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Melania Trump remembers her mother as 'a ray of light in the darkest days' – ABC News

Former First Lady Melania Trump remembered her mother as “a ray of light in the darkest of days” during a funeral service at a church not far from the family’s Mar-a-Lago estatePALM BEACH, Fla. — Former First Lady Melania Trump on Thursday remembered her mother as “a ray of light in the darkest of days”…
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Trump doubled his voting base in Iowa. Here’s who voted for him – The Guardian US

Church leaders in 2016 crafted a palatable Trump – in return, he gave them institutional power and a supreme court that overturned RoeIowa Republicans showed up on 15 January in force for Donald Trump, voting overwhelmingly in the nation’s first primary for the former president, whose grip on his party has only deepened as he…
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Former Pence Chief of Staff Nick Ayers endorses Trump for president – Axios

Former Pence Chief of Staff Nick Ayers endorses Trump for president  Axiossource

Trump lawyers foreshadow potential lines of defense in classified documents case – CBS Miami

Watch CBS News January 17, 2024 / 7:39 AM EST / AP Lawyers for former President Donald Trump foreshadowed elements of their defense in the criminal case charging him with illegally retaining classified documents, saying in a motion filed Tuesday that they will dispute prosecutors’ allegations that the estate where the records were stored was not…
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Trump Demands Total Presidential Immunity — Even for Acts That ‘Cross the Line’ – Rolling Stone

By Nikki McCann Ramirez The D.C. Federal Court of Appeals is expected to hand down a decision on Donald Trump’s claim to “absolute” presidential immunity any day now, and the former president is upping his public pressure campaign for a favorable decision.  Early Thursday morning, Trump took to Truth Social to rant about the exemption…
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Judge Threatens to Remove Donald Trump From Courtroom in Defamation Trial – The Wall Street Journal

Judge Threatens to Remove Donald Trump From Courtroom in Defamation Trial  The Wall Street Journalsource

Senate Republicans warn House they won't get a better immigration deal under Trump – NBC News

ProfileSectionstvFeaturedMore From NBCFollow NBC NewsThere are no new alerts at this timeWASHINGTON — Leading Senate Republicans are warning their House colleagues not to play political games with the current immigration negotiations because they won’t get a better deal down the road under a potential second Donald Trump presidency.“To those who think that if President Trump…
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‘A slap in the face’: progressive anger as Teamsters union chief meets Trump – The Guardian US

Leftwing members of 1.3m-strong labor union unhappy with Sean O’Brien for private meeting with Republican frontrunnerIn an unexpected political convergence, Sean O’Brien, the president of the Teamsters union, announced he had met privately with Donald Trump – raising questions about who the Teamsters will endorse in 2024 and drawing anger from the union’s progressive members.The…
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Behind Trump's effort to crush a top Republican strategist – POLITICO

Elections The admonition is another example of the former president’s penchant for punishing people perceived as disloyal. Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks at Simpson College the day before the Iowa caucuses in Indianola, Iowa on Jan. 14, 2023. | Jamie Kelter Davis for POLITICO By Daniel Lippman 01/18/2024 05:00 AM EST Updated: 01/18/2024 10:59…
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Election 2024 live updates: Haley sharpens focus on Trump before New Hampshire, says DeSantis 'invisible' in South Carolina – NBC News

ProfileSectionstvFeaturedMore From NBCFollow NBC NewsThere are no new alerts at this timeZoë RichardsA Washington judge on Thursday dismissed an effort to remove Trump’s name from the state’s primary ballot. In a ruling Thursday, Thurston County Superior Court Judge Mary Sue Wilson said that Secretary of State Steve Hobbs had “acted consistent with his duties” when…
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Jimmy Fallon Ribs Vivek Ramaswamy for Embracing Trump – The New York Times

What to WatchAdvertisementSupported byBest of Late Night“Yep, Ramaswamy took the stage and praised Trump for eight minutes,” Fallon said. “Then he was, like, ‘Wait, Donald, this is your speech. Sorry!’”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…
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Video: Kamala Harris says she is 'scared as heck' Trump may win 2024 – CNN

Video: Kamala Harris says she is ‘scared as heck’ Trump may win 2024  CNNsource

Trump civil trial: E. Jean Carroll wants Trump to 'pay dearly' – USA TODAY

E. Jean Carroll’s lawyer told a New York federal jury that “self-proclaimed billionaire” Donald Trump needs to “pay dearly” for defaming her after he denied assaulting her in the mid-1990s.Trump, whose 2024 presidential campaign is colliding with a crowded schedule of criminal cases and lawsuits, sat attentively Tuesday in Judge Lewis Kaplan’s Manhattan courtroom, glaring…
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Judge rejects Trump bid to hold special counsel Jack Smith in contempt in election case – CNBC

Judge rejects Trump bid to hold special counsel Jack Smith in contempt in election case  CNBCsource

Trump says presidents should be allowed to 'cross the line' without being prosecuted – MSNBC

Featured ShowsMSNBC TVMoreFollow msnbcMore BrandsMore ShowsIn a recent social media post, former President Trump says U.S. presidents 'must have full immunity, without which it would be impossible for him/her to properly function' and 'Even events that 'cross the line' must fall under total immunity.Jan. 18, 2024 © 2024 NBC UNIVERSAL source

Trump Brags He ‘Aced’ Cognitive Test, Correctly Identified a Whale – Rolling Stone

Trump Brags He ‘Aced’ Cognitive Test, Correctly Identified a Whale  Rolling Stonesource

Asa Hutchinson's anti-Trump presidential campaign mocked by DNC – CBS News

Watch CBS News By Cristina Corujo, Annie Bryson January 17, 2024 / 5:49 PM EST / CBS News Former Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson spent much of his long-shot presidential campaign criticizing former President Donald Trump over the felony cases against him, but his message failed to resonate with voters, and he dropped out Tuesday —…
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Melania Trump's mother's funeral attended by former president in Florida – USA TODAY

Under a sky filled with gray clouds that promised rain later in the day, the casket carrying a former first lady’s mother was lifted into the Episcopal Church of Bethesda-by-the-Sea on Thursday morning.The funeral for Amalija Knavs, mother to Melania Trump and grandmother to Barron Trump, began at about 10 a.m., with the former first…
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Donald Trump tries to twist felony charges, lawsuits after Iowa win – USA TODAY

Former President Donald Trump is following up his big victory in Iowa by campaigning in some traditional and unusual venues: the state of New Hampshire and a courthouse in New York City.Trump’s decision to shuttle between a defamation trial brought by columnist E. Jean Carroll and the battleground state underscores a paradox of an already…
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Trump's defamation hurt my status, writer E. Jean Carroll testifies – Reuters

Trump’s defamation hurt my status, writer E. Jean Carroll testifies  Reuterssource

As Donald Trump returns to court over defamation, Mitt Romney weighs in – Deseret News

E. Jean Carroll arrives at Manhattan federal court on Wednesday, Jan. 17, 2024, in New York. Less than a year after convincing a jury that former President Donald Trump sexually abused her decades ago, Carroll is set to take the stand again to describe how his verbal attacks affected her after she came forward.Eduardo Munoz…
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Melania Trump's mother's funeral to be Thursday at Palm Beach church – Palm Beach Daily News

The funeral for former first lady Melania Trump‘s mother will take place this morning at the Episcopal Church of Bethesda-by-the-Sea in Palm Beach.Amalija Knavs, 78, died Jan. 9 in Miami following an undisclosed illness. The service begins at 10 a.m., the Rev. Tim Schenck, the church’s rector, told the Palm Beach Daily News.The town of…
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Kamala Harris "scared as heck" Trump may win 2024 election – Axios

Kamala Harris “scared as heck” Trump may win 2024 election  Axiossource

Trump Goes After Records Between White House, Fani Willis Lawyer – Bloomberg

Connecting decision makers to a dynamic network of information, people and ideas, Bloomberg quickly and accurately delivers business and financial information, news and insight around the worldAmericas+1 212 318 2000EMEA+44 20 7330 7500Asia Pacific+65 6212 1000Connecting decision makers to a dynamic network of information, people and ideas, Bloomberg quickly and accurately delivers business and financial…
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Election news: January 17, 2024 – NBC News

ProfileSectionstvFeaturedMore From NBCFollow NBC NewsThere are no new alerts at this timeMark MurrayBridget BowmanAlexandra MarquezThe process, makeup and history of the coming New Hampshire primary couldn’t be more different from what we saw in the Iowa caucuses.For one thing, New Hampshire’s contest is a primary. Unlike in Iowa, where GOP caucusgoers had to arrive at…
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