Month: January 2024

More Republicans say former President Trump is a person of faith than several other Republican figures, his GOP primary challengers and President Biden, a new poll found. In the survey, conducted by HarrisX for Deseret News, 64 percent of Republicans said Trump was a person of faith, up from 53 percent in October. Former Vice…
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One of Donald Trump’s lawyers appeared to accidentally admit that the former president may have engaged in insurrection.Christina Bobb, a vocal 2020 election denier, tried to argue Tuesday night that voters should be able to elect anyone they want for president.“The president is elected by the entire nation, and it should be the entire nation…
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Florida state Rep. Anna Eskamani (D) criticized Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene’s (R-Ga.) decision to attend an event in the Sunshine State celebrating the third anniversary of the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol. “Just another day in Florida where the local Republican Party in Osceola County is hosting an ‘anniversary’ event to mark January…
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Decisions kicking former President Trump off the ballot in two states — Colorado and Maine — are amping up the pressure on the Supreme Court to resolve questions about Trump’s eligibility under the 14th Amendment.The Trump campaign appealed the Maine ruling Tuesday and is expected to do the same in Colorado, the latter of which…
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BREAKING: Active shooter situation reported at Iowa high school ProfileSectionstvFeaturedMore From NBCFollow NBC NewsThere are no new alerts at this timeDonald Trump’s 2024 campaign is taking direct aim at Republican rival Nikki Haley in a new advertisement airing in New Hampshire in a shift in strategy just weeks before the state’s primary.The 30-second ad, viewed by…
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Colorado supreme court issued ruling on Tuesday but in anticipation of appeal stayed it until 4 JanuaryDonald Trump appealed to the US supreme court on Wednesday to undo the Colorado ruling that removed him from the ballot in the western state under the 14th amendment to the US constitution, for inciting an insurrection.“In our system…
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Former Trump communications director Anthony Scaramucci described the likely rematch between former President Trump and President Biden as a choice between “demented” and “dementia” in an interview on Wednesday. During an interview with Scaramucci, Newsmax host Eric Bolling said he will take Trump, who he described as “the 77 year old,” and Scaramucci can take…
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Republican strategist: Trump campaign is not taking Iowa for granted this time  CNNsource

BREAKING: Active shooter situation reported at Iowa high school ProfileSectionstvFeaturedMore From NBCFollow NBC NewsThere are no new alerts at this timeDES MOINES, Iowa — Vivek Ramaswamy repeatedly described former President Donald Trump as “wounded” on Wednesday and said he was the best candidate to lead the MAGA movement forward as he makes a final attempt to…
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President Biden’s age isn’t a liability, it’s a ledger of lessons learned and relationships built and honed over decades of service. Under his administration, we’re not merely drifting toward normalcy, we’re navigating toward a more thoughtful and resilient future.  In Biden’s case, age isn’t just a number — it’s a lifelong dedication to public service…
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WATCH LIVEThe U.S. Supreme Court is expected to determine whether former President Donald Trump can keep running for the White House.Trump on Wednesday appealed a ruling from the Colorado Supreme Court that he's ineligible for the presidency because he violated a rarely used constitutional prohibition on those who hold office having "engaged in insurrection." On…
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Ahead of Iowa, House Republicans Are Kissing Donald Trump’s Ring  Vanity Fairsource

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Colorado's Supreme Court had barred him from the state's GOP primary ballot.Former President Donald Trump's legal team on Wednesday appealed to the U.S. Supreme Court to invalidate the Colorado Supreme Court's ruling disqualifying him from that state's GOP primary ballot.In the 43-page filing, Trump's lawyers contend that "in our system of 'government of the people,…
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Colorado’s secretary of state said in an interview late Wednesday that former President Trump does not have a “get out of jail free card” after he appealed a decision to kick him off the ballot in the state earlier in the day.  “Donald Trump is trying to argue he did not incite an insurrection while…
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GOP presidential candidate Chris Christie said he would not issue a pardon for former President Trump if he were elected president in 2024 and if Trump were convicted of a crime.In an interview on “The View” on Wednesday, the former New Jersey governor did not hesitate to say “no” when co-host Joy Behar pointed out…
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Watch CBS News By Melissa Quinn Updated on: January 3, 2024 / 5:26 PM EST / CBS News Washington — Former President Donald Trump has appealed to the U.S. Supreme Court the landmark decision that found he is disqualified from holding the presidency under the Constitution’s “insurrection clause” due to his conduct surrounding the  Jan.…
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Former President Donald Trump is leading in the polls in Iowa.After months of anticipation, the first-in-the-nation Iowa caucuses are less than two weeks away. Republican presidential candidates have been hitting the state for months to meet with Iowans who will cast their presidential preference cards at their respective caucus locations on Jan. 15.This is a…
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2024 Presidential ElectionAdvertisementpolitical memoWhile Iowa’s caucuses and New Hampshire’s primary could start to propel the former president to the G.O.P. nomination, he is facing two trials this month.By Maggie HabermanIn the political world, Donald J. Trump is on the cusp of something that eluded him in 2016: a clear victory in the Iowa caucuses this…
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The former president has asked the Supreme Court to overturn a ruling barring him from the Colorado ballot.Donald Trump has appealed to the US Supreme Court to enforce his participation in the primary election in the state of Colorado, the former president’s campaign team announced on Wednesday.In December, a 4-3 ruling by the Colorado Supreme Court deemed…
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Featured ShowsMSNBC TVMoreFollow msnbcMore BrandsMore ShowsMSNBC's Lawrence O'Donnell explains how the first big action in 2024 for defendant Trump will be when the DC appeals court hears oral arguments on Trump’s claims that he’s immune from prosecution because he was president, claims that Trump’s lawyers are “simply inventing” in the hopes that a “Trump-friendly Supreme…
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Help keep Salon independentFormer President Donald Trump's legal strategy in the 2020 election interference case has primarily focused on delaying the March trial until after the November presidential election, but recent court filings reveal a new strategy: aiming to absolve Trump of responsibility for the attack on the Capitol and portray him as a victim…
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Trump’s lawyers are using his social media posts to defend him while prosecutors are using them against him  Yahoo Canadasource

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