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Rightwing attorney general holds off crowded field and will replace Democrat John Bel Edwards, who has served two termsAttorney General Jeff Landry, a rightwing Republican backed by Donald Trump, has won the Louisiana governor’s race, holding off a crowded field of candidates.The win is a major victory for the Republican party as they reclaim the…
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As prosecutors and lawyers for Donald Trump spar over the former president’s public statements, Trump the candidate keeps saying things that could hurt Trump the defendant’s chances in court.In the span of about six months, Trump has been charged in four separate indictments while simultaneously running for president. On the campaign trail, the former president…
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NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump’s civil fraud trial will roll ahead next week after the former president lost a bid Friday to halt the proceedings while he fights a pretrial ruling that could strip him of Trump Tower and other marquee properties.An appeals court judge rebuffed Trump’s push to pause the New York trial,…
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The Tampa Bay Times e-Newspaper is a digital replica of the printed paper seven days a week that is available to read on desktop, mobile, and our app for subscribers only. To enjoy the e-Newspaper every day, please subscribe.Is the end near for U.S. automakers? Former President Donald Trump recently told an audience of nonunion…
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Trump Org. execs considered boosting net worth with a ‘presidential premium’ while Trump was in office, employee says  CNN Executive at Donald Trump’s company says ‘presidential premium’ was floated to boost bottom line  The Associated Press “Premium for presidential property” among ideas floated to inflate Trump’s worth, court hears  CBS News source

ST PAUL, Minn. — The Minnesota Supreme Court has turned down the Trump campaign’s attempt to intervene in a ballot petition that seeks to ban the former president from appearing on the ballot in the state in 2024. The ruling, published on Oct. 13, is the latest piece in a larger ongoing effort nationwide by organizations…
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Special Report Donald Trump tried to prod Germany to ban the Chinese tech giant, but former Chancellor Angela Merkel defied him. As Germany grows increasingly anxious about China, Biden is trying to do the same with Merkel’s successor. POLITICO illustration/Photos by Getty Images, iStock By John Sakellariadis and Lennart Pfahler 10/15/2023 07:00 AM EDT Link…
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He added that he still plans to testify "at the earliest opportunity."Donald Trump's former lawyer and self-described fixer Michael Cohen is delaying his testimony, which was scheduled to begin as early as Tuesday, in the former president's ongoing civil fraud trial in a New York state court."Unfortunately, I need to attend to a pre-existing medical…
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The former president, however, handily leads the GOP primary field in donations.Presidential candidates are continuing to fill their coffers more than a year ahead of the 2024 election, with details of their third-quarter 2023 fundraising emerging ahead of Sunday's filing deadline.President Joe Biden and the Democratic National Committee raked in a massive haul, while former…
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Attorney General Morrisey files motion to dismiss lawsuit aiming to keep Trump off West Virginia ballot  WTRFsource

The judge on Tuesday canceled Trump's business certificates in New York.Court officials are cementing plans to proceed with Monday's $250 million civil fraud trial against former President Donald Trump after attorneys for Trump and the New York attorney general's office hashed out some pretrial issues at a hearing Wednesday — although lingering questions remain regarding…
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Copyright 2023 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.Former President Donald Trump showed off his new endorsements during a campaign rally outside of a boat manufacturer facility in Summerville, South Carolina. (Sept. 25) , (AP video: Erik Verduzco)Former President Donald Trump speaks at a rally in Summerville, S.C., Monday, Sept. 25, 2023. (AP Photo/Artie Walker Jr.)Former…
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“Nobody has any idea where these people are coming from, and we know they come from prisons. We know they come from mental institutions and insane asylums. We know they’re terrorists. … It’s poisoning the blood of our country …” Lies, fear and hatred, as told to a right-leaning website The National Pulse, from the…
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This comes just a week after the ex-president praised fictional cannibal Hannibal Lecter during a rally in Iowa.

Rep. Dan Crenshaw (R-Texas) defended Rep. Jim Jordan’s (R-Ohio) attempt to overturn the 2020 election, pointing to other Republicans who attempted to do the same. CNN’s Jake Tapper pointed out that Jordan was one of the many Republicans who voted to overturn the 2020 election results, but Crenshaw said that wouldn’t stop him from supporting…
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By Armando Tinoco Night & Weekend Editor With the return of Saturday Night Live to NBC following the end of the writers strike, “Weekend Update” with Colin Jost and Michael Che was also back to poke fun at politicians and pop culture. Jost was back at it again poking fun of Donald Trump and this…
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Former Trump attorney Kenneth Chesebro made his latest legal attempt to defend himself against charges in Fulton County, Georgia, Monday, weeks before his case goes to trial, arguing a state court should throw out charges against him for helping orchestrate a “fake electors” scheme that submitted false slates of electors to Congress after the 2020…
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October 15th, 2023Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders holds a 40% approval rating among Arkansas residents, according to a new Emerson College Polling survey. Governor Sanders has a 31% disapproval rating; 29% are neutral towards the Governor. The first-term governor holds a 66% approval among Republican voters, while independent voters are evenly divided: 33% approve and 33%…
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For a very long time, the actor Robert De Niro was reticent in interviews. He was solitary or shy or inarticulate – biographers couldn’t decide which. Then Donald Trump was made president, and public De Niro – the De Niro we read in magazines, who appeared at Hollywood events – became openly, angrily, exasperatedly chatty,…
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ADVERTISEMENTADVERTISEMENTI just don’t get it. How can Donald Trump be way ahead in the race for the Republican presidential nomination? He’s so far ahead that the next candidate is 40% behind him.How can Trump be running even against Joe Biden in the general election? Yes, Biden is up there in years, as is Trump, but…
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Cuban officials are megaphoning their intent to open wide-ranging negotiations with the Biden administration amid persistent economic pain and growing emigration from the island. The public relations offensive is a new tack for the communist government, frustrated with a stagnated bilateral relationship. “We are open and willing for more cooperation. We want to turn this…
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Immigrant rights groups say Trump’s escalating rhetoric is increasing the risk of white nationalist violence.In the latest example of Republicans wrongly conflating disparate crises in order to whip up anger and fear, former President Donald Trump and others in his mold are responding to attacks on Israelis and the humanitarian catastrophe in Gaza by spreading…
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Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) is the latest Republican to criticize former President Trump’s apparent praise of Iran-backed Hezbollah last week. “Yeah, that was a huge mistake. If I were President Trump, [I’d] talk about being the strongest president for Israel in modern times,” Graham said on NBC’s “Meet the Press” when asked about Trump’s remarks.…
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News reports last week revealed that, in April 2021, former President Trump told a member of his Mar-a-Lago club, an Australian billionaire named Anthony Pratt, the number of warheads carried on U.S. nuclear submarines and how close they can get to Russian subs without being detected. Pratt shared this sensitive and probably classified information with…
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WASHINGTON — Former President Donald Trump said Friday that he stood with Israel and its prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, as his GOP rivals continued to pointedly denounce his lashing out at Netanyahu days after Hamas’ deadly attacks.Referring to Netanyahu by his nickname, Trump posted “#IStandWithIsrael” and “#IStandWithBibi” on his Truth Social network Friday afternoon.That stood…
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