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ATLANTA, Georgia — Nathan Wade, the special prosecutor Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis hired to lead the state’s 2020 election interference case against former President Donald Trump and his allies, testified on Thursday that he’s no longer dating the DA. While under questioning by Trump’s lawyer Steve Saddow during an evidentiary hearing in Fulton County…
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The Biden campaign on Friday unveiled a fresh ad targeting former President Trump’s recent comments calling into question his commitment to NATO allies. The 60-second digital ad is set to run through Super Tuesday and is aimed at voters in Michigan, WIsconsin and Pennsylvania, which the campaign said are home to more than 2.5 million…
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Home Don't miss outSubscribe to STAT+ today, for the best life sciences journalism in the industryBy Lawrence K. AltmanFeb. 16, 2024When I interviewed Ronald Reagan about his health in 1980, he was 69 and poised to become the oldest person to be elected president. During our conversation, Reagan was mentally sharp. In a light moment…
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He faces $450 million in potential damages and fines from his civil trials.As he awaits a decision in his New York civil fraud trial, expected Friday, former President Donald Trump faces nearly $450 million in potential damages and fines resulting from his civil trials over the last year.Late week, the judge overseeing E. Jean Carroll's…
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ATLANTA – A second day of testimony resumed Friday in the Georgia hearing to determine whether Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis will be disqualified from the trial of Donald Trump and 14 remaining co-defendants on charges of election interference.Defense lawyers contend Willis and Nathan Wade, the special prosecutor she hired for the case, should…
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SEC clears Trump’s social media deal worth as much as $10 billion  Reuters.comsource

President Biden performs best among several high-profile Democrats in hypothetical general election match-ups against former President Trump, according to a new poll.  The Emerson College survey released Friday found Biden trailing Trump 45 percent to 44 percent — with the 1 point difference within the margin of error — in a hypothetical rematch, with 11…
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Judge Aileen Cannon isn’t buying Donald Trump’s newest delay tactic in the classified documents case.On Thursday, Cannon, a Trump-appointed judge, shot down the GOP front-runner’s latest effort to postpone pretrial deadlines, instead opting to keep that date set on February 22.But the ruling comes with an exception—noting that she’ll still consider measures filed at the…
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Never has an incumbent president with a record of progress and economic prosperity been dogged by so many challenges heading into the heart of election season. Even before the special council report aimed at his competence and age was released earlier this month, polling showed widespread doubts about President Biden’s age and effectiveness.  As the president finally steps…
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Former federal prosecutor Neal Katyal disparaged former President Trump’s legal claims on why he should not be prosecuted, saying “chutzpah doesn’t begin to describe” Trump’s defense.  The former principal deputy solicitor general under former President Obama scrutinized Trump’s arguments on why he should not face prosecution in a hush-money payment case where he faces 34…
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Trump’s Legal TroublesAdvertisementNewsletterIn New York and Georgia today, Trump had a setback and a potential win.By Alan Feuer and Maggie HabermanIn back-to-back hearings today, there were big developments in two of Donald Trump’s criminal trials — one that qualified as a defeat for him, the other that could end up helping him enormously.In the morning,…
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For much of the fall, Donald Trump was annoyed at Republican National Committee Chair Ronna McDaniel. She was refusing to cancel the party’s primary debates, insisting to him that they were crucial to the early presidential nominating process, that they were actually helping him and that other candidates and members would complain.“People are really mad…
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ProfileSectionstvFeaturedMore From NBCFollow NBC NewsThere are no new alerts at this timeIn a surprise turn, a defiant Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis took the stand Thursday in her misconduct hearing after a former friend disputed the timeline of her relationship with special prosecutor Nathan Wade.The friend had described “hugging, kissing, just affection” as early…
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Trump’s team facing a new conundrum: How to stay on the trail during a weekslong criminal trial  CNNsource

Morning Rundown: Trump’s plans for a second term, major construction along Egypt’s Gaza border, and the woman once known as Rachel Dolezal fired over OnlyFans account ProfileSectionstvFeaturedMore From NBCFollow NBC NewsThere are no new alerts at this timeThe judge presiding over Donald Trump’s New York criminal trial on Thursday denied his bid to dismiss the charges…
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The former U.S. ambassador to the United Nations faces a steep climb in Texas — where she hopes that the state’s deep-pocketed GOP donor class and open primary can help her pick away at Donald Trump. Sign up for The Brief, The Texas Tribune’s daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most…
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Trump’s Truth Social takes big step toward going public  Axiossource

Featured ShowsMSNBC TVMoreFollow msnbcMore BrandsMore ShowsMSNBC's Lawrence O'Donnell speaks with MSNBC legal analysts Neal Katyal and Andrew Weissmann and Katyal breaks down – step by step – how we got from Donald Trump's impeachment to Trump now attempting to argue he should have absolute immunity because he is a former president.Feb. 16, 2024 © 2024 NBC…
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Former President Trump’s legal team said special counsel Jack Smith is twisting “into logical knots” in his latest court filing before the Supreme Court takes up his federal election subversion case. In the latest 15-page Thursday filing, Trump’s attorneys argued Smith is practicing “inference of a political motive,” in reference to the special counsel’s urging Wednesday…
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Trump says he purposefully mixes up politicians’ names  Axiossource

The U.S. Supreme Court will decide whether Colorado can bar Donald Trump from its primary ballot under Section 3 of the 14th Amendment for participating in an insurrection; if it decides Trump can proceed, it will raise concerns about the court’s politicization in favor of Republican ideology and Republican candidates.  But if Trump does become…
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Highlights From a Key Hearing in Trump’s Manhattan Criminal Case  The New York Timessource

ATLANTA − There were fireworks and bombshells galore Thursday during the marathon hearing over whether Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis should be disqualified from the election fraud case against former President Donald Trump and 14 others due to the romantic affair she had with the special prosecutor she hired for the case.After fighting for…
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The “Tonight Show” host’s wink-wink jokes about Trump’s anatomy got the audience going.