryder Cup competition, one of golf’s greatest. Some consider the Ryder Cup golf’s Olympics.  Started in 1927 as a match between the U.S., Great Britain and Ireland, The Cup was expanded to the U.S. versus Europe. Played biannually, alternating continents, this year Europe won the Cup at the Marco Simone course just north of…
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Several Republican presidential hopefuls took issue with the prisoner exchange agreement that the Biden administration made with Iran last month.

Fox News host claims Democrats will put Trump supporters in ‘camps’  Yahoo Newssource

Trump Shows Love To ‘Hannibal Lecter’ In Killer Blunder At Iowa Rally  Yahoo Newssource

The latest ABC/Washington Post poll shocked Democrats and gave Republicans reason to cheer. Unlike most polls that suggest a presidential contest between Joe Biden and Donald Trump is too close to call, this outlier has the current president trailing the indicted former president by 9 points. Equally troubling, 74 percent of all respondents said Biden,…
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Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis addressed a crowd with a megaphone outside Smokey Row in Ankeny, Oct. 7, 2023, during his first stop of the day on the Iowa caucus trail. (Photo by Robin Opsahl/Iowa Capital Dispatch)Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis told Iowans Saturday that if elected president he will deliver on promises made in 2016 by…
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