Haley, Biden, Trump: 5 Takeaways From Campaign Finance Filings – The New York Times
AdvertisementSupported byNikki Haley has run a lean operation, President Biden has a financial edge on Donald Trump, and Ron DeSantis spent $160 million before bowing out.By Chris CameronPresident Biden has a notable but not overwhelming financial advantage over his top Republican rival, former President Donald J. Trump, and Nikki Haley — the last Republican candidate…
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Trump ordered to pay additional $83.3 million to E. Jean Carroll in defamation case – PBS NewsHour
Jake Offenhartz, Associated Press Jake Offenhartz, Associated Press Larry Neumeister, Associated Press Larry Neumeister, Associated Press Leave your feedbackNEW YORK (AP) — A jury has awarded a huge $83.3 million in additional damages to advice columnist E. Jean Carroll, who says former President Donald Trump damaged her reputation by calling her a liar after she…
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Trump lawyer backtracks on incendiary claim against E Jean Carroll attorney – The Independent
Please refresh the page or navigate to another page on the site to be automatically logged inPlease refresh your browser to be logged inAlina Habba and Roberta Kaplan exchanged a passive aggresive back-and-forth of letters to Judge Lewis Kaplan Find your bookmarks in your Independent Premium section, under my profileE Jean Carroll’s team describes Trump…
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Donald Trump's Steele dossier lawsuit dismissed by London court – POLITICO Europe
Former US president’s attorney argued his client ‘suffered personal and reputational damage and distress’ through the dossier’s 2017 publication. LONDON — Donald Trump’s legal challenge to a “shocking and scandalous” dossier prepped by a former British spy was thrown out by a High Court judge in London Thursday.The U.S. former president had been attempting to…
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Haley campaign event disrupted by ‘Free Palestine’ protesters
Free Palestine protesters disrupted a campaign event for GOP presidential candidate Nikki Haley in South Carolina Thursday, calling for an immediate cease-fire in Gaza. A small group of protesters interrupted the former governor’s campaign event in Columbia, S.C., with chants of “Free, Free Palestine,” before some of them were escorted out of the event. Haley…
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Haley ‘can’t believe’ Taylor Swift has ‘overtaken’ politics
Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley weighed in to the unfolding debate among GOP politicians about singer Taylor Swift with disbelief. “I’m not going to lie. I don’t know what the obsession is,” Haley told CNN’s Jake Tapper on Thursday. “Taylor Swift is allowed to have a boyfriend. Taylor Swift is a good artist. I have…
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Biden's money machine, Trump's legal bills and other takeaways from a big night in the 2024 money race – POLITICO
2024 Elections Trump and Biden are raising huge sums of money but spending it in very different ways. Legal expenses are mounting for former President Donald Trump. | Jamie Kelter Davis for POLITICO By Steven Shepard and Jessica Piper 02/01/2024 01:26 AM EST Link CopiedFormer President Donald Trump is as strong a fundraiser as ever.…
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Don’t underestimate Nikki Haley – for starters, just look at how she gets under Trump’s skin – The Guardian
Haley understands one crucial thing: if you’re facing off against the former president, you have to fight dumb with dumbIt is a mark of just how low are the expectations one brings to the Republican primary race that Nikki Haley, the last woman standing against Donald Trump, appears impressive as a candidate solely by virtue…
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Georgia district attorney prosecuting Trump has been subpoenaed over claims of improper relationship – The Associated Press
Copyright 2024 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.FILE – Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis appears during a hearing regarding defendant Harrison Floyd, a leader in the organization Black Voices for Trump, as part of the Georgia election indictments, Nov. 21, 2023, in Atlanta. Lawyer Ashleigh Merchant, who has alleged that Willis has had an…
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Video: Trump is guaranteed to win all of Nevada's presidential delegates. Here's why – CNN
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RFK Jr. blames social media manager for comment on OnlyFans model’s TikTok
Independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on Thursday explained why his campaign’s TikTok account includes a resurfaced comment on an OnlyFans model’s TikTok account. “The TikTok comment in question was made in 2022 long before I ever had a TikTok account,” Kennedy wrote in a post on X, the platform formerly known as Twitter.…
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NATO chief: I'm not worried that Trump will pull out of the alliance – POLITICO
Defense Jens Stoltenberg is meeting with Republicans in Washington to drum up support for Ukraine funding.By Paul McLeary and Daniel Lippman 01/31/2024 12:56 PM EST Link CopiedThe leader of NATO said he’s not concerned about the U.S. pulling out of the alliance even if former President Donald Trump wins reelection in November.“I’m confident that the…
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Trump's shopping for new law firms to handle E. Jean Carroll appeal – Business Insider
Donald Trump appears to be treating his planned appeal in the second E. Jean Carroll defamation case like his former reality TV show, “The Apprentice.”The former president announced late Tuesday in a game show-like fashion on his social-media platform, Truth Social: “I am in the process, along with my team, of interviewing various law firms…
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Gas price surge could cost Biden reelection: Moody’s
A surge in gas prices could cost President Biden reelection in November, a recent analysis by Moody’s Analytics found. Moody’s currently predicts that Biden will narrowly win the 2024 election based on several political and economic factors, including gas prices. After surging to a record-high of more than $5 per gallon in summer 2022, average…
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Group objecting to Donald Trump's place on Illinois primary ballot takes its case to court – Chicago Tribune
eNewspaperSign up for email newsletters Sign up for email newsletterseNewspaper Trending: Rebuffed by the State Board of Elections, a group seeking to have former President Donald Trump disqualified from Illinois’ March 19 GOP primary ballot based on the “insurrection clause” of the U.S. Constitution is seeking an expedited appeal of the board’s ruling in Cook…
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Trump said he had a 'great' relationship with unions. This union executive says otherwise – CNN
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Crenshaw hits GOP colleagues opposed to border deal: ‘The height of stupidity’
Rep. Dan Crenshaw (R-Texas) swiped at his Republican colleagues for opposing a deal being crafted in the Senate that pairs border and migration policy changes with Ukraine aid before the text of the bill is out. “The height of stupidity is having a strong opinion on something you know nothing about,” Crenshaw said Thursday. “So,…
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Schumer: Senate to vote on Ukraine-border security package next week
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) announced Thursday that Senate negotiators will unveil the long-awaited text of a bill funding the war in Ukraine and addressing border security this weekend, and senators will come back to the Capitol early next week to consider the legislation. Schumer said he expects to schedule the first vote on…
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Biden Is Beating Trump in Money Wars, Though Not Overwhelmingly – The New York Times
AdvertisementThe president’s campaign had about $46 million in cash on hand at the end of the year, compared with $33 million for Mr. Trump.By Reid J. EpsteinReporting from WashingtonPresident Biden held a notable but not overwhelming financial advantage at the end of last year over his chief Republican rival, former President Donald J. Trump, an…
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Late Night Weighs In On the Trump-Swift Thing – The New York Times
What to WatchAdvertisementSupported byBest of Late NightAs the ex-president takes on the pop megastar, Jimmy Kimmel predicts this might be the offense that finally brings down Donald Trump.By Trish BendixWelcome to Best of Late Night, a rundown of the previous night’s highlights that lets you sleep — and lets us get paid to watch comedy.…
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Donald Trump suggests mysterious red marks on hands may be AI-generated – Business Insider
Donald Trump has suggested the mysterious red marks on his hands that sparked online speculation last month may have been AI-generated.When asked about the photos by Mark Meredith of Fox News, Trump said he hadn’t seen them. He was then asked what happened to his hands, to which the former president responded: “Nothing. Maybe it…
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Donald Trump courts pivotal union voters, bashes bipartisan border deal after Teamsters meeting – USA TODAY
WASHINGTON – Former President Donald Trump visited Washington on Wednesday to talk to leaders of the Teamsters union and court the endorsement of the massive organization.His visit came after President Joe Biden won the support of the United Auto Workers union, a major boost for his efforts among working-class voters in Michigan and other Midwest…
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51 percent in new survey say Trump conviction of ‘serious crime’ would be ‘fair outcome’
More than half of U.S. voters surveyed say if former President Trump were to be convicted of a “serious crime,” that would be a “fair outcome,” according to a poll released Thursday. In the new Yahoo News/YouGov poll, 51 percent of registered voters say a conviction of a “serious crime” would be a “fair outcome…
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Lobbying World: Schumer alum heads to Hispanic Federation
Julietta Lopez is now vice president of federal affairs and network mobilization at the Hispanic Federation. She was most recently director of community and external affairs for Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.). Cheryle Tucker is joining the Parsons Corporation as senior director of global government relations after more than 20 years on Capitol Hill.…
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Donald Trump Jr.'s Latest Attack On Joe Biden Prompts Awkward Reminder – Yahoo News
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