Month: October 2023

With Rep. Kevin McCarthy’s (R-Calif.) historic removal as House Speaker, there are no winners — not the Republican Party, not the Democratic Party and certainly not the American people.  The obvious takeaway from this chaos is how far the Republican Party has fallen in the past decade. The GOP is a shell of its former self —…
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Most Republicans in a new poll want the new Speaker of the House to be loyal to former President Trump.A new CBS News/YouGov survey found that 59 percent of all Republicans prefer that the new GOP Speaker be loyal to the former president. Among MAGA Republicans — Trump’s most loyal subsection of the GOP — this number…
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If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, SheKnows may receive an affiliate commission. Melania Trump has been a bit of an enigma this year. Not only has her lack of appearances during her husband Donald Trump’s 2024 campaign raised eyebrows, but her renegotiated prenup has people convinced…
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In the recent Republican primary presidential debate, several of the candidates discussed how they would address today’s compounded educational crises: abysmal test scores; widespread dissatisfaction; and indoctrination in gender ideology, which leads schools to withhold information about children from their own parents. Unsurprisingly, each candidate who proposed solutions to these growing problems touted school choice. …
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‘I will not be bullied’: New York AG fires back at Trump  CNNsource

There’s little concern independent or third-party candidates will win the presidency but they could siphon support from the ultimate Democratic and GOP nominees.

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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AG Merrick Garland tapped Smith to look into Donald Trump's actions on Jan. 6.Special counsel Jack Smith is nearing a decision over whether to recommend charges for former President Donald Trump's handling of classified documents and any role he may have played in efforts to overturn his loss in the 2020 presidential election.Smith will make…
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The latest breaking updates, delivered straight to your email inbox.Aggrieved and defiant, former President Donald Trump spent a day in court Monday for the sometimes testy start of a trial in a fraud lawsuit that could cost him control of Trump Tower and other prized properties. “Disgraceful trial,” he declared during a lunch break, after…
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The former president oh-so-modestly assessed the possibility of such an incident on his watch.

MARION, Ia. — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis told Iowa audiences this weekend that he would get Mexico to pay for building a wall on the southern border, jabbing at former President Donald Trump failing to keep his campaign promises.“With me, everything I tell you I’m going to do, write it down,” DeSantis said Sunday at…
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Rep. Ken Buck, R-Colo., one of the House Republicans who voted last week to oust House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., vowed that former President Donald Trump will not become the leader of the lower chamber.Asked on ABC’s “This Week” about Republicans who have called for Trump to fill the role, Buck said “that’s not going…
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Statement: “When I came into office, the auto industry was on its knees, gasping its last breaths.” Trump administration “tariffs and taxes saved the American auto industry from extinction.”As United Auto Workers strike against the leading U.S. automakers, former President Donald Trump took credit for saving the industry.“When I came into office, the auto industry…
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Copyright 2023 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.Former President Donald Trump sits in the courtroom before the continuation of his civil business fraud trial at New York Supreme Court, Tuesday, Oct. 3, 2023, in New York. Former President Donald Trump is in a New York court for the second day of his civil business fraud…
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The GOP candidate’s failure to condemn the former president’s attack on retired Gen. Mark Milley is an ominous sign for America, explained Ruth Ben-Ghiat.

Legal woes that would destroy most candidates have become a defining feature of his campaign – and some say it might workThe blue suit, white shirt, red tie and American flag pin looked familiar. So did the TV cameras following every move and reporters hanging on every word. So did the wild hand gestures as…
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CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa — Former President Donald Trump said in a pair of speeches Saturday that international conflicts in Israel and Ukraine “would not have happened” under his watch, touting his administration’s presence on the world stage as he rallied support in Iowa.Trump, addressing supporters in Waterloo and Cedar Rapids with 100 days until the…
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The former Fox News host cursed live on air and claimed it was “a personal embarrassment” that he’d been friends with the former president for so long.

Lawyers say ‘allegedly improper’ behavior by president falls within ‘outer perimeter’ of duties and is protected from prosecutionLawyers for Donald Trump have urged a federal judge to dismiss the criminal case over his efforts to overturn the 2020 election results, advancing a sweeping interpretation of executive power that contends that former presidents could not be…
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The 2024 candidate said the U.S. should try to keep the conflict from spreading.Republican presidential candidate Chris Christie said on Sunday that the U.S. should provide Israel with "everything that it needs to be able to take whatever actions it needs to take" in the wake of a large-scale attack by the militant group Hamas…
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News Organizations Ask Judge To Allow Trump Election Interference Trial To Be Televised  Yahoo Newssource

Copyright 2023 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.Former President Donald Trump arrives at a commit to caucus rally, Saturday, Oct. 7, 2023, in Waterloo, Iowa. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)President Joe Biden speaks in the State Dining Room of the White House, Saturday, Oct. 7, 2023, in Washington, after the militant Hamas rulers of the Gaza Strip…
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Former President Trump said Sunday that Hamas’s attacks on Israel and the Russia-Ukraine war would “never have happened” if he were president. “THE HORRIBLE ATTACK ON ISRAEL, MUCH LIKE THE ATTACK ON UKRAINE, WOULD NEVER HAVE HAPPENED IF I WERE PRESIDENT – ZERO CHANCE!” Trump wrote Sunday in a Truth Social post.Trump’s comments come one…
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Our democracy is very precious to us, but it is important to realize that the old human desire to control is present among us, as it always has been. It was represented in the past by the systems of monarchs and autocrats. Our democracy was established by people who were breaking away from an old…
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