Month: November 2023

Former President Donald Trump's lawyers renewed their attacks on Monday on the judge presiding over his civil fraud trial and his principal law clerk, days after revelations that both have been besieged with "hundreds" of threats.Manhattan Supreme Court Justice Arthur Engoron gagged Trump and his attorneys from making statements about his staff, in a pair…
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Donald Trump’s Abortion About-Face Is Cynical as Ever  Vanity Fairsource

There is no mystery about the Capitol riot. There is nothing intangible, no unseen engine for what occurred. There is no uncertainty about what happened and why.But because everything about what unfolded on Jan. 6, 2021, implicates the cultural leader of the Republican Party — and because pretending that a mystery exists benefits him —…
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Nikki Haley, 2024 Republican candidate for president, interacts with voters after a campaign event in Newton, Iowa, on Friday, Nov. 17, 2023.Samuel Benson, Deseret News Don’t look now, but Nikki Haley seems to be having a bit of a moment. Two Fridays ago, at a town hall in central Iowa, the parking lot filled up…
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Spying on presidents used to be a tough business. One of the great unsung heroes of American history was a formerly enslaved woman named Mary Bowser, a spy who infiltrated the family of Jefferson Davis as a domestic servant, and eventually landed a full-time job in the Southern White House, the political seat of his…
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E-EditionSign up for email newsletters Sign up for email newslettersE-EditionBy Marc Levy The Associated PressHARRISBURG — Jack Stollsteimer, the top prosecutor in heavily populated Delaware County, will run for Pennsylvania attorney general in 2024, he announced Monday, seeking an office that played a critical role in court defending Joe Biden’s 2020 victory in the presidential…
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His social media posts were not threatening despite the hundreds of alarming calls and messages to court staff others sent in their wake, he alleges in a court filing.

EDITOR’S NOTE: Thomas B. Edsall is a contributor to The New York Times Opinion section on strategic and demographic trends in American politics. He previously covered politics for The Washington Post.Brian Klaas, a political scientist at University College London, captured the remarkable nature of the 2024 presidential election in an Oct. 1 essay, “The Case…
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Get opinion pieces, letters and editorials sent directly to your inbox weekly!Call me crazy but is this the freedom of speech you want to defend?Brenna Bird, Iowa’s Attorney General, and several other Republican AGs have filed a brief supporting Donald J. Trump’s freedom of speech. She says, “All Americans have the right to free speech…
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Email*I’m interested in (please check all that apply)You may opt-out anytime by clicking “unsubscribe” from the newsletter or from your account.Nov 27, 2023FILE – Independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. speaks during a campaign event, Tuesday, Nov. 14, 2023, in Columbia, S.C. The 2024 presidential election is drawing a robust field of independent, third…
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Being former President Trump’s running mate could be America’s best political position in two generations. The reason? This person will be the heir apparent to the potential Trump tapped but failed to fully harness: conservative populism. Not since Dwight Eisenhower in 1952 has there been such a clear prospect of such a potentially potent legacy. Donald…
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<!– Presented by Novavax — Former President Trump says he is ‘seriously looking’ at ObamaCare alternatives {beacon} Health Care Health Care <!–   The Big Story  Biden campaign jumps into ObamaCare fight President Biden’s reelection campaign is enthusiastically jumping into a fight with former President Trump over the Affordable Care Act, also known as ObamaCare. …
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Jump to In an early-morning screed, former President Donald Trump said the repeated times he’s mixed up the names of former President Barack Obama and President Joe Biden during speeches have been intentional.“Whenever I sarcastically insert the name Obama for Biden as an indication that others may actually be having a very big influence running…
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Former President Donald Trump, entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy and former Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson are hosting events in Iowa this week to continue their presidential campaigns.The 2024 presidential election will take place Nov. 5. The Iowa Republican caucuses will be held Jan. 15, 2024.Trump will be in Iowa on Saturday to deliver a speech encouraging Iowans…
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A federal judge Monday rejected former President Trump’s efforts to subpoena information related to the Jan. 6, 2021, attack that the former president had accused government officials of failing to preserve, determining the request amounted to a “fishing expedition.” An October filing from Trump repeated a disputed claim that the former House select committee investigating…
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Insurance for tens of millions of people, and pre-existing condition guarantees, could be in jeopardy if the former president wins the 2024 election.

ATLANTA (AP) — The Georgia district attorney who charged former President Donald Trump over his efforts to overturn the state’s 2020 election said Tuesday that she expects his trial will be underway through Election Day next year and could possibly stretch past the inauguration in 2025.Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis made the comments at an event sponsored by…
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An immigrant family wades through the Rio Grande while crossing from Mexico into the United States on Sept. 30, 2023 in Eagle Pass, Texas. (John Moore/Getty Images)This is one of an occasional series comparing the Republican presidential candidates’ positions on issues.WASHINGTON — Most of the candidates in this year’s 2024 Republican race for the presidential…
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[1/5]Republican presidential candidate and former U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during a campaign rally in Claremont, New Hampshire, U.S., November 11, 2023. REUTERS/Brian Snyder/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsWASHINGTON, Nov 27 (Reuters) – Donald Trump has vowed to intensify his crackdown on immigration if he returns to the White House and has left the door open…
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Trump's PACs have paid Habba's law firm over $3.5 million, according to records.Things were not going well for Donald Trump's lawyers in the former president's civil fraud trial.Trump had just concluded a day of testimony that he had peppered with caustic attacks on Judge Arthur Engoron, and his attorneys were struggling to seek guidance from…
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This Comedian Is Itching to Become Donald Trump’s VP Pick & the …  Yahoo Entertainmentsource

Former New Jersey governor and current presidential candidate Chris Christie stated that former President Donald Trump “showed intolerance towards everyone” and “gave permission” for antisemitism, Islamophobia, and other forms of intolerance,” in an interview with CNN on Sunday. Donald Trump’s intolerant language and his intolerant conduct gives others permission to act the same. Intolerance towards…
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SEARCHTrump’s lawyers and prosecutors at the Manhattan DA’s office are battling over Trump’s team naming who they plan to call to the stand in the upcoming hush money trial.Political Investigations ReporterAs the Manhattan District Attorney gears up for Donald Trump’s criminal trial next year, the former president is locked in a battle over experts.Specifically, the…
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Former President Trump’s company no longer prepares the sweeping financial statements now under scrutiny in his civil fraud trial in New York, an executive testified on Monday. Mark Hawthorn, the chief operating officer of the Trump Organization’s hotel arm, told the court that the firm bearing the name of the former president prepares audits and…
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