Donald Trump doesn’t respond well to women who challenge, question or mock him. They bring out the worst in him. Nikki Haley is doing all three and has turned the Republican nomination contest into something worth watching.Put aside whether Haley can win next month’s South Carolina primary or how well she will do on Super…
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Former Democratic National Committee Chair Donna Brazile said Sunday that Nikki Haley, the only remaining chief challenger to former President Trump for the GOP nomination, should stay in the race. In a panel on ABC News’s “This Week,” Brazile highlighted the gender discrepancy amid increased calls for Haley to step aside, and she noted Haley…
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What would happen if tensions escalated between Taiwan and China in 2025 during a potential second Trump administration?One war game simulation suggested the conflict would be swift — and ended with a troubling omen for Taiwan.“Taiwan was toast,” Alexander C. Huang, an international relations director for Taiwan’s KMT political party, told The New York Times’…
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Former Democratic National Committee Chair Donna Brazile said Sunday she thinks Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) is afraid of embracing a deal on a border security package because Trump might then publicly oppose the legislation. In a panel discussion on ABC News’s “This Week,” Brazile responded to Johnson’s Friday letter to colleagues, which said a border…
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At issue is whether potential vice-presidents, from Elise Stefanik to Tim Scott, could assume control – and whether Trump caresThe last person who occupied the job of US vice-president ended up the target of a violent mob calling for him to be hanged. Even so, as Donald Trump closes in on the Republican nomination for…
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ProfileSectionstvFeaturedMore From NBCFollow NBC NewsThere are no new alerts at this timeFormer President Donald Trump threatened Wednesday to blacklist anyone who donates to Nikki Haley’s presidential campaign.Trump wrote on Truth Social that anyone who makes a contribution to the Haley campaign “from this moment forth, will be permanently barred from the MAGA camp.”“We don’t want…
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Big money fails to stop Trump, prompting a donor reckoning Reuterssource
Four years ago, cattle rancher JD Hill bucked his family’s Democratic tradition and voted for Donald Trump. Now a registered Republican, he’s going to do it again this year.It’s not that Hill, a resident of Greenville, Kentucky, loves the New York real estate mogul and all he stands for. He’s well aware of Trump’s criminal…
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Remember the “slaves learned valuable skills” controversy from July, when Florida updated its history standards, essentially telling middle-schoolers, “Hey, slavery wasn’t all bad?”Donald Trump hoped a similarly grotesque claim would save him some cash at his New York defamation trial.He tried to convince jurors that the fallout E. Jean Carroll suffered from his repeated attacks…
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Former President Trump targeted the judge and New York attorney general in a series of social media posts on Sunday as he awaits the verdict of his civil fraud case that could bar him from ever doing business in the state again. Trump, in his posts, reiterated his defenses in the case, saying the New…
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Featured ShowsMSNBC TVMoreFollow msnbcMore BrandsMore ShowsFormer President Donald Trump will make public remarks in Las Vegas for the first time since a New York jury decided he should pay writer E. Jean Carroll over $83 million in damages for repeatedly defaming her. NBC News' Liz Kreutz reports on what rally-goers hope he will talk about…
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Former United Nations Ambassador Nikki Haley went after former President Trump for his attack on her heritage, saying they come from a place of insecurity and provide proof she threatens his candidacy. Trump has repeatedly attacked Haley over her Indian heritage, misstating her name and even implying she can’t be president because her parents were…
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SEARCHHaving the jury start deliberations on Friday afternoon may have saved Trump millions of dollars.Years ago, as a young prosecutor, I won a sexual assault case and the survivor in that case wrote to the court saying, “I know Mr. Wu says we won the case but it doesn’t feel that way to me.” I’ve…
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Watch the full episode of Washington Week With The Atlantic, January 26, 2024The 2024 race is coming into focus this week after Republican front runner Donald Trump’s victory in New Hampshire brought him one step closer to the GOP’s presidential nomination. But his final primary opponent, former South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley, has rejected calls…
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Sen. Tim Scott (R-S.C.) is poised to play a key role in former President Trump’s campaign as Trump and the GOP look to boost support among Black voters. Scott has been a fixture on Trump’s stage since dropping his 2024 bid late last year, spurring speculation he could be Trump’s vice president pick. He also…
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Attorney Says He Quit Trump’s Legal Team Because ‘I Had To Follow My Compass’ Yahoo Newssource
British politicians are deluding themselves if they think that the so-called ‘special relationship’ will protect us A spectre is haunting Europe – the spectre of Donald Trump. In London, Paris, Berlin and every other significant European capital, bar Moscow, the horror sequel no one sane wants to see is Trump – The Return: “No more…
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2024 Elections The first contests in the Republican primary show regional variations matter less than ever. Voters have been left with whatever beams into their living rooms or flashes across their devices on any given night: Donald Trump. | Jamie Kelter Davis for POLITICO By Adam Wren 01/28/2024 07:00 AM EST Link CopiedThe biggest lesson…
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Donald Trump rails against Biden’s border policy in Nevada speech CNNsource
Sen. James Lankford (R-Okla.) minimized the influence of former President Trump’s opposition to a Senate border deal, arguing that detractors will back the effort after they read the bill, though any text of the legislation has yet to be released. Trump has urged Senators not to support a bipartisan border security agreement, calling it a…
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The Trump Veepstakes Has Begun The New Yorkersource
Sen. Tim Scott (R-S.C.) dodged questions Sunday about former President Trump’s attacks on his 2024 rival Nikki Haley, refusing to denounce the former president’s remarks including ones in which he called her “birdbrain.” Trump mocked and made personal attacks on Haley during his New Hampshire primary victory speech on Tuesday, including making fun of her…
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SEARCHDonald Trump has long claimed he personally owed tens of millions to an obscure entity related to his Chicago tower. But court docs claim Trump Org. now says it never existed.Senior Political ReporterAlways read the footnotes.That’s where former federal judge Barbara Jones, the court-appointed special monitor in Donald Trump’s New York business fraud case, just…
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Thanks for contacting us. We've received your submission. Donald Trump supporters shoved protesters out of the Las Vegas venue where the former president was holding a rally on Saturday night, according to reports.As soon as Trump took the stage at the Big League Dreams sports park, a small group of American flag-clad protesters interrupted.Without even…
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Trump test could prove toughest challenge for Taiwan’s next president South China Morning Postsource