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Donald Trump will appear on the ballot in Mass. Republican presidential primary – MassLive.com

Former U.S. President Donald Trump attends the closing arguments in the Trump Organization civil fraud trial in the Manhattan borough of New York, Jan. 11, 2024. Shannon Stapleton/Pool Photo via AP, File)APEditor’s note: This article has been corrected to reflect the nuance that the Massachusetts Ballot Commission’s decision to dismiss the challenges does not ensure…
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Haley makes final pitch in N.H. as last candidate standing against Trump – The Washington Post

MANCHESTER, N.H. — Nikki Haley blitzed through New Hampshire on Monday as the last candidate standing against Donald Trump, urging voters not to take for granted that he will be the Republican presidential nominee as she tried to blunt his momentum on the eve of a critical primary.With the party increasingly falling in line behind…
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Lawyer breaks silence on why he abruptly quit Trump team — predicts Trump could be convicted – Salon

Help keep Salon independentFormer Trump lawyer Joe Tacopina joined MSNBC Saturday to explain his recent departure from the ex-president's legal team the day before his latest defamation trial began. The conversation with Rev. Al Sharpton would be what Tacopina deemed his "first and only interview" addressing his move. “I left the team because it was just…
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'The Right Kind of Crazy': Matt Gaetz Makes MAGA World Swoon – POLITICO

Reporter’s Notebook Matt Gaetz is among a number of surrogates on the trail for Donald Trump. But he’s getting a star reception. Rep. Matt Gaetz sits among the crowd listening to Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump at SNHU Arena in Manchester, N.H., on Jan. 20, 2024. | Jamie Kelter Davis for POLITICO By Sam Stein…
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Ron DeSantis 2024 campaign was doomed by fatal flaws, awkwardness – USA TODAY

ROCHESTER, N.H. – It turns out that Republican voters didn’t want Donald Trump Without The Baggage – a role that Ron DeSantis sought so unsuccessfully.The failure of the Florida governor to sell himself to Republicans as a Trump alternative was one of several flaws that undermined his presidential campaign, a list that also includes a…
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Trump-Tied SPAC Surges 175% in Six-Day Rally – Yahoo Finance

Trump-Tied SPAC Surges 175% in Six-Day Rally  Yahoo Financesource

It's Haley vs. Trump in the New Hampshire Primary Election: Live Updates – The New York Times

It’s Haley vs. Trump in the New Hampshire Primary Election: Live Updates  The New York Times New Hampshire primary live updates: Haley and Trump face off as voters head to the polls  NBC News New Hampshire primary live: Nikki Haley campaign says she’s staying in the primary even if she loses tonight: ‘see y’all in South Carolina’  The…
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Republicans zero in on a new border — the one with Canada – NBC News

ProfileSectionstvFeaturedMore From NBCFollow NBC NewsThere are no new alerts at this timeMANCHESTER, N.H. — Former President Donald Trump described the U.S. border as “not so hot.” Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis said it’s the site of a worsening problem. And Nikki Haley, the former U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, said she would do whatever it…
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DeSantis' veto threat spells end to bill funding Trump's legal bills – Daytona Beach News-Journal

Gov. Ron DeSantis has hopped on the Trump train, but he indicated Monday he was not on board with a bill proposing Florida taxpayers pony up $5 million to help pay former president Donald Trump’s legal fees.Then, within just over 90 minutes Monday night, bill sponsor Sen. Ileana Garcia announced she would be withdrawing the…
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What is Trump's health care plan? What a second term might look like – USA TODAY

On the campaign trail, former President Donald Trump is once again promising to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act – a nebulous goal that became one of his administration’s splashiest policy failures.The Obama-era health law is even more popular and widely used now than it was in 2017, when Trump and congressional Republicans proved…
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Will Trump Testify? Ex-President Arrives In Court As E. Jean Carroll Trial Enters Second Week. – Forbes

Will Trump Testify? Ex-President Arrives In Court As E. Jean Carroll Trial Enters Second Week.  Forbessource

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis drops out of the presidential race, endorses Trump – NPR

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis drops out of the presidential race, endorses Trump  NPRsource

Trump Rakes In Endorsements Before New Hampshire Primary Vote – The New York Times

AdvertisementIn a show of unity, three of Donald Trump’s former rivals for the nomination are appearing alongside him at a rally on Monday night in Laconia, N.H.By Anjali HuynhFollow for live updates on the New Hampshire primary election.Former President Donald J. Trump has received a flood of endorsements in the final countdown to New Hampshire’s…
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Trump hints at vice presidential pick. How are running mates usually selected? – Miami Herald

Trump hints at vice presidential pick. How are running mates usually selected?  Miami Heraldsource

Trump and his toadies are trying to rewrite history so that he’s not an insurrectionist – The Guardian

Trump didn’t do those bad things, according to GOP legislators, bankers, and Trump himself. And if he did, they didn’t countOJ Simpson decided he could make some “blood money”, as he called it, by writing a “hypothetical” book on the murders of his estranged wife Nicole Brown Simpson and her friend Ron Goldman entitled If…
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Russia's top diplomat: No difference in Ukraine if Trump were elected – CBS News

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How Trial Delays Could Pay Off for Trump – The New York Times

Trump InvestigationsAdvertisementBy Amy Schoenfeld Walker and Zach Levitt Former President Donald J. Trump faces four criminal trials this year, but delays are already underway. The odds are that no more than one or two will finish before voters choose the next president.FederalJan. 6trialscheduled March 4Super TuesdayMarch 5Manhattan criminal trialscheduledMarch 25ClassifieddocumentstrialscheduledMay 20RepublicanNationalConventionJuly 15Georgia election inquiry trialpossible…
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With DeSantis out, Trump widens lead over Haley in NH, new tracking poll shows – NBC10 Boston

With Ron DeSantis out of the GOP race, Donald Trump has extended his lead over Nikki Haley in New Hampshire, according to the latest Suffolk University/NBC10 Boston/Boston Globe tracking poll.Trump gained 3 percentage points in the final tracking poll before Tuesday’s first-in-the-nation primary, giving him a 60%-38% edge over Haley. About 1% of those surveyed…
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Trump aims to drive Haley out of the GOP race with big New Hampshire win – CNN

Trump aims to drive Haley out of the GOP race with big New Hampshire win  CNNsource

E. Jean Carroll trial against Trump: Court proceedings postponed amid Covid concerns – NBC News

ProfileSectionstvFeaturedMore From NBCFollow NBC NewsThere are no new alerts at this timeE. Jean Carroll’s defamation suit against Donald Trump — and his possible testimony — was postponed for two days Monday over Covid concerns, but that didn’t stop the former president from continuing to attack her.“Despite the fact that I was there, on time and…
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Trump hints at VP pick: 'People won't be that surprised' – Yahoo! Voices

Trump hints at VP pick: ‘People won’t be that surprised’  Yahoo! Voicessource

Judge orders the unsealing of divorce case of Trump special prosecutor in Georgia accused of affair – ABC News

A judge has ordered court records to be made public in the divorce involving a special prosecutor hired in the Georgia election case against Donald Trump and accused of having an affair with Fulton County District Attorney Fani WillisMARIETTA, Ga. — A judge on Monday ordered court records to be made public in the divorce…
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Underdog Nikki Haley Gets One-on-One Race With Donald Trump Ahead of N.H. Primary – WSJ – The Wall Street Journal

Underdog Nikki Haley Gets One-on-One Race With Donald Trump Ahead of N.H. Primary – WSJ  The Wall Street Journalsource

Katie Phang: 'By taking on Trump, these lawyers are forever tainted' – MSNBC

Featured ShowsMSNBC TVMoreFollow msnbcMore BrandsMore ShowsMSNBC Host Katie Phang takes on the legal counsel representing the quadruple-indicted, twice-impeached disgraced ex-President.Jan. 20, 2024 © 2024 NBC UNIVERSAL source

Trump Attacks E. Jean Carroll In More Than 40 Posts On Truth Social – Forbes

Former President Donald Trump took to Truth Social Monday attacking writer E. Jean Carroll in more than three dozen separate posts, hours after the defamation trial against Trump was canceled for the day because of a juror illness.The former president could end up paying more than $10 million in damages to writer E. Jean Carroll…
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