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Former Vice President Mike Pence pushed back on former President Trump’s labelling of Lebanese militant group Hezbollah as “very smart,” arguing the group “aren’t smart, they’re evil.” “Hezbollah aren’t smart, they’re evil,” Pence said Thursday in an interview with WGIR radio in New Hampshire. “This is no time for the former president, or any other…
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Donald Trump will be found guilty in the hush-money criminal case involving adult film star Stormy Daniels.That’s Michael Cohen’s prediction, anyway.“I can tell you from everything I know about it, he’s going to be found guilty,” Cohen, the former Trump lawyer, said during The New Republic’s Stop Trump Summit on Wednesday.Trump pleaded not guilty in…
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Ex-president claims magazine, citing $600m loss, worked with prosecutor who sued him and assigned writers to ‘hit him hard’Donald Trump “demanded” an apology from Forbes magazine after it dropped him from its list of the 400 wealthiest people in the US for the second time in three years.“I hereby demand a full apology from the…
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Fulton County DA rebuffs Jim Jordan’s request for information on her investigation of Trump  CNNsource

Prosecutors warned Trump’s knowledge of Twitter search warrant could ‘precipitate violence’, court filings show – as it happened  The Guardian USsource

Critics of Joe Biden are furious that in his denunciations of the terror attacks on Israel he has not once mentioned Iran.   They don’t get it. If Biden blames Tehran for masterminding and funding the horrific killings of Israeli citizens, he will have to take the next step, which is to punish Iran’s leaders…
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Copyright 2023 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump gestures after speaking Wednesday, Oct. 11, 2023, at Palm Beach County Convention Center in West Palm Beach, Fla. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump speaks Wednesday, Oct. 11, 2023, at Palm Beach County Convention Center in West Palm…
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Former President Donald Trump in a new interview suggested Rep. Steve Scalise should focus on his health as the Louisiana Republican vies for the Speaker’s gavel within the House GOP conference while also getting treated for blood cancer. Trump, who publicly endorsed Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) to serve as Speaker, told Fox News host Brian Kilmeade on…
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Donald Trump’s campaign defended the former president’s remarks calling the militant group Hezbollah “smart” during a rally, arguing “smart does not equal good.”  Trump has faced backlash from several political figures for comments made during a speech with supporters Wednesday in Florida, in which he criticized Israel’s lack of preparedness for the widespread attacks from…
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A majority of Americans continue to have a negative view of the job performance of most government agencies, making 2023 the third year in a row with “relatively low readings,” according to a new poll. The Gallup survey, released Thursday, found 12 of the 16 federal government agencies and departments included in the poll received…
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Israel’s communications minister said recent comments by former President Trump criticizing Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and complimenting the Hezbollah militant group “wound the spirit of Israel’s fighters and its citizens.” Communications Minister Shlomo Karhi told Israel’s Channel 13 it is “shameful that a man like that, a former U.S. president, abets propaganda and disseminates things…
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After Donald Trump labelled Florida's six-week abortion ban a "terrible mistake", he opened himself to attack from powerful conservative activists who want to ban the procedure nationwide. But his comments also revealed the challenges for Republican messaging on one of the country's most polarising issues. On Monday afternoon, the president of Students for Life sent…
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ATLANTA – Attorneys for pro-Trump lawyers Kenneth Chesebro and Sidney Powell, co-defendants in the Georgia racketeering case against Donald Trump, argued again Wednesday to dismiss RICO charges against their clients. They insist the state law was misapplied. But prosecutors brought "the godfather" of Georgia RICO — the state's version of the federal Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt…
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WEST PALM BEACH — Former President Donald Trump issued a not-so-veiled threat to Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis Wednesday night: “I can never forget.”And for good measure, he warned DeSantis, whose campaign for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination is flailing in the polls, not to plan on seeking the White House in 2028.“I think he blew…
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Fani Willis accuses Jim Jordan of ‘abusing’ his authority on Trump’s Georgia trial  Yahoo! Voicessource

Video: In an interview with “Chicago Tonight,” Bret Baier discusses George Washington’s impact and legacy.A growing number of Americans believe the country is divided and falling apart, said Fox News chief political anchor Bret Baier, but it pales in comparison to what the nation faced in 1787 when representatives from 13 colonies came together to,…
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ProfileSectionstvFeaturedMore From NBCFollow NBC NewsA man arrested in the killing of a Baltimore tech entrepreneur was suspected of raping a woman days before and was already under surveillance, police saySeptember 28, 2023, 12:24 PMMichael Gambon, the actor best known for playing Dumbledore in the 'Harry Potter' films, dies at 82September 28, 2023, 8:02 AMMorning Rundown:…
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The actor delivered an epic takedown of the ex-president and a solution at the “Stop Trump Summit.”

Son-in-law and former senior adviser to Donald Trump, Jared Kushner, said he is backing his father-in-law for another term in 2024 because of how the former president helped the Middle East while in office.Kushner headed Middle East policy in the Trump administration, specifically policy on peace between Palestine and Israel.“I do think that the job…
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Former President Donald Trump is defending his record governing the nation for four years without any new warsMIAMI — Former President Donald Trump on Wednesday defended his record governing the nation for four years without any new wars, and criticized President Joe Biden’s foreign policy as the world watches a war that has already claimed…
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President Donald Trump speaks during a meeting with outgoing U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley in the Oval Office of the White House, Oct. 9, 2018, in Washington.Evan Vucci, Associated Press Former President Donald Trump is widening his lead among Utah Republicans, a new poll shows. According to a new Deseret News/Hinckley Institute…
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BREAKING: Inflation rose just 3.7% in September, continuing a gradual consumer price slowdown ProfileSectionstvFeaturedMore From NBCFollow NBC NewsA man arrested in the killing of a Baltimore tech entrepreneur was suspected of raping a woman days before and was already under surveillance, police saySeptember 28, 2023, 12:24 PMMichael Gambon, the actor best known for playing Dumbledore in…
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MSNBC host Joe Scarborough tore into former President Trump over his comments late Wednesday praising the terrorist organization Hezbollah. “Out of his mind, I mean, praising Hezbollah, just like he praised Vladimir Putin, said he was brilliant when after after the invasion of Ukraine,” Scarborough said on his program Thursday morning. “All the praise that…
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Subscribe to Here’s the Deal, our politics newsletter for analysis you won’t find anywhere else.Thank you. Please check your inbox to confirm. Michael R. Sisak, Associated Press Michael R. Sisak, Associated Press Jennifer Peltz, Associated Press Jennifer Peltz, Associated Press Leave your feedbackNEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump obtained hundreds of millions of dollars in loans…
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In Europe, Putin apologist and budding autocrat Robert Fico was the lead vote-getter in the elections of Slovakia, a key NATO ally.  Then in Washington, House GOP extremists kept Ukraine aid out of the continuing resolution and then toppled former Speaker Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.).  As if all that were not enough, the chaos ended up undermining congressional stability…
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