Month: November 2023

Exclusive: sources say Fulton county prosecutors unwilling to offer deals to key trio, preferring instead to force them to trialFulton county prosecutors do not intend to offer plea deals to Donald Trump and at least two high-level co-defendants charged in connection with their efforts to overturn the 2020 election in Georgia, according to two people…
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Trump insists he’s being “sarcastic” after being called out for repeatedly confusing Obama and Biden  Yahoo Newssource

Jump to Donald Trump’s lawyers tried to squeeze an unlikely new name onto their already crowded witness list in the New York civil fraud trial on Monday: Barbara Jones, the Trump Organization’s highly critical court-appointed monitor.The judge in the non-jury trial, state Supreme Court Justice Arthur Engoron, turned down the defense request, saving Trump’s side…
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ProfileSectionstvFeaturedMore From NBCFollow NBC NewsThere are no new alerts at this timeHunter Biden asked the judge presiding over his criminal gun charge case to subpoena former President Donald Trump and top officials in his Justice Department, arguing that the investigation into him was the direct result of “incessant, improper, and partisan pressure” from Trump and his allies.The…
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Lewinsky suggested an amendment to leave presidents on the hook for crimes they commit.

Republican challenger says rival’s language and conduct a contributing factor to rising antisemitism and IslamophobiaDonald Trump’s “intolerance towards everyone” encourages antisemitism and Islamophobia in the US amid tensions over the war between Israel and Hamas, said Chris Christie, the former New Jersey governor challenging Trump for the Republican presidential nomination.“When you show intolerance towards everyone…
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Despite boycotting three Republican primary debates and taking multiple setbacks in criminal and civil court proceedings against him, Donald Trump continues to enjoy a commanding lead in the polls. Even as he stokes the flames of hate and violence on the campaign trail, the former president is supported by an astounding 60-70 percent of Republican…
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Featured ShowsMSNBC TVMoreFollow msnbcMore BrandsMore ShowsFacing the prospect of five civil and criminal trials over the course of seven months, former President Donald Trump’s trial dance card is quite full. It’s not at all unusual for criminal defendants to have multiple cases pending against them simultaneously in multiple jurisdictions. This can happen when people choose…
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Former and current U.S. Secret Service agents carry casket of former first lady Rosalynn Carter at Phoebe Sumter Medical Center in Americus, Ga., on Nov. 27, 2023. The former first lady died on Nov. 19. She was 96.Alex Brandon, Associated Press By including Melania Trump at her funeral, former first lady Rosalynn Carter showed a…
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Some of them argue his demeanor and election denial don't eclipse his strengths.Donald Trump and his allies are ramping up high-dollar fundraising efforts with less than two months to go until the Iowa caucus begins the 2024 Republican primary, as several major donors show signs of returning to the former president — including those who…
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Credit: APCredit: APDonald Trump will defend himself against charges that he illegally sought to overturn the 2020 election in Georgia by arguing his claims about voting fraud were “core political speech” protected by the First Amendment.In a filing on Monday in Fulton County Superior Court, Trump attorney Steven Sadow said the former president will challenge…
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“We are going to win so much, you may even get tired of winning,” presidential candidate Donald Trump told a crowd of supporters in April 2016. For any other politician, it would have been an unusual boast. But not for Donald Trump.  Because winning, at any cost, is all that matters for him. It’s his white whale.…
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“‘For my friends, everything; for my enemies, the law.’ That is how Donald Trump has operated,” the MSNBC host said.

ProfileSectionstvFeaturedMore From NBCFollow NBC NewsThere are no new alerts at this timeJohn Eastman, a co-defendant of Donald Trump in the Georgia election interference case, appeared to take a dig at the former president in a filing Monday that pressed the court for a faster schedule next year.In the filing, Eastman attorney Wilmer Parker III said that…
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President Joe Biden opened his recent Washington Post op-ed with a familiar refrain: “Today, the world faces an inflection point.”  There is no better proof of the validity of that truism than the perceptions and actions of the authoritarian adversaries of the Western international order. China, Russia, Iran and North Korea and their lesser accomplices…
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Former President Trump plans to retake the witness stand in his civil fraud trial next month as the final witness in the defense’s case. This time under questioning by his legal team, Trump will testify on Dec. 11, attorney Chris Kise said Monday. With his own team at the helm, Trump could have a wider…
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Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) denounced former President Trump’s attacks on top figures that endorsed the governor’s presidential run, calling his condemnation “out of bounds.”  DeSantis, in an interview Monday evening with Fox News host Laura Ingraham, said people should have the right to have a preference in the primary without being attacked for making…
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Legal The long-awaited D.C. Circuit ruling in a trio of civil lawsuits could influence Trump’s criminal cases as well. Supporters of Donald Trump storm the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. Trump faces several lawsuits over his role in the attack. | Jose Luis Magana/AP By Kyle Cheney and Josh Gerstein 11/27/2023 07:23 PM EST Link…
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Here, in our house of worship, people were taunting me about politics as I tried to mourn.It was July 29, 2019—the worst day of my life, though I didn’t know that quite yet.The traffic in downtown Washington, D.C., was inching along. The mid-Atlantic humidity was sweating through the windows of my chauffeured car. I was…
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Influential Iowa evangelical leader Bob Vander Plaats is doubling down on his disdain for former President Trump and his support for Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis to take the GOP presidential nomination next year. Vander Plaats, CEO of the Iowa-based Christian conservative group The Family Leader, told the Blaze’s Steve Deace this week that he’s never…
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In recent weeks, whispers among Democrats that President Biden should withdraw from the 2024 presidential race have grown louder amid mounting concerns over the president’s age and fitness. And yet, while everyone seems to be asking whether or not Biden should step aside, the real question is, would Democrats be better off if Biden did withdraw and…
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COLUMBIA, S.C. — Former President Donald Trump again turned a college football stadium into a campaign venue, this time in the backyard of Republican primary rival Nikki Haley.The results included many cheers, some boos, and implicit contrasts with his Republican opponents trailing him in polls across the country.“At the Palmetto Bowl in the Great State…
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Campaigning in Iowa this year, Donald Trump said he was prevented during his presidency from using the military to quell violence in primarily Democratic cities and states.Calling New York City and Chicago “crime dens,” the front-runner for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination told his audience, “The next time, I’m not waiting. One of the things…
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