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Forgot Your Password? New to The Nation? SubscribePrint subscriber? Activate your online accessThe justices have made clear that they do not think the 14th Amendment disqualifies Trump from running for office. That means there’s only one way to stop him—at the ballot box.Artist sketch depicting attorney Jonathan Mitchell arguing before the Supreme Court on behalf…
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Russia-Ukraine WarAdvertisementSupported byNews AnalysisAn interview with Russia’s leader and congressional resistance to aid for Ukraine underscore the transformation of the parties and electorate in the United States more than three decades after the Cold War.By Peter BakerPeter Baker spent four years in Moscow covering Russia during the early part of Vladimir Putin’s rule.The idea was…
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The latest breaking updates, delivered straight to your email inbox.Hearings on former President Donald Trump’s alleged handling of classified documents will take place in federal court next week.The hearings are about the Classified Information Procedures Act, which is a law that protects classified information from being disclosed in court.The hearings on Monday will be split…
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One of former President Trump’s co-defendants in the Georgia election subversion case filed a new complaint Friday, reiterating his belief that Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis (D) began her relationship with prosecutor Nathan Wade before the case began. A lawyer for Roman filed the motion on Friday, claiming the team had a witness that…
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Submit Δ Thanks for contacting us. We've received your submission. The Manhattan judge weighing whether to fine Donald Trump a whopping $370 million over business fraud claims chided the former president’s family attorneys Thursday for repeatedly accusing him of bias, saying “that whole approach is getting old.”Manhattan Supreme Court Justice Arthur Engoron — who is…
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LAS VEGAS ‒ Donald Trump trumpeted his caucus win, Nikki Haley lost her primary to “none” but still won and then said she wasn’t trying anyway, and the confusing, dueling Nevada Republican elections finished with little change to the field.Among the Democrats, President Joe Biden easily and without drama won the state’s presidential preference election.Meanwhile,…
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Copyright 2024 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.Lengthy arguments took place on Thursday at the U.S. Supreme Court over former President Donald Trump’s ineligibility case, but the Justices found space for levity nonetheless. (Feb. 8)The Supreme Court weighs arguments over whether former President Donald Trump is disqualified from reclaiming the White House because of his…
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ABC News’ Linsey Davis spoke to Marc Racicot on brief supporting Colorado.On Thursday, the Supreme Court heard arguments from representatives from Colorado and attorneys of former president Donald Trump concerning the state's move to remove him from the GOP primary ballot this year.The Colorado Supreme Court ruled that Trump is not qualified to run for…
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In fairly short order, the U.S. Supreme Court will rule on whether Colorado can keep former president and current criminal defendant Donald Trump off the ballot, with all signs pointing to the justices ruling in favor of the disreputable man in question.I’m OK with that. Personally, I’d rather the American public have the chance to…
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Supreme Court hears 14th Amendment challenge to Donald Trump  NPRsource

Former President Trump made a new vow to National Rifle Association (NRA) members Friday, promising stronger protections for Second Amendment rights if he’s reelected in November. “I promise you this, with me at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, no one will lay a finger on your firearms — just as took place for four years when I…
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Copyright 2024 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.President Joe Biden welcomes the finding of a special counsel report that he would not face criminal charges in his handling of classified documents. (Feb. 8)This image, contained in the report from special counsel Robert Hur, shows the box where classified Afghanistan documents were found in the garage…
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Full support of the former president has become almost banal among Republicans, like joining a grocery line.Sign up for The Decision, a newsletter featuring our 2024 election coverage.Senator Shelley Moore Capito, Republican of West Virginia, officially endorsed Donald Trump’s campaign for reelection two Saturdays ago. The news landed as an afterthought, which is probably how…
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Trump wins Nevada, Virgin Islands to close in on Republican nomination  Reuterssource

Please refresh the page or navigate to another page on the site to be automatically logged inPlease refresh your browser to be logged inJonathan Mitchell is widely credited with helping create the legal framework around Texas’s strict anti-abortion law SB 8 Find your bookmarks in your Independent Premium section, under my profileSupreme Court now considering…
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The US Supreme Court will wade into uncharted legal waters on Thursday as it considers if Donald Trump should be kicked off the 2024 ballot.The justices will weigh if Colorado can strike Mr Trump off its ballot after finding he engaged in insurrection over the US Capitol riot.Their decision will also determine if similar bids…
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It just doesn’t know how.Listen to this article00:0006:01Produced by ElevenLabs and NOA, News Over Audio, using AI narration.Updated at 9:46 a.m. ET on February 9, 2024Sign up for The Decision, a newsletter featuring our 2024 election coverage.Two things seemed clear after the Supreme Court heard oral arguments in Trump v. Anderson, the case concerning whether…
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Trump Documents CaseAdvertisementSupported byThe move to shield the identities of several witnesses suggested a mounting sense of frustration with Judge Aileen M. Cannon, who is overseeing the case.By Alan FeuerProsecutors have asked a federal judge to protect the identities of several witnesses involved in the criminal case accusing former President Donald J. Trump of illegally…
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The Supreme Court on Thursday appeared reluctant to take the extraordinary step of disqualifying former President Trump from appearing on the ballot during a historic oral argument in which the justices grilled lawyers about whether states have the authority to ban a candidate from running for federal office.The justices spent almost no time debating whether Trump…
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Legal Jonathan Mitchell’s argument to the justices had none of the bombast that other Trump lawyers often deploy. Mitchell’s soft-pedaling approach seemed to clinch what most legal experts had already expected: a near-certain victory for the former president. | POLITICO illustration/Photos by Supreme Court of Texas, Getty Images, AP By Josh Gerstein 02/08/2024 07:22 PM…
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Assignment Editor, HuffPostMSNBC’s Lawrence O’Donnell was flabbergasted by a detail in a new court filing from special counsel Jack Smith in the classified documents case against Donald Trump and two co-defendants.According to the Friday filing, an attorney for Carlos De Oliveira, a co-defendant and maintenance supervisor at Mar-a-Lago, said he was unable to review CCTV…
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In August 2021, President Biden hit an inflection point, shifting from net positive to net negative in his approval rating — and he has never recovered. Ominously, he passed what looks to be another inflection point in November, definitively falling behind Donald Trump in the ballot test. And he might not recover from that either. Despite…
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Supreme Court hearing: Legal expert predicts how Court will rule on Trump ballot eligibility case  CNNsource

Duelling primary vote and caucuses meant Nikki Haley and Trump did not go head-to-head in the southwestern state.Former United States President Donald Trump has taken an easy victory in the Nevada caucuses, moving a step closer to claiming the Republican nomination for the 2024 general election.The results were far from a surprise, with Trump only…
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The Republican presidential candidate will make his first Pennsylvania campaign stop of 2024 at the National Rifle Association expo Friday.HARRISBURG — Rebecca LaFleur gave former President Donald Trump’s campaign $50 last year — not an insignificant amount for the retired addiction counselor from Schwenksville.And LaFleur, who has backed Trump in each of his presidential runs,…
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