Month: November 2023

Former President Trump on Wednesday mocked his primary rivals and sought to cement his status as the front-runner for the 2024 Republican nomination as he counterprogrammed the third GOP primary debate with one of his signature campaign rallies. Trump held court with thousands of supporters in Hialeah, Fla., roughly 15 miles away from where five…
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Former United Nations Ambassador Nikki Haley took aim at Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’s environmental policies in the second consecutive GOP primary debate Wednesday, calling the governor “a liberal when it comes to the environment.” Haley made the remarks in response to a question about the reimposition of sanctions on Venezuelan oil, which prompted DeSantis to…
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Former United Nations Ambassador Nikki Haley blasted entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy as “scum” after he brought up her daughter on Wednesday night’s third Republican presidential debate stage in Miami.  “In the last debate, she made fun of me for actually joining TikTok while her own daughter was actually using the app for a long time. So…
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Lawyers for former US president said reports of his alleged sexual activity in Russia were ‘false, phoney or made-up’Donald Trump has said that a dossier alleging that he engaged in “perverted sexual behaviour” and paid bribes to Russian officials to further his business interests is “false” and “phoney”, and is seeking to sue for damages…
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Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley, who are neck and neck for second place in the GOP presidential primary, took aim at front-runner former President Trump during the third Republican presidential debate Wednesday. DeSantis took aim at Trump over skipping the third Republican debate in Miami and over some of his…
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Nick Ackerman, a former Watergate prosecutor, said former President Trump is “toast” in his New York civil fraud case, arguing it is a “stupid move” for the former president to testify in his case after invoking the Fifth Amendment in a deposition for it last summer. “And basically at this point, Donald Trump is toast,”…
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ATLANTA (AP) — Attorney and prominent conservative media figure Jenna Ellis pleaded guilty Tuesday to a felony charge over efforts to overturn Donald Trump’s 2020 election loss in Georgia, tearfully telling the judge she looks back on that time with “deep remorse.”Ellis, the fourth defendant in the case to enter into a plea deal with prosecutors, was a vocal…
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Five Republican candidates will take the stage Wednesday night for the third GOP presidential debate in Miami, while front-runner former President Trump holds a rally also in south Florida. Former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis are set to clash as they look to solidify their position as the main alternative to…
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Democratic Reps. John Sarbanes (Md.) and Mary Gay Scanlon (Penn.) on Wednesday introduced a bill that would require limits and disclosure for donations to inaugural committees. The bill, titled the Inaugural Fund Integrity Act, is aimed at addressing the “loopholes” in the current Inaugural Committee guidelines that “allow for abuse of funds,” according to a…
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The FBI’s newest headquarters will be in Greenbelt, Md., after years of discussion over where to move the agency, if at all, from its downtown Washington, D.C., office, The Washington Post reported Wednesday. Greenbelt, not far from the D.C. border, was the result of a years-long site selection process that featured three finalists, the alternatives…
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Watch CBS News By Anthony Salvanto, Jennifer De Pinto, Fred Backus November 5, 2023 / 9:30 AM EST / CBS News With views of things in America continuing to be bad and now hitting their most negative marks of the year, one might expect an incumbent president to trail in a pre-election poll — as…
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Live updates: Ivanka Trump testifies in New York civil fraud trial  CNN Trump fraud trial live updates: Ivanka Trump testifies she doesn’t know much about financial documents  NBC News Ivanka Trump testifies about Trump Organization fraud  NPR source

Former President Trump will now appear on the Minnesota ballot after the state Supreme Court dismissed a challenge arguing the former president be disqualified from the primary ballot under the 14th Amendment. The Minnesota Supreme Court dismissed the case in an order on Wednesday, saying neither the courts nor election officials in the state have the authority…
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[1/2]Reuters Editor-in-Chief Alessandra Galloni speaks with Ukraine's President Zelenskiy via video link at the ReutersNEXT Newsmaker event in New York City, New York, U.S., November 8, 2023. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid Acquire Licensing RightsKYIV, Nov 8 (Reuters) – Ukrainians are concerned with certain voices in the U.S. Republican party calling to cut back support for Kyiv, President…
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Five GOP presidential hopefuls are participating in Wednesday’s event in Miami.

Former President Trump diminished the risks of his attacks on those involved in his federal election interference case, complaining he has been hit with a gag order based on “speculation” about what his followers might do. The comment came in Trump’s first brief as he appeals a gag order issued by Judge Tanya Chutkan that…
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PEOPLE OF INTERESTIn September 2021, Alina Habba became lead attorney defending former president Trump in a defamation case brought by former “Apprentice” contestant Summer Zervos. Just weeks later she filed a $100 million lawsuit against the New York Times and Trump’s niece Mary L Trump on his behalf. Landing Trump as a client was quite…
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Legal The former president alleges the rumors and uncorroborated information in a report by the British ex-spy were false and harmed his reputation. Christopher Steele leaves the Royal Courts of Justice in London on Monday. | Aaron Chown/PA via AP By Associated Press 10/16/2023 03:39 PM EDT Link CopiedLONDON — A lawyer for Donald Trump…
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WASHINGTON – Chris Christie is stepping up his taunting of Donald Trump, saying that the former president is heading toward a criminal conviction – thanks to former White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows.Meadows’ cooperation with prosecutors in the federal 2020 election theft case is nothing but trouble for defendant Trump, Christie said Tuesday on…
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The president has confirmed nearly double the number of female judges that Donald Trump did during his entire time in the White House.

Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-Md.) fired back at GOP leaders of the House Oversight Committee on Wednesday over their subpoenas of Biden family members. The committee earlier Wednesday issued subpoenas for President Biden’s son, Hunter Biden, and the president’s brother, James Biden. It also asked James Biden’s wife, Sarah Biden, as well as Hunter Biden’s wife, Melissa Cohen, to…
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2024 Elections Donald Trump’s opponents rested their case against him on the argument he can’t beat Joe Biden. Now polls suggest he can. Former President Donald Trump's supporters are sympathetic to, not turned off by, his mounting legal problems. | Phelan M. Ebenhack/AP By Natalie Allison and Burgess Everett 11/08/2023 10:00 AM EST Link CopiedPublicly…
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Trump fraud trial recap: Former president testifies in N.Y. legal case  NBC Newssource

(Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) Celeste Maloy in Salt Lake City on Saturday, Oct. 7, 2023.As former President Donald Trump again leads the race as Republicans’ nominee to next year’s election, Utah’s GOP nominee to fill the state’s open congressional seat says Trump’s impeachment for efforts to overturn his loss in the last…
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By Katie MarrinerVictor Reklaitis Among the 2024 Republican presidential hopefuls, Tim Scott, Nikki Haley and Chris Christie score the most contributions from CEOs of S&P 500 companies While Donald Trump is the frontrunner in the 2024 Republican presidential primary and leads his GOP rivals in overall fundraising, they’re having more success than him in winning…
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